A warm welcome to those of you who are visiting the Norwich website for the first time and welcome back to those who have been here before.

If you are already a member of the Fellowship you will know that the Fellowship was born out of the pensioners committees of the three companies which merged to form Aviva, namely Norwich Union, Commercial Union and General Accident.

Aviva very kindly give us a subsidy each year so that we can hold coffee mornings, lunches, walks and the like, thus bringing pensioners together to socialise with their retired colleagues.

If you are already a member of the Fellowship, thank you. If you are not, why not join by contacting me, Sue Riggott (Chairman, Norwich Aviva Fellowship) mentioning your name, address, date of birth and retired staff number.

It will come as no surprise to learn that Norwich is the home of some 2,500 Fellowship members, making us the largest area in the Fellowship, with an age range spanning from the early 50s to a few of our members having reached the remarkable age of 100 plus. It must be the Norfolk air!

For those of you who are not familiar with the county of Norfolk, Norwich itself is a beautiful city encompassing both the old and the new, e.g. Norwich Cathedral at over 900 years old, boasts the second tallest spire in England. The Norman Castle museum and art gallery which is one of our most famous landmarks, houses a fine art collection (Cotman, Crome to name but a two) as well as a superb natural history and archaeological section.

Dragon Hall is a Grade 1 listed medieval building which can also be hired for weddings and functions.

We must not forget the beautiful cobbled streets of Elm Hill and the Lanes and the Royal Arcade built in 1899.

On the “new” side, we now have one of the largest Marks & Spencer shops outside London which was extended and modernised some years ago as well as Chantry Place (formerly Chapelfield) and the Castle Quarter shopping centres.

The Forum, built for the Millennium, houses not only the library, but also BBC East, Pizza Express etc and holds free exhibitions throughout the year. Just outside Norwich, of course, is the Sainsbury Centre designed by Norman Foster which has both permanent and special exhibitions.

Then there is the rest of Norfolk, beautiful beaches and open skies, the Broads and its wildlife, forests, cycle paths, footpaths and all the quaint market and seaside towns too numerous to mention.

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