Date/Time: Tuesday, 16th December 2025 at 12:30
Location: Blue Check Restaurant, 144-146 High Street, Bushey, Herts, WD23 3DH
Price: (Estimated cost) £35 per person. Member and guest £70.
Event Organiser: David Sparrow. 62 Eton Avenue, Barnet EN4 8TY
Please note: This event is for you to express your interest in attending our proposed new, out of London, Christmas Lunch.
As many of you are aware, since IBM removed our grant and disassociated itself from its Clubs, we, as an Independent Club, have been unable to provide heavily subsidised Christmas Lunches. We know these have been greatly missed, as it used to be an opportunity for many people to connect with others they rarely meet.
We have been trying to find a venue outside central London that might enable us to offer a good lunch at a reasonable price and think we have found one that might suit many members. Your committee held a lunch there recently to test it and were pleasantly surprised, so we have reserved the only date they have available – Tuesday 16 December – with the hope that interest level will be high enough for us to confirm the reservation.
It is The Blue Check Restaurant in Bushey and has extremely good reviews on Trip Advisor. There is ample car parking across the road in the Leisure Centre (small hourly charge) and it is a 4-stop bus ride from Bushey Station. While some who live south or west of London may feel this is not too local, some of our committee travelled by car there recently from the Croydon area and found it no longer than getting into central London! However, our hope is that, if successful, we could offer something similar next year across that side of London.
We anticipate that we can offer their 3-course meal (menu has several choices) for around £35 per person (including service) if we then leave you to buy your own drinks from the bar. We would offer some raffle prizes too.
We are trying to establish the level of interest and need to confirm or cancel our reservation in the next two weeks, so please use the booking form to express your interest by Monday 9 June. No money is being requested at this time. We need a minimum of 80 attendees to have exclusive use of the restaurant. Maximum number that can be accommodated is 100.
We hope you will want to join us.
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