http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/oct/17/secondworldwar.mainsection

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I am writing to remind you that your membership subscription for the year 2010/11 is due for renewal on 1^st September.

May I remind you that, in order to assist me with administration, and to save you confusion as to whether you have paid or not, payment would be appreciated by the 21^st October ‘10. If payment has not been received by this date, or you have not made contact with either myself or another member of the Committee to advise otherwise, it will be assumed that you no longer wish to receive the bulletin or to continue as a member of the Society. My apologies once again if this request sounds authoritarian, and once again as I said last year I have no wish to alienate any of our loyal members, but as you can imagine subscription monies being received throughout the year when they are due on the 1^st September cause all sorts of administrative problems.

Payment can be made to me or to any other of the committee members. Alternatively payment can be made direct to the Society’s bank account, the details of which are below.

Just to confirm – the subscription costs are as follows:

Membership (one or two persons) – 15€

+ post & packing within Spain – 10€

or to UK & the rest of Europe – 20€

If you have a broadband internet connection and would like your bulletin sent by email there is no additional cost.

Bank Name:       Sabadell Atlantico (previously Sol Bank)
Account Name:   British Society of Catalunya
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Swift Code: BSABESBB (inter-bank transfers from UK etc.)

Kind regards

Wendy Poulter

Membership Secretary

“To help and inform all English-speaking people living the Costa Brava, Spain”.

Submitted by Geoff Martin

However the Padrón is now becoming far more important (as foreigners in Vic found out last month, and as you will if you try to purchase an automobile here.)

Many local municipalities are “refreshing” their lists and if you do not re-register on the Padrón Municipal your data will be deleted. Roses is one such community and all you need to re-register is your passport or national ID card, and the new green card showing your NIF/NIE.

Aha, the new green card ! Not heard of it yet ? You need to go to the Registre d’Estrangers, Rajolers 7, Girona, open 0900-1400 and get a green card certifying your NIF/NIE. Note: it is the same NIF/NIE you already have, just the new card certifies it.

The lady at Crackovia Town Hall, sorry Roses Town Hall said “it is very easy to get the green card ( ! ) come back with it and we put you on the Padrón”.

I’m going to try next week………

Submitted by Robin Flood

Already faced with a rapidly ageing fanbase at home and widespread incomprehension and rejection abroad, Spanish bullfighting has suffered another major setback after the Catalan parliament voted to outlaw it completely across the region.

photo credit: Odysseus_

Read this article in The Independent

http://www.andrewgough.co.uk/girona.html

http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/17359/top-20-hospitals-in-spain-revealed

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Submitted by Howard & Val Staniforth

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4950142/British-couples-living-in-Spain-illegally-overtaxed-on-properties.html

submitted by Webmaster

We may just make a tiny weeny dent in their billions by passing this on. Just so you are warned….

Ryan (we are raking it in) Air fact. My friend has just booked her newborn onto a flight. My friend and her husband were flying on one of the deals which meant that they were only paying 2.00 pounds each however, they were charged a 20.00 pound standard fee to carry the baby on board and the little mite didn’t even get a baggage allowance! Funny, I always thought that infants under two travelled free!?!

Now read below about this new, latest money making scheme Ryan Air have just come up with……So, if you buy your duty free in the airport, it may just cost you muchas, muchas more…..No such thing as a cheap flight…..D

photo credit: nafra cendrers

Dear All,

Please pass this on to everyone you know.

It seems Ryanair are now sneakily applying a new charge at the boarding gate to anyone who has purchased duty free or food, and where these items DO NOT fit inside your 1 piece of hand luggage. Before now you were obliged to have only 1 piece of luggage as you passed through security, allowing you to make your purchases of wine, cigarettes, mags, presents etc. and therefore take extra shopping bags on the flight with you. This is no longer the case and they are now prepared to delay flights in order to charge people 30€ (at the gate) with more than 1 bag.

Jane

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Suzanne Standland
Date: 2009/2/3

Here’s the detail I received from Ryanair re hand baggage restrictions at the boarding gate. Any extra bags/duty free purchases HAVE to fit into your one piece of permitted baggage, or else they’ll make you pay 30 quid/euro or deny boarding..Pass it on please to anyone you know who may be travelling & not realise !
Best regards, Suzanne

> To: suzannestandland
> Subject: Cabin Baggage Restrictions
> From: info@frsc.net

> •PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY ONE ITEM OF CABIN BAGGAGE PER PASSENGER (excluding infants) WITH A MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 10KG AND DIMENSIONS OF 55CM X 40CM X 20CM – http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=bag&quest=cabinbaggageallowance
>
> •IMPORTANT– YOUR HANDBAG, BRIEFCASE, LAPTOP ETC. MUST BE CARRIED WITHIN YOUR 1 PERMITTED PIECE OF CABIN BAGGAGE.
>
> •We reserve the right to cancel your reservation without refund and to deny you boarding, if you arrive at the boarding gate with more than one item of cabin baggage or if the item exceeds the maximum permitted dimensions
>
> •Cabin baggage must contain no prohibited items – http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=bag&quest=prohibiteditems
>
> If you now wish to travel with a checked bag, you can add this to your reservation up to 4 hours prior to flight departure by clicking the following link and retrieving your booking.
>
> https://www.bookryanair.com/SkySales/FRManageBooking.aspx?culture=EN-GB&pos=SBFORM
> **************************************************************************************
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