A snippet of another fun fundraising event that was hosted by Chris & John Rankin. Burns night lunch at Riverview whilst raising funds for Plymouth branch. Thank you to all those who attended, the fabulous toasts from Gordon Walker and Wendy Hawkins and to Sandra Walker who entertained us with many of her favourite "dits". […]
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Watch Ashore National AGM
The National AGM will take place in Hull on 12th and 13th May. It would be lovely to see as many of you as possible, we have managed to secure a really good deal from the hotel and details have already been circulated. We shall be staying at the Willerby Manor Hotel which is just […]
Social Media Project
Project Report 2016 The Watch Ashore has been supporting merchant navy families since 1933 and like most organisations it has seen its membership wane and decline, going from, in its’ heyday with hundreds of members and 16 branches throughout the UK, to now just five/six active branches. We were given a fantastic opportunity working with […]
Bristol
Last weekend we held our Annual General Meeting in Bristol and it was a very successful weekend. Over forty members attended from various parts of the country and on the Friday evening we had our welcome get together in the function suite of the Radisson hotel. The happy chatter and smiling faces from that night set […]
Annual Meeting
This weekend fifty of our members will be in York for our Annual National meeting. It is always a great weekend full of fun and laughter meeting up with old friends and catching up with each others' news. It is amazing how quickly you pick up from when you last met and soon the room […]
Friendship Circles
We all have friends who fit into different groups/circles. Neighbours, school pals, work colleagues, family etc. Apart from family the one group that I am very close to is my Watch Ashore friends. I am lucky that I have family living nearby and always enjoyed plenty of support. No one in the family or any […]