THE JOURNAL OF THE PLYSU GROUP
5 SPRING, 1972
WELCOME TO THE CLUB
In Brief ...
OUR congratulations to Plysu
Houseware's Jeff Walsh, Sales-
man of the Year, who enjoyed
a well-deserved holiday and
presentation thrown in-page 3.
AN D to the Dance Committee
on reaching a new fund-raising
target-page 6.
FITN ESS enthusiasts can follow
Elizabeth Berq's diet plan last
issue with a simple course of
exercises to keep figure-trim
this summer-Page 5.
DID you know Bruno Corner-
ford has been leading a 'double
life' for half a century ?-page 5.
CAN anybody solve the Great
Teaspoon mystery?-page 3.
'.
No.
The Plysu Social Club has expanded its Committee member-
ship in preparation for a growing range of activities in the
Summer season.
Fancy fishing? Fit for football?
These are both, as you know,
thriving sections of the Social
Club.
But there are boundless
openings for new Sections.
Learning to Dance and Keep-
ing Fit are two recent sugges-
tions, for Ladies Sections. So
are crochet, make-up and wig
demonstrations.
Photography and table tennis
are on the agenda.
What the Club needs are
both enthusiasts and organisers.
It is, after all, your Club.
All requests for the use of the
Canteen for the formation of
any Section, the discussion of
any idea, should be made to
the Personnel Office.
Meanwhile, here is an up-
to-date list of Committee mern-
bers if you wish to discuss' any
new projected Section for reg-
ular activities, or single event.
Committee:
Mr. Maxwell Summerlin (Chairman).
Mr. C. R. E. Phillips (Secretary).
Mr. J. Passing ham (Treasurer).
Mrs. J. Hartup (Secretary to Mr. Walker
and Mr. Cable).
Mrs. M. Masters (Print Room).
Miss B. Woods (Cutting Room, In-
dustrial)
Mrs. K. Rosling (Housewares).
Mr. R. Large (Electrical Maintenance-
(Moulding Room»
New members:
Mrs. H. Wilson (Containers).
Mrs. A. M. Perry (Industrial 'welding
room).
Mr. J. Sinfield (Engineers).
Mr. M. Jenkins (Moulding room-
chipping shed).
Bold Knights
of Hucks ..•
This is not a scene from a
Hollywood epic. The pic-
ture was, in fact, taken by
our PL YSU PEOPLE photo-
grapher not a thousand
miles from Milton
Keynes. Under that for-
midable gear you will find
members of the Milton
Keynes Medieval Society,
who take battle, honour
and chivalry very serious-
Iy, as you will read on
Page 2.
•
It can be /.Jln to ...

Re-live the past

The Age of Chivalry is very much alive, if you talk to
me."!bers of the ,Milton Keynes Medieval Society, and the
spirit of the Kmghts of Old lives on, possibly even more
so over a beer at the end of a tough day with the broad-
sword. New members are welcome. And here, past and
present, is what it's all about ...
The Society was formed about two Also they have an interest in brass
years ago by a group of men, whose rubbing and knightly effigies of the
interests lie in the Medieval period, period which gave them in turn,
focused on the mid 13th century to more of an insight into what kind of
the mid 14th century (1250 to 1350), armour was used and what dresses
when Chivalry was at its greatest. The women wore.
6th Crusade had just ended. Knights of the mid 13th century
Heraldry had a foothold and the wore a mail shirt called a Hauberk
Magna Carta had been signed (1215) made from metal rings. The Society
giving all of us the freedom we have make these Hauberks in the same
today (?). The aims of the Society way that they were made eight cen-
are to recreate all aspects of the turies ago; also the knight wore a
Medieval period as often as possible. therefore slower moving, and of
closed helm, which protected his
Each member makes his own equip- course a much easier target. By the
head.
ment and in some cases (such as end of the 16th century only the
mail) exactly as it was first made. All breastplate and the helmet remained.
weapons are real, swords having Plate armour Perfect balance
rebated edges as have axes, bill- A Knight's main weapon was the
hooks and all other weapons which In the mid 14th century knights
had started to go over to plate broad sword, and a lot of rubbish has
have edges. been written about this weapon.
