31 December 2010
A reminder at the end of this year
that most books
have some sort of ending,
and this is it.
This book of People Events is now closed.
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Merry Christmas
and wishing all of you a prosperous
and healthy New Year 2011
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December 2010
Congratulations to the fourth octogenarian
of the Godstone Group.
Happy Birthday Dieter
Don't
count the years! Count the blessings!
Enjoy life's precious gifts and remain young at heart.
Have a wonderful Birthday!
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December 2010
Congratulations to the third octogenarian
of the Godstone Group.
Happy Birthday Gerhard
Congratulations on managing to complete 80 years.
You can't help getting older,
but you don't have to get old.
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The 2010 Godstone Reunion
was held on
Saturday 25 September
at the White Hart Inn, Godstone Green.
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Memories of the summer of 2010:
Travellers from the Godstone Group went for
an extensive tour of Scotland,
and others visited the delights of Dorset,
and some enjoyed the stately homes
and gardens in East Sussex
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February 2010
Congratulations to the second octogenarian
of the Godstone Group.
Happy Birthday Maria
Congratulations on managing to complete 80 years
Age is mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Maria at the birthday party,
with visitors
from Hamburg
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with younger brother Sepp and wife Hilde.
Family group with Susi and Richard.
Celebration at the Devil's Dyke Inn, Brighton -
with Glyn, Anita, Hilde and Sepp.
Richard, Mark and Susi.
Celebration at the Devil's Dyke Inn.
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December 2009
Congratulations to the first octogenarian
of the Godstone Group.
Happy Birthday Margot
Congratulations on managing to complete 80 years Remember age is just
a number
The higher it gets, the more valuable it becomes.
Margot at the birthday party,
with sister Irma, and nephews Peter and Andy
Group photograph
Christopher, Julie, Marie and Thomas
Margot and friend Frank at the day centre Christmas do
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The 2009 Godstone Reunion
Mesage from Dieter:
This is just to reconfirm, all has been arranged
for Saturday 19 September,
12:30pm at the "White Hart", as always.
Looking forward to seeing you all,
best regards Dieter.
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Visit to Nottinghamshire,
Derbyshire and Leicestershire
in September 2009
Nottingham Castle
Walls
Castle Gatehouse
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn
At the Inn
Robin Hood and Maria outside the castle
Nottingham Old Market Square
Sherwood Forest
Major Oak in Sherwood
Southwell Minster
Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey Country Park
Wollaton Hall
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
The Hallaton Treasure, Leicestershire
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The 2008 Godstone Reunion
was held on
Saturday 20 September
at the White Hart Inn, Godstone Green.
The group, from the left,
Maria, Gerhard, Anita, Glyn, Dieter, Doreen and Margot.
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Friday 9 November 2007.
Simon Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Congratulations Doreen & Dieter Simon
on your Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Good luck, health and every happiness be yours always.
Have a wonderful day and enjoy your Golden Day.
With love & our very best wishes on your special day.
Party in Godalming for a family get-together on Saturday.
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The 2007 Godstone Reunion
was held on
Saturday 29 September
at the White Hart Inn, Godstone Green.
The group, from the left,
Anita, Glyn, Doreen, Dieter, Margot, Gerhard and Maria.
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Tuesday 31 July 2007
Happy Event
Congratulations to the Grandparents Simon,
on the arrival of baby Lola Rose Simon,
at 10 lbs 15 ounces.
Mum
and daughter are doing well.
Lola
Rose safely in the arms of big sister Ruby.
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Rudi Kaselow 80 on Thursday 15 March 2007
Happy Birthday
Rudi
Rudi
Kaselow with his wife Anneliese on his 80th Birthday. Rudi
is now living in Frankenthal in the Pfalz near Worms
Since the start of
the Godstone website we had hoped that someone would find us and say hello.
Well, it really has happened and it was all thanks to Rudi's nephew. He was
looking for that special birthday present for his Onkel. He knew of the1951
connection with England and used "yahoo.de" to search the internet. Among
the many Kaselows he found there was only one with the correct first name and
surname and that was on the Godstone page. See
the Gallery for a picture of Rudi in his earlier days.
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Sylvia Barr 50 on Wednesday 14 March 2007 Happy Birthday
Sylvia
Sylvia in
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Visitors
from Canada December 2006
Christopher
Fenn (as he used to look) came to visit
his Mum in Aldershot for a three week reunion.
And
this is Chris now, accompanied by his 16 year old daughter Camille
.....
Pictures
from the reunion
Family
group
The
Fenn and High Cousins
Tom
and Camille.
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September 2006 Godstone Reunion The 2006 reunion was held on Saturday
23rd September in Godstone Green at the White Hart Inn, where we always received
very friendly service.
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Visit
to Tresco, Isles of Scilly in September 2006
Arrival
on Tresco after a 20 minute helicopter ride from Penzance by a 28 seater
Sikorsky S61 helicopter. Followed by tractor-bus ride to the hotel.
Island Hotel Tresco and the crystal-clear sea.
View
from the hotel balcony to the northeast.
View
from the hotel balcony to the east.
View
from the hotel to the Blockhouse in the southeast.
View
of the New Grimsby Channel, which separates Bryher (left) and Tresco (right).
Dolphin
sculpture by the sea
Excursion
by golf buggy to the wonderful Abbey Gardens. This visit was one of the highlights
of our visit to the island. There are rare palms, cacti, succulents and exotic
plants from the tropics in a scene you will see nowhere else in Britain.
