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Day
trip to Leerdam
8th May 2008
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little town of Leerdam is our destination
this summer!
An all inclusive programme has been organised
for You
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We
are very fortunate to have an invitation from
Frits and Irene Wijnants, the new managers
of the Hofje van Aerden in Leerdam to visit
them.
A Hofje is identical to the Almhouses of England:
established from about the 14thC by wealthy
merchants or families as a way of helping
the less fortunate and poor Protestant members
of their communities and, assuring themselves
of a place in Heaven.
This Hofje we are going to visit was set up
with a legacy left by Maria Ponderus (1672-1764
) widow of Pieter van Aerden, lawyer from
The Hague. The building was completed in 1772
and the Board hung the complete collection
of paintings gathered by Pieter van Aerden
during his lifetime in the main rooms. Amazingly,
this collection is intact and our guide will
show it to us and explain in greater detail
the history of the Hofje and the Family, the
present running of the place (6 single ladies
live there at the moment) and their plans
for the future. Following extensive renovations
the Hofje was re-opened in 1977 by Princess
Margriet.
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At
Lunchtime we are going to enjoy a 2hrs cruise
on the river Linge with Lunch provided!
The picturesque town of Leerdam, on the Linge
river in South Holland has been home to the
Royal Leerdam Glassworks for 130 years. Crystal
is a very special type of glass made from silver
sand, red lead oxide and potash, thus giving
it a structure that’s suitable for cutting
and engraving and a greater brilliance than
ordinary glass. In Leerdam the mouth-blown,
hand-shaped or moulded, in pear wood moulds,
crystal is of a superior quality with 30% lead
content.
Our Guide will take us round the Factory and
the Museum which are within walking distance
of each other along the Lingedijk. The Museum
was established in 1953 and has a beautiful
and extensive collection of items from about
the 1900’s to the present day.
There is a shop where you might just find that
especially beautiful piece! And back along the
Linge and into the little town, there are about
ten more Galleries to enjoy.
An outing to appeal to everyone: the Great Outdoors,
History and Art in the form of beautiful Dutch
painting: Frans Hals, Pieter Claesz, Ter Borch,
van Ruysdael, Cornelis de Heem. in the Hofje...
and contemporary Crystal work. Date:
8th May
Depart 8.00am Den Haag Central Station Depart
8.30am Wassenaar, Zanderijlaan Sterrenbad
parking lot. Arrive 10.30am approximately
in Leerdam. Depart 16.30pm from Leerdam
Cost: €50 for members,
(€5 more for non members)
Limit: 44 people
Please
note: this price includes your luxury bus
transport with tea/coffee and muffins, the
entrance fees and guides at both the Hofje
and the Glass Works and museum, the boat trip
with lunch and wine/ nibbles on the return
journey.
Payment
by bank transfer to ABN-AMRO Wassenaar 45
87 14 860 by 17th April with your name and
’Leerdam’
RSVP
by 17th April to Nanette Summers to confirm
your place
Phone number as in directory or bustrips@pwc-thehague.com
PWC
cancellation/no show policy applies after 17th
April
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May
coffee morning at Brasserie ‘t Ogenblik
Wednesday
14th May
Come
and join us at ‘t Ogenblik, a traditional brasserie
for our May coffee morning.
It is situated in the centre of town, off Noordeinde,
the elegant shopping district of
The Hague.
When: Wednesday 14th May
Where: Brasserie ‘t Ogenblik
Molenstraat 4c, 2513 BK Den Haag
Tel.: 070 365 6454
Time: 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Cost:
Coffee: € 2, 20 Cappuccino: € 2,30 Tea: € 2,50 Apple
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Wild
West Party @ Condor City
16th
May 2008
| Howdy,
y’all! There is a cowboy in each one
of us.
The
Roundtable clubs of The Hague have booked
the Condor City for a Wild Western night of
entertainment. Line dancing, bucking bronco
ride, shooting gallery and Top 40 DJ for y’all.
