October 2016
ROTARY CLUB OF CARLISLE
PRESIDENT David Morton
SECRETARY Mike McNally
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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CONTENTS From Our President Game Management Robert Mayne Blair The Soup Life Education Four Grumpy Men Autumn Walk Devil’s Porridge Keswick Club Wishing Well Around the Tables Picture Quiz Dates for Your Diary
DIARY DATES Reception Desk Club Events Club Council Club Meetings |
Preparations are well under way for our Youth Speaks Competition and Charter Night. Please feel free to invite potential members and use the opportunity to ‘showcase’ Rotary.
We
have known for some time that Simon Strickland was planning to move, and it is
with mixed feelings (pleased for Simon, very sorry for our Club) to say that he
has now sold his house and will be moving, probably towards the end of November,
to deepest Yorkshire to be nearer his family. Later on there will be a time to
express our sincere thanks and good wishes to Simon.
His place as Chairman of our Community and Club Projects Committee will be taken by Michael Pearson – this will include guardianship of our Wishing Well.
John Churchill will be taking on the Editor’s role of our Talking Newspaper Group, selecting the stories to be read out, and then helping to read them out.
As Brian Edmondson is a Trustee of the Carlisle Talking Newspaper, David Morton is acting as the representative of our Club’s group for the time being.
I hope you enjoy our varying programme of events.
PRESIDENT DAVID
NEWTON RIGG
Game Management
Following our visit to Newton Rigg last year Ian Watson arranged for Curtis Mossop, senior lecturer in game management and Jack Depledge, one of his students, to visit us on Wednesday evening 28th of September.
Curtis explained the work of the game management department which covers a vast syllabus from the organisation of Grouse Moors to rearing deer. Students are taught and actually organise all aspects of shooting on Newton Rigg's grouse moors. It was not unusual for lecturers or students to arrive in the department with gun dogs or even shotguns but the most terrifying experience was instructing the finer arts of forestry and the use of chainsaws.
Jack Depledge had managed to organise his work work experience are on the Wildschutsberg Game Reserve near Queenstown in South Africa. This was a huge 65,000 acre estate farming some 70 different species of South African game. His work was varied and included all facets of animal husbandry including being a passenger in a helicopter while the other passenger was culling or darting game with a rifle as necessary.
Jack
pointed out that not all darted animals were fully unconscious 
and that
gamekeepers had to be very wary of injury in case the animal suddenly moved its
sharp horns. Animals were darted so they could be transferred to other game
reserves or farms.
The estate's main revenue came from wealthy visitors from all over the world and it was the Rangers' job to ensure that the visitors got the hunting they specified and that they came away with the trophies or skins they required.
Jack was clearly impressed by his work experience and said he had every intention of returning to this work in South Africa as soon as he could.
This was a most interesting lecture illustrated with some excellent slides and thanks were due to Ian Watson for arranging it.
Lt Col Robert Blair Mayne DSO and 3 bars
Trevor
Green’s talk was about the life of Blair Mayne, a legendary figure in Irish
rugby and an equally legendary figure in the SAS, where he was known as
‘Paddy’. He was something of an enigma and his character a mass of
contradictions. On the one hand he was courteous, modest, self-effacing, widely
read, a gentle giant. On the other hand, especially with drink taken, he was
‘mad, bad and dangerous to know.
Graduating from Queen’s in 1939 he went to work for a solicitor in Belfast, he continued to play rugby for Ireland during that year until his legal and sporting careers were cut short by the start of the Second World War.
He first saw action in June 1941 as a lieutenant with 11 Commando during the campaign against the forces of Vichy France in the Lebanon and it was here that he was awarded the first of his DSOs. His leadership in this campaign attracted the attention of Capt. David Stirling who then recruited him as one of the early members of the SAS.
The SAS went from strength to strength and Mayne played a large part in its success in the Desert War in North Africa He was personally credited with having destroyed over 100 German and Italian planes in a series of raids on Axis airfields between late 1941 to early 1943.