Entering
the gardens
View
towards the Shell House.
It
is a very large garden, we needed several rests.
Ooh,
look at this, never seen one that big.
Gaia,
the Earth Mother, by David Wynne. .
Leaving
the gardens.
The
tractor-bus taking us back to the heliport.
Return
to Penzanze
Tresco is the second largest Island in the group. The
north of the Island is wild and barren, the centre is made up of green fields,
cottages and farmland leading through the tree lined avenue to the world famous
Tresco Abbey Gardens. The gardens are home to species from 80 countries, ranging
from Brazil to New Zealand and Burma to South Africa. Even at the winter equinox
more than 300 plants are in flower. ------------
During
September 2006 Travellers
from the Godstone Group intend
to find their way to Aachen, Germany,
Aachen
Cathedral
and to the
Wartburg
in Eisenach, Germany,
also nearer to home, to the Scilly Isles to
the Tresco Abbey Gardens. ------------
Saturday
24 September 2005 Godstone Reunion The 2005 reunion was held
on Saturday 24th September at the White Hart in Godstone.
Saturday 24th September 2005 The group, from the left, Dieter, Margot,
Gerhard, Maria, Anita, Glyn and Doreen. ------------ 1 September 2005. Visit to Godstone
An Anniversary visit to Ivy Mill Lane, where the
camp used to be.
The site is now occupied by the Godstone Village School.
Ivy Mill Lane
Just as quiet as it used to be. ------------
Saturday 18 June 2005 Andrew Barr 50 today Happy Birthday
Andy
Andy in 1955 ------------ Sunday
20 February 2005 Happy
Event Congratulations to the Grandparents Simon, on the arrival
of baby Ruby Simon, at 7 ½ lbs.
Ruby in
July 2005 ------------ 26
November 2004
New Home Hello
Doreen and Dieter, Congratulations on managing to complete the most stressful
move from the hillside mansion. Hoping that you will be very happy in your new
home. ------------ 24 November 2004 Moving House
Message from Dieter: The time has never flown as fast as it has these last weeks,
when things have been really fraught, although on the whole all went pretty well
in the end. We are now on the home straight and can see the target in sight. It
had been a close call once or twice. We are moving on Friday - yes, in two days'
time - still all the while keeping our fingers crossed that nothing may go wrong
last-minute. Anyway, we are looking forward to the new house. ------------
18 September 2004. Reunion.
The 2004 September reunion was held on Saturday 18th at the White Hart
in Godstone. See separate report and pictures on the Reunion page.
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2004. Family news. Dieter and Doreen have some great news,
they are going to be grandparents. Their son Dan and wife Jo informed them that
in about six month's time - hoping all goes well, there
will be a happy event. ------------ August
2004. Anita & Glyn Golden Wedding Aniversary
cruise. They had a wonderful time on their Norwegian coastal voyage.
The trip on this luxurious ship has been absolutely fabulous. The cabin was
superb, and the food was out of this world. The scenery was breathtaking
with magnificent fjords and mountains, following the coast, crossing the Arctic
Circle, then to the North Cape and on to the Russian border.
------------ Wednesday 28 July
2004. A Tadley anniversary. It was 34 years ago that the Ostkamp
Family arrived in Tadley. ------------- Tuesday
27 July 2004. Outing to Hinton Ampner near
Winchester. Anita and Glyn were on their way home to Bexhill
from a short stay in Dorset and arranged to meet Maria and Gerhard at the National
Trust property near Bramdean. Long walk around
the nice garden and the nearby church. The house contains Ralph Dutton's fine
collection of furniture and paintings, only some parts of the house are open to
view. Afterwards tea/coffee and tasty cakes in the Hinton Arms pub (nice country
pub).
Photos from a nice memorable day in Hampshire. ------------
Saturday 24 July 2004. Barr Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Congratulations Anita & Glyn Barr on your Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Good luck, health and every happiness be yours always.
Have a wonderful day on Saturday, and enjoy your Golden Day. With love &
our very best wishes on your special day. Party in Brockham
for a family get-together on July 24th. The
Golden Couple Golden Wedding Flowers
The
Golden Wedding Celebration Cake The
family get-together at the Dukes Head in Brockham -------
Saturday
1 May 2004. Great-grandparents. Congratulations to the Great-grandparents
Barr, on the arrival of baby Luca Barry Barr.
------------ Friday 28 February
2003. Ostkamp Golden Wedding Anniversary. Message from Gerhard
and Maria. We have managed to reach another milestone; on the 28th of February
we completed the 50th year of our marriage. Our Golden Wedding celebration
went a lot better than I had thought, mainly thanks to our lovely daughter.
We (meaning me) had no wish to have a big celebration, it was our day and we were
going to have a quiet do by ourselves in nice surroundings. The children had other
ideas and we eventually came to a compromise agreement. To avoid getting
caught in surprises I booked rooms at a hotel at the distant seaside for a celebration
dinner and breakfast. Susi had in the meantime been in secret talks with my sister
and husband John and they were waiting for us when we arrived in the hotel bar
for pre-dinner drinks. It was a total surprise, I was momentarily speechless
and the conspirators were very pleased with themselves. It was a lovely surprise
and the evening was a great success. On the next day we travelled
around the surrounding area of Dorset where we often used to spend our summer
holidays. ------------ ======================== |