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During the recent British Esperanto Congress in Salisbury, we celebrated 50 years of Junularo Esperantista Brita with a toast and some rather delicious cakes In this special birthday year, it feels apt to give some thought to the history of JEB and all those Esperantists who have been involved with it in the past. The only problem can be actually trying to find any information, as the fortunes of JEB appear to undulate from one generation to the next. Well, fear not – help is at hand

Some members will hopefully still remember Saluton, the newsletter which JEB most recently produced in 2006/07 and which has since been superceded by the JEBsite blog. Simon Davies, editor of Saluton from 1991 – 1996 has just created an online archive, featuring past editions of the magazine from 1988 – 1993. The archive also contains a few editions of Ananaso, a publication aimed specifically at children.

Visit this website for a fascinating glimpse into the JEB of the recent past

Members of JEB travelled to Preston last Saturday for the Spring meeting of the North-West Esperanto Federation. Tim, Rolf and Clare joined regular members from the local area, as well as visitors from as far afield as Wales and Scotland, for an enjoyable afternoon of Esperanto activities

Highlights of the event included the delicious cream cakes which were served after lunch, and an exciting raffle from which both Rolf and Tim walked away with a prize These were interspersed with more serious business such as the federation’s AGM, during which Stephen Thompson was reelected as President and Ian MacDowall as Secretary. This was followed by a talk from the guest speaker, who this time was none other than Clare from JEB, on the theme of ‘Esperanto kaj mi: spertoj kaj esperoj’. Despite being somewhat nervous in advance, Clare survived the presentation and managed not to send any of the audience members to sleep

If you live in northern England and are interested in taking part in the federation’s activities, the next meeting is scheduled to take place on Saturday 3 October 2009 in Chester

The JEB AGM 2009 took place on 19th April 2009 during the British Esperanto Congress in Salisbury. A copy of the minutes of this meeting is available to download from the JEBsite. If you require further information about any of the issues raised during the meeting, please feel free to contact us in the forums

A group of JEBanoj travelled to Halifax last week for an informal meeting to celebrate the arrival in Britain of two foreign Esperantists. Tina (from Croatia) and Karlijn (from Belgium), who have both spoken Esperanto since birth, were in the UK for a week to visit friends Rolf and Petra Fantom.

JEB met up at the Fantoms’ home in Halifax on Saturday for an evening of games and pizza. Whilst Tim demonstrated a complete lack of talent for Jenga, Clare showed herself incapable of understanding the many international variations on the game of Uno which were put forward. Fun was had by all Later on in the evening everybody ventured into the town centre to visit a traditional English pub and the girls proceeded to lose rather badly to the boys at pool

Sunday dawned a beautiful bright sunny day, and it would have been a shame not to take advantage of it by getting out into the countryside. Rolf and Petra led everyone to the nearby Yorkshire Dales National Park, where we completed a very pleasant walk to Malham Cove, an unusual limestone formation with extensive views over the surrounding countryside. There followed a visit to a local carvery, where we had the opportunity to introduce our guests to the delights of Yorkshire puddings

A thoroughly enjoyable weekend was had by all. With luck we will be able to arrange more JEB meetings to coincide with international visitors in the future