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        <title>New topic: &#8220;Last weekend for Kemsing YHA&#8221;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[About a hundred people both locals from the village and YHA members staying at the hostel for effectively it's last night attended a funeral service in the village high street on Saturday afternoon about 16:00. 

The funeral cortege was led by John Anette and other members of COPSE carrying a coffin marked up good bye Kemsing, followed by the Rev Nigel Ashworth the Kemsing village vicar and the gathered assembly. The cortege moved around the village attended by a press photographer taking pictures.

The coffin was finally taken up to the hostel and prayers and hymns were sung in the common room and after the service a period of memories and reminicising was undertaken by all present who had fond memories of the hostel over the years. 

A meal and a party was to be held later on, a time to sing and play music and then a firework party and the coffin was to ceremoniously burned to bring the Saturday event to an end. 

Sunday was an opportunity to go on a walk either with June Jordan and the Kent Walk or a ramble led by Ron Smith from COPSE. 

Vale Kemsing, gone for good, but will not be forgotten by the members who experienced it over the years.

Phil Manning (Croydon YHA Group)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New topic: &#8220;Change to COPSE web site&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://www.yhagroup.org.uk/forums/common/topic-6/page-1/?recent=9#post=7</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Now www.copsecroydon.co.uk

Chris please note.

Gatliff details are still on the old one as previously notified.

Phil.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New topic: &#8220;Gatliff Marathon&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://www.yhagroup.org.uk/forums/events/topic-5/page-1/?recent=6#post=6</link>
        <description><![CDATA[COPSE's 23rd Gatliff Marathon to be held on the 26th of November 2006, see web site for further details.

http://home.freeuk.com/copse/annual/gatliff.htm

Phil.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New topic: &#8220;uk.rec.youth-hostel Internet News Group&#8221;</title>
        <link>http://www.yhagroup.org.uk/forums/common/topic-4/page-1/?recent=13#post=4</link>
        <description><![CDATA[News group on the Internet for your perusal not really local group orientated, but still worth a read.

Phil.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>New topic: &#8220;YHA Local Groups and their finances and the YHA&#8221;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[News from John A at COPSE. 

You and all can rest easy for a while - we managed to get the motion passed by Southern Regional Council - then over the big hurdle of an 80% majority  to put it on the National Council agenda as an emergency motion - and then passed by National Council (or the AGM as it is called now).

Essentially all the changes have been referred back to Board of Trustees for a rethink. However I am sure that it is not the last we have seen of the recommendations though.

So watch this space.

Phil.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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