armour. First the chest was protected
Banquets by a coat of plate, next the shoulders People now believe that this weapon
Although the main interests are and upper arms were encased in was heavy and cumbersome. This is
fighting and armour, the Society also plate, next came plate to protect the not so, the broad sword weighing
holds banquets and feasts, all in knees, shins and feet. By the end of about 2;' pounds had a perfect
medieval costume. They also have the 14th century Knights were pro- balance. It was 2" at the hilt. about
outings to apt venues like The Tower tected from head to foot in plate. 32" long, and tapered to 1;''' at the
of London and The Wallace Collec- Because of the introduction of fire- point-and quite literally as sharp as
arms, armour became heavier and a razor. Also in use was the axe
tion.
(mainly a horseman's weapon). This
also was extremely sharp but. be-
cause of the axe head being at the
end of a 3 ft. pole, a very cumber-

Plysu Crossword some weapon. The mace and chain

was also favoured by the horseman-
for crushing bones!
the long bow and billhook were
used by foot soldiers and brought
about the use of plate because mail
alone could not protect the Knight
Congratulations to
from such weapons. Even plate
champion Crossword
armour was not a sure protection
Puzzle solver Ursula
against the long bow.
Charnock-Smith, the In one case an arrow was shot at a
only one to complete Knight on horseback. The arrow went
Harry Arnold's mind- through the armour of the Knight's
bender in our last issue. leg, through his leg including the
She wins a premium bone, through the leather and wood
bond. Meanwhile we're of his saddle and killed his horse
working on Harry to You can see how powerful this
produce another-a bit weapon was.
easier, we hope! Now, how about digging up those
chivalrous instincts and joining the
Society. New members are welcome.
That is the background. The Soc-
iety has many less hazardous activ-
ities, so how about digging up those
chivalrous instincts and joining the
Society. New members are welcome.
Plysu people JEFF WALSH-
Congratulations Salesman
To Jean Bromley (Containers)
who was married to Ray Brown in
January at St. Marv's Church, Mar-
of the Year
ston Moreteyne in January.
Jeff Walsh, Plysu Sales Repre-
Angela Potts (Print Room) and
sentative for Yorkshire and Lincoln-
Philip Rose (Loaders), a happy
Plysu twosome who married at shire, received his 'Salesman of the
Lidlington in March. Year' award during the recent Annual
And Lilian Simms, on her marriage Sales Conference held in Majorca.
to Bernard Neale at Flitwick Parish He won the prize-a fully auto-
Church. Reception was at Beedlan matic chronograph-for his out-
Manor. standing performance during 1971.
*
To Bill Barnett (Production Man-
Mrs. Walsh also received an auto-
matic watch.
ager) and his wife, Patricia, on the
Jeff Walsh
birth of a son, Trevor James. Jeff Walsh has been with Plysu for
Ray and Rose Harris, formerly of three years, during which time his
Plysu, and now living in Ontario, customers have doubtless been kept
Canada, who have had a son, Kevin well-informed of the progress of
Paul. Leeds United F.C. since he is one of
their keenest supporters. Football
*
To Hilda Jones (Containers) and
her husband Bill, who celebrated
plays a big part in Jeff Walsh's life.
In his sparetime, he organises a team
their Silver Wedding at the turn of the of boys in Yorkshire and it has
year .... performed well enough recently to
and to Bill Davis and his wife on reach the semi-finals of the Selby
their Ruby Wedding in February. League Competition.

*
Belated but sincere congratulations
and good wishes to Pat Brammer
The conference at which Jeff
received his award was a landmark
(Containers) who was engaged to in the company's history. The whole
Jerry Rust on Christmas Day. sales force boarded a chartered
plane at Luton and flew-with their
Philip Rose and Angela Potts wives-to a four-day "working
break" at C'an Pastilla.

shop!
light weight stock and prod, 45 lb.
draw weight prod.
Nearly new. Set of aluminium bolts.
Contact Mrs. P. Tittl, (Containers
Despatch) or at 24 Station Road,
Woburn Sands.
