Public Eye

Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Rotary clubs were unable to meet physically but we continued in other ways including video conferencing and a weekly online bulletin. Stories about members’ interests and activities continue to be posted here.




The bulletin was designed to keep club members in touch and also to share what they were up to during lock down.  

As it was just two sides, some entries were too long to be included and so we developed a ‘Weekly bulletin extras’ web page. We ceased producing the bulletin after 25 weeks but agreed that it would be good to continue to have a space to showcase interests and activities of Chelmsford Mildmay Rotarians.

From this point 'Weekly bulletin extras' becomes 'Public Eye'.

As a reminder of the 25 weeks click on the image below:




Public Eye sub-pages:

Come Fly with Me

more - on a zip wire . . .

Scarecrow Sam

more 'Where do scarecrows go at night?' Adventures on the Beaulieu Scarecrow Trail.

Dr. Feelgood's advice for coping with ‘lockdown’ stress

more Ian and Michele Hutchinson give some brief tips on how to keep the coronavirus from bugging you.

Flying high

more - club member's moment on a zip wire

Beekeeping Experience

more - a successful bid

'On the Road'

more the newsletter of Open Road. Includes article about visit to our club (page 10).

A return to our roots

more – the city of Bristol.

A Photographic Mystery

more - introducing Vivian Maier

Sunningdale Sojourn

more OR What we did on our holiday.

A Golfer's Dream

more Poem

Covid-19 or no Covid-19 Inner Wheel soldiers on!

more Unable to meet as usual Inner Wheel members remain active and busy.

U3A Short Walks Group

more Roger and Ruth’s Rambles around Beaulieu

The Wreck of the Hesperus

more The story and the poem

A Passage from India

more The British presence and rule in India for 347 years has enriched the English language.

Cow Parsley!

more Words written in praise of cow parsley

A Chocolate Story from Inner Wheel

more What to do with 3000 chocolates during 'lockdown'.

The King, the Doge and the Duchess

more Dialogue from the film The Court Jester (1956)

Ladies who do

more Phil pays tribute to Za's craft circle

Poetry in Troubled Times

more Gerald Manley Hopkins, Alice Notley, Dame Edith Sitwell . . .

Dear Dorothy letter

more from New Zealand Woman's Weekly agony aunt Dorothy Dix 9 December 1937

Tae a virus

more Poem by Gordon's cousin's friend Willie Sinclair