In
January 1944 at the age of 28 he was promoted to Lt. Colonel and appointed
commander of the re-formed lst SAS regiment. From then until the end of the war
he led the SAS through the final campaigns in northern Europe, often fighting
alongside local resistance units like the French Maquis as well as carrying out
their own tasks of gathering intelligence, sabotage and generally causing
destruction and mayhem behind enemy lines. It was in France that Mayne won the
second bar to his DSO and it was at Meppen in Germany that he was cited for the
Victoria Cross. In the end the VC was
downgraded to a DSO, his fourth! Perhaps it was refused because of his earlier
unruly and undisciplined behaviour and his frequent insubordination. Even
George Vl enquired why the VC had not been awarded.
After the war Mayne joined the British Antarctic Survey based in the Falklands as its second in command, but this was cut short by a severe back complaint, which had begun during his army service. He returned to Newtownards to work eventually as Secretary to the Law Society of Northern Ireland.
Blair Mayne met his death at 4.00 a.m. on 14 December 1955 when he collided with a lorry parked at the side of the road in Mill Street Newtownards. He was on his way home after a Masonic dinner and a later visit to a friend in Bangor, Co. Down. His funeral was on 16 December. The procession behind the coffin was over a mile long and took over an hour to pass. In Newtownards a road was named after him and a life size statue of him erected in the town’s Conway Square. Yet in the wider world, even in Northern Ireland, he is virtually unknown. In any event, he remains one of the most formidable and most decorated soldiers the British Army has ever produced and a model for the men of the modern SAS.
NEARLY A CLUB VISIT
Barbara & I saw this on the wall outside the Maritim Hotel where we stayed in Koenigswinter (Germany). We were told this club met there on the first Monday evening in the month. However when I checked their web site it appears they meet every Monday, so as a result of duff info I was unable to visit them! This club in District 1810 is a daughter club of Bonn Rotary Club was founded on April 3rd 1995 and got its Charter on 27th March 1996. The word Siebengebirge means Seven Mountains.
IAN WATSON
BY THE SOUP DIVIDED (or scouse around the
house) extract from The Borderer 13 years ago
and a timely reminder
I'm told there was a
meeting
About our winter fare
(I can only go by hearsay
Because I was not there
Someone proposed for "no more Soup)
To have dessert instead
And put it to the meeting
To bring matters to a head
The motion was put to the vote
And confirmed our wildest fears
The vote declared for pudding
(But there were no scrutineers)
There is trouble in the ranks
It can't be laid to rest
There must be another meeting
To put it to the test
For hunger is the sharpest thorn
-There is a protest group
Of hungry folk who cannot do
Without their drop of Soup
A cold dessert is very well
On a sunny summer's day
But in winter we need something hot
To keep the cold at bay
For 'tis Soup that gives you backbone
And Soup that does you good
It puts lead into your pencil
It's better far than pud
There are important things to do
The Rotary list is long
And "Mankind is Our Business"
We need Soup to keep us strong
For we are Northern folk and Scots
(We have a Welshman, too)
Don't bother us with trifles
And jellies, made from glue
Tomato Soup, Game Soup
And Parsley Soup with Garlic
Some Soup's made with that jelly stuff
And some Soup tastes of Harpic
There's Soup that's made by Baxters
And Soup that's made by Heinz
And Soup produced for Tesco
Some tastes of bacon rinds!
There's Soup with bits of ham in it
And Soup that's made from peas
It's Soup that makes us hearty
And puts us at our ease
I dream of broth that Granny made
Now that was really something
On Monday it was full, but clear
By Friday...Oh the dumplings!
They floated there like icebergs
Stuck to your ribs like glue
But you were ne'er in any doubt
That they were good for you
Twin white globes peeping o'er the brim
Of Granny's famous potage
They rose and fell in the simmering broth
Like some heaving décolletage
Some stalwart well may show the way
And lead his band of men
(But he may look around to find
He is alone, again!)
But every man should say his piece
And stand up to be counted
To say whether it is "Sweet or Soup"
And tell us what he wanted
I think I've rambled on enough
'Though I've only just begun..
Please take it in good part,my friends
It's just a bit of fun
So here's to our strong fellowship
We must be a happy group
If the only thing we differ on
Is whether to have SOUP!