FOR SALE: Mk 11 Mini, 1968, 24,000
miles on clock, Sandy Beige with Red
interior. Three new tyres. Very good
condition. £400 O.N.O.-Mrs. Voss,
Sponge Room, Ext. 278.
THE GREAT
TEASPOON MYSTERY ...
FACT: The Plysu Canteen, we
understand from Mr. Slocock,
once possessed a total of 465
teaspoons.
FACT: This total has been
reduced to 43.
AT the time of going to Press,
that is.
PLEASE will the guilty stir
Jean Bromley and Ray Brown themselves into returning them.
Or providing their own.
Obituaries
We deeply regret to report the death
of Mr. Alic R. Bailey, formerly em-
ployed as a carpenter at Plysu. Alic
had only been with the Company for
a year before his illness, but had a
pleasing personality which endeared
him to all those with whom he came
into contact.
Our sympathy is extended to his
widow, his son Graham, who is em-
ployed as a moulder at the factory,
and his daughters in California and
Ontario.
We also deeply regret to learn of
the death of Thomas Creagh, who
commenced employment with Plysu
in July 1970. He worked as a lorry
loader in Containers and passed
away on Sunday, 9th April.
A World Movement at Your Door
The Directors of Plysu recently gave the Beds 21 st Detach-
ment of the British Red Cross Society permission to use the
Plysu canteen for meetings. Claude Phillips, who is Command-
ant of the Detachment, writes here about the work of the
Red Cross.
The Detachment consists at the
moment of nine members, two of
whom are employed at Plysu, but we
are assured of an increase in mem-
bership from interested Plysu em-
ployees.
It is hoped that by meansof money
raising "efforts" that we shall be
able to purchase new uniforms for all
our qualified members.
World Membership
Nearly 224 million adults and youth
are members of the Red Cross. This
new figure of membership of the
world's 113 National Red Cross
Crescent and Red Lion and Sun
Societies representa rise of 4,000,000
members since the previous count
two years ago.
The world's largest Society is the
Alliance of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies of the USSR, with
81,829,700 members. It is followed
by the American Red Cross with
52,600,000 members and the Philip-
ine Red Cross with 18,000,000
members. Together these three
Societies account for over two-thirds
Islond Surprises ...
JIM PASSINGHAM has a
travel tip for those going
to Wales this year.
Visits to two islands were among
the most pleasant memories of my
camping holiday in Wales. The first
was the intriguing Island of Shells.
You will find it on the West Coast of
Wales three miles south-west of
Harlech, a very well known tourist
centre in North Wales. The proper
name for Shell Island is Mochras, and
it is not an island at all, but a penin-
sula or spit of land sticking out into
the sea. To the mass of sand dunes
and rocky beach about 50 feet or so
above sea level, it has a farm of
undulating fields and good roads and
tracks.There aretoilets, a shop, water,
miles of sand dunes, green fields and
unlimited bathing and sunbathing
facilities.
of the total membership.The Philipine
Red Cross, for the second time run-
ning leads the world with the
highest percentage-48'4 per cent-
of the total population as members
of the National Society.
Exploration
The Mexican Red Cross provides
guides for climbers wishing to ex-
plore the volcano craters surrounding
Mexico's capital. The craters were
closed to unaccompanied members
of the public last year because of
frequent accidents. The guides ser-
vice is carried out by members of the
Alpine Brigade of the National
Society.
A First Aid booklet, which is dis-
tributed to all Learner Drivers in the
Federal Republic of Germany was
produced by the National First Aid
organisations, headed by the Red
Cross First Aid courses for all driving
licence applicants, became compul-
sory in the Federal Republic 'ast year.
The booklet has been produced in
Greek, Serbo-Croat, Spanish and
Turkish as well as Germanto cater for
The seashore extends to 7 miles in
all, and there you will find this
wonderful selection of different sea
shells which has given Mochras the
name of Shell, Island, but there is
more to it than that. Besides the 50
or so shell varieties, there are some
very rare seashore plants as well as
the usual flowers that grow on salt
marshes and dunes. There is also
much scope for sea fishing. Bass is
caught from the shore and there are
crabs, lobsters, prawns etc.
