Jim's Memorial Celebration - 6 May
Macdonald Burlington Hotel
Burlington Arcade
126 New Street
Birmingham
B2 4LJ
Charity Ball in memory of James Viney
(held in conjunction with the BTSS)
Saturday, 6 May 2006 - 7.30pm
Black tie - Dinner Dance with Drinks reception
Carriages at 1.30am
To reserve your ticket(s), please contact either:
Richard Viney: richviney@hotmail.com
or Emma Hopkinson (BTSS): Emma.Hopkinson@dlapiper.com
Ticket price: £40 per person
Menu:
Petit Salad of Salmon
Set on Green Beans & New Potatoes
With a Rustic Tomatoe Dressing
~
Roast Shoulder of Lamb with Herb Stuffing & Minted Gravy
Fresh Vegetables and Potatoes
~
Chocolate Coupe with Orange Cream
~
Coffee and Mints
Events will include a raffle / charity auction in aid of:
The Birmingham Children's Hospital (Education fund)
James was a wonderful and loving uncle to his nephews and neices and would have been very happy to see the surplus from this event making a real difference to the lives of sick and distressed children in his beloved home city of Birmingham.
We do hope you will join us for what is sure to be a fantastic laugh.
For parties of eight, we are likely to be able to accomodate you all on your own table. For smaller parties, we will endeavour to keep people together or near to each other in the table plan. Don't delay - get your tickets today!
Burlington Arcade
126 New Street
Birmingham
B2 4LJ
Charity Ball in memory of James Viney
(held in conjunction with the BTSS)
Saturday, 6 May 2006 - 7.30pm
Black tie - Dinner Dance with Drinks reception
Carriages at 1.30am
To reserve your ticket(s), please contact either:
Richard Viney: richviney@hotmail.com
or Emma Hopkinson (BTSS): Emma.Hopkinson@dlapiper.com
Ticket price: £40 per person
Menu:
Petit Salad of Salmon
Set on Green Beans & New Potatoes
With a Rustic Tomatoe Dressing
~
Roast Shoulder of Lamb with Herb Stuffing & Minted Gravy
Fresh Vegetables and Potatoes
~
Chocolate Coupe with Orange Cream
~
Coffee and Mints
Events will include a raffle / charity auction in aid of:
The Birmingham Children's Hospital (Education fund)
James was a wonderful and loving uncle to his nephews and neices and would have been very happy to see the surplus from this event making a real difference to the lives of sick and distressed children in his beloved home city of Birmingham.
We do hope you will join us for what is sure to be a fantastic laugh.
For parties of eight, we are likely to be able to accomodate you all on your own table. For smaller parties, we will endeavour to keep people together or near to each other in the table plan. Don't delay - get your tickets today!
1 Comments:
I have been trying to write this for over a month now and still can't find the words. Here is my best attempt to describe my friend Jim and how much I will miss him...
We met at university in Exeter where we struck up an instant friendship. Jim was possibly the most intelligent man I knew. I don't know anybody else who was capable of achieving a 2:1 in a politics course having never attended a single lecture! I can vouch for that because I spent many of those lectures with my 'Bad Habits Professor' Jim talking rubbish, drinking and smoking.
Occasionally we went to lectures together, despite the fact that we were on completely different courses! One time, we were preparing ourselves for a Black tie ball when I was supposed to be at a Psychology lecture on Freud. I happened to mention how amusing some of the theories were and 1/2 hr later we were sitting in the lecture together, half cut and dressed in our dinner suits!! Happy times.
Jim and I also had a great pool rivalry and we often spent lectures in the Queen Vic together battling it out over a pint. We were very evenly matched and the pendulum would swing on a regular basis as each of us found form. When we teamed up as a doubles partnership, as we sometimes did, it was always worth sharking our opponents with a little wager which we invariably won!
Unsuprisingly most of my fondest memories of Jim involve our drinking exploits together. I was also priviledged to travel around New Zealand with him and see him catch his first fish. That trip also happens to be the only time I have ever managed to sleep through an entire 24 hr period. Needless to say this was induced by Jim's insatiable appetite for partying!
Prior to our trip to NZ Jim also visited me in Australia where I was living at the time. He slept in the lounge and I have a fond memory of Jim's tale the next morning of how a burglar had attempted to enter the house via the patio doors only to be greeted by a huge Englishman 'looming' over him. Needless to say he scarpered as quickly as possible!
Those who know Jim know that he was never short of a tale to make you smile. Despite hearing some of them multiple times I never tired of them. Jim was proof that it really is the way you tell em'
So Jim, I will miss you. I will miss my pool companion, and I will miss my drinking companion but most of all I will miss my friend.
Bolt on fresher...
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