Included
in the price of € 65 are unlimited wine
and beer and a delicious all you can eat Texas
Size BBQ grill buffet.
Y’all
come along folks and enjoy and that unique
Texas welcome in the Netherlands. Yee Haw!
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Friday 16th May 2008
Where: Condor City, Poedijkseweg
47, 2544 NS Den Haag
Further
information on venue www.condorcity.nl
RSVP
by Wednesday 9th April to Patti Scales president@pwc-thehague.com
Payment
by 9th April by bank transfer to
PWC, ABN-AMRO Wassenaar. A/C 45.87.14.860
Reference your name + Wild West. PWC ‘no
show policy’ will apply after 9th April
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Dutch
Primitives: guided tour of the exhibition at the
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam
20th May 2008 at 11.30
The
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam is
holding a unique exhibition on Dutch Primitives,
presenting a survey of the infancy of Dutch
painting during the 15th and 16th centuries.
On show are masterpieces from the Museum’s
exceptional collection of late Middle Age paintings
as well as rare loans from The Netherlands and
other countries around the world. Objects and
sculptures that can be seen in the paintings
are also on show. The exhibition gives a good
impression of daily life in the late Middle
Ages.
Given the fragility of the panels, it is very
unlikely that they can ever be mounted again
in the future.
As this period is our guide’s favourite
period, this tour should be a treat!
After the exhibition, we can have lunch in the
museum café (soups, salads, sandwiches
at reasonable prices).
Date:
Tuesday 20th May 2008
Time:
11.15 am. The tour will start
at 11.30 am.
Venue: Museum Boijmans
Van Beuningen
Museumpark 18-20, 3015 CX Rotterdam
www.boijmans.nl
Getting there: By train
from Den Haag Centraal or Holland Spoor
to Rotterdam Centraal. At Rotterdam Centraal,
take Tram 7 towards Willemsplein, get
off at Museum Park (5mn ride, tram every
10mn). You can also walk from the station
to the museum in 15mn, straight down the
road across Kruisplein. More information
on transport on www.9292ov.nl
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Limit: 15 people
Cost:
Guide: PWC members: € 13, non members:
€ 15 payable to PWC by 13th May.
Entrance fee: free with a museum card, €
9 without a museum card to be paid on the day.
RSVP: before 13th May to Patti
Scales: president@pwc-thehague.com
Payment:
by Tuesday 13th May by bank transfer to: PWC,
ABN-AMRO
Wassenaar, A/C: 45.87.14.860.
Reference: your name and Dutch
Primitives.
PWC
“no show policy” will apply after
13th May
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The
AGM of 2007/8
22nd
May 2008 at 12.00 noon
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The AGM of 2007/8 will be held at the delightful
Restaurant Allemansgeest, Voorschoten. This
picturesque 18th century farmhouse is set in
the fields on the banks of the Vliet canal.
Watch the horses galloping
along the tow paths, the rowers, coots and
crested glebes revel in the canal as you indulge
in a delicious 3-course meal with wine and
coffee which will be served before the meeting
in the ‘gezellig’ function room.
Allemansgeest is easily accessed
by public transport from Den Haag Centraal Station
or by car from Den Haag or Wassenaar. There
is plenty of parking at the venue.
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more information on the venue check out www.allemansgeest.nl
Date:
Thursday 22nd May
Time: 12 noon
Location: Restaurant Allemansgeest,
Hofweg 55, 2251 LP Voorschoten
Tel: 071 576 41 75
Directions:
No 45 bus from Den Haag Centraal Station 11.03am
or 11.18am
(35 minute journey) stop Zilverfabriek. By
car—see reverse of invitation for map
Cost:
Members 50 euros Non members 70 euros
RSVP by May 9th 2008, Patti
Scales email: president@pwc-thehague.com
Please
send payment to: PWC, ABN-AMRO Wassenaar a/c
45.87.14.860
Reference: your name + AGM
PWC
‘No show’ policy applies after
9th May This event is subsidized by the club.