On one side of Shell Wilandare the
warm waters of Cardigan Bay and on
the other, the West Tidal Estuary of
the River Artro, one of the famous
rivers of Merioneth. The background
is beautiful, green hills of Merioneth
only four miles away and the hills of
South Caernarvonshire further away
and strung out like a string of beads
in a pea-green sea.
the large number of foreign workers
in the country.
Local duties include the manning
of a First Aid Post at Woburn Park
and First Aid duties at any local event
where our services are requested.
Other local duties include training
adult members (and the general
public) in First Aid, Home Nursing,
Maternal and Child Welfare and
artificial respiration.
Training
We train young people in First Aid
and Home Nursing, artificial respira-
tion, camping, mothercraft, accident
prevention, health and hygiene.
In Bedfordshire generally we help
in hospitals and assist in Blood
Transfusion Sessions. We also lend
articles frern Medical Loan Depts.
for Home Nursing.
We escort the elderly or sick when
they have to travel. We hope to
assist in providing Meals-an-Wheels.
We run three clubs for the elderly
people; and one club for the handi-
capped.
We run Hospital libraries (jointly
with St. John Ambulance Brigade),
trolley shops and picture libraries in
hospitals. We man First Aid posts at
fetes, walks, zoos, sports, Woburn
Abbey, go-karting etc.
If YOU .are interested in this very
vital movement in any way please
contact Claude Phillips.
To get to Shell Island you travel
south from Harlech along the A.496
until you come to the village of
L/anbedr. In the middle of the village
is a turning to the right sign-posted
Mochras. On the left-hand side is an
airfield. Many park their cars here and
walk along the causeway to Shell
Island. The car can be driven along
the causeway except at high tide.
There is a house where a toll is taken
for landing on the island. 25p is the
daily charge for taking the car over.
I should add that you can cross over
the causeway up to 1~ hours before
or after high tide which allows plenty
of time. The man at the house gate
will tell you all about the tide if you
are going there just for the day.
Island of Saints
The second 'island that I would
like to tell you about is in fact a true
island, and it is off the lovely coast
of Pembrokeshire in South Wales. I
am sure that you will find a trip across
to Caldey Island, the Island of Saints,
specially interesting. Regular boats
cross from the lovely resort of Tenby
continued on page 8
BRUNO - PLYSU'S MAN OF ART
Plysu's Bruno Comerford
started painting for pleasure
nearly half a century ago and is
still going strong to the delight
of other villagers and work-
mates. At 61, he says he is
getting the biggest kick of all
out of his hobby and antici-
pates getting down to some
real work in retirement.
That is modesty, mind you.
For during the past three years
alone he has completed 60 oil
paintings in his spare time in
his bedroom studio.
Hundreds of impressions
have found their way into
friends' homes and he has also
produced a number of striking
murals. Some are now in Amer-
ica, others have found their way
to Austria.
Bruno's speciality is re-pro-
ducing paintings and murals
from old - photographs, often
tattered and faded by the years,
and it was by this method that
he created an outstandIng mural
of Crawley House, in his neigh-
bouring village, for use as a
backcloth in this summer's cen-
tenary celebrations of Aspley
Guise Cricket Club. He went
along to Crawley House, where
the first local cricket match was
played in private grounds 100
years back, and made a few
sketches of the place, com-
pleting the work with the help
of a small postcard.
Bruno told Plysu People "I
get enormous enjoyment from
painting. I've even got an old
artist's coat I put on when a fit
of work takes me. But some-
how I never seem to be able to
get a collection of my paintings
together. People I work with
or live near get a glimpse of the
pictures and ask if they can
keep them."
Over the years the amateur
artist has found painting a per-
fect way of escaping from
everyday life. He was a brick-
worker at Marston Valley for
36 years and is now a packer
and general handyman at Plysu.
Some of his work is strictly
local; others are far beyond the
Bucks border, including a paint-
ing of Hong Kong Bay.

