NOTTS NARPO NEWS

                          

ISSUE 145 

CHAIRMAN AND NATIONAL PRESIDENT BRIAN BURDUS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

I hope that all members had a very Merry Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year.

2019 has been an eventful year for our Branch, 2 members reached 100 years of age, and with NARPO as an organisation also being 100 years old it was a special year for all concerned

I have attended many meetings and Centenary Celebrations around the country the most outstanding was at the Tower of London where in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal, Princess Anne and enjoyable evening was had by all and I know representatives from Notts NARPO attended.

We tried to arrange events within the county and apart from the River Cruise on the Trent others were not so well supported and had to be cancelled.

Nottinghamshire stood out well this year having a number of items published in the NARPO News Magazine, and one that stands out is that Roger Barker and his ‘Stepping Stones’ initiative in Newark. Full details have been published in the Magazine and the last Newsletter and I would like to thank Roger for his sterling work.

I will take this opportunity of personally thanking Brian Marshall, Brian has been the Assistant Secretary with responsibility for organising Trips, Ladies Day and Summer Socials together with being the main point of contact when a member or their spouse sadly dies.

Brian has decided that the time is right for him to stand down at the next AGM in April, although he is going to arrange Ladies Day in June.

In the New Year most of Brian’s work will in the interim pass to the Secretary John Kennedy, what we need urgently is someone to take over the role of Assistant Secretary with a view to becoming the Branch Secretary in the not too distant future, none of the committee are getting any younger and as age catches up on us it is time to hand the reins to a younger person.

EMAIL ADDRESSES AND UPDATES OF ADDRESSES

The system of sending out emails has again changed, not of this Branches making, to comply with GDPR and Cyber Security, we now use the National Database for all our information and have a direct email address of Nottinghamshire@narpo.org, our remaining email address will remain open as will the website but this too will move to the National Website at www.narpo.org and are monitored on a daily basis. Since the new system has come into use we are now getting bounce backs from ’email no longer in use’ to ‘inbox full’ sadly this will mean that the current email address we hold for you will be deleted if it is bounced back, until such time as a new email address is received.

We need to maintain an accurate up to date address, recently XPS have contacted the Secretary with regards to Pay Advice Letters being returned as ‘Not Known at This Address’ whilst we do not share personal information with any outside agency. XPS can by law cease paying your pension until a upto date address is received and this has happened on a number of occasions.

Over the next few weeks there are to be major changes on our web pages and the way emails are sent out, we are developing a new Data Protection and Privacy Policy and until that time we will be using the Policy as found at the National Site on www.narpo.org.

This will affect how we keep personal information and to whom it is disclosed, members should rest assured that no personal information is disclosed to a third party without your express consent, this includes Nottinghamshire Police and XPS Pensions. All information sent out by Notts NARPO is for the recipient’s own information and should not be disclosed any further whether by email or other social media, if you wish to disclose the information further, even by Social Media, you will need your own Data Protection and Privacy Policy to ensure Notts NARPO and your site complies with GDPR to fail to does so is a breach, further information on this subject can be obtained from the Secretary.

NARPO AGM

The next AGM is due to take place at Ramsdale Park Golf Club on Friday 17^th April 2020 starting at 7pm, if you are intending attending please complete the tear off slip at the end of this newsletter and return to the Secretary for catering arrangements, If you would like to join the Committee please contact the Secretary for a Nomination Form.

LADIES DAY

Ladies Day will take place on Saturday 6^th June 2020 starting at 1pm, at the Stadium Club on Nottingham Road, Basford. This is a special event solely for the Widows/ers of the Branch, if you wish to attend please complete the tear off slip at the end of this newsletter and return to Brian Marshall for catering and travel arrangements,

POLICE PADRE RETIRING

The Reverent David Henson is retiring from the Ministry from the 29th December 2019.   David is a retired Police Officer and on retiring from the Police became the vicar at Misterton and neighbouring Parish’s. He was also the lead Police Padre for Nottinghamshire Police which includes NARPO.

On your behalf I would like to thank David for all the assistance he has given to NARPO and wish him a long and happy retirement.

David also volunteered to hold a NARPO Coffin Drape which he took to the undertakers in the North of the County on the death of a Member.

100 YEARS YOUNG

Nottinghamshire Branch Member and Police Widow Mrs Noreen McCullough celebrated her 100^th Birthday in the week after the 2019 NARPO National Conference.  As she now lives near York, Nottinghamshire Branch Vice Chair Bruce Cameron and Committee Member Marion Alflatt took the opportunity to divert across country on their way back to Nottingham.

Noreen is the Widow of Tom McCullough QPM (known universally as ‘Mac’), Mac Joined Nottingham City Police after National Service in Rhodesia and retired in the Mid 70’s as Head of CID with the Rank of Detective Chief Superintendent, he was awarded the Queens Police Medal for outstanding service. 

