Issue 49

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 49           January 2019 Contents page Balchins in Business (Bernie & Roger Balchin)  – Diana Beamish 5 Dr Balchins Birthday Card – Sir Robert Balchin (Lord Lingfield) 11 From Surrey to Kidderminster via Devon – Diana Beamish 12 The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) – David Balchin 26 Rene Bullas – Secretary […]

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Issue 48

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 48           July 2018   Contents page Nigel Cecil Balchin – Ruth Bond / edited by Tina Balchin 5 Summer holiday in Bordeaux and Le Moulleau 1937 – Diana Beamish 8 Colin Balchin – Treasurer / Membership Secretary – Outline Autobiography 17 The Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway proposal 1859 – […]

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Issue 47

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 47           January 2018 Contents   page 2017 Gathering – Diana Beamish 5 Searching for the elusive Edmund Balchin – Rob Balchin 6 Edmund Balchin 1826 – 1888 – Jenny Dixon 15 Balchin sisters celebrate their Golden and Diamond Wedding Anniversaries in 2017 –  Anne Chapman 20 ARNI Approach:  Action for […]

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Issue 46

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 46           July 2017   Contents page Bankrupt Balchins – Diana Beamish 4 Campanula Capers – Anne Chapman 6 Balchin find on the ‘‘Antiques Roadshow’’ – Jenny Dixon 7 Cyril Beaumont, son of Frederick Beaumont and his wife Mary Henrietta Balchin and the poetry and art of WW1 – Jenny Dixon […]

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Issue 45

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 45           January 2017   Contents page In Memoriam 4 Siblings in the First World War: Reggie and Amy Balchin – Diana Beamish 5 Gathering – 2016 – Diana Beamish 13 St. Nicholas Church, Alfold – Jenny Dixon 15 HMS Victory, the Jewel in Britain’s Treasured Seas – Dr Sean A. […]

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Issue 44

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 44           July 2016   Contents page Dr Nigel C Balchin – Lord Lingfield (Sir Robert Balchin) 4 Balchin country by rail – Diana Beamish 4 The Alfold of our 16th & 17th – century ancestors – Jenny Dixon 5 Seventy Years Ago – Diana Beamish 11 New Place, Lingfield – […]

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Issue 43

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 43           January 2016   Contents page Arthur John Balchin – Florence Willard, née Balchin 4 “Balchen” in Port – Myron Balchin 5 A Glimpse of the Wey and Arun Canal – Diana Beamish 5 A trip to Siebeldingen – Diana Beamish 6 What’s in a name – or how is […]

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Issue 42

  THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 42           July 2015   Contents page Erratum 4 Note 4 The Family Tree – Jenny Dixon 4 Misinformation – Diana Beamish 4 An Article on Nigel Marlin Balchin – Diana Beamish 5 Seventy Years Ago – Diana Beamish 6 Births, Marriages and Deaths 12 A Winter Visit – […]

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Issue 41

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 41           January 2015   Contents page The Wreck of HMS Victory (lost 1744) – Archaeological Work to begin – Lord Lingfield (Sir Robert Balchin) 4 Balchin and Balchen – Professor Alice Coleman 5 Gathering at Godalming 2014 – Jenny Dixon 5 Henry George Balchin 1898 – 1917 – Anne Chapman […]

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Issue 40

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 40           July 2014   Contents page Seventy Years Ago – Diana Beamish 4 An Aside – Diana Beamish 5 Can you help? 5 ‘More tea, vicar?’: Frank Williams and the new ‘Dad’s Army’- Jenny Dixon and Diana Beamish 6 From Our Postbag 7 Births, Marriages and Deaths 8 Admiral Balchin’s […]

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