THE JOURNAL

OF THEPLYSU

GROUP

No. 10 Christmas 1973

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IT LOOKS like being a great Christmas for Plysu people. And, of course, the people for whom Christmas is most important are the children. We are happy to report they are being excellently catered for by the Football Club. They are holding a party in the Plysu Restaurant for all children aged between three and 11 of everyone who works for the firm.

Special
And a top-notch party it should be . . . there will be a professional magician, a tea party, a cartoon film show that will include Tom and Jerry cartoons, and Father Christmas. The Father Christmas will be something special with pzesents, paid for by the Club's weekly tote, for each of the about 200 children there. This is the first time the club has held a party for children. But, according to Secretary B. R. Larbey, they are hoping to make it an annual ,:,vent. Coming dancing at the recent Fishing Club dance. More pictures: Page 2. Perhaps this could be a precedent ... other sports clubs in the company might organise parties for, say, old age pensioners. But this was not all happening this Christmas. There was a dance for the Evergreens on December 3; and a staff dance is due to be held on December 28.

STOP PRESS
LOCAL FIRM UNDER PLYSU UMBRELLA PakliteLtd., of Bletchley, has become part of the Plysu Group! The firm blow-moulds PVC bottles of 32 c.c. to 1 litre capacity, most of them for the cosmetic, toiletries and pharmaceutical trades.

PLYSU IN PICTURES

FUN AT THE HOP

THERE'S nothing nothing, sparkle, just like a night out at the swirl of the a dance ... the gaiety, the girls' skirts, the music of the band. So often, too, romance begins as a couple meet on the floor to the strains of anything from a waltz from Tennessee. Vienna to a rock 'n' roll tune from Nashville, Did that happen to anyone at the Fishing Club dance in the Canteen who knows. recently? Well, But certainly here show

as the pictures

a lot of people had a lot

of fun ... Which was only right really. Because, whatever news might suggest, the season of goodwill the

this is

PL YSU IN PICTURES

How we were

all
..

bowled over

by the ducks!
PLYSU people lost their hearts this year . . . to a brood of ducks.
The story began when a single muscovy duck appeared outside the despatch department down by the lake. The girls working there began to feed her, and she became a firm friend. There was just one worry . . . wasn't she lonely on her own?

Some of the Plysu people who helped picture, Ray Cliff ton, Dick Large, Cliff Brian Johnson, Johnny Pecoraro, Alec Sen Munnoch, Jerry Ramsey and Dave

look after the ducklings . in the Page, Jack Sorenson, Tommy Spate, Brindle, Jess Paterson, Bill Dudley, Coxhill.

Then somebody spotted an advertisement in the local paper for a muscovy drake. He was duly bought to join her on the lake. The two birds took to each other. And things worked out pretty much as could have been expected. For in due course 16 eggs were laid down by the lake. Now comes the sad part. One day there was a violent thunderstorm, and the frightened mother
LEFT: The lake's swans and their cygnets. BELOW: The newly-hatched ducklings.

duck abandoned her nest. And, that, of course, could well have been that ... if Plysu people had not stepped in to lend a hand again. Three of the eggs were rescued and put in an incubator. Let fishing club secretary Jack Sorenson take up the story: "With the help of a bowl of warm water the chicks were extricated from their shells and fed with a matchstick and eye droppers until able to fend for themselves." The young ducks one of whom has since unaccountably died - then joined their parents and some swans on the lake. And next year? Well, who knows ... there might even be some more ducklings.

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PLYSU

PUZZLES

IT'S Christmas time ... a time for fun, puzzles and prizes. Try your hand at the competitions on this page. They are open to everyone who works at Plysu. Send your entries to Mark Suter in Main Office by 10 January, 1974. The winners will be announced in our next issue.

--My wordl here's a way to win a prize

1. 8. 10. 12. 13, 15. 17. 18. 19. Event for (7,3,5) Interesting
(8,7)

ACROSS the Highland place for the

Games thrifty knife 6.

CROSSWORD SET BY HARRY ARNOLD

You stupid bird! Get your own home (6) 7. Yorkshire pud's dear mate (4) 9. 18 across. Good shot sir! Oh, get up to date (4,3,5) 11. The last one must have been lonely (7) 14. What landed on Mount Ararat. I think this crossword came out of it (3) 16. Polyphemus and Reilly had one thing in common (3) 20. Adjust your sights for a better life (7) 21. Curse of the drinking classes (4,3,3 ) 23. You might with a girl - or she might tell you where to (3,3) 24. Surprises for openers (6) 27. Pre-nationalised t r a i n service (1,1,1,1 ) 28. Pollution on the river (4) 29. What's with you, oh hairy bear?

