1999 Year Twenty Three

• January to March

  Saturday 2/1/99 Francis Meads on ward 3 lucky winner of the first mug of 99 for Saturdays was so pleased we played her request for Matt Monro she just had to give us a little something £2.

  She also remembers the days of the radio when you brought in your own records to be played. Had lots of stays at Heatherwood, over the years has always loved the radio service.

  Wednesday 13th January 1999 Bruce accepted a donation from Phyllis Hill on ward 5 with the note, Congratulations on your service and the enthusiasm of your staff. Please accept this cheque in furtherance of Radio Heatherwood.( £10 received ).

  On Wednesday 27th January Wednesday team accepted a £10 donation for a loan radio dedicated to James Robert & Alice Troop.

  A friend of Roger’s Eric Mallam donated a bag full of Cassette tapes recently.

  On Saturday 30th January the bed-head amp for channel 3 was switched off and the new rack with the new amp was put on test. The quality of music produced was immediately noticeable. The test will last for the next couple of months with the view to have all amps changed and the old unit removed by June.

  Donation Post–Bag

  On Tuesday 9th February 1999 a donation of £10 was received in the post from William Edward Kelly of Windsor Great Park. No Note.

  Loan Radio Sponsor 234,235

  On Tuesday 2nd February 1999 a letter and donation was received from Eve Allen She Writes:-

  Dear Roger and All I am home now, but I am writing to thankyou all for playing the records for me, to cheer me up. I did appreciate them. Would you use the enclosed to buy radios for the ward?

  Excuse this awful writing. I am a little weak still with my right hand but it’s coming on quite well. All for now love Eve Allen

  Telephone Request( feed-back )

  On Saturday 13th February I arrived to find a message had been left on the answer machine from Friday asking if we could play a request for Mo on ward 5 who had just had a back operation. The caller Kelly didn’t know the artist for the song but proceeded to sing it down the Phone. “The Song Get Up and Boogie “ produced a smile as we proceeded to play the answer machine message during the request show asking listeners if they recognised the mystery voice.

  Power Up

  The new style radios have been added to ward 4 on Saturday 13th February and this has signalled the arrival of the AA type batteries. Adverts for the new batteries produced, invite you to power up with Radio Heatherwood. The current purchase price from our suppliers allows us to realise a small profit for the radio. This will offset repair costs for the loan radio service.

  A new supplier for the batteries allows us to promote the batteries not only for loan radios but also for personal sales to staff members etc.

  The battery log shows provision for AA’s or pp3’s to be listed. If you sell to staff or members of the public these should be listed as others in the log.

  The station said goodbye to Belinda Rolfe Saturday 20/3. Belinda wants her freedom as a single person.

  Loan Radio Sponsor ( 236 )

  Mr A E Alvin made a £10 Donation 16/3 sponsoring a loan radio .Ada took the money and had a nice chat with Mr Alvin.

  Record Donations

  Four record donations have been received w/e 28/3 Mrs Clarke from Bracknell, Mrs Lipscombe from Chalvey, Mrs Few from Slough, and a member of the Hawkes clan from South Ascot.

  Progress Report

  A letter has gone to the Radio Authority to find out if there would be any obstacles to radio Heatherwood. moving towards low power Am.

  The local council has said if we erect an aerial; we will require planning permission.

  A £5 donation was received 17/1 from a D Branch no note or explanation but a nice surprise.

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• April to June

  Donation

  Betty Bull Writes:-

  Just a note to thank you so much for the lovely chrysanthemums which I was lucky enough to win in this weeks show.

  I enclose £10 as I would like to make a donation towards the upkeep of your radio station which is providing such a worthwhile service.

  Thank you again and I’m enjoying my flowers.

  Betty Bull Ward 10

  Jim Adam from Thursdays will be leaving us at the end of July to return to living in Southampton. Jim joined the station in Feb 98. We wish him well and thank him for his support.

  Saturday 19/6 Anne on ward 4 says thanks to Dave and hands him a envelope £5 is enclosed plus a note to say “ I love the mug “. Ann was a mug winner from the previous Wednesday.

