Issue 13

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER

Issue 13           January 2001

 

Contents

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Welcome

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Pat Green 23rd March 1943 – 10th September 2000 – Jennifer Dixon

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Millennium Gathering – Portsmouth 2000

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The Balchin Millennium Project – Jennifer Dixon

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A Portsmouth Mystery Tour – Iris Balchin

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Balchins in the Navy – Pat Green, presented by Jennifer Dixon

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Vice-Admiral Temple West and Frances Balchin – Sir Robert Balchin

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A Bogus Print of Admiral Sir John Balchin’s Victory? – Dr Nigel C Balchin

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A Naval Story – Ted Balchin

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Genealogy and ‘Sykology’

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What was Grandma’s intimate connection with Portsmouth? – Jennifer Dixon

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Lord Attlee was my … – Pat Green

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The Windsor Castle Fire of 1992 – Roy Balchin

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Australian Reflections – Professor William Balchin

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Oberammergau 2000 – Daphne Balchin

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A State Pension Scandal That Needs Rectification – Michael Balchin

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From Our Postbag

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Annual General Meeting 2000

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The Society Millennium Tea-Towel

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Births, Marriages and Deaths, Congratulations

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Scheduled for our next Newsletter, 2001 Gathering

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