New Place, Lingfield The gathering, taking the form of an afternoon tea by kind invitation of Lord and Lady Lingfield, took place in their garden at New Place in Lingfield in Surrey, on Sunday 8th September, a lovely warm day. The tea (organised by Lady Lingfield, Dee Balchin, Tina Balchin and Rob Balchin) was scrumptious: […]
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2018 – Balchin Family Gathering – Alfold Village Hall
The 2018 gathering was held on Sunday 9th September at Alfold Village Hall. After coffee Lord Lingfield introduced Dr Sean Kingsley, who is the Director of Wreck Watch International, London, who gave us a fascinating talk on items recovered from the SS Gairsoppa. The Gairsoppa left Calcutta on 5.12.1940 with a “general” cargo, which hid […]
2017 – Balchin Family Gathering – Alfold Village Hall
We arrived in sunshine and began with coffee or tea and pastries or biscuits, which included apple crumble biscuits that Rob Balchin had made. After Lord Lingfield had welcomed us we had an update from Anne Chapman on the ongoing saga of the Campanula Balchiana, and Jenny Dixon told us about a modern brewery run […]
2016 – Balchin Family Gathering – Alfold Village Hall
On a bright sunny day two dozen of us assembled in Alfold village hall for the 2016 gathering and AGM. We were delighted that two members from overseas, Anne Gatland (sister of David Balchin, who organises the technical side of our Newsletter) from Michigan and her daughter Leigh Kraus from Colorado, were able to join us. We […]
2015 – Balchin Family Gathering – Alfold Village Hall, Surrey
The 2015 gathering and AGM of the Balchin family Society were held on Sunday 13th September, a beautiful sunny day, in the village of Alfold in the village hall. This well-maintained hall is spacious and well-it with a super kitchen. Committee members Tina and Rob organised the catering and put on a marvellous lunch, with […]
2014 – Balchin Family Gathering – Borough Hall, Godalming, Surrey
Our 2014 Gathering held at the Borough hall, Godalming, was presided over by two of our best known Balchins, Admiral Sir John Balchin and Richard Balchin, Surgeon of Godalming. How so, you may ask? Well, as prominent past citizens of Godalming, their portraits hang in the Borough Hall, and so kept watchful eye on our […]
2013 – Balchin Family Gathering – Brockham Green, near Dorking, Surrey
The 2013 Gathering, attended by over 30 members of the family, was held in the Village Hall, at Brockham Green, near Dorking in Surrey. Unusually for a Balchin Gathering, it rained, or rather there was bright sunshine punctuated by really heavy showers which thundered on the hall roof. This did not spoil the enjoyment of the day […]
2012 Balchin Family Gathering – Bramley Village Hall, Surrey
It is official – 2012 was the wettest year since UK record keeping began. It has rained almost every single day since May – except Balchin gathering Day. This is definitely becoming a trend; it rained for our first Gathering in Guildford in 1994 but since then we seem to have had sunshine. Bramley Village […]
2011 Balchin Family Gathering – New Place, Lingfield, Surrey
The 2011 Gathering, held on Sunday 11th September, a sunny day, at Lord and Lady Lingfield’s house, New Place, in Lingfield, Surrey, was a gathering with a difference. Following the AGM, held in the garden, members were taken in two groups on a fascinating guided tour of the house by Lord Lingfield. New Place was […]
2010 – Balchin Family Gathering – Mayford Village Hall, nr Woking.
The 16th annual Gathering was held on Sunday 12th September, 2010, at Mayford Village Hall near Woking in the heart of Balchin territory on a warm and sunny day. In the hall Dr. Nigel Balchin had a display of photographs of military medals, while the main Balchin archives and the family tree were also available […]