DURING the silent tribute, our chairman asked members to particularly remember two of our colleagues who sadly passed away during the past month, Mick Pratt, of Callow End, and Ivor Palmer, of Colletts Green.

They will both be remembered as friends and valuable past members of the branch.

We have decided to organise a social meal later in the year and now urgently required feedback from those members who wish to attend and perhaps bring family or friends to support the event.

In addition to the proposed meal, we are hoping to organise another social event during the summer and some interesting ideas have been proposed which the membership will have to discuss.

A report on the Group 3 meeting in February was encouraging and we are looking forward to progress towards more activities this year in Group 3, with a possible group rally or drum head service.

There is also the intention of bringing more branches together on a social basis.

The Three Counties Rally will be held in Hereford on Sunday, July 15, and branches and standards from Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire will take part. Further details of the meeting point and times will be forthcoming shortly.

The next county quarterly meeting will be on Saturday, April 28, at Droitwich RBL, starting at 2pm.

The next branch meeting will be today, Tuesday, April 10, at Madresfield Club starting at 8.15pm.

Please note - as many members as possible should attend this meeting if we are to progress with our plans for the meal and other planned social events.

JOHN MASON