December Newsletter 2025 Part Two

4. We have an opportunity to join a tour of the Kings Theatre Portsmouth on Monday 23rd March 2026. Starting the tour 1030 and completing tour approx. 1215 in the Dress Circle Bar for tea/coffee. Cost £7:80 per person. Open to wives and partners. Own transport.) The tour will be conducted by a costumed tour guide who will regale you with facts, anecdotes and downright fibs to entertain you whilst on the tour. There are a considerable number of stairs to encounter so please take that into consideration if you intend to join us. An attendance list will go up in the galley early next year. It will have to be limited to the first twenty places due to the logistics of getting the tour around the theatre but there is the potential for a further tour should demand dictates.

Parish Notices.: -

1. WMS Christmas closure dates will be Lunchtime Friday 19th thru to Monday 5th January. This will be an opportunity to give the workshops and galley a good ‘deep clean’ with no private work undertaken. Details via email.

December 2025 diary of events dates: -

WMS Committee Meeting 1030 5th December

WMS Monthly BBQ 1200 5th December

WMS Christmas Lunch 1200 for 1230 12th December

December 2025 Christmas themed Newsletter quiz.

1. In which year did Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer first appear?

2. What was Sir Henry Cole credited with first producing?

3. In 1882, Edward Johnson invented the first electric what?

4. What is the most recorded Christmas song?

5. Which Christmas song is Chris Rea known for?

6. The video for ‘Last Christmas’ marked the last time that George Michael was filmed without what?

7. Which actor voiced six different roles in the film ‘The Polar Express’?

8. Which character said, “Spirit! Remove me from this place”?

9. Which character said, “God bless us everyone!”

10. What Christmas treat became popular due to a Brothers Grimm Story?

November 2025 Newsletter quiz answers.

1. Counting forward from one, what is the first. Even number with three syllables?

a. 22.

2. How many times does the letter ‘D’ appear in the names of the week in total?

a. 8 Wednesday has two letter ‘D’s.

3. Which of these distances contains a fruit? A. KILOMETRE B. INCH, C. MILLIMETRE, D FURLONG.

a. Mil lime tre.

4. Which two words this in sentence should swap places so that it makes sense?

a. ‘This’ and ‘in’.

5. What word in this sentence is mathematically odd?

a. Odd is the only word with an odd number of letters 3.

6. What is the only month, that when spelled out backwards, becomes a type of food.

a. MAY May spelled backwards is YAM, a starchy root vegetable.

7. In which of these planets can you NOT see the sun if you look backwards ? A. Venus, B. Jupiter, C. Uranus

a. Jupiter.

8. If you start with your right foot on the first step of a flight of stairs and you walk up with alternating feet on each step, which foot treads on the nineth step?

a. Your right foot.

9. Which of these words cannot be turned into an item of clothing by changing the first letter! A. PRESS, B. CLOVE,

C. PACKET, D. SPURT

a. SPURT.

10. Which of the following words does not belong in this sequence? A. First, B, Second, C. Third, D. Forth.

a. Forth. Should be spelled Fourth.

Hope everyone has a good Christmas and after this year’s achievements what will next year bring?

And finally: - This year just remember those seasonal words we utter each year at Christmas. “I’ve kept the receipt!” Keep the articles coming and if you come across any good cracker jokes pass them on and I’ll print. You will remain anonymous of course!:-

Dave (WMS Secretary)