“Join Me” visit to 2 Willow Road and Fenton House marked by architectural contrasts

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WillowRoadFrontOn Friday August 14 the “Join Me” excursion was organised primarily to visit 2 Willow Road, a private house on the edge of Hampstead Heath built for himself by ‘brutalist” architect Ernö Goldfinger in 1939. Because the house is quite small when compared with others we have visited another building was included in the itinerary, Fenton House, which is probably about as far removed as could be from the C20 modernism of Willow Road. The Balham Brothers assembled for the photo shoot outside Fenton House, but Lucille, Marianne, Bernard & Ken could not be found at this stage.

Matt, Steve, Charles and Terry at Fenton HOuse
Matt, Steve, Charles and Terry at Fenton House

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Balham Ladies Night on June 22 at the Windmill on the Common

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IMG_1172Balham Circle Ladies Night was a well attended event and, in addition to Balham brothers and their wives, the Circle warmly welcomed Grand President, Peter Woodford and his wife Ann, Provincial President Kevin Rourke and his wife Jacqui and Provincial Director, David Arundale and his wife Maureen. The full complement of guests was completed by Fr Davis from St Thomas Beckett Church.

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Harrow Catenians raise over £1,200 for Charles’ charity

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CharlkesWithChequeBrother Charles visited the Harrow Catenians on the night of 15th June to pick up a large cheque for a charity that he volunteers for. ‘Mary’s Meals’ feeds over a million children every day in their place of education. He was made doubly welcome as an ambassador for them and as a Catenian brother. The warmth of the welcome was outstanding. CM

“Enjoying ourselves too much!”

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Durham_Millburngate_BridgeBalham Brothers have been to a number of events during May, but in the words of Noel Brownsell “we were enjoying ourselves so much we forgot to take any photographs!”.

Noel and Anne Brownsell, Brian and Valerie Taylor, William Gallegher and Terry & Lucille Brown all attended the Durham Conference (May 15-17). While we all went to different events and stayed in different hotels, we did all get together for the conference itself, which we agreed was most interesting. Continue reading “Enjoying ourselves too much!”

New Brother, John Neligan, enrolled at March Circle Meeting

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Pictured here, new Brother John Neligan with President Terry and Membership Officer Charles
Pictured here, new Brother John Neligan with President Terry and Membership Officer Charles

On Monday,March 23, Balham Brothers were delighted to enrol John Neligan as a Brother of the Circle. Two visiting brothers, Roderick O’Connor and Kevin Mallett, from Sutton, Mid-Surrey Circle also attended our Circle Meeting and joined us for dinner.

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Croydon & Balham celebrate together at Presidents Elect night

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Noel, Terry, Richard, John & David
Noel, Terry, Richard, John & David

On Tuesday March 3, Balham & Croydon brothers celebrated Presidents Elect night at the RAC Country Club in Woodcote Park. Richard and Noel are of course joint Croydon and Balham brothers and Richard is Croydon’s President Elect. Continue reading Croydon & Balham celebrate together at Presidents Elect night

Mathew D’Souza enjoys Provincial Treasurers Night at Reigate Circle

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Terry, William, Mathew & Noel at Reigate Treasurers' Night
Terry, William, Mathew & Noel at Reigate Treasurers’ Night

On February 11, Mathew was supported at Reigate Provincial Treasurers’ Night by Noel, William and Terry. It was a good evening for all, though Mathew abandoned the Balham brothers to join his fellow treasurers. Quite right too! Pictured here is the ‘Balham brigade’ looking suitably replete at the end of the evening. TGB