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Club, please contact Ann Roberts(01886-821063) or Eileen Badger(01886 821501).Saltmarshe & District W.I.Our September meeting took on awatery theme, as our Speaker for theevening was Mr. Paul Betterton, whocame to enlighten us on the Mysteriesof the Titanic. In the 1950s, as ayoung lad, he'd been to see the film"A Night to Remember" which starredKenneth More. Only as he grewolder did he come to realise that thiswas a true story. When he became anengineer this gave him a further levelof understanding and finding outmore became his full time passion. Heled us through the rivalry that existedbetween the Cunard and White StarShipping Lines to win the Blue Ribbonaward for the fastest Transatlanticpassenger ship crossing. In the early1900s those passengers not in FirstClass had to make do with sleepingby holding onto ropes slung acrossthe width of the ship; there being noproper beds, and this on voyageswhich took six weeks. The aim ofTitanic and her sister ships, Olympicand Britannic, was to provide equalfacilities for all three classes, but notof course equal levels of luxury!Despite signals from other shipsabout the presence of icebergs, theTitanic hit one at 11.40pm just fourdays into her maiden voyage. Theship sank at 2.20am on the 15th April1912 with the loss of approximately1500 persons, the majority beingcrew and Third Class passengers.Subsequent inquiries in America andBritain led to specific safetyprocedures still in use today.After our tea interval we got down tothe Business part of the eveningduring which we continued the themeof water with a report of our July tripto Shrewsbury. In contrast to theiceberg and Titanic, we were quitesafe on the River Severn atShrewsbury, in glorious sunshine, ona forty-minute boat ride on the goodship Sabrina. We made a specialmention of Linda, who'd organisedthat whole day so well, then we wenton to congratulate our Treasurer formaking page three of the Septembernewsletter, sent to all HerefordshireW.I.sWe'd arrived in rain and left for homestill in rain; which in view of ourevening's topics seemed mostappropriate. Jean SpelmanVillage Hall 200 Club Draw (July)The quarterly ‘200 Club’ July drawresults are: 44 (T Mills : £50); 84 (P.Page : £30); 93 (R Clarke : £20); 164(S. Ashfield : £15); 32 (T. Wright :£10). Phil LewisSaltmarshe and District HarvestSupper postponedDue to unforeseen circumstances wehave had to postpone the Saltmarsheand District Harvest Supper. We arenow having a Pre Christmas Bash onthe 23rd November, more details tofollow. Di Yarnold.Victorian tea partySylvia and team made over £760during a fantastic afternoon. SylviaGarness would like to thank everyonefor attending. All monies raised arefor Whitbourne Church. TrishGarness5 October 2013