East Grinstead Catenian Circle

Immediately after the April, May and June Circle  meetings (on Zoom) several Brothers took part in a game whereby they each revealed three ‘facts’ about themselves…though one of them of them wasn’t true. The aim was for other Brothers / ladies to guess which was the lie via (not so) intense questioning. The fun was not in the correct guessing but in learning that, for example, Clive inadvertently stayed in a holiday home in Ireland owned by a 16th Century ancestor, Chris was repeatedly called Colin by Roy Hudd, Richard auctioned a case of beer that eventually raised over £1million, Tom C physically built the street in which he once lived, Frank threw a bread roll that lodged in the cleavage of a future Prime Minister, Wladek scored the winning goal in a penalty shoot-out, Max made bedtime cocoa with paraffin, Larry marched with the Royal Engineers in the 1970 Lord Mayor’s Parade, Geoff played in an England Indoor Hockey Championship Final and guest Mariusz played tennis with Jimmy Connors and strung his racket.

Following the success of February’s quiz a Baker’s dozen Brothers and their families took to Zoom for another general interrogation. On this occasion Pat and Denise and their family reigned supreme, winning by 5 points from Andrew and Beverley. Again the resident photographer was unable to multi-task and combine these duties with the role of quizmaster.

The 2021 social programme kicked off when a dozen or so Brothers and their families took part in an entertaining quiz night – via Zoom. In a closely fought competition Larry and Elaine narrowly edged John F and Kate at the death. No photos are available (as the resident photographer was concentrating on his role as quizmaster) – but the Zoom screen wouldn’t have looked that different from those shown below re the Christmas Carols evening!