All members welcome! This year, our Christmas lunch will take place on Tuesday, 2 nd December 2025 at the Duke of Clarence, 147 High Street, Hampton Hill, Hampton, TW12 1NJ. You are invited to arrive from 12.00 pm for drinks at the bar, followed by lunch at 12.30 pm. Please email Annie Kean at  stuartkean@aol.com for further details  Final menu choices  are requested by the latest Saturday 22 November.  

    Kent & Sussex Region are holding their Christmas lunch on Thursday, December 11th at the Hummingbird Restaurant inside the Art Deco main terminal building at Shoreham Airport. Please see the 2 course Christmas Menu printed below. It is £27.50 per person which includes the service charge, coffee and mints. Payment is on the day, cash or card. If you plan to attend, and for your menu choices, please let both Terri (terrijezeph@yahoo.co.uk) and Heather (heatherjay1234@btinternet.com) know by 24th November. Parking is in front of the main terminal entrance and payable with cash, card or the Popay app. BN43 5FF For those coming via train, if you let Heather know in advance, we can organise a pickup from Shoreham Station. All members and guests from other regions are warmly invited! Hope to hear from you soon and before the 24th November please, if you would like to join us!   Best wishes, Heather, Terri and Richard

London’s annual Festive Lunch will be held on Tuesday 9 December 2025 at The Waterway restaurant by Little Venice.  We only recently announced the event to our London members and are now almost full!  Should you wish to join please contact Carole at carole.harris@gmail.com for further details, and should there be a free spot, full payment is expected by 31 October 2025.  

The next OVS Geneva area lunch will take place at Le Patriarche in Ferney-Voltaire on Tuesday, 18 November. The summer lunch was also held there but since then the restaurant has moved across the road to the newly renovated Hôtel de France so we will be in a different setting. The set menu changes every week and the cost is €22 with a choice of three starters, three main courses and three desserts. The e-mail invitation has been sent to all OVS members in case any are in the Geneva area at the time and members from other regions are of course welcome to attend.          For further details contact Mary Hamouda at maryhamouda@hotmail.fr