Page 61 - Phonebox Magazine June 2013

It’s back: MOTORAMA
Olney Market Place, 9th June 2013, 12:00 – 4:00pm
This should be bigger and better than any we have seen in the past with more vehicles and attractions to keep the motoring enthusiast happy.
Record numbers of cars of all shapes, sizes and ages are expected and a special feature this year will be the arrival of 50 Model T Fords, which will be parked up in the lower Car Park at Silver End.
By the time you read this, our roads closure application should have been given the green light
Lionsd
in some of the entrant vehicles will be available as prizes so you could well top the day with a tour around Olney in a very classic way. With many of the shops & bars in and around the marketplace being open, it should be a day with plenty of interest for all the family so come down and wallow in nostalgia.
Got a vehicle you would like to enter? Entry forms are available from our website www.npolneylions.btck.co.uk Bob Benbow (bob.benbow@ btinternet.com) or call him on 07780 978628.
This is one of many activities we run during the year which sees us
Milk Bottles? – No, Milk Boxes!
On a slightly different motoring front, I came across this elegant gentleman on a visit to Tesco’s in Milton Keynes
recently.
Dave isn’t a Lion but he was fundraising for an excellent local charity called OBN which is a branch of the national charity, The Rapid Response Medical Transport Service – more commonly
ANNUAL PUB GAMES NIGHT
in Olney and Newport Pagnell. The Newport Pagnell Rotary Club will again be contributing money towards the Rotary
This fun event took place at the Hanslope
Working Mens Club recently, and the Rotary
Clubs of Newport Pagnell, Wolverton and International Polio Eradication Scheme.
known as “The Blood Bikes”. Dave is one of the large number of volunteers who ride the specially equipped motor bikes which are used to deliver vital blood, medical records, drugs and various other supplies between hospitals when the regular NHS delivery service is nished for the day.
My eye was was drawn to the box which Dave was using to support his main pannier and the large Lions insignia which it bore. Dave advised me that this was one of many Milk Boxes donated to the service by Yeovil Lions club and is used speci cally to transport emergency supplies of Breast Milk to hospitals all over the Country when critically ill, new born babies require feeding and for various reasons, breast milk is unavailable at the treating unit. Whilst this charity is probably unknown to many
who will be reading this article, our local hospitals regularly use their services as the testimonials in the literature Dave gave me conveyed The speed and ef ciency of motor bikes in this day of congested road conditions makes their existence a true life saver!
enabling us to have more than regularly donating around £12,000
Stony Stratford and Milton Keynes Grand
Only three or four countries in the world
Union were involved in competitions enough room for the
a year to charitable causes,
the cup well polished.
with our regular entrants from the
larger
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unusual feature vehicles including
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wrong by winning, because they also have out more about us and want to make a
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are now experiencing this terrible disease,
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Hotel, Newport Pagnell. We are a dining and Jaguar. club but having a meal is optional. If a
another Rotary Year, and a very successful
period for the Newport Pagnell Club. We helping us make this a successful
meal is required then this takes place in the Come and admire the Minriesatanurdant from 6.45 onwards. Non -diners
have raised a considerable amount of
money over the last twelve months, with event through their generous many local, national and international can arrive in time for the start of the meeting
the Mustang, the Jensen and the
charities benefiting from ..the members at 8.00 pm. sponsorship. Their contributions
efforts. For more information, have a look at our
Jaguar, the Austin and the Aston. are recognized by trophies in the
As the new Rotary year looms on the website www.newportpagnell.rotaryweb.org
hBorrizinong, ptlahnes akreidbseinagnmdadelefotrtnheewm vote name of each business and after and regular projects to be implemented. or contact the following
Wfoe rhatvhe efuinrd fraivsinoguarnidtesocial revaentsd RwichairldeColemthane(Perveseidnetn,t)we will be publishing a list
Tel: 01908 611977 John Belcher.
there, buy a ticket for the Treal: f0 19e08 210o0f28our sponsors, their awards and of
already being planned, including our
fiftieth anniversary celebrations in October
course, the winners – have a look at our website for the information
and the usual bucket street collections
prize draw on the day. Rides
Please come along and support
the World Health Organisation and the Bill
Ginates aFoundation are determined to see
organise next years contest. The picture The Club currreentlsy thasu2r2amnetmsbers,amnend some well
year we anticipate having some
shows Grand Union Rotarians Susan and women, with three new potential
Jackson, David Hatherall and Andrew
deserving charities through The
Lions whilst having a great day out
helping thosealesswforetulnl!ateWtheanwyoouruseldlf, once again like come along and meet us.
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