"Mankind is Our Business" was the motto for that year
PRESENTATION TO LIFE EDUCATION
As one of the charities benefitting from our Golf Tournament, Life Education Cumbria received the sum of £2,000 which was presented by our Rotary President David Morton to Nick Utting, as Chairman Life Education Cumbria, during a recent visit by the mobile classroom to Warwick Bridge Nursery and Primary School.
Life Education Cumbria has two mobile classrooms and two highly qualified Educators who visit approximately 100 nursery and primary schools throughout Cumbria helping pupils make healthy choices.
The charity is welcomed by pupils, teachers and parents alike and aims to ensure children grow up realising the importance of a healthy diet, regular exercise, the avoidance of inappropriate substances and the risks emanating from misuse of the Internet
NICK UTTING
Pictured here are Harold the giraffe Lorraine Lomax (LEC Educator) and pupils from Warwick Bridge Nursery and Primary School.
PS Nick Utting
was instrumental in getting some excellent publicity for the event!
FOUR
GRUMPY OLD MEN
Wednesday 21st September
Brian Armstrong mustered four of our members to speak briefly on issues that troubled them.
Peter Tiplady
was our first speaker and he was disgusted about the theft, yes theft from
hotels worldwide. He said that the Clarins and the fancy soap in the bathrooms
at hotels should not be stolen or purloined. On another tack he was
particularly disgusted by people who came into breakfast with a big beach bag
and then proceeded to make sandwiches slightly out of sight, wrap them in a
napkin which was stuffed into the beach bag.
Our second speaker was Tony Wiseman who was disappointed that many new made-up words were appearing in the Oxford Concise Dictionary.
Brexit was an obvious example. Fomo was the fear of missing out. Volunteerism - getting a holiday in some remote part of Africa under the pretext of helping poor disadvantaged children (usually) by building wells, toilets, etc. Forchizzle – for sure. Photobomb – the art of springing into the background of someone else’s photograph just as the trigger was pressed.
Brian A. gave us a short talk on the British Royal Family past and present.
Norman
Butler had a dramatic way to produce £5 notes.
He appealed for a £5 note then produced an apparently blank piece of paper and rubbed it into onto a £5 note. As he said to rub the impression from the real note onto the blank paper
He then proceeded very dramatically to set fire to the blank piece of paper which burst into an amazing sheet of flame. Then from the ashes he produced another real £5 note – totally unsinged.
Altogether it was a very entertaining lunchtime and such a shame that we did not have a much better attendance
DAVID M
ROTARY AUTUMN WALK
Sunday October 2nd
On looking out of the window early Sunday morning I was faced with fairly dense fog or was it only mist. I fully expected that we might have to postpone the walk and all go back to bed.
However I set
off at about 10.00 am through this fog and as we crossed over the Scottish
border on the way to the Langholm start the skies parted to produce a beautiful
day with warm sunshine. There were a total of 21 walkers, comprising Rotarians and friends, together with a number
of accompanied dogs, and we all marched off over the bridge in the middle of
Langholm towards the Buccleuch Centre and along the side of the river until we
crossed the Duchess Bridge. The dogs were obviously getting part of their daily
exercise which was soon to be extended as at this point numerous youngpheasants rose up from the undergrowth. Much
to the dogs dismay no pheasants were harmed in the making of this walk. The
walking surface was good and firm and gave us all a nice Sunday morning stroll
and we arrived back in sight of the car park ahead of schedule.
A pause was
taken on the adjoining bridge to take advantage of the unexpected sunny weather
and to have an opportunity for the obligatory group photographs for the august
publication. Malcom produced a hipflask containing sloe gin which was tasted as
an aperitif before lunch, and we then moved on to the March Banks hotel at
Canonbie for Sunday lunch where we were joined by Liz and John. The roast beef
lunch was excellent with generous portions of meat and all the trimmings
followed by a good choice of homemade sweets ( or should it be puddings ? ).
A good social day out made even better by the weather and the gossip.
MICHAEL PEARSON
THE DEVIL’S
PORRIDGE
Tuesday 11th October
Meet at 10.30am for a tour of this fascinating new museum which tells the story of the vast munition factory that stretched from Gretna to Eastriggs, the life of the girls who worked there and The State Management Scheme.
