Golly Corner: Sunday Lunch Club

THE SUNDAY LUNCH CLUB

The Sunday Lunch Club was launched at the end of 2001 to encourage Golly badge collectors to meet and to swap badges or just chat in a relaxed setting. The lunches are arranged through GollyBC – the Yahoo! Group. Badges are issued by the founder member (Andrew) to those who have attended. The lunch clubs move around the country to give everybody an oppertunity to attend at least one. There have been no meetings since 2006.

Jon Bound and myself are arranging a Portsmouth 2006 SLC on 24th September 2006 to visit The Robertson's Golly Yacht.

Sunday Lunch 10. G-OLLI Inflation SLC, Field adjacent to Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire. 18^th July 2004.

This presented a unique opportunity to see historic Golly III inflated. Pictures of the inflation document the occasion.			70 issued. The food on the platter are spuds. The first ones in England were grown (ornamentally) on Kenilworth Castle green.
50 issued	50 issued	15 issued

Sunday Lunch 9. North Parade Hotel, Skegness. 10^th – 11^th April 2004.

SLC Skegness Fancy Dress Invite and Postcard

48 issued.

70 issued.

60 sets of 4 issued.

Easter weekend saw the first SLC of 2004 - by the seaside - Golly style. A special postcard was produced referring to the allure of the East Coast in Spring, based on the jolly fisherman. Andrew arranged an action packed weekend with the Saturday evening culminating in a Fancy Dress Ball....the invite cleverly based on the 1999 set's promotional leaflet. Sunday morning saw a crazy golf tournament on Skegness sea-front. This was followed by the traditional Sunday Lunch.

SLC CHRISTMAS 2003

All members who had attended an SLC during 2003 were wished a A Merry Slunchmas with a festive card and an SLC Santa attached.

Sunday Lunch 8. Tortworth Court, Bristol. 28^th September 2003.

Tin badge issued at 8th SLC (yellow/geen coupling)

Tin badge issued at 8th SLC (all yellow coupling) - Are those things headlamps?

	The venue for lunch 8, Tortworth Court, was also the name of a Saint class steam train built in 1913. 48 tin badges with a yellow/green coupling were produced and 24 with an all yellow coupling.
	50 sets of balloon badges in a red valour box were also produced. Bristol is well known for its annual Balloon Fiesta, and whilst the Golly balloons were in service, they made appearances there. To complete the theme, around 200 balloons were released on the day to compete in a SLC Balloon race.

10 special black balloon brooches were also issued to competition winners and helpers.

Extra Ordinary Lunch 1. The Old Bakehouse (The Brewer's Arms), South Petherton. 24^th August 2003.
	This lunch was christened an "Extra Ordinary SLC" because of its impromptu nature. The Australian design was selected because the lunch was held to coincide with the visit of an Australian member of the Yahoo! club - GollyBC, to the UK. 20 badges were produced.

Sunday Lunch 7. Leeds Castle "Picnic in the Park", Kent. 20^th July 2003.
46 sets of orange, blue and pink hoppers issued. The black hoppers were issued as prizes for games including space hopper races!	100 tin badges depicting Henry VIII. Leeds castle was a palace of Henry VIII.

Sunday Lunch 6 Tatton Park, Knutsford, Manchester. 6^th April 2003.

60 tin badges with the home and away kit of Droylsden FC.
The nearest an SLC has been held to Robertson's who are located in Droylsden.

This was the first time the SLC logo was printed on the reverse of the badges.
Three sets were produced:-

20 sets of footballers with the home (red) and away (blue/yellow) strips of Droylsden Football Club were produced. The same strips as shown on the tin badges. These were produced to raise extra funds for charity.

10 Referees dressed in black but holding up a 'player sent off' red card. These were given to dedicated supporters of the SLC.

40 sets of footballers with the Manchester United (red) and Manchester City (blue) strips were produced along with the Referee dressed in black, holding up a 'player warned' yellow card. As with the Belfast set, they were presented in a green velour case.

Sunday Lunch 5. Belfast Castle, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2^nd February 2003.
60 tin badges with 3 Guinnesses (1 for each of the 3 NI members who helped organise the event).	20 sets of three Guinness Gollies with matching number badges in green velour presentation box.

SLC CHRISTMAS 2002

Although there was no Christmas Lunch Club, a badge was produced to round off a successful lunch club year in which the attendance dramatically increased.

Andrew also sent a Christmas Greeting (which included another tin badge in the series) to those who had attended a SLC in 2002.

Never issued at a Lunch Club
30 tin badges for Lunch Club 3 were produced in error with the wrong date.
24th June – should have been 30th June.

Sunday Lunch Club 4
Oakley Court Hotel, Windsor
29^th September 2002.
65 tin badges with the Queen Golly on them.

Tin badge never issued - produced in error

Sunday Lunch Club 2
Two Bridges Hotel, Princetown, Dartmoor
24^th February 2002.
30 tin badges.

Sunday Lunch Club 3
The Woodhouse Hotel, Princethorpe, Warwickshire
30^th June 2002.
40 tin badges with my birthday cake on them!

Paper/plastic home-made badge issued at 1st SLC

Sunday Lunch Club 1
Two Bridges Hotel, Princetown, Dartmoor
16^th September 2001.
20 home-made paper/plastic badges individually numbered in pencil on the reverse.

The Waitress Series At the 10th SLC, the chef series was complete (except for slunchers who had attended 10 lunch clubs and now qualified for the pink scarf). A new series of badges was started. The waitress was chosen to replace the chefs.

Available at Lunch Club	Serial Numbers Issued	Scarf
10	1 – 50
Extra Ordinary SLC 2	1 – 50
11	1 – 50
12	1 – 50
13	1 – 50
Obtained via The Golly Club web site.	1 – 50

Waitress with white blouse and black hand

In addition 2 waitresses with white blouses and pink ties were produced:-

30 as a prize for participating in the decision as to the blouse colour (black or white). A mistake made during manufacture - Golly's hand was white as well as the blouse.
32 with the error corrected i.e. with a white blouse and black hand. Also made available to those who participated in the decision as to which colour blouse looked best.

The Chef Series By the 6th SLC, the waiter series was complete (except for slunchers who had attended all 6 and now qualified for the pink bow tie). Therefore, a new series of badges was started. This time a chef rather than a waiter was used; the variation being the colour of scarf rather than bow tie.

Available at Lunch Club	Serial Numbers Issued	Scarf
6	1 – 50
7	1 – 50
Extra Ordinary SLC 1	1 – 50
8	1 – 50
9	1 – 50
10^th lunch club the collector has attended.	1 – 25

A Rainbow of Waiter SLC Badges

At Sunday Lunch Club 3, attendees were also given the opportunity to buy a 'cut-out' Sunday Lunch Club badge for each SLC they had attended. Each lunch attended allows the collector (affectionately known as a SLuncher) to buy a badge with a different colour bow tie. Each badge has a different serial number stamped on the reverse.

Available at Lunch Club	Serial Numbers Issued	Bow Tie
1	1 – 50
2	51 – 100
3	101 – 150
4	151 – 200
5	201 – 251
5^th lunch club the collector has attended.^*1	252 – 276
^*1Was 6^th Lunch Club prior to March 2004.

Please note:– The numbers quoted above are those officially issued by Andrew. However, in some instances manufacturers samples have been made. Where the badge issue was numbered on the reverse this has led to numbers greater than those issued being stamped on the reverse e.g. Red Referees and Chefs.

S I T E M A P

Golly Corner: Sunday Lunch Club / revised August 2004