February Newsletter 2026 Part Two

6. We have an opportunity to join a history tour including backstage of Kings Theatre Portsmouth with a costumed tour guide and refreshments on completion. The tour date is Monday 23rd March 2026 commencing at 1030. The tour will last for approximately one and a half hours, finishing in the dress circle bar for tea and coffee. There may be a ghost story while you enjoy your refreshments. The tour will commence in the entrance foyer. Before appending your name, a reminder that there are numerous stairs to encounter on the tour. Numbers will be limited to twenty due to space, however if there is a demand then a second tour can be arranged. The tour is open to members and their wives or partners on a first come first serve basis. If you wish to join the tour, please append the names of those attending on the attached list and place your money in an envelope labelled with your name and KINGS THEATRE TOUR and place in the black money box. The cost will be £8:00 per person which includes refreshments. Closing date 1st March 2026

Parish Notices.: -

1. Another timely reminder please. The work benches don’t tidy themselves. A polite reminder to clear up after your project work and leave it as you would want to find it. Also, some members may not be aware we have a project ‘lay apart’ store adjacent to the toilet.

You can safely keep your ongoing work there by labelling it and any associated materials until you are able to resume.

February 2026 diary of events dates: -

WMS Committee Meeting 1030 6th February

WMS Monthly BBQ 1200 6th February

February 2026 Newsletter quiz. (Names)

1. We have seen a lot of these two cartoon characters on the ARGOS Christmas adverts, but what were their names?

2. What is the name of the lion mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

3. What was Toy Story’s character Woody’s interplanetary friend name?

4. In the 1950’s series of Watch with Mother who were Rag, Tag and Bobtail?

5. In the Muppets puppet shows who were the two old gentlemen who sat in the box criticising the show?

6. In the Thunderbirds puppet shows who was driven around in a pink Rolls-Royce and by whom?

7. Who were Fred and Wilma’s best friends?

8. Who was Jeff Randall’s ghostly partner in the British private detective series?

9. Valerie Singleton, Peter Purves but who made up the trio?

10. What was the name of the “King of the Cowboys” Roy Rogers’s equine partner?

January 2026 Newsletter quiz answers. (Space)

1. Name the five space shuttles used by NASA.

a. Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour.

2. What does the following phrase help you remember?

‘My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos’

a. The order of the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

3. What was Captain Kirk’s Starship Enterprise’s original mission length?

a. Five years.

4. What is almost halfway through its 10 billion-year life and will become a red giant then shrink to become a white dwarf?

a. The sun.

5. What is the smallest planet in the solar system?

a. Pluto.

6. Which planet is named after the Roman goddess of love?

a. Venus.

7. What was the first artificial satellite?

a. Sputnik 1.

8. Who was the first living creature in space?

a. Laika, a dog onboard the Sputnik 2

9. Which planet is usually the furthest from the Sun, but sometimes is not?

a. Pluto.

10. Who was the first woman in space?

a. Valentina Tereshkova June 16th 1963

Thought for the month; Today’s challenges are tomorrow’s triumphs

Keep the articles coming……………

Dave (WMS Secretary)