1999 Year Twenty Three Story Unfolds

1999 was a very busy year for the station management and as the year unfolded there was much to do and organise

For further information about this year:- Follow the links

• 1999 Year Twenty Three
• 1999 Events & Promotion
• 1999 Patient Booklet
• 1999 LPAM at Heatherwood
• 1999 LPAM End of the Line
• 1999 Our Stars & Backstage Information
• 1999 Staff Newsletter
• Story Of the Archive
• Radio Video Archive
• History Site Map

• July to September

  Loan Radio Sponsor 237

  A £10 donation was received from the post-bag today 10/7 Mr H W. Dobson former patient ward 4. No further details supplied.

  Saturday 7/8 Aileen Gatrill writes:-

  £10 donation with thanks for playing my non-run of the mill requests during my 2 stays in Heatherwood. this year.

  Ps I treasure the mug !.

  Aileen was a patient on ward five during July and was a winner one Saturday for the mug.

  Thursday 12/8 Mrs A Spellman writes:-

  Dear Everyone

  Please accept this Cheque ( £50 ) to help you to carry on your good work which is enjoyed by all the patients.

  It was raised by a doll that was knitted by one of the patients then it was raffled at Slough Centre Nursery school at their fun day.

  Keep up the Good work.

  Waitrose Sunningdale

  This years venue at Sunningdale was as ever, eventful at the end of the day when rain stopped play. This didn’t stop the punters and a figure of £147.60 was raised, up twenty pounds on the previous year. A big thankyou to all those who were in attendance.

  Bracknell Bandstand

  This years bandstand got off to a hectic start even before we laid the goods out, a good day the weather was fine and Roger, Mathew Bruce , Dave and PJ made it a success £33 on tickets and £233 20 on bric-a-brac.

  There is no charity night this year as it becomes impossible to secure a venue. The grand draw takes place at the radio studio.

  Grand Draw 1999

  Diary of a Winner

  It’s over, the fifteenth Grand Draw has come to a close.

  The highlight of the draw has got to be draw night and Alan Holder winning yet again. This time a teddy bear finds a new home. Word has it Carol has had a teddy bear for some years.( Nice one Al ).

  Only one Prize winner needed to be phoned this year as all the winners were able to be contacted by friends of presenters or they were in the phone book.

  The winner of the ice skating tickets lived somewhere in the Maidenhead exchange area. A call to them to find out their address meets with the response “ Oh no we are not into that, give it to someone else “. It never ceases to amaze me the kind of response you get.

  Saturday 2nd October and I can finally put this to bed for another year with the writing of this article and the posting out of a result sheet which has been requested.

• October to December

  Record Donation- Mr & Mrs Coff have donated some records for the station 2/10.

  Work commences on recording songs from the cd collection into MP3's in preparation for the 24 hour service which would be part of the installation of LPAM.

  Long Service Award

  At the league AGM David was presented with a certificate for twenty years service to the Radio/league in addition he was presented with a voucher.

  On Saturday 16/10 Yvonne on ward 5 decided that we could do with some money. Having just kitted her out with the loan radio she felt the need to donate £2.

  Grand Draw 2000 There won’t be one!.

  On Wednesday 17th November Angela Knight decided to call it a day. She had been with Radio Heatherwood for 15 months.

  Christmas Service

  Radio Heatherwood will close down on Saturday 18th December and plans to re-open on Tuesday January 4th 2000 millennium bugs permitting.

  The Grand Draw Raised Gross £1073.80 Nett £933.58

  Staff Joining This Year 4 Staff Leaving 7

Archive Gems

Just some extra's we found:-

• Loan Radio's

  Maintenance

  In January 1999 a revue of the loan radio's took place with the pending introduction of new style radio's a survey was conducted on the radio's.

  On the wards 223 had been issued.

  36 were listed as missing.

  In 1995 23 units were replaced.

  In 1996 20 units were replaced.

  In 1997 3 units were replaced.

  In 1998 5 units were replaced.

  Sponsors were still supporting the service and most weekends the station engineer could be found mending or creating new units for the wards.

  The reality of the service, if we didn't have a radio in a locker then patients were without any kind of entertainment.

• Mug Winner

  Just Smile

  Trying to capture what went on when the mugs were delivered, one of the teams captured one lucky winner.

  This winner was later added to the front page of the ward booklet and also the front page of the LPAM project folder.