On Sunday the 1st of May 2022 a Special Luncheon was held for the widows of members of the PPM

The Luncheon was held at Wests Ashfield

12 widows and their friends came along for a wonderful afternoon of music, food and Magpie Memories

Here are a few photos to celebrate this event

The ladies catching up before the luncheon

Lottie Hooper, Jill Squires and Karen Hooper

Elle Poullos and Helena Bailey

Joe Begnell, Ken Vessey and Geoff Squires

Janet Loder and Sharon Crow

Brian Cook, Judy Brading, Barry Brading and Steve Broughton

Our tables are waiting for us at the Garden Restaurant

The ladies being seated

Karen Hooper, Lottie Hooper and Jill Squires

Janet Loder, Sharon Crow, Terri Broughton and Steve Broughton

Chris Kelly and Judy Wilson

Marie and Catherine Fitzgerald

Geoff Squires and Judy Brading

(Judy is Bill Keato’s daughter)

John Chow Hayes and Merrilyn Rogers

The food and the music has arrived

Helena Bailey and Chairman of Wests Ashfield Tony Andreacchio

Dennis Burgess, Geoff Squires and Clare Burgess.

Tony Andreacchio and Jill Squires

Ralph Graham on Guitar

Time to dance

Dennis Burgess in full swing

A special raffle was held thanks to the generosity of Wests Ashfield

Mick Liubinskas was the MC for this raffle

The winners were……

Everyone is having a great time

Unfortunately it was time to go but before that happened the ladies were presented with flowers

Liz Stonestreet with a photo her late husband Ken Stonestreet

Anne Russell with a photo of her late husband

A big thank you to Joe Begnell for donating the beautiful flowers and Neil Bennett from the Wests Archives for all his hard work in organising the photos and personalised key rings for our ladies.