A kinky

part

of a modern

(9)
Support, or lack of it, for the ladies (3) 22, 17. Cat and mouse game on the telly (3,3,5) Swings and . .. (4) See 13 across. See 10 down. The worst form of servitude known by old Diggers (5) See 14 across. The harbour is no good to the landlord-or his customer (3) If a drawing pin does this to your clothes, you'll know it (9) The trouserless vicar in the TV show (8,7) Legendary mammal of the Midlands - and that's the truth (3,2,10) DOWN Rubicund jug (4) You must, or sink (4) They're old and east or west and playable (6) A warship's fighting force (3,4) At least he makes a different sort of ashtray (3,1,3)

Cartoon by Mulroy reprinted from PRW

22. 25. 26. 31. 32.

HEARD the one about the chap who came into the shop and said to the bloke behind the counter ... ? Well, we have. But we would like to have vour ideas on the situation illustrated above. What is the man on the right saying? We are offering 2 for the best suggestion . . . and 1 for any runners up printed. So put pen to paper - if you want a brush with success!

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

(4)
"This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd ... " (4) . There's a 2 prize for the first allcorrect entry, or else the one judged by the editor to have most merit. 30.

This is how to join in our big laugh-in

THERE'S only one thing better than a good joke . . . and that's a good joke shared. Everyone has a favourite funny story, and we're offering prizes for yours. Good prizes, too - 2 for the one the judges pick as the best, and 1 for all others published. The joke you send in can be about anything you like. Nothing is sacred in the great Plysu People Laugh-In. Two requests" though. Keep them short . . . and, please, keep them clean!

YOU WRITE ...

WRITE to us, we. asked in our last issue. About Plysu, about Plysu People ... about anything you liked. You did. And thank you. Just one problem, though ... This being the Christmas issue and there being so much news about, we found ourselves short of space. So letters had to be held over. Don't worry, though. They'll be back next time. With a better selection than ever. And remember . . . our offer re. mains open. There's 2 waiting for the writer of the best letter in each issue of Plysu People, and 1 for each other one published. So, like they used to say . . . let's be having you! .4.

The Three locks: Ex.it horses, enter cars

MANY restaurants would be proud of the menu Eamonn Ryan and his wife Mary offer at the Oddfellows Arms.
You'll find it opposite the police station and dwarfed by the massive new red-brick telephone exchange at Luton.
And there they provide something rarely found in town centre pubs reasonably-priced home cooked food. At lunch-time, estate agents, bank staff, journalists, policemen, office staff, civil servants and telephonists pack the two bars. There they enjoy meals that include rabbit stew, goulash, steak and kidney pie, spaghetti bolognaise, paeasant casserole, prawn omelettes and chicken pie. With reasonable notice, Mary will cook almost anything - including coqau-vin, roast turkey or fillet steak. The prices are remarkable, too. Most dishes cost between 30p and 50p, including two fresh vegetables. ~ince moving from the Marquess of Bute round the corner 18 months ago, Eamonn and his wife have boosted trade. They have wan a fiveday holiday in Sardinia from brewers Watney Mann for a 46.7 per cent increase in beer sales during one six - month period. And some days they sell 60 lunches. They are both intent on giving customers that certain welcome feeling. Noone comes in without a "g 0 0 d morning" or leaves without a "thank you". The couple met and learned their trade at

Drinks 011 round us!

live - alongside the Grand Union Canal.

He helps out at the Three Locks at Soulbury, near Leighton Buzzard, which is owned by his son-in-law, Douglas Barthaud, and daughter
Peggy,

The Oddfellows Arms: Trend reversed

The Swan at Streatley, by the Thames in Berkshire, a hotel now owned by Danny La Rue. Eamonn was cocktail barman and Mary the head waitress. The Oddfellows offers 10 wines, starting at 1. A Beaujolais costs 1.10. Eamonn runs one of the few Watney houses to go recently from management to tenancy. The general trend is the reverse. He said: "We get a fantastic cross-section of people. Lunches keep us

very busy. "Most of our prices would be double III a restaurant. We are proud of our menu and the standard of the food. "People s h 0 u I d be made welcome. Usually I know a customer's name if he has been in a few times. That is very, very important."

