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Wishing you a peaceful holiday season
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December 2009
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With the end of 2009 almost upon us, our team have
been reflecting on things that have happened over the
past year at dBD Communications. You may
remember that one of our team, Dan, did a
sponsored bike ride in September in aid of
Leukeamia research, and in honour of this we have
decided not to send Christmas cards to all our
customers this year, but instead to make a donation to
this valuable charity. We are sure that you will not
mind! So in place of a card, may we take this
opportunity to share with you below some of the
events we remember from 2009 and to wish you all a
very Merry Christmas
and
hopefully a prosperous year in
2010.
David
O'Connell
Managing Director
dBD
Communications
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From top left, February saw heavy snowfalls overnight
across large parts of the country causing widespread
disruption to transport. Lets hope it doesn't happen
next year. On 22nd February Jade Goody
was married. She died on 22 March after a 7 month
battle with cervical cancer. Her legacy was that many
more women now have the simple test to diagnose
this illness at its earliest stage. On 13th March
Comic Relief raised a record total of £57 million
surpassing the previous amount of £17 million.
Amazing considering there is a recession, and in May,
after a long campaign by Gurhka veterans, supported
by Joanna Lumley, the Government announced that
all Gurhka veterans who served 4 years or more in the
British Army will be allowed to settle in Britain.
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On 18th July Henry Allingham, the world's oldest
known man and one of the last surviving First World
War servicemen died at the age of 113, not long after
on 25th July, Harry Patch, the last British survivor of the
First World War trenches died aged 111. God rest
their souls. In September, Britain's largest haul of
1500 pieces of Anglo -Saxon treasure was unveiled
having been found beneath a field in Staffordshire.
The haul was later valued at £3.3 million!! In more
recent news, many towns in Cumbria, Dumfries
and Galloway have flooded following several days of
heavy rain. Three bridges collapsed, one of them
leading to the tragic death of a police officer. Many
people will not be spending Christmas in their own
homes due to the flooding. We send them our
heartfelt wishes.
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We will close our office
for a well earned rest on 24th December at 16.00 and
re-open on 4th January 2009.
From all of
us
at dBD Communications we hope you have a relaxing
break and enjoy the festive period.
Sincerely,
Nicki Purcell
dBD Communications
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