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This page is here to record the existence of the 
NORTH BRITISH R P C  (Rinkly Pensioners club)
The club was started in the year 2000 by Dave Vallis and since then there have been a number of very enjoyable lunches held at Bruntsfield Golf Club in Edinburgh.Martin Hale is now the organiser and if you require any information please contact Martin at martinhale@onetel.com

                                        Next 2010 lunch is planned for November 27                                                  

Edinburgh  May 29 2010
 The Rinklies lunch was held on May 29 at Bruntsfield Golf Club and although 
several stalwart attendees were missing because of holiday date clashes 
22 attended and an enjoyable time was had by all

 List of Attendees

David and Cynthia Air
 Richard and Anne Bell,
Jack and Margaret Boyd,
John and Elma Campbelton.
 Richard and Irene Donnell. 
James Glass
John and Jean Hume.
Jimmy and Dorothy Lowe,
Bill and Agnes Lamb,
Stewart Segrott 
Alice and Effie Smart, 



The photos below were kindly taken by Jack Boyd and others

 


1. ? David Air Cynthia Air, Effie Smart, Dick Bell's back, Stewart Segrott


2.Left to right.Dorothy and Jimmy Lowe, Jean Hume, 
as photo 1 except L-R foreground Margaret Boyd, Jean Hume, Dorothy Lowe's back.Richard Donnell, sitting, John Campbelton ,standing.

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4 Too many to name--sorry-- and too dark

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LH Table. Dorothy and Jimmy Lowe, John Hume, Alice Smart, Effie Hughes. R-H, 
Stewart Segrott (back to camera) John Campbelton, David and Cynthia Air, Anne and 
Richard Bell, Richard Donnell, Elma Campbelton.

 


6                                Margaret Boyd, Jean Hume, Jim Glass, John Hume


7                                       Jean Hume, Margaret and Jack Boyd

8                                                  Effie Smart Jim Glass


9                                               Jim Glass, and Alice Smart

10              Bill Lamb,   Richard Donnell, John Campbelton, Dick Bell, Elma Campbelton

11                           Elma Campbelton,  Agnes Lamb   ?

12                                       Jimmy Lowe and John Hume
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13                                              Jimmy Lowe and John Hume

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December 3 2009
AUTUMN RINKLIES LUNCH 2009
Thanks to the hard work by both Martin Hale and John Hume, a very enjoyable lunch was held at Bruntsfield Golf Club on November 28 2009. A total of 30 attended including Rinklies their spouses and the Smart Sisters. 
Tom Bartlett and Martin also invited as a guest Mrs Patricia Davidson who is the daughter of the late Willie Fraser who was Purchasing Manager at Castle Mills retiring in 1967.  Willie was remembered by quite a number of those who attended and Patricia brought some photographs from her father's collection to show to those attending.

George and Alice Barclay
Tom and Moira Bartlett,
Richard and Anne Bell,
Jack and Margaret Boyd,
John and Elma Campbelton.
Brian and Irene Corless
Richard and Irene Donnell.
Jim and Margaret Finlay.
Martin Hale
John and Mary Hanson
John and Jean Hume.
Jimmy and Dorothy Lowe,
Bill and Agnes Lamb,
Ted Murray,
John Shaw
Alice and Effie Smart,
Ian Thompson,

  From the look of the photos below everyone seemed to have had  a 
very enjoyable get together with lunch--Editor

Martin Hale has kindly  identified the names of personalities in each photo. Martin 
has  standardised on Left to right and clockwise, He omitted names where faces 
cannot be seen, or if anybody is not facing the camera. Everybody attending was photographed at least once!

 


  John Hume, Jean Hume, Margaret Boyd, Jack Boyd, Margaret Finlay, Alice Barclay


 John Hume, Jean Hume, Margaret Boyd, 
Margaret Finlay.


Jack Boyd and Ian Thompson.


  Brian Corless and John Shaw.


  Mary Hanson, Irene Corless, John Hanson,


    Tom Bartlett  &  Jimmy Lowe


  Brian Corless, Anne Bell, John Shaw,


  Moira Bartlett, Martin Hale, Dorothy Lowe (sitting)


 Ian Thompson, Jimmy Lowe (At bottom of table) Dorothy Lowe, George Barclay, Margaret and Jim Finlay, 
Ted Murray


Alice and Effie Smart, Tom Bartlett, Bill and Agnes Lamb, Irene and Richard Donnell,


Elma Campbelton,  John Hanson, Richard Bell, Irene and Brian Corless, John Shaw, John Campbelton,


Alice and Effie Smart. Alice eating 
Martin Hale's Dessert


Irene and Brian Corless, John Shaw, 
John Campbelton,


  John Campbelton, Richard Bell, Elma Campbelton.