Former barge and boat builder Stan Gilders, aged 67, has found a fine place to

There has been a pub on the site for 150 years. Converted from a feeding centre for hansom cab horses, the picturesque pub takes its name from the three canal locks which are just outside. Once the building was thatched and housed up to 20 horses at 6d. a night in wooden stables. It was like Bedfordshire's answer to the staging posts of the Wild West. Now it provides food and drink for entirely different s 0 r t s of traveller. In the summer, hundreds of sightseers arrive at the Three Locks. Many come by car. A few more robust types walk along the canal bank from Leighton Buzzard four miles away, have a few drinks and a snack then trudge back as the sun sets. Others come by barge and stop for a meal before continuing their journey. If they stay Ion g enough, they can chat with Stan Gilders. Late in the 1950s, before ill-health forced him away from the big city grime to the clean country air, Stan worked on the Cutty Sark as a boat repairman, as she was being prepared to stand in splendour at Greenwich. At the Three Locks, try a delicious prawn salad at 65p or a toasted sandwich. During the week there are hot snacks-including eggs, bacon, pies, beans and sausages.

Ray Bromley

PLYSU AT PLAY

What a difference a year made

by Jack Sorenson
THE lake at Plysu is as unpredictable as ever. It never fishes two days alike ... and perhaps that is one of its attractions.
Last season only one small tench was caught and very few perch. But for some unaccountable reason, this year several very good tench have been caught two weighing almost two pounds - and numerous perch have been taken during matches. We have had on occasions ten and twelve pounds of fish as the winning weight, while on others a match has been won on six ounces.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. So the saying has it. And presumably the same goes for Tom, Dick and Harry. Not to mention their wives, mothers and girlfriend. All of which is a long way of saying that we are pleased to present a short run-down of Plysu at leisure ...
could be a serious challenge to a lot of the seniors in matches. The large carp have become very wary indeed of any bait concealing a hook, but many Plysu employees must have seen them throwing themselves out of the water like porpoises. Sometimes the sudden sound of them can be quite alarming on a quiet evening. entered a team for the summer league under the Milton Keynes Association - and have not done too badly. We have also held competitions with the Milton Keynes Post Office, both on the Plysu lake and on outside venues. May I once again remind members please to use landing nets for the larger fish to save their lips being torn and keep-nets in preference to linen hampers and buckets to keep their fish in during matches, especially during warm spells. Plastic containers warm up very quickly in the sun and cause the fish considerable distress, if not death. Another danger, this time to birds, is discarded broken line left on the bank, where it can become entangled in their legs. So please put your discarded line and any other rubbish after fishing into one of the empty bins provided for that purpose.

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me the entl felt soc coul pro!

Reminder
The club's thanks go to one member - Mike Dickins, from Design office - who offered to attend our first match and photograph the presentation of the trophies to Mark Cannon, who won both the Claude Phillips Shield for the best specimen fish and the Dave Caton Cup for the highest number of points. Mike also attended and photographed the presentation of the Junior Points Cup, which was donated by Peter West and presented to Carl Clifton. This year, for the first time, we

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an also
shot

Guidance
The junior matches are still extremely popular among the youngsters, some of them already becoming quite proficient anglers under the guidance either of their fathers or one of the senior members. One or two of them, I feel sure,

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THEy'RE IN THE NEWS

PLYSU PEOPLE is about Plysu people. For Plysu people. And, we hope, mostly by Plysu people. This is YOUR newspaper. So let us know what you are doing. And thinking. To make it easier for you to get your news and views to the paper, we have set up a network of correspondents. Here they are
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Ethel Best, Raymond Hall Housewares Edna Ingram Containers Audrey Perry, Hazel WadeIndustrial Mark Suter - Main Office Derek Sinfield Moulding Shop Tony Collins, Jean Smith -Print Room Claude Phillips Personnel Office Les Hailey - Transport

Now we are getting among the goals

by B. R. Larbey
THE Plysu Football Club's annual general meeting was held on August 1.
Among other business, officers for the 1973/74 season were elected. These were as follows :

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ON LAND AND

WATER

Chairman, Mr. W. Barnett; .cretary/Treasurer, Mr. B. Larbey; Fund-Raising Sectary, Mr. K. Wade; Execure Committee, Mr. M. ~cker, Mr. M. Jenkins, Mr. Trattles, Mr. V. Pattison. ie Executive Committee was I made responsible for team ~tion and the position of team ager abolished. t the meeting, disappointt was expressed at the way Social Club had now appar~ ceased to function, as it was that the encouragement of 11 activity within the company d only benefit employees if ierly organised.

