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703 ENTRY ARTIFICER APPRENTICES
Pictured left:
703’s very own Vadre Smith, Jeremy Williams, Keith Rowbottom and Sandy Saunders taking pre-
“703-50” - The 50th Anniversary Reunion
We set this web site up to lay a marker for a reunion to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of our entry into the Royal Navy at HMS Fisgard on Friday 4th September 1970. The date has now been sent and preparation is underway.
Accommodation
And
Payment
Keith will post a list of accommodation options in the Gosport area to help those travelling long distance to the event.
Keith is also the "Treasurer" for the event and has opened a bank account to handle the monies. Ergo, he will be taking payment from attendees in due course.
If you have any questions regarding the event, please do not hesitate to get in touch using the contacts page of this site, or through our Facebook portal.
Details of 703-
Keith Rowbottom (Frew), Sandy Saunders (Cooke) and Phil Price (Bennett) filtered 2018's survey results and have now refined the responses into an event format that is now ready to roll on the lines of an informal sit-
Date: SATURDAY 5th September 2020
Venue: WO and Senior Rates Mess, HMS Sultan
Time: 7:00pm for 7:30 Dinner
Dress: Lounge suit or collar and tie (preferably with jacket, trousers and socks/shoes!) as befits a 50th anniversary
Cost: £60 per head
Outline:
- Drinks reception on arrival
- Group Photograph(s) with and without partners
- Dinner with wine and Port for Toasts
- We may engage a guest speaker for a post toast interlude (brief!) if we can find one suitably connected that we like
- Post dinner background music while everyone takes the opportunity to mix and mingle with guys not seen since August 1971!
Can you please now let us know as soon as possible if you intend to attend the 703 Entry 50th Anniversary Reunion.