John and Mary Hanson and Anne Bell,


  Ian Thompson and John Hume,


Agnes Lamb, Irene Donnell, Richard Donnell 
and Bill Lamb,


  Jean Hume and the "Lovebirds" Margaret and Jack Boyd.


  Richard Bell with Alice and Effie Smart , Effie was Richards first Boss at Castle Mills,


Elma Campbelton, Effie Smart, Mrs Patricia Davidson, Alice Smart. Moira Bartlett standing.


 
Ted Murray, Jim Finlay and George Barclay.


  Jimmy and Dorothy Lowe in earnest discussion,
   
 


  Tom Bartlett

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November 1 2009

Below is a copy of the letter Martin sent out on October 30 2009

Maboncroft, Greenhill, Lockerbie, DG11 1JB 
Tel No 01387 810 003
 E-mail martinhale@onetel.com

NBR          North British Rinklies

                                                          NBRinklies Pre-Christmas Lunch

Ladies and Gentlemen,

                  Please accept my apologies for the lack of any communications this year concerning the activities of NBRinklies. Due to health problems I experienced which I am now happy to say are resolved and in the past. And a second  apology for the sudden and unexpected for the cancellation of the booked Summer Lunch, due to circumstances outwit our control.                              I am happy to invite you all to the next event. We have booked the private room at the Bruntsfield Golf  Club, Edinburgh, for Saturday the 28th November 2009. We hope that as many of you as possible will be able to us join in this year
                   May I remind you that the room can accommodate 60 people, so it will be first come I'm afraid.  A further notice 
will be issued nearer the time.
                   We look forward to welcoming old friends and new faces, if possible
                              Yours sincerely,
                          Martin Hale.
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February 6 2009
Martin Hale the Secretary of the Rinklies lunches held at Bruntsfield Golf Club tells the editor that the planned lunch on June 8th 2009 has had to be cancelled as the Club are refurbishing in time for the Club's 
bi-centenary celebrations. 
However the pre-Christmas lunch is still on and planned for 
November 28th
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Records of Reunions are in chronological order 
Click line to go to record

 

 November 29 2008 Lunch Bruntsfield G C.

 June 14 2008 Lunch Bruntsfield GC

 Christmas Lunch 2007

 May 2007 Lunch
 2006 Reunion Pictures

 Inaugural Lunch 2001
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      Date of next lunch booked for 6th June 2009 same venue.


   December 2 2008
  The November lunch held at Bruntsfield G.C on November 29 2008

  We have to thank Jack Boyd for taking the photos

  Martin Hale reports :

  32 members and Ladies attended the lunch last Saturday. If it hadn't been for inclement weather 
  and illness we would have had 40 attendees. Which would have been a record recently!


  List of attendees 

Bill and Agnes Lamb.
Miss's Alice and Effie Smart.
Mr and Mrs Alex Forbes,.
Tom and Moira Bartlett.
John and Mary Hanson.
Jim Sinclair
Jack and Margaret Boyd.\
John and Jen Hume
Jim and Anne McAlister.
James Glass.
Jimmy and Dorothy Lowe.
Stewart and Jackie Segrott.
Richard and Irene Donnell.
John and Elma Campbelton.
Mike and Val Barrie.


Face obscured Jim Glass, Jim Sinclair,  Stewart Segrott ,  Elma Campbelton, Richard Donnell and Irene , head of the Table Alice Smart, Mike Barrie and Val, John Campbelton, Bill and Agnes Lamb.
 

 

 

 




Margaret Boyd, John Hume, John Hanson, 
Anne and Jimmy McAlister, Head of Table 
Effie Smart, Moira Bartlett, Mary Hanson,Tom Bartlett, Dorothy and Jimmy Lowe.

 

People moving about after the lunch. Jim Glass talking to Alice Smart at end of Table. Lady next to John Campbelton left is Jackie Segrott





 


Effie Smart at end of table Jim McAlister to her right
 Moira to her left. Mike Barrie standing with back to camera.