Noreen is remarkably fit and active and still lives independently in sheltered accommodation, she was presented with various gifts from the Nottinghamshire Branch including a NARPO Centenary Medallion, flowers, cake and a card signed by National President and Branch Chair Brian Burdus.  A few days later, on Noreen’s actual Birthday, York Branch kindly arranged for a visit by a serving North Yorkshire Police Senior Detective and for local member Keith Meadley to present Noreen with a bouquet and card from the York Branch of NARPO.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS.   President: The Chief Constable. Chairman Brian Burdus Secretary John Kennedy Tel 0115 8409277 Mobile 07851430645 Nottinghamshirenarpo@narpo.org 9 Jessop’s Lane Gedling Nottingham NG4 4BQ Vice Chairman Bruce Cameron Ass Secretary Brian Marshall Tel 0115 9556563 nottinghamshirenarpo@gmail.com Committee Members:  David Wheeldon       Ged Clowes  Marian Alflatt  Brian George  Heidi Duffy Carolann Henderson  Anne Berrington  Tony Berrington  Anne Evans Keith Newman Dorothy Newman Malcolm Holmes

 

MEMBERSHIP PAGE

A warm welcome is extended to the following new members:

Grace Spicer, Anne Clewer, Lesley Wing, Gwendoline Bombroffe,

Enid Burnett, Gwenda Hunt, Steve Carr, Shaun White, Gary Oscroft

Doreen Harrison, Margot Howell, Gillian Cheetham, Brenda Birtles,

Tim Murphy, David Kirk, James Greely, Diederik Coetzee, Shaun Stokes,

Peter Crawley, Doreen Musson, Marjorie Rhodes, Christine Redfern

Jan Campbell.

It is with regret that I must inform you of the death of the

following members since our last publication. Our deepest sympathies are

extended to their next of kin:

Members                    Retired.          Date Retired.             Died

Elaine Cheetham        Constable        31/03/86                      14/05/19

David Parker               Sergeant          1994                            15/08/19

Jeffrey Hunt                Inspector         10/09/92                      21/09/19

Richard Cheetham      Constable        1993                            11/09/19

Kevin Neale                Constable        29/01/2000                  12/09/19           

Edward Birtles            Inspector         21/05/77                      08/09/19

Richard Taylor            Constable        02/12/75                      19/09/19

Dennis Harrison         Constable        02/12/19                      19/09/19

Geoffrey Howell         Sergeant          31/03/89                      30/09/19

Roy Broughton           Sergeant          02/10/77                      20/10/19

Peter Coles                  Superintendent 05/06/96                    19/10/19

Bernard Morris           Sergeant          1975                            28/10/19

Peter Redfern              Constable        13/03/82                      27/10/19

David Wilkinson        Inspector         06/09/81                      15/10/19

Barry Whetton            Constable        15/01/93                      08/11/19

Michael Dobbs           Inspector         14/08/85                      07/11/19

Nicholas Skerritt        Sergeant          10/11/92                      12/11/19

James Rhodes             Constable        06/01/74                      21/11/19

Peter Abbey                Inspector         30/09/88                      21/11/19

Melvin (Mel) Musson Sergeant          1988                            06/12/19

Frederick Melliott      Constable        18/12/88                      11/12/19           

Widow Members:                 Died                            Widow of: –

Dorothy Smith                        15/06/19                      Leonard Smith

Janet Rattenbury                     18/06/19                      Peter Rattenbury

Jeanette Faulkner                    07/06/19                      Harold Faulkner

Betty Willmott                       10/01/19                      Bill Willmott

Dorothy Wyld                         24/08/19                      Harry Wyld

Mildred Stafford                     03/09/19                      James Stafford

Iris Evans                                12/09/19                      Unknown

Mary Laws                              07/11/19                      Derek Laws

Spouse of Member                Died                            Wife of

Mary Penniston                       16/10/19                      Ronald Penniston           

Irene Green                             03/03/19                      Ramon Green             

Pamela Ping                            11/11/19                      Alan Ping

Wedding Anniversary –

Alan & Margaret Newton celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on Thursday 24th October 2019. 

John & Marilyn Kennedy celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Friday 20^th December 2019

I wish to attend the NARPO AGM on Friday 17^th April 2020

To be held at Ramsdale Park Golf Club, start time 7pm

Name__________________________________

Contact Details__________________________

Special Dietary Arrangements__________________________

Please forward to John Kennedy 9 Jessops Lane Gedling, Nottingham NG4 4BQ or Email nottinghamshirenarpo@gmail.com

I wish to attend Ladies Day on Saturday 6^th June 2020 at The Stadium, Nottingham Road, Basford, Nottingham

Name__________________________________ 

Contact Details__________________________

Special Dietary Arrangements_______________________   I Do/Do Not require transport

Please forward to Brian Marshall, 4 Hartington Avenue, Hucknall, Nottm, NG15 6TA or Email nottinghamshirenarpo@gmail.com or 0115 9556563

Editorial Apology

Regretfully in the last Newsletter due to computer problems a number of deaths were missed from the list, this has been rectified and they all appear in this edition, one that stands out for comment is that of Elaine Cheetham, who after retirement was a Pensions Officer at the County Council, Elaine provided immense help to the Secretary after he took up the role in 2004 and for many years after with pensions queries and will be sadly missed, on behalf of the Branch and Committee we would like to offer somewhat belated condolences to her husband David Cheetham.