Leave the A75 before Eastriggs and the Museum is on the right as you enter Eastriggs itself – well signposted –postcode DG12 6TF
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
ANDREW MEGGS
President of The Rotary Club of Carlisle South
Andrew is changing his phone number so please use 01228 547444 or his mobile number 07794 777 534.
He will no longer be using his published phone number which was Carlisle 548310.
Alphabet for those over a certain age
A For Arthritis
B the back pain
C the chest pains perhaps car- di –ac
D is for dental decay and decline
E is for eyesight- can’t read that top line
F is for fissures and fluid retention
G is for gas which I’d rather not mention
H high blood pressure –I’d rather it low
I for incisions with scars you can’t show
J is for joints out of socket, won’t mend
K is for knees that crack when they bend
L for libido, what happened to sex?
M is for memory, I forgot what comes next
N is neuralgia, in nerves way down low
O is for osteo, bones that don’t grow
P for prescriptions, I have quite a few, just give me a pill and I’ll be good as new
Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?
R is for reflux, one meal turns to two
S is for sleepless nights, counting my fears
T is for tinnitus bells in my ears
U is for urinary troubles with flow
V is for vertigo that’s dizzy you know
W for worry, now what’s going round
X is for Xray and what might be found
Y for another year I’m left here behind!
Z is for zest I still have –in my mind
I’ve survived all the symptoms, my body’s deployed, and I’m keeping twenty-six doctors fully employed. (Victoria Young)
FUTURE OF ROTARY IN CARLISLE
A meeting of the Presidents and representatives of the Carlisle Clubs was recently called by Assistant District Governor Wendy Aldred to discuss the long term future of Rotary in Carlisle.
Much of the discussion centred round the appeal of Rotary to those aged 30-50. The Rotary Club of Maidenhead Bridge appeared to have a format which suited this age bracket. They have informal meetings at 10.30am on alternate Sundays in Costa Coffee and all committee work is done by email. Families and children are welcome.
This will be discussed by our Club Council at their next meetings.
Membership Challenge
There are now only eight weeks to Charter Night and twelve weeks to Christmas, that leaves only twenty eight weeks to the end of this Rotary Year.Who will be first to complete the challenge and who will be last and who won't complete it at all. Please do not forget to invite you guest to sign the visitor's book.
A good way to introduce a person to Rotary is to invite them to Charter Night together with their respective partner so that each has an insight to Rotary.
Good Luck.
In support of Keswick Rotary Club,
A team of golfers consisting of Peter Hall, Nick Utting, Brian Edmundson and David Hoggard tackled the 18 holes at Threlkeld. Nestling between Blencathra and Clough Head, the course is idyllic with views west to Borrowdale and Newlands Pass.
However taking in the panorama was not on the menu as we worked hard to gain a few stableford points between us on the testing holes.
Keswick Rotary have always been good supporters of our Golf Day at Eden and it was nice to reciprocate on this occasion to help raise funds for the Calvert Trust, and a total of £7,000 was raised from the teams including sponsorship and various competitions.
Despite a little exhaustion and a little rain on the last couple of holes we thoroughly enjoyed our day but regrettably old age prevents me from recalling our final position on the Leader Board !!! NICK UTTING
WISHING WELL
The Wishing Well
was emptied at the beginning of October and £231 was collected for The Samaritans.
The current collection is for The Royal British Legion.
Future collections are for:
- 17 November to 4 January 2017: Food Bank.
- 5 January to 22 February 2017: Eden Valley Hospice.
- 23 February to 5 April 2017: Great North Air Ambulance.
- 6 April to 31 May 2017: Jigsaw Children’s Hospice.
- 1 June to 28 June 2017: The Lanes charity ‘One Great Day’.
- 29 June to 9 August 2017: Carlisle Key.
PICTURE QUIZ
THE ANSWER
This is of course the ribbon on our President’s jewel of office.
Following our recent rule change, all the correct answers received were put into the virtual hat and the first one drawn received a bottle of wine, and the winner was………………..NICK UTTING!!