Encouraging
Dave Caton (in hat) presents trophies to Mark Cannon.

h.e legality of the Football ) having funds held by an misation which had not held annual general meeting was questioned. It was felt this ild be investigated. he Secretary reported that the 's first season of league foothad been encouraging and ed forward to an improvet. h.e need to score more goals highlighted by the fact that club had scored the least numof goals in the league last on.

Generous

his problem is in fact now !g cured, with the current 'on having started in style. club has notched its biggest ever - 6-0 away to Syresham ~rves - after unluckily losing at home to Westbury the pres week. We have also beaten iley and Longton Reserves and Twyford Reserves 2-l. ) return to the meeting we ld like to record the Chair's remarks that "the club is ining unparallelled support 1 the shop floor through the tote, and I wish to thank all e who subscribe so genery in order to provide the with its means of existence".
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Carl Clifton proudly displays the Junior Points Cup he won

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Plysu meels the people

PLYSU were a big hit at the Teeside exhibition sponsored by ICI at Tees-side Airport. That's our stand on the left. And pictured on it are Containers Sales Manager John Speller (left) and North-West Packaging Representative Jack Martland. These two manned the stand with North-East Packaging Representative Peter Malia.

The window of the Century

YOU could compute it to have been a success when Plysu went on show in the window of the NCR showrooms in London. We were one of the first of NCR's clients to be given a display. Which was only fair, really ... after all, we were among the first companies to use one of the firm's Century computers.

BY CiEORGE! THAT WAS QUICK

A QUICK delivery by Plysu helped a major customer beat fire loss. Within 24 hours of hearing about a blaze at Brichem, of Slough, in July which destroyed 40,000 S66's and R70's, driver George Glover was on the road with the first 10,000 replacements. Brichem uses a large number of packs a year. They are leading manufacturers of floor maintenance products and equipment. Their entire stock of empty bottles was wiped out by the fire. The blaze was on Monday night. We heard about it on Tuesday, and by 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday George - see the picture on the left - was unloading.
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Whol's cooking?
PLYSU people are springing into the Mrs. Beaton business. Here is a selection of the recipes we have been sent ...
First, from Mrs. Vi Enever, here is how to make Family Fruit Cake.
120z self-raising
flour

ow for the toffee centre 202 granulated

. . .

sugar 2 tablespoons of Golden Syrup 1 small tin of condensed milk 402 margarine

HOW THEY GOT INTO THE SWIM OF THINGS

DURING the summer months children of the staff of Plysu received swimming lessons by kind agreement of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. J. Summerlin at their home in Aspley Guise. Mr. Frank Todd, a member of the staff of Plysu, taught the children the different strokes. They met every Saturday moming at the heated swimming pool, with as many as 20 youngsters attending for about It hours. This figure varied with the weather and whether or not they were on holiday.

Melt all ingredients in pan over low heat. Boil for seven minutes, stirring continuously. Pour over base. When set, cover with melted chocolate.

Hb

soft

margarine

60z castor sugar

3 eggs 3 tablespoons milk flb mixed fruit

From Ethel Best comes this recipe - it makes entertaining easy, she says for Ginger Cream.
} double cream carton single cream carton 1 pkt ginger biscuits 1 orange Small pieces of ginger and nuts to decorate

Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Add a little flour to prevent curdling. Then mix fruit and flour and milk and mix to smooth consistency. Turn into a 9in cake tin. Bake fOT 90 minutes at 350 degrees electric.

Now, from Sid Vinton, comes this recipe for what he calls a Mars Bar Cake.
For the base you will need 402 self-raising flour 402 margarine 20z castor sugar Cream margarine and sugar. Fold in self- raising flour. Press into flat tin or tray. Bake for 20 minutes in a moderate oven at 350 degrees or mark 4. Leave to cool.

Whip cream together with finelychopped orange p-eel and a squeeze of the juice. Take ginger biscuits and layer with cream. Then spread remainder of cream all over the biscuits. Place in a Polythene bag (do not squash) and put it in the fridge overnight, so the ginger biscuits soften into the cream. The art in cutting this is to do it diagonally, not in slices corner to corner.

PROGRESS
The swimming lessons first began in 1972, and Mr. Todd, who was the Secretary of the Bletchley Swimming Club a few years ago and is now Championship Secretary for the Oxon and North Bucks A.S.A., is pleased with the progress of the youngsters. The children in the picture are (left to right): Mark Thurston, Stewart Ikin, Stewart Copeland, Diane Langridge, James Bayliss, Gary Leadbeater, Angela Hill, Andrea Tucker, Julie Copeland, Elaine Murdoch, Susan Voss, Wendy Voss, Susan Passenham, Stephanie Voss. And looking on, Frank Todd. 9

Have YOU any recipes worth sharing? If so, we'd love to hear them

HAVE YOU A RECIPE FOR US?

