Cowes Radar Ex-Employees Association (CREEA)

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CREEA MEETINGS HAVE NOW RESUMED.

We meet at the Isle of Wight Community Club, Park Road, Cowes:

Click here to see the venue

Sorry but CREEA no longer appear to have a published programme at this time.

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The programme may not show Island or Mainland trips which will be advertised when appropriate.

Any further changes to the year’s itinerary will be added to this file so you can download and print an up-to-date version if required.

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This Association was founded in 1978, open to the retired employees and their spouses/partners from all the PLESSEY RADAR sites but primarily those from COWES, Isle of Wight.

Whether the company in your day was called

Decca (see The Decca Legacy)

Plessey

Siemens-Plessey

Siemens

British Aerospace

AMS

or

BAE Systems

we welcome all ex-employees.

Since the take-over by BAE Systems, qualifying membership has been extended to all ex-employees from any BAE Systems site. To date we have a membership of 57 with eight new members joining this year.

Our programme of monthly meetings has, over the years, seen members entertained by a variety of speakers on subjects as diverse as the “Photography of Julia Margaret Cameron”, comedy scriptwriting by Island resident Raymond Allen of “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em” fame, conspiracy theories concerning the Titanic, and a talk about HMS Warrior.

Other activities include quarterly lunch dates at various venues, an annual Christmas Lunch at various venues, a New Year Lunch in the New Holmwood, Cowes, and visits to local and mainland (Southern England) attractions.

If you’re on Facebook, take a look at the Plessey Radar Cowes Group, where you will see hundreds of old friends and ex-colleagues sharing anecdotes and photos from their time at Plessey.

Take a look at Ron Burr’s book:

The Decca Legacy

Contacts

 

President

Graham Blake

Tel: 01983 531349

 

Chairman

Barry Bates

Tel: 01983 296303

Email: batesbarry75@gmail.com

 

Treasurer

Joy Ash

Tel: 01983 298731

Email: chinou@talktalk.net

 

Secretary

Joy Ash

Tel: 01983 298731

Email: chinou@talktalk.net

 

Membership Secretary

Ken Welfare

Tel: 01983 506121

Email: ken.welfare@yahoo.com

 

Co-opted Member

Maureen Shaw

 

 

CREEA News

 

Cowes Radar Reunion
24 June 2014

A report from the Isle of Wight County Press 30th May 2014.

 

Missing Person
16 June 2014

Looking for someone who may be able to help locate a missing person.

 

CREEA visit to Whippingham Church
11 June 2014

Some photos of the visit, courtesy of Barry Bates.

 

CREEA visit to Jersey Camp
20 May 2014

Some photos of the visit, courtesy of Barry Bates.

 

CREEA visit to UKSA, Cowes
4 July 2013

Photos courtesy of Barry Bates and Alan Welfoot.

 

CREEA – Cowes Radar Ex-Employees Association
11 May 2013

Downloadable programme updated

 

CREEA visit to Sherborne Castle, Dorset
14 June 2012

Photos courtesy of Mary Mead and Barry Bates.

 

CREEA visit to Rosemary Vineyard
12 June 2012

Photos courtesy of Mary Mead and Barry Bates.

 

CREEA visit to Bembridge Lifeboat Station
21 November 2011

Photos courtesy Barry Bates

 

Visit to the Apollo Theatre, Newport
10 November 2010

Photos courtesy of Barry Bates    

 

Visit to Brading Station and Heritage Centre
27 April 2010

Photos courtesy of Malcolm Shaw

 

Visit to Athelhampton House
21 April 2010

Photos courtesy of Stan Brooke and Barry Bates

 

New Year 2010 Lunch at the New Holmwood Hotel, Cowes
19 January 2010

Photos courtesy of Mary Mead

 

Visit to Nunwell House
1 July 2009

Photos courtesy of Barry Bates

 

Visit to Kew Gardens
14 May 2009

Photos courtesy of Barry Reeves

 

Visit to Denbies Vineyard near Dorking, Surrey
30 September 2008

Photos courtesy of Mary Mead and Alan Welfoot

 

Visit to Moorfields Alpaca Farm at Brighstone
24 July 2008

Photos and Video/Slideshow courtesy of Alan Welfoot

 

Visit to Wight Salads
17 April 2008

Photo courtesy of Wight Salads Group

 

The Christmas Party 2007 held at Northwood Cricket Club
4 December 2007

Photos courtesy of Mary Mead

 

Visit to Highclere Castle
31 July 2007

Photo courtesy of John Pewsey

 

Visit to Arthur Reeder’s Postal Museum (in the rain)
10 May 2007

Photo courtesy of Barry Bates