14/15 October 2023 - Society Convention

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Gallery 2023-10 WIPSG Convention 2023 Darcy, Kevin Cayman Islands Farthing Cayman Is Farthing
Gallery 2023-10 WIPSG Convention 2023 Grech, Lawrence Barbados QE2 Errors
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Gallery 2023-10 WIPSG Convention 2023 Barrow, Ed Trinidad & Tobago Red Cross Trinidad Tobago
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The 2023 Conference took place at Weybourne House, Hitherbury Close, Guildford GU2 4PR.
The programme was as follows:

Saturday

  • 2.00pm Arrival Refreshments available
  • 3.00pm 'Share, show and tell' in the bar: Nothing formal but attendees will be encouraged to bring albums etc and to arrange meet ups with other members.
  • 4.00pm Committee Meeting to decide awards etc
  • 5.00pm people walk or taxi to local hotels (an 8 minute walk into Guildford centre where there is a selection of hotels. The Mandolay Hotel has agreed to offer discounts if more than 12 people book rooms quoting BWISC
  • 6.00pm Taxi from Mandolay Hotel to Weybourne House available
  • 6.00pm bar open at Weybourne House for pre dinner drinks and meet ups
  • 7.30pm 3 course dinner c£30/person (will accommodate dietary intolerances)
  • 10.00pm Taxi from to Weybourne House to Mandolay Hotel available
  • Bar will remain open after the dinner

Sunday
Three dealers will be attending (plus a WIPSG philatelic bookstall). Charge for attendance £25 including lunch and coffee.

  • 8.30am Doors open
  • 8.45am Taxi from Mandolay Hotel to Weybourne House available
  • 9.00am to 9.30 silent displays by Richard Capon (Farthing) and Lawrence Grech (Barbados errors)
  • 10.15 silent displays by Alistair Kinnon (St Lucia) and Susan Taylor (People on T&T Stamps and T&T Slogans).
  • 10.00am refreshment break
  • 1030 am Keynote speaker: Andrew Fowles - Jamaica
  • 12.30pm soup and baguette sandwich lunch at c£10/person (will accommodate dietary intolerances)
  • 2.00 to 2.30 Ed Barrow Red Cross Trinidad
  • 2.30 to 2.45 James Podger Virgin Isles
  • 2.45 to 3.30 Anguilla by Julian Waldron and Graham Stockdale
  • 3.45 to 4.15  Kevin Darcy Caymans
  • 5.00pm close

Preferential rates have been arranged at The Mandolay Hotel https://www.mandolay.com/

Details on the flyer