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Newsletter Issue 91
The August 2017 issue of the UKSC Newsletter, Sweet Thoughts, has been added to the website.
For non-members the content is listed here.
The newsletter can be accessed through the Newsletter Page of the website.
The new finds packets have been added to the database and the new finds database has also been updated.
The Sweet ’N Low set has been completed and the sets files on the website updated. The T&L Demerara set has also been updated.
Portuguese Meeting
Details of the Portsugar meeting in September have been added to the Events pages.
Sweet Thoughts Issue 90
Issue 90 of the club newsletter has been added to the members area along with the accompanying packets.
Packets Added
Another 42 packets have been added to the SUGARCAT database. These were submitted by Pam Miller and several came from collections donated to the club.
Sweeteners and Crimestoppers
Courtesy of Pam Miller another 58 packets have been added to the SUGARCAT database.
There are packets from two old sets - 1999 Crimestoppers London white and brown - and a range of sweetener packets.
Remember that on the SUGARCAT page you can use the dropdown menu to see packets that have been added within certain time spans.
I have more sweetener packets from Pam still to be added.
Mansley packets
A number of packet scans sent in by Dave Mansley (in November) have been added to the database. This included a couple of NSPCC Christmas packets and the relevant set and compare files have been updated.
Packets Added
A few packets from a collection donated to the club have been scanned and submitted by Pam Miller and have now been added to the database.
Sweet Thoughts Issue 89
Issue 89 of the club newsletter has been added to the members area along with the accompanying packets, sets files (3 of these) and new finds. The Puccino’s comparison file has also been updated.
Up to Date
It is the morning of the UKSC Exchange Meeting and I have finally managed to clear the backlog of packets sent to me over the summer by Pam Miller and Dave Mansley.
Another 30+ packets have been added from two collections donated by the club and scanned by Pam.
Packets Added
Seventy two packets have been added to the SUGARCAT database. These were scanned by Pam Miller from the collection of Roger Ashton which were donated to the Club.
More Packets
Another batch of packets from Dave Mansley have been added to the database. This time there were 67 including several from sets.
This completes the packets sent by Dave but there are still quite a lot of scans sent by Pam Miller in August that are waiting to be added.
S Packets
Another 56 packets have been added to the database using scans supplied by Dave Mansley. All these are in the S folder.
More packets
Another 32 packets submitted by Dave Mansley have been added to the database. These are all in the R folder.
More Mansley Packets
Another batch of packets submitted by David Mansley has been added to the SUGARCAT database. Fifty three have been added with more still to come.
Packets Added
Eighteen packets have been added from a rather larger number of scans submitted by Dave Mansley - more to follow.
More packets added
Another 54 packets from Dave Mansley added to the database. These are in folders L, Littlewoods, M and McDonalds.
Packets Added
Forty-nine packets have been added to the sugar packets database. These were submitted by Pam Miller from collections donated to the club.