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June
coffee morning on Scheveningen beach
Tuesday
3rd June 2008
With
summer on our doorstep, we thought Scheveningen
would be the ideal location for our closing coffee
morning. The Oase Beach Club is on the Zwarte
Pad, a relatively wilder area on the northern
side of the beach, on the other side of the Pier.
Bus and tram lines terminate in front of the Oase
Beach Club, it is easily accessible by tram, bus
or car. Weather permitting, we will sit outside
on one of the terraces and enjoy the sunshine
under a large parasol. Unfavourable weather will
take us indoors where we can watch the sea and
the dunes, gathered around the fire.
Come along for this last coffee morning of the
season and share your holiday plans! There is
no need to book your place. |
When:
Tuesday 3rd June 2008
Where:
Oase Beach Club, Noorderstrand 59, 2586 JL Den
Haag
www.oase-scheveningen.nl
Time: 10.00am to 11.30am |
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Getting
there: From Central Station: Tram 9
and Bus 22 stop at Zwarte Pad.
Tram 1 and bus 14 also stop at Zwarte Pad.
Paid parking available (€ 1.90 per hour)
From the tram/bus stops or car park, walk straight
ahead to the beach on the short tarmac path
then walk for 2mn on the sand; the Oase is the
second beach house on the right.
Cost:
Tea, coffee: € 2.20
Cappuccino: € 2.40
Apple pie: € 2.25
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Nicaraguan Charity Lunch
Thursday
5th June 2008
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Date of lunch:
Thursday 5 June, 2008
Time: 12h00
- 15h00
Venue: Sligro
VEN Linge 2 2491 BX The Hague
Host: Mr Wim van Wijk,
director of Sligro VEN
Guest of honour: H.E.
Mr Carlos J. Arguello Gomez,
Ambassador of Nicaragua
Chef: Mme Sherly Noguera
de Arguello, wife of H.E. Ambassador
of Nicaragua
Reception: Champagne
Lunch: Buffet menu,
starters, main course &
dessert with
accompanied wines Coffee/tea
& bon bons
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Euro.40,00 per person, inclusive of the
Raffle part of this cost goes towards
a charity in Nicaragua
Payment
by bank transfer to ABN-AMRO Wassenaar
45 87 14 860 by 30th October. Reference
your name + VEN lunch
Cut
off date Monday 26th May No show policy
applies from this date
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Bouquet
secrets:
summer flower arranging workshop
Tuesday
10th June 2008
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Inspired
by the display of flowering bulbs at the Keukenhof,
we have organised a three-hour summer flower arranging
workshop with a specialist in Lisse, near this
world famous Keukenhof. The workshop will focus
on arranging seasonal flowers in a vase as opposed
to making an arrangement on an oasis. Marjan will
show you how to create your own harmonious bouquet:
how to choose flowers and greenery according to
their shapes, colours, textures; how to assemble
them using special techniques and how to use other
materials to create a trendy bouquet. At the end
of the session, you will take your beautiful creation
back home in the glass vase provided by the florist,
having acquired a knowledge that will inspire
you next time you visit your local florist or
pick flowers from your own garden.
Date:
Tuesday
10th June 2008
Time:
9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Venue:
Villa Blossom (next to Overvecht Tuincentrum)
Heereweg 346, 2161 CC Lisse
Tel: 0252-416323
Numbers:
7- 15 people
Getting
there:
Villa Blossom is on the road to Lisse, north
of Wassenaar, about 35 mn from The Hague
by car, next to Overvecht garden centre
which uses the same entrance. Park in the
garden centre car park. Please contact Danièle
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Cost:
€ 35 for a 3 hour workshop including
tuition, materials, vase and refreshments.
RSVP:
by Monday 26th May to Danièle Shah
or Sue de Wit events@pwc-thehague.com
Payment: by Monday 26th May,
by bank transfer to: PWC, ABN-AMRO
Wassenaar, A/C 45.87.14.860. Reference:
your name and Flower arranging Lisse.
PWC
“no show policy” will apply
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