October 2024 News Update
I hope you are all enjoying our thriving café and making use of the Roman Crown when you can. It is only by encouraging high footfall that we will be able to keep the Equal Contributions down and moving forward have the time to investigate a potential disposal of the site.
Those of you that have visited may be aware of some issues. We discovered that the gas oven of over 20 years had never been serviced and once it was it was condemned as unfit for use. With Robin’s help we have sourced and installed a reconditioned all-electric oven with 6 burners making a saving of over £2K on the purchase of a new one. Robin and Lynn are now rejigging the kitchen at their expense and once that work is done, we will install a new water heater to reduce water wastage
We are also upgrading the toilet facilities but again reusing everything we can to reduce the overall investment. Finally, we have three working toilets in the Ladies and a new hand dryer which will actually dry your hands. The new vanity unit for the Ladies should be in place week commencing 11th November replacing the existing chipped one. In the Gents we have refreshed the urinal plumbing and upgraded the sink wastes etc without replacing the basins.
We are now awaiting quotes for new flooring to complete this work
For our other tenants we are about to install new gateposts for 1St Choice Properties before the existing become too dangerous and have provided an immersion heater for the Salon again to reduce water wastage.
I would like, at this point, to thank Ian Godfrey for his work on the roof which fingers crossed has now stopped leaking every time we have any significant rain fall
Moving forward Lynn will introduce her OAPs lunch deal from Thursday 14th November offering 2 courses for £10.00. At the moment any 2 courses from the existing menu will be available but a set lunch offer may be introduced by the New Year. The popular Gurkha Street Food van will be making a regular appearance on the 3rd Thursday of the month and hopefully a Turkish Street Food van will be arriving shortly.
Thank you to everyone who supported the MacMillan Coffee morning run jointly by 1st Choice Properties and the Roman Crown. Noreen has advised me that £702.59 was raised on the day. A tremendous event by all!
The Roman Crown certainly dressed for Halloween this year with a party for all on 26th October and a private function on Sunday 27th. Please continue supporting events. I hope to be there for the Elvis tribute night on 23rd November and will be purchasing New Years Eve tickets at £10.00 per head. New Year’s Eve will be a black-tie event for adults only starting at 19:30 and going on until 1:00am. Upcoming events are promoted on the Roman Crown FB page
To get us all into the Christmas spirit the Bradwell Silver Band will be playing Christmas carols and popular Christmas music on Sunday 15th December from 16:30 onward. And for the children there will be a Christmas party nearer the big day. Keep an eye out on our website at www.romanparkclub.co.uk and the Roman Crown FB page for more information.
I would like to apologise for the delay in posting the draft notes from our OGM in September. Our Company Secretary has been tied up with family matters away from MK. These are now on the website under News so do please take a moment to have a read through.
Since changing our legal representation, we have had a number of sales which have gone through much more smoothly and are building a good working relationship with them. We continue to use the services of Hippey Accountancy and their knowledge of our premises is invaluable.
Please have a look at our latest 3rd quarter management accounts in the news section of our website. As promised, we intend to keep you informed of what we are doing and are happy for anyone to attend a Trustees meeting. Just email us at admin@romanpark.co.uk to find out more.
Sharon
Chair of Trustees