That's a lovely idea Dave. Reunion 2010. I enjoyed the early ones. In recent years accommodation for tourists has improved greatly equaling any in the US or Canada. The BC road networks. have been improved too. I suppose the town planners have the proposed Olympics in mind. The games may be around London but lots of visiting competitors will be based here in the Midlands. Yes Dave. Start the ball rolling for Autumn 2010 Reunion. Regards Pat & Gil. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Ogden" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:00 AM Subject: [Black Country] Jane's site plus bits and bobs plus BCR 2010! > Hi all, > It's ages since I've posted to the BC List (I'm usually under the > radar sorting you all out!). > I must say that on a review of Jane's site, it's brought back a huge > amountof very dear memories. The very first reunion (actually only four of > us) was eclipse day on 11th August 1999. There was myself, Jane, Jo and > Anne (my wife and daughter) whizzing around the Black Country and ending > up at the Lion pub at Hampton Loade on the river Severn (now closed!) for > a pint and a meal. Jane said that it would be a great idea to have a Black > Countryreunion for us all to enjoy. > The idea was taken up, driven by Jane, and the next year (2000), we had > the first full blown BC List reunion with many people from all corners of > the world joining in. We all had a great time with many places visited > andnattered about. > The BC reunions were a feature of our list for a number of years, and > still, ex-pats come to visit their roots.