File of correspondence and notes kept by Cheryl Lewis, ICL administrator, relating to organisation of a 'get-together' weekend for the staff employed on the EEC Project, on 18 June 1977 at Beaumont College, Old Windsor.  Includes draft agendas for the day, correspondence with the EEC project management concerning arrangements, lists of attendees and menus for the dinner.

David Caminer was Director of the EEC Project for ICL, and had already re-located with his family to Brussels - he attended and introduced the event, and his wife Jackie Caminer gave a talk on her experience of moving their household (part of the event was a series of talks to help project staff prepare for moving to Luxembourg).

ICL clearly inherited the custom from Lyons of arranging and generously catering events for staff and their families. The standard invitation letter for the event from Cheryl Lewis to all EEC Project Team staff, dated 27 May 1977, is light-hearted and shows the event was primarily social in nature:

'Wives, husbands, fiance(e)s, boyfriends, girlfriends (regrets - one per project team member only) are welcome. There are, however, very limited facilities for children so, wherever possible, they should be abandoned, deposited with relatives or sold'.

Provenance :
From David Caminer's papers.