BCal's 10th Anniversary Party
30th November 1980
30th November 1980
The party was the culmination of months of work by the Corporate Relations team who had organised the event which included live music and entertainments, including the Pipes and Drums of British Caledonian, whose rousing performance brought the house down.
The Northern Dance Orchestra provided the big band sound for dancing on the evening, with music from Whisky Mac and Lone Star Review, a Country and Western Band from Houston.
The cabaret was provided by, The Fallen Arches, a group of BCal sales managers by day, their satirical songs on the evening had the audiance in fits of laughter. The staff from the Netherlands, in traditional costume, entertained with thier rendition of "Tulips from Amsterdam", of course.
The charity raffle on the evening was in aid of the Golden Lion Children's Trust, with holidays and flights as prizes, that raised nerarly £2,000 being raised on the evening for their good work. Their chairman Harry Davis said the money would help make the lives of many handicapped children better in 1981.
As with all good birthdays, a large birthday cake was made, the 10 candles were blown out by Alistair Pugh, the cake was not eaten on the night, it was donated to the Royal Alex Hospital for Children in Brighton at the suggestion of BCal Cargo's Paul Barnes whose son was in the Alex at the time.
In his speech during the evening, Adam Thomson said "Together, we have created and developed an airline, an airline that has an excellant national reputation as a well run business, an airline that has an international reputation that is amongst the best in the international league".
The evening drew to a close at 2AM, with the signing of Auld Lang Syne, the biggest and best party of the decade over, but a fitting celebration of the 10 years to date.
Below, a gallery of photos from the evening, and my thanks to Peter Barrie, a member of The Fallen Arches, for his invaluable contribution in making this page possible.
I hope you enjoy the page, and if you were at the party, please feel free to drop me a line with your recollections email he
The Northern Dance Orchestra provided the big band sound for dancing on the evening, with music from Whisky Mac and Lone Star Review, a Country and Western Band from Houston.
The cabaret was provided by, The Fallen Arches, a group of BCal sales managers by day, their satirical songs on the evening had the audiance in fits of laughter. The staff from the Netherlands, in traditional costume, entertained with thier rendition of "Tulips from Amsterdam", of course.
The charity raffle on the evening was in aid of the Golden Lion Children's Trust, with holidays and flights as prizes, that raised nerarly £2,000 being raised on the evening for their good work. Their chairman Harry Davis said the money would help make the lives of many handicapped children better in 1981.
As with all good birthdays, a large birthday cake was made, the 10 candles were blown out by Alistair Pugh, the cake was not eaten on the night, it was donated to the Royal Alex Hospital for Children in Brighton at the suggestion of BCal Cargo's Paul Barnes whose son was in the Alex at the time.
In his speech during the evening, Adam Thomson said "Together, we have created and developed an airline, an airline that has an excellant national reputation as a well run business, an airline that has an international reputation that is amongst the best in the international league".
The evening drew to a close at 2AM, with the signing of Auld Lang Syne, the biggest and best party of the decade over, but a fitting celebration of the 10 years to date.
Below, a gallery of photos from the evening, and my thanks to Peter Barrie, a member of The Fallen Arches, for his invaluable contribution in making this page possible.
I hope you enjoy the page, and if you were at the party, please feel free to drop me a line with your recollections email he