THIS MONTH’S PICTURE QUIZ
This box is in the centre of Carlisle
Where is it and what’s its purpose?
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Wednesday 12th October
CHANGE OF DATE
Please note our next Council meeting will be held at 11.00am on 12th October
Wednesday 30th November
CHARTER NIGHT
Our principal speaker will be Dr Stephen Gibbs, Chairman of the Carlisle Flood Action Group with Assistant District Governor Wendy Aldred replying to the toast to RI, Rotary GB&I & District 1190.
Dress Formal. The menu to be similar to last year, tomato & basil soup or smoked salmon & prawn salad, followed by baron of beef in sauce plus vegetables with a vegetarian option and for desert an assiette of sweets, with coffee or tea to accompany the cheese board! All this for £25.00.
DID YOU KNOW… A Baron of Beef is alleged to have originated when Henry VIII was served a spit roasted double sirloin of beef and was so taken by the roast that he dubbed it Sir Loin, the Baron of Beef
Wednesday 14th December
CHRISTMAS LUNCH
Council have decided that wine will be provided as part of the cost of the meal – paid for from the profits of our lunch fund
Thoughts for the month
"When writing the story of your life don't let anyone else hold the pen". Harley Davidson
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow". Helen Keller
RECEPTION DESK FOR CLUB MEETINGS:
October 12 Tom Dawson
19 Trevor Green
26
November 2 Peter Yates
9 Ellis Amos
16
23 Brian Edmundson
30
December 7 Peter Atkinson
Rotary Club of Carlisle Events
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2016 |
DAY |
EVENT |
CONTACT |
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Oct 11th |
Tuesday |
The Devil’s Porridge |
Simon Strickland |
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October |
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Wine Tasting |
Marian Reed |
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Oct 12th |
Wednesday |
District Quiz v. Wigton |
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Nov 30th |
Wednesday |
Charter Night |
Ian Watson |
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Dec 14th |
Wednesday |
Christmas Lunch |
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2017 |
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Jan 25th |
Wednesday |
Burns Night |
Peter Tiplady |
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May 12th |
Friday |
Golf Competition |
Robin MacLeod |
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June |
|
Ferret Racing |
Marian Reed |
Club Council Meetings
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October 12th Please note |
11.00 am |
Shepherds Inn |
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November 16th |
11.00 am |
Shepherds Inn |
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2017 |
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January 18th |
11.00 am |
Shepherds Inn |
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February 15th |
11.00 am |
Shepherds Inn |
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March 15th |
11.00 am |
Shepherds Inn |
Club Meetings Programme
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12/10/16 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
TBA |
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Peter Yates |
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19/10/16 |
Buffet 6.00pm |
Youth Speaks Competition |
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Nicki Quayle |
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26/10/16 |
Dinner 7.00pm |
Tim Clarke |
Hero Rats |
Nick Utting |
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2/11/16 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Business |
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9/11/16 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Vivienne Crow |
A Career Outdoors |
Michael Pearson |
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16/11/16 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Informal Lunch |
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23/11/16 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Paul Durham |
National Search & Rescue Dogs Assoc. |
Simon Strickland |
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30/11/16 |
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Charter Night |
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Ian Watson |
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7/12/16 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
SGM |
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14/12/16 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Christmas Lunch |
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21/12/16 |
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NO MEETING |
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28/12/16 |
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NO MEETING |
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4/1/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Rev Nick Mark |
New Year Address |
David Morton |
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11/1/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
TBA |
|
Derek Heyes |
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18/1/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Informal Lunch |
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25/1/17 |
Dinner 7.00pm |
Burns Night Supper |
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Peter Tiplady |
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1/2/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Business |
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8/2/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
TBA |
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Robin MacLeod |
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15/2/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Informal Lunch |
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22/2/17 |
Dinner 7.00pm |
TBA |
|
Malcolm Metcalfe |
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1/3/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Business |
|
|
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8/3/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
TBA |
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David Hoggard |
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15/3/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Informal Lunch |
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22/3/17 |
Lunch 12.30pm |
Informal Lunch |
To sit in Committee Tables |
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5/4/17 |
Dinner 7.00pm |
TBA |
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Peter Hall |
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