Issue 23

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER

Issue 23           January 2006

 

Contents

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The Horsham Gathering of 2005 – Roy Balchin

4

Michael of Ottawa

7

The Trafalgar Quiz

9

A Horsham Culinary Discovery – Susan Shafrir

10

Korea and the Chosin Few Part 4 The Return Home – Roy Balchin

11

Ann Balchin of St. Catherine’s Hill, Guildford: Part 1 – E J (Ted) Balchin

16

Dad’s Army and the Balchin Family – Roy Balchin

25

A Plumstead Mystery – Roy Balchin

29

Wartime Recollections – Mrs Jennifer Dixon

33

Gunner Michael Balchin, 1087610 – Mrs Diana Beamish

36

Balchins in the News

38

Births, Marriages and Deaths

40

Prize for Younger Persons’ Writing

41

The Balchin Family Tree – Dr Nigel Balchin

41

The 2006 Gathering, Brooklands, Surrey

42