 

 

 


Alice Smart and Jim Glass (back to camera)
Mike Barrie and Tom Bartlett in earnest conversation. Alice and Jimmy Lowe doing the same


Jim Glass


Jim and Dorothy Lowe, Jim Sinclair all sitting, Jim Glass standin

John and Mary Hanson facing camera, Jim and Anne McAlister to side and back to camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



John and Elma Campbelton backs to camera, Richard and Mrs Donnell and Mary Hanson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill and Agnes Lamb, John Hume and Alice Smart,  Background, Mike Barrie Jimmy and Dorothy Lowe and Jim Sinclair


Tom Bartlett and Stewart Segrott
   

 

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July 9 2008

We are fortunate to be able to show the photographs of the Rinklies Lunch at 
Bruntsfield  Golf Club in Edinburgh on June 14 2008


Participants  John Campbelton,  George Barclay,  and Richard Donnell


From Left to Right -- John Campbelton  Bill McEwan  Bill Lamb  Agnes Lamb 
Ted Murray,  George Barclay,  David Air,  Jimmy Lowe,  Dorothy Lowe, 
 Margaret Boyd,  Jack Boyd,  Ron MacIntyre,  Clive Thawley,  Barbara Thawley, 
 Richard Donnell,  Elma Campbelton



From Left to Right -- Bill Lamb  Agnes Lamb,  Ted Murray  George Barclay 
 David Air , Martin Hale Jimmy Lowe  Dorothy Lowe  Margaret Boyd  Jack Boyd  
Ron MacIntyre,  Clive Thawley   Barbara Thawley   Richard Donnell  

 

  December 11 2007                                            

  NBR ---North British Rinklies 
  Christmas Lunch held at Bruntsfield Golf Club in Edinburgh on December 8 2007
                              

Here is a list of attendees in alphabetical order--
Martin Hale Chairman, Tom and Moira Bartlett, Mike Barrie, Jack and Margaret Boyd, 
John and Elma Campbelton, Richard Donnell, Jim and Margaret Finlay,
John and Jen Hume, Bill and Agnes Lamb, Ted Murray, Gordon Morrison, 
Stewart Segrott, Jim and Morag Sinclair, Clive and Barbara Thawley

Below are some photographs of the occasion

                                                    


Left to Right:  Jim and Morag Sinclair, StewartSegrott,Gordon Morrison, Richard Donnell,Mike Barrie, Jack & Margaret Boyd,Jen and John Hume.
Left to Right: Moira Bartlett, John & Elma Campbelton, Clive Thawley, Jim Finlay, Barbara Thawley, Bill Lamb and Agnes, Ted Murray, Tom Bartlett

Elma Campbelton, Clive Thawley Margaret Finlay.



Moira Bartlett, John Campbelton, Elma Campbelton


John Hume (back of head) Jim Finlay, Barbara Thawley


Bill Lamb and his wife Agnes, Ted Murray



Tom Bartlett



Jack and Margaret Boyd, Jen Hume

 


Mike Barrie, Jack Boyd


Gordon Morrison, John Hume and Richard Donnell


Jim and Morag Sinclair, Stewart Segrott


Near the Bar


John Hume and Martin Hale


Left to right: Elma Campbelton, Clive Thawley, Margaret Finlay



Barbara Thawley, Bill Lamb, Agnes Lamb,
Ted Murray, Tom Bartlett

 


Stewart Segrott, Gordon Morrison, and Richard Donnell



Martin Hale and Mike Barrie

Clive Thawley and Margaret Finlay

Jack Boyd, Margaret Boyd,Jen Hume, Jim and Morag Sinclair, Stewart Segrott

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May 18 2007
Below are the photographs taken at the NB Rinklies lunch at 
Bruntsfield Golf Club on Saturday 12th May 2007

From Right side of Table  R to L #2

Bill McEwan, Peter Birbeck. Ron Brown,  Stewart Murray, John Hanson, Tom Bartlett, Jock Shaw,
 Mr & Mrs Jim Sinclair

Two couples at table end---Jean and John Hume on the left, Margaret and Jack Boyd on the right 

 

 

 

# 3 The Ladies of the Royalite Group

# 4  Leo Young and Bill Farrell 

 

 

 

 

# 5 Bill Farrell, George Barclay, Ted Murray with Leo Young of J.J. Gillan of Dublin

# 6 Mr and Mrs Dave Russell

 

 

# 7  Ron Brown , Peter Birkbeck, Bill McEwan,  
Martin Hale

#8   The Industrial Division males 
L to R: Tom Bartlett, Ron Brown, John Shaw, Jim Finlay, Martin Hale, Jimmy Lowe, Jack Boyd,
Bill Farrell, Jim Sinclair., Peter Birkbeck, George Barclay, George Greenfield, Richard Donnell,  John Hume, John Campbelton, Bill Lamb, George Tulloch, Willie McEwan, John Hanson,  Stuart Patrick

 

 

# 9  Jack Boyd in earnest conversation with Jean Hume

# 10  Mr & Mrs Jim Sinclair

 

 

# 11  Royalite Group
Mr & Mrs Willie McEwan, Mr & Mrs Ron MacIntyre, Peter Everett, Bill Conway, 
Mr & Mrs Dave Russell, Mr & Mrs Richard Donnell, Mr & Mrs Bill Lamb, Mr & Mrs John Campbelton

# 12   Royalite Males
 Tom Bartlett, Ron Macintyre,Dave Russell,Peter Everett,Jack Boyd, John Campbelton, 
Bill McEwan,Bill Conway,
Willie McEwan, Jim Sinclair, Stuart Patrick 
and Bill Lamb. 

