Category: Events

Thirty one members of the Club were warmly greeted by staff at the White Horse Inn at Woodbury on Wednesday 22nd October for a Club sit down lunch.

Members were appreciative of another opportunity to enjoy a tasty and leisurely lunch made even better when Club Chairman and Treasurer Garry Adams handed out ‘a little something’ for everyone towards the cost of the meal.

Our grateful thanks to the staff of the White Horse Inn who looked after us so well and of course to Peter and Barbara Johnson for organising this event.

Photo by Jan Russell

Thirty members were able to enjoy a very happy afternoon in the horse-drawn barge on the Great Western Canal at Tiverton. The weather was good, the commentary excellent and a peaceful 90 minutes ensued. This was the 50th anniversary of the Canal company and members judged the event a great success

The AGM for 2024 was held on 12th March once again at the Swan’s Nest near Exminster when 38 members attended. Garry Adams as both Chairman and Treasurer reported on the year’s events and planned events for the future. The Club is in a good state financially thanks to continued grants from the Bank. Future lunches, coffee mornings, cream teas and other visits such as to the theatre in Sidmouth and to the Grand Union Canal in Tiverton will be heavily subsidised.

The Committee members remain unchanged but with the welcome addition of Martin Mitten.

Members were royally entertained after the AGM by Rose Chanin whose humour, dialect and interaction with the audience were greatly appreciated and warmly applauded.

The Minutes of the AGM may be obtained by contacting Les Rendell (lesrendell41@gmail.com)

The White Horse Inn at Woodbury Salterton was again the venue for a Coffee Morning with 19 members enjoying their free coffee and a chance to meet up and exchange a great deal of chat!

The staff at the White Horse were very attentive and kept bringing round more coffee etc. and they had provided a good selection of biscuits on each table.

Several stayed on for lunch (but they had to pay for this) and overall it was another happy occasion for Barclays pensioners.

Despite the incessant rain which threatened to flood the roads to and from the Victoria Hotel in Sidmouth, 72 members, partners and friends attended our annual Christmas lunch in the beautifully decorated hotel and enjoyed a first class meal at a heavily subsidised price. There were a number of new members present and these were particularly welcomed by Chairman, Garry Adams, who extended the welcome to everyone present. Good wishes were conveyed to all members for a very happy Christmas and a healthy New Year with a reminder about our next function which is a Valentine’s Day (February 14th) free coffee morning at the White Horse Inn, Woodbury Salterton (from 10.30am).

(The photo is by Martin Mitten – whom do you recognise?)

A record 28 members attended the annual event at Bickleigh Mill near Tiverton on November 15th and were able to enjoy not only coffee or tea and cakes free of charge but also the beautifully stocked shop there full of tempting Christmas gifts. Most of the group stayed on for lunch (at their expense) and the visit was voted a great success ahead of the forthcoming (and heavily subsidised) Christmas Lunch at the Victoria Hotel Sidmouth. See Newsletter for full details.

The White Horse Inn at Woodbury Salterton was again the venue for an informal lunch on 17th October and 32 members enjoyed the fare on offer especially as it was subsidised by £10 per person from the Club.

Another highly subsidised outing for 33 of our members who enjoyed a lovely cream tea at Powderham near Exeter once again. Highly subsidised? Yes, it was free!

For details of further events you can enjoy if you become a member of our Pensioners’ Club check out our Newsletter in this website.