Croydon Catenians Circle 60

Among the distinguished visitors at the 2013 Great British Beer Festival held at the London Olympia was a delegation of Brothers from Croydon and Balham Circles.  Always on the lookout for new social activities the visit was organised by Bro. Richard Pyatt, a joint member of both Circles, and an enthusiast of real ale and steam railways. So the opportunity to savour some fine brews alongside impressive locomotives was too good to miss.  Brothers were able to sample a wide variety of beers but despite best intentions didn’t manage to taste all of them.  There were 800 on sale after all!

Brothers from Croydon and Balham Circles sample some fine beers alongside ‘Prince’ one of the 4 original locomotives built for the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales 150 years ago.

Circle Brothers together with family and friends gathered at Lloyd Park Croydon to run, jog and walk in a Fun Run in support of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.  This was the chosen charity of Past President Richard Mills but the event had to be rearranged due to bad weather earlier in the year.  Current Circle President Richard Denore was more than happy to endorse the event and donned his running kit to take part himself.  The event was in held memory of Croydon Circle Past President Gerard Glancy.

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Bro. Paul Nattrass and his daughter Helena, Circle President Bro. Andrew Denore, Circle Vice President Bro. Ken Lee.

The enrolment of Bro Bill Doherty at its February meeting made it two in a row for Croydon Circle, hot on the heels of the enrolment of Bro Mark Ismond in January 2013.  Testimony indeed to the efforts of Circle membership Officer John Fennell.   Bill made a particular point of thanking Brothers for the warm welcome received, both in enrolment and during his time as a Visiting Gentleman.

Bill a retired Head Teacher, is married to Anna with a grown up family.  He attends St Columba’s Church in Selsdon, where he also taught Confirmation classes for many years.  By way of Catenian connections, Bill’s former School Secretary was the Mother of current Croydon Circle President Bro Richard Mills.

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Croydon Circle President Bro. Richards Mills, Bro. Bill Doherty, Croydon Circle Membership Officer Bro. John Fennell

2013 got off to a flying start for Croydon Circle with the enrolment of Brother Mark Ismond at its January meeting.

Mark, a Planner for British Telecoms, is married to Jenifer and has two daughters, Jasmine and Martine, pupils at local Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools. The family attend St Gertrude’s Parish Church, South Croydon. Mark is looking forward to becoming an active member of this vibrant Circle.

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Croydon Membership Officer Bro. John Fennell, Bro. Mark Ismond, Croydon Circle President Bro. Richards Mills.