 

 

#13 This is the Royalite table but from the 
other end from Pic number 11 above

#14 Royalite Mixed Group.

 

 

#15  L to R. George Barclay, Ted Murray, 
George Greenfield, Jim Finlay

#16  Dorothy and Jimmy Lowe

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November 27 2007

Martin Hale our hardworking secretary  has sent 6 photos taken on the occasion of the Summer 2006 
Rinklies lunch when the grand total of attendees was 9. Lowest ever recorded!
 Martin tells me that;  it has taken over a year to extract the images from my cell phone as the software for the Samsung phone is at odds with all the recognised systems here. What we did, eventually, was to transmit them to my daughters phone and then she sent them to my computer.
Thank you Martin


The photographs of the 2006 Summer Rinklies lunch



John Campbelton and Martin Hale


John Campbelton


Richard Donnell  and  Bill Lamb


George Barclay and Tom Lee

John Hume and Jimmy Lowe

 Martin Hale and Jack Boyd

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January 12 2007
 Here we have the actual report of the First Rinklies lunch kindly   supplied by Sandy Kay  --thank you Sandy                  
                                       North British Rubber Co Ltd Re-union Lunch
                                                         Friday 13July 2001

The inaugural lunch of past employees of the North British Rubber Co Ltd took place in the Bruntsfield 
Golfing Society clubhouse on the 13 July 2001. This lunch came about as the result of an idea 
floated at  a lunch attended by only three past employees, Dave Vallis, David Air and Sandy Kay in July 2000.  Dave Vallis then suggested that as there had been an albeit limited attendance that a second lunch should  be held in 2001 with more attendees. From this decision Dave began the task of locating as many of the  past employees as possible. This was no mean task as many of the people had moved on, not only in the  local area, but also to exotic location in the USA and in various parts of the country. The result was a lunch date being set and finally a total of 18 people attended what was an excellent event. The attendees were requested to bring to the lunch any memorabilia from the old company, which most were able to do, among which was the brass plaque that was originally mounted on the gates at Castle Mills.
     The names of those who attended were;
                      David Air                        David Ainslie                       Tom Bartlett
                      Jack Boyd                      John Campbelton                 Alec Forbes         
                      Bill Farrell                      Jim Finlay                             Jim Glass 
                      John Hume                      Bill Hare                              Alastair Johnston 
                      Sandy Kay                      Jimmy Lowe                         Duncan McDonald           
                      Alastair McKenzie         Stewart Segrott                    Dave Vallis  

All the participants agreed that the event should be repeated next year. In the meantime it was also
 suggested that a visit to the Dumfries factory would be something of interest, also suggested that a 
visit to the Royalite facility at Newbridge could be put on the agenda. Dave Vallis undertook 
to co-ordinate these events and to advise those interested. At this point Dave Vallis is to be congratulated
 for his persistence in making all the arrangements for what was a successful event. 

 

                                         We have to thank Sandy Kay for supplying the photographs

 
 
Photo 1---L to R--Duncan McDonald, Dave Vallis,
Bill Hare, and Alistair McKenzie
Photo 2 L to R. -Alec Forbes, Stewart Segrott, 
John Campbelton, and Jim Finlay

                                                                      

Photo 3   L to R Jim Glass, Alistair Johnston,                     
Duncan McDonald, and Dave Vallis                             

Photo 4 L to R-John Hume, David Air, David Ainsli

                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture 5 reading Left to Right
Jimmy Lowe, Bill Farrell,  Alec Forbes, Jim Finlay,  Alastair Johnston, John Campbelton, 
Tom Bartlett,  Bill Hare,  John Hume,  Jim Glass,  Dave Vallis,  Alastair McKenzie , 
Duncan McDonald, Stewart Segrott,  David Ainslie, David Air, Sandy Kay, Jack Boyd

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Photo 5 L to R --Jim Finlay, Tom Bartlett, Bill Farrell,
Jimmy Lowe, and Jack Boyd

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