Murder Mystery Evening
Maralyn Green • October 21, 2024
Did you solve the murder?
A full cast of suspects, a detective and over 40 people gathered recently to solve the mystery of who murdered poor Lord Heathcliff. The enjoyably puzzling evening was another very successful social event organised by the Bognor Regis Town Twinning Association.
All the 14 Suspects dressed-up in costume according to their character and, throughout three different Acts, were closely questioned by guests in the room. This resulted in some hilarious revelations and rather unusual responses! After all who would have guessed that the pretty maid, was actually Lord Heathcliff's long lost daughter, or that the local policewoman had a part time job as a stripper-gram! And those were the revelations of only two of the 14 characters. Such unusual proceedings were overseen by the Detective, who kept Suspects and guests in order!
A simple two course meal was served in between the various Acts and definitely got the thumbs up from the room.
At the beginning of the evening, all the Suspects had taken a paper out of the hat and the murderer was the Suspect, who had taken the paper with X on it. But they had to keep it very quiet until the very end of the evening, when the guests found by discussion and deduction, that it was indeed the Butler whodunnit! Seems the Butler didn’t want to be fired so took advantage of the candlestick in the pool room to deal the deadly blow.
At the Regis School of Music, members of the Bognor Regis Town Twinning Association gathered for their AGM and to listen to the Association’s achievements over the past year. Mrs Heather Perrott, Chairman, led the AGM and praised the success of the Town Twinning Association in 2025. The social programme had been much enjoyed comprising rambles, a boules tournament, a quiz evening, luncheons, games evenings, talks, coffee mornings, and the ever popular Beaujolais Bistro, which sold out all 52 places quickly. A second Murder Mystery Evening was as successful as the first when members dressed up as the 14 suspects, whilst the rest of the guests tried to figure out who was the dastardly Murderer. At the Morning of Christmas Cheer, Father Christmas arrived with two rather adult-sized elves and quizzed guests as to the names of all his reindeer. Members were amused by his stories whilst partaking of the mulled wine, spiced apple punch and generous buffet available In May, visitors from our French twin town of St-Maur-des-Fossés, located near Paris, came to Bognor for several days, staying with members of the Twinning Association. A guided walking tour of Bognor, finishing in the Bognor museum, was arranged as well as visits to Petworth House, West Dean and Chichester. In June members of the Association visited Weil am Rhein, in the vineyard region of Southern Germany, and were treated to several days of visits to Switzerland and France, as well as the Black Forest. Members stayed with friends, old and new, and enjoyed evening receptions laid on by the Town Hall and also by the Weil am Rhein Association. Mrs Perrott was unanimously approved by the AGM as the new Chairman for 2026. Mr Patrick Hastings was welcomed as the new President of the Association. Mr Hastings has been a long-term active member, who was Chairman back in 1987 when Bognor initially twinned with Weil am Rhein.
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