Christmas Card 2011
In 2011, Rotarian Randle Oliver, L.d'Hon., a Paul Harris Fellow, has painted The Norman Castle and Cathedral in Durham from Framwellgate Bridge. The profits were in excess of £1,300 which were divided between Cancer Research UK and Rotary Foundation.
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more This year Hideyuki Sobue has created a card for us incorporating his own paintings of four different pictures of previous subjects.
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Christmas Card 2019
more For his card in 2019 Randle produced a winter scene of High Force.
Christmas Card 2017
more Randle Oliver provided a new painting of Alnwick Castle for this year's Christmas Card.
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Christmas Cards 2018
more We have had 3 favourite Christmas Cards printed again this year, as well as having some previous ones still available. They are still £5.00 for a pack of 10