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PEOPLE AT PLYSU

This coils for our cOngrolulolion

MARRIAGES
Stefania Marotto (Moulding Tunnel) and Domenico Borrome at the Italian Church, Bedford, August 11. Cherry Potts (Housewares) and, Alan Church at St. Margaret's Church, Lidlington, August 18. Angela Britten (Sales Office) and Derek Holmes at St. Mary's Church, Woburn, September 8.
Rachael Potts and Fernando Marotto

Rachael Potts (Print Room) and Fernando Marotto at St. Francis's Church, Bedford, September 15. Marina Boston (Despatch Office) and Seamus McCormack at the Catholic Church, Woburn Sands, on October 27. Their reception was held in the Plysu Canteen. Dr. Derek Sturdy (Computer Ekins, Saturday, December 15. Room) to Michele

ENGAGEMENT
Joan Walsh June 24. (Housewares Sales) to Keith Bates,

SILVER
Mary (Cleaners)

WEDDING
July 24.

and Bert Sedgewick,

What a load of bull !

IT'S not only our policemen who are wonderful ... our drivers are, too. A very grateful foreign lady motorist telephoned the office one afternoon in July and asked for the MD's secretary. She poured out her thanks about a Plysu driver who, at around 5.30 a.m. on a misty mid-summer morning, had coaxed a bull from the centre of a road back into his field. "It could have been very nasty," said the woman. "He was very brave." Take a bow, driver Roberts!

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PEOPLE AT PLYSU

Welcome to Woburn
APRIL Mr. Thomas Hannin (Containers), Mr. George Evans (Containers), Mrs. RosaIie Johnson (Print Room), Miss Rosina Collins (Print Room), Miss Elaine Gay (Industrial). MAY Mr. Anthony Gilbert (Containers), Mr. McNicol (Moulding), Mr. Brian Winchester (Moulding), Mrs. B. Dudley (Canteen). JUNE Mr. Rudolph Gebauer (Containers). JULY Mr. John Gill (Containers), Mr. Patrick Regan (Moulding), Mr. George Mobley (Carpenter), Mr. Raymond Stoner (Moulding), Mr. R. Rogers, Mrs. Catherine Webb (Print Room), Mrs. Thomas Walker (Transport), Mrs. Vanessa Cowley (Print Room). AUGUST Miss Susan Winchester (Industrial), Mrs. Alis Kumar (Containers), Mr. Sydney Marsh (Moulding), Mr. Brian Redhead (Moulding), Mr. Gerard Dance (Uniloy Packing), Mr. Michael Freestone (Containers), Miss Silvana Lawton (Industrial), Mr. Ernest Simmons (Cleaning), Mr. Dermis Carter (Moulding), Mr. D. C. Powell (Tool Room), Miss Julie Gulliver (Print Room), Miss Angela Smith (Print Room), Mr. David Parker (Uniloy Packing). SEPTEMBER Mrs. Jean Carter (Containers), Mrs. Lynda Ambler (Print Room), Mrs. Sharda Nahar (Print Room), Mrs. Augustina Masih (Print Room), Mr. David Sinfield (Print Room), Mrs. Sandra Cole (Print Room), Mr. Cyrrl Graham (Moulding), Mrs. Charan Chambers (Containers), Mrs. June Skolsky (Containers), Mrs. Amar Kaur (Containers), Mrs. Mary Shepperson (Print Room), Miss Mary Keep (Print Room), Mr. Nicholas Pottle (Containers No. 2), Mrs. Gwen Murden (Print Room).
A Plysu product is a thing of joy For practical usage by girl or boy, And mother now can leave he?' child To play, without a care. With Plysu products in the house, A mother is aware There are no corners that can cutHer child is safe from harm. A Plysu p1"Oduct is a gift That's decorative, with charm. Enhance the beauty of your room On a Plysu pouffe sit As with loving hands, child's hair you groom. In your room, it will fit. There are trays and bowls and buckets, too Many more things Plysu makes for you.