ELIZABETH BERG suggests

further ways of
KEEPING IN TRIM
If you do not have the time to
spare during the day, there's no way
out-you're going to have to get up
twenty minutes earlier in the morn-
ings to do your work-out before the
day gets really under way. I've added
five minutes to the time you need for
the actual exercises to allow you to
wake up properly,
Wear light, loose clothing which
doesn't hamper your movements and
preferably go barefoot.
Danger spots
The danger spots for most people are
the hips, the bottom and thighs and
the waistline and midriff so here are
three simple exercises designed to
deal with these specific areas.
First lay down flat on the floor on
your back, arms straight out at
shoulder level, legs flat. Keeping your
shoulders firmly on the floor, raise
your right leg slowly into the -air so
that it is at riqht angles to your body.
Now, without bending your knee
and still keeping your shoulders on
the floor, bend your right leg across
your body so that ~ touches the
floor on the left side. You may not
continued on page 6

KEEPING IN TRIM (from page 5)
be able to get your leg far enough
over the first few times for your foot
to actually make contact with terra
firma but it will come. Meanwhile
hold steady in the most extreme
position you can manage for a count
of ten, then return your leg slowly
to its original position.
Repeat this action in the opposite
direction with your left leg .and keep
going with alternate legs 'until you
have repeated the exercise five times
on each side. (If you haven't exer-
cised in many a long "year, start with
one movement per side on the first
day and gradually build up to five a
side as your body becomes more
flexible).
Get rocking
For the next firming exercise, remain
laying on the floor, arms out at
shoulder level, but this time bend
both legs together so that your knees
are as close as possible to your chin.
Now lower your leqs first to the
right, then to the left, letting your
knees touch the floor at the beginning
and end of each rocking movement.
Keep it up for as long as you are able.
Now relax
Relax for a moment after this
exercise, then stand up with your
feet about 18 inches apart, heels
firmly on the ground. Place your
hands on your waist (or where it
should be l). elbows out to the sides.
Keeping those heels on the floor and
not shifting your feet an inch, swing
your left elbow as far across your
body to the right as you can manage.
Do it slowly and you'll feel the lovely
pull at your muscles which shows
you that this exercise is really working
for you.
-.
Hold the extreme position you
can manage for a count of ten, then
return slowly to your first position.
Repeat the movement with your
right elbow, swinging in the opposite
direction and holding as before. Aim
for ten swings a side a day.
The secret of any kind of exer-
cising is continuity, so don't skip
the odd morning here and there if you
really want results. Coupled with
our diet, these exercises will put
you into better shape than ever
before-provided you stick to the
rules.
Life on the Open Road
A lorry driver's life is not, as most
people think, just a matter of jump-
ing in his cab. driving to his destina-
tion and back again. Sitting on his
backside delivering the goods that
we all help to make. Probably at this
time of the year with sunny days
ahead we might envy them of their
job, when we are stuck in a hot,
stuffy factory making containers to be
delivered to all parts of the country.
But it also brings problems.
With more people out on the roads
on their way to the seaside for their
annual holidays this can be very
frustrating for the lorry driver when he
is sitting in a long queue of traffic
knowing full well that the customer
will be on the phone wanting to
know where the hell his bottles are,
and the Sales Dept. trying to con-
vince the customer that they are
en route.
One big advantage of driving for
Plysu is that they don't have a heavy
load behind them, and an example
of this reminds me of a true story of a
DANCE FUND
TOPS £700
The Hatricks of Northampton
once again provided the music
at our Spring Dance in March,
when 250 people danced the
evening away-and now over
£700 has been raised by the
dance committee.
A £105·00 cheque has al-
ready been paid towards the
cost of a Disco Console-com-
plete with, an amplifier and a
master control. With the Disco
Unit we aim this summer to
own our own Plysu Disco
Sessions.
Plysu Bingo Sessions are a
real possibility and details are
now being considered. We al-
ready have the money to pur-
chase the equipment.
Future dances already
arranged by the Dance Com-
mittee are as follows:
3 June, 1972 Hatricks
16 Sept., 1972 Mantas
28 Oct., 1972 Mantas
16 Dec., 1972 Hatricks
10 Feb., 1973 Mantas
driver who used to work for Plysu.
He came in one morning at 6 a.m. to
get an early start for a rather urgent
load of containers. On arrival at the
customer's factory he opened the
rear doors only to find that he had
left them back at Woburn Sands. I
am sure the customer must : have
thought that was his journey reaily
necessary, among other things.
But, quite seriously, lorry drivers
very often come back to the factory,
in a hurry to get home and they are
sometimes very bad tempered, frus-
trated by a thousand things, trying to
beat the clock so that they do not run
over their hours after having to wait
probably 2 or 3 hours before they
can get unloaded at their destination.
But generally speaking they are a
grand lot of lads trying to do a good
day's work.
A welcome to drivers William
Green, Thomas Warren, Paul Lunn
Conlon, and John Pettman.
Peter Anstee.
Stroight Down the Foirwoy?
Golf is a funny game. The harder you try, the more books YOl,! read, the
more you think about weight transference and straight left a~ms, the worse
your game gets. My advice is to forget all about such things and re.lax
completely, swing freely and you will find that little white ball disappearing
into the nearest bunker, spinney or ditch where it would have gone anyway.
At least you won't be worrying about it.
That, I suppose, in addition to
being advice, could also be called a
theory. Another can be found in an
incident concerning Gary Player
when, having 'holed out' from a
bunker shot, his opponent remarked
on his good luck. "I suppose it was"
said Gary, "but the funny thing is,
the more I practice, the luckier I get."
Luck of the game
Basically, there is a difference
between the amateur and the pro-
fessional game. Let's be honest
about it, though; who amongst the
golfing fraternity doesn't kid them-
selves, just a little, once on the final
green. All the bad shots we've taken
to get there are now forgotten and we
can almost hear the commentator
saying 'he needs this putt for the
Open". If it's a long putt, w~ hope
like hell that it goes in and if it's a
short one we still hope, but in,
addition, we offer a silent prayer
because for some silly reason the
Clubhouse overlooks the 18th green
and whenever you make a fool of
yourself that place is always full.
Such a situation does have it's com-
pensations though. Not only can you
drown your sorrows but you can
promptly forget the shot that they all
saw and tell them of the glorious way
you played on the far side of the
Course. Anglers come off second best
in the 'one that got away' league.
The real challenge
Golf offers a real challenge and the
challenge is ever present. Never do
you face the same situation, how-
ever many times you play the same
course. No other sport or hobby
offers that and, of course, it's one of
the few games that can be played
where women compete with men and
often beat them. 'Golfing widows'
have become fewer and fewer in
recent years: very seldom though do
husband and wife make good part-
ners in mixed matches but the ex-
perience of playing in such a match
is worth it, if only for the laugh.
Top courses
In recent years, due to a Service
career before joining Plysu, I have
been fortunate enough to play some
fine Courses. Worthy of mention are
the 'Bukit' course at the Singapore
Island Club, the International Club at
-,
I
by Les Hailey ]
Seremban (Malaysia), a particular
favourite of mine as I was lucky
enough to win three Army Champion-
ships there and the Course I consider
the most severe test of golf I've ever
encountered, the Ayer Kroh Country
Club, also in the Far East.
Of the home Courses I rate the
Old Course at Sunningdale pretty
high, mainly because I've only ever
played it well on the first day of any
Competition and finally the Royal
Lytham and St. Annes Course, where
I've seen some of The finest players
in the world facing some really
Welcome
We offer a warm welcome to the following
who joined us at Plysu:
Electrician Dept.: Stanley Cooper, David
Coxhill.
Containers: Kathleen Ball, David Blowes,
Carol Carter, Patricia Cave, Vivienne Cowell,
Linda Dear, Bernadette Deegan, Susan
Dixon, Kathleen Farmer, Wendy Garner,
Sheila Goddard, Denise E. Harcombe,
Rossetti Ines, Elsie Lauder, Joanne Lynch,
Jean Marsh, Anna O'Sullivan, Sylvia M.
Pearson, Aubrey Potts, Lesley Potts, Janice
Price, Irene Reader, Shirley Relf, Duncan
Robertson, Hilliary G. Seamark, Dorothy
Starling, Dorothy Sutcliffe, Patricia
Vasiliou, Elaine Wells, Constance Wheeler,
Jeanette Wheeler, Susan Winchester.