'GOODBYE TO HELLO GIRL MAGGIE

THERE was a small gathering in the Johnny Walker on September 28 to say goodbye to a member of the office staff, who you might say, has always managed to make herself heard. llfaggie Newbould had been with the company for 6~ years, most of that time as switchboard operator and receptionist. On October 10 Maggie, together with her husband Jack and golden labrador Sam, sailed for a sunny retirement to Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands. Their new home will be in Lo Orotava valley, in the heart of the banana plantation area. Pictured above (left to right) at the party: llfaggie Newbould, Maureen Poole and Joan Woodhead.

Young generation corner

WILL this pretty young woman be joining us one day at Plysu? Well, we'll just have to see. Certainly she has the background for it. For her grandmother is Mrs. Vi Enever, well known to everyone in Housewares. This picture of Debra Louise Enever, daughter of Vi's son Robert and his wife Joan, was taken when she was nine months old. She is three now. But, we are assured, she hasn't lost her good looks with age ...

W. GREEN

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AS AN accountant I am often asked for my advice on money matters. Those who come to me are not - as you might think - always well-to-do people who want to have what they hope will be a profitable flutter in stocks and shares.
More often I am approached by someone who simply wants some straightforward advice about starting a savings account with an eye to the future or guidance about buying a home and finding a mortgage. Since I joined Plysu some years ago, I have been approached in confidence about such matters by many people within the firm and helping them has given me much pleasure and satisfaction. This has been not only on a personal basis, but also as an important part of my work with, I might add, the approval of our management, who feel that the benefit

question

of
money
of an informal advisory service of this kind should be available to everyone at Plysu, You can imagine my surprise when I heard recently that it was not generally known throughout the works that such a service existed. Admittedly it has not been widely publicised, but I have been doing this for some time . . . and the word usually gets around. So, for the record, I shall be delighted to assist anyone who feels they would like advice and help on

matters concerning saving whether it be putting money aside for a rainy day or towards a deposit on buying a home. For this purpose, I am fortunately in a position to make directly available all the facilities of the oldestablished Northampton - based Anglia Building Society, which I have represented as a fully-authorised agent for six years. The Anglia, which, with assets exceeding 300 million, is the 11th largest building society in the United Kingdom, offers a remarkably wide range of savings schemes to suit virtually every purse and every purpose. The facilities it offers to home buyers rate second to none. I am available at the Personnel Office regularly every Friday lunchtime - any time after 12.45 - for the benefit of those who wish to use this service.

Harry Arnold

Our Red Cross letter doy

PROFICIENCY, H i g her and Initial First Aid Certificates were presented in October to members of the Beds 21st Detachment by Major J. A. Newbery, British Red Cross Society Director of the Bedfordshire Branch in the Plysu visitors' dining room.
Before the presentation, Plysu nursing sister Mrs. M. Buick - she is also Detachment Nursing Officer presented a bouquet to Mrs. P. E. M. Davis, Bedford Divisional Director, who was retiring after 32 years with the Red Cross. Major Newbury said he was very pleased to see directors of the company at the presentation and that the interest of firms was a great help to Red Cross work. Mr. G. F. Walker, a director of Plysu, said that like many others in the country he knew of the Red Cross. but did not know the true value of their work until about a year ago when his daughter had an accident while on holiday and was still in plaster on the flight home. The family were met at the airport by the British Red Cross and transported home, which gave their daughter a great deal of relief from pain. Mrs. A. Barnett, assistant matron of Edgbury Hospital, who assisted in the training of the group, spoke of their enthusiasm. The detachment's assistance was valued at Edgbury Hospital - particularly at Christmas time when the staff were having their annual
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Christmas dinners and relief nursing help was very much in need. A tasty buffet was served to guests and members. Awarded Proficiency First Aid Certificate and merit bar for proficiency in three subjects, Mr. C. R. E. Phillips, Commandant; Higher First Aid Certificate. Mr. N. Bvrne, Mrs. M. Clarke, Mrs. D. Munn, Mr. J. Passingham, Mr. M. Rose and Mrs. S. Capp; Initial First Aid Certificate, Mr. D. Jackson, Mr. T. McGl\~hin, Mr. A. Seyner and Mrs. D. White.
RUISLlP PRESS LTD., HIGH ROAD. ICKENHAM,

Picture shows: Standing, right to left: Mr. N. Slocock, Mr. J. Walker with members of the Red Cross who received awards and seated at the table from left: Mrs. M. Buick, Mrs. A. Barnett, Mrs. P. E. M. Davies, Mr. Cable, Major J. A. Newberv (who presented the awards) and Mr. W. G. Barnard (warden of the Cheshire Home).
UXBRIDGE, MIDDX.

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