Lorry Loading: James Boddington,
Stephen Hawkes, Edgar Lodwick, Amede-
deo Del Regno.
Chipping: Waiter Burr, Brian Jones,
Damian Varley.
Industrial: Carole Webb.
Inspection Dept.: Robert Jordan.
Moulding: Peter Clements, Alfred H.
Dolman, David F. Goyen, Kenneth Hay, .
John Hammond, Christopher D. Hearn,
Robert C. Jones, Alfred King, Raymond
Lanceley, Maurice Palmer, lan F. Porteous,
Robert Pritchett, David Tidman.
tricky situations.
When you see such things for
yourself you take fresh heart and
realise that top professionals can
have as many problems with their
game as you have with yours!
At heart I suppose all golfers are
perfectionists. Few, if any, compare
with the great Jack Nicklaus who,
having hit what looked to everyone a
perfectly good shot in excess of 300
yards, stood with his hands on his
hips and shouted 'Blast'. When asked
what was wrong, he was heard to
say, "It's a yard to the left of where I
wanted it."
New targets
Suffice to say that whatever one
achieves in golf there is always
something else on the horizon that
remains a target. For the Professional
it could be another 'Open', for the
Handicap Golfer it's always a lower
handicap, although from a personal
point of view I would like to be able
to play to mine just once in a while.
See you on the green.
Print Room: Jean Bass, Linda A. Butcher,
Peggy Ellis, Linda P. Garrett, Margaret
Hanratty, Graham Miller, Margaret Stringer.
Container's Transport: William Hollier.
Cleaning: Clifford Leigh-Lancester.
Packing: Patrick Harrald, Gerald Hooper
Wallace J. Lee, Michael Marshall, Frank A.
Smith.
Engineering: Brian Farmer, Arthur J.
Fallon.
Housewares: Peter Cox.
Main Office: Mary Lynch.
Moulding Room: John D. Taylor.
Maintenance: Benjamin Munnoch.
Fork Lift Driver: Stephen R. Holliman.
Inspection: Frank R. Knowles.
YOUNG GENERATION CORNER
The fourth and fifth members of our
"club" are the lively children of Roy
Styles: daughter Debra, aged 3, and
son Alexander, born in November 1971.
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Sport
Plysu Fishing Club
The end of the season-and how
disappointing the closing weeks
turned out to be, with matches being
won with ounces and the last match
in Plysu Lake yielding just one 2 oz.
fish for the winner, John Sinfield, the
remaining fifteen of us being fishless.
The return matches with London
Brick Co. on the Coldharbour Lake
were little better, but full credit to the
three of our members who took the
first three positions: Dave Caton
first, Ray Clifton second, just beating
John Sinfield who finished third but
had the best fish. Ray did especially
well to take his fish in the teeth of a
gale force wind and with sun in his
eyes.
Over Population
Many of you will have noticed the
dead and dying fish in the lake and
the activity of the sea gulls during
January. The fisheries officer was
called in to give his opinion as the
affected fish were covered in a white
fungus. He assured us that only the
roach would be affected and that it
was caused by over population,
although having noticed one or two
good rudd with the same symptoms,
we are watching further develop-
ments with some concern, for with a
restocking programme in view, we
are anxious that the water is free from
pollution before introducing new
fish.
That Wily Carp
In the last issue I said I hoped to
write on the carp in the lake and
-the methods I have used for catching
them, but since that time I have
cauaht mv largest fish to date using
Football - Ready for the kick-off
While the Club awaits commence-
ment of work on its newly acquired
pitch, behind the recreation ground
opposite the factory, members have
been busy getting under way fund-
raising activities-none more so than
Ken Wade (fund-raising secretary)
and P. Rolf, who have devised and
administrate the weekly tote with
which no doubt you are familiar.
At present the receipts are still
rising, thanks to your continuing
support. It is our desire to see the
Club become an efficient and pro-
minent part ofthe Recreational activi-
tives of the Company, within the
Social Club, providing a recreation
and entertainment not only for its
playing members, but all employees,
particularly throuqh some of its
planned future activities. Adequate
funds are essential to achieve these
aims.
a method so entirely unlike the one I
was going to write about that my own
confidence in it has been rather
undermined. However, for what it is
worth, this is it.
My preference is for a long rod,
fixed spool reel, three to four pound
line and a number five or six hook
tied direct. I normally use the type of
hook with a barbed shank as this
retains the bait better when casting,
the bait being a large piece of crust
and, by large, I mean about the size
of a bread roll.
The hook goes through the crust
into the white centre and out
through the crust again with the barb
showing. Dipping it into the water
first will give it enough weight to
cast. After casting, the rod is put
into the rest. With the bale arm off,
the rod tip set high to keep as much
line as possible off the water, and
always rub the last couple of feet of
line with a raw onion or potato to
take off the shine. This is important,
because the bread is inspected
thoroughly by the carp before taking,
and a flash of sunlight on the line
will scare it off.
Set the slipping clutch on the reel
very lightly and when striking hold
your finger on the spool, you can
always increase the tension if nec-
essaryand this way saves a smash on
the strike, and initial run, which is
the time it is most likely to occur.
From then on, it's just a matter of
time giving and taking up line until it
is ready to be drawn into the net.
Having written all that, I feel it is
only fair to say that the last and best
carp this season, a beauty of 14~ Ibs.
was caught while fishing for roach
with float tackle, a sixteen hook,
two pound line, and a minute pinch
of bread. So have I been wrong after
all ?
Jack Sorenson.
The casual observer may be won-
dering when actual games will be
played. As the club is at present only
in application to become affiliated to
the Berks and Bucks F.A., it would
endanger our prospects of achieving
this if unauthorised games were
played.
Nevertheless, once affiliation is
completed, games will be arranged,
and the Club has also applied to
become a member of the North
Bucks Football League.
So it should not be long before we
can really kick off. If you wish to play
and become a member of Plysu
Football Club, please sign your name
on the lists which have been posted
on notice boards around the factory
by Mr. Magenty (Team Manager) or
contact him personally.
DICK LARBEY (Hon.Sec.)
ISLAND SURPRISES (frompage4)
in the summer, and in the most
popular months, several hundred
people a day make the crossing.
Spring and Autumn are, of course,
much quieter.
The modern red and white mon-
astery catches the eye first as one
approaches the Island and this is the
home of some 40 monks where only
male visitors are conducted inside,
but all can seethe monks farming the
500 or so acres of the Island. Other
activities like pottery and perfumery
help to make them self-supporting.
Another place of interest for visitors
is the Old Priory Church, surrounded
by the Priory ruins which are reached
after a walk down a lovely fuschia-
shaded lane. Of the original monas-
ery founded here early in the 6th
Century little remains; it was probably
destroyed by raiding Norsemenbefore
the 10th Century. The present priory
was built in the 12th Century and was
very small, accommodating some 12
monks. Only the church is open to
the public and here we may see an
Ogham stone. These ancient stones
are thought to commemmorate chief-
tains who crossed from Ireland after
the Romans had left and set up
kingdoms in Scotland, Wales and the
West Country. This particular stone
was found in the 18th Century and
used as a window lintel and then as
a garden seat.
Similar mundane uses apparently
befell the monastery itself, which
after the dissolution was used as,
among other things, a laundry and
then a brewery. In 1906 it was
restored as we see it today, and now
its only enemies on this windswept
island are the elements. There are
many pleasant tracks to be walked
and wonderful views from the cliff
tops as one wanders around the
island and after a no doubt busy
journey down to Pembrokeshire, it
makesa pleasant change to get away
from all the hustle and bustle of motor
transport. The only vehicles on the
island, are the tractors used by the 1
monks.
NEWS, please
We welcome news and views, com-
ments and carps. This is your
journal and your opportunity to put
pen to paper. News to :
Ethel Best, Raymond Hall-Housewares
Edna Ingram-Containers -
Hazel Wade-Industrial
Mark Suter-Main Office
Claude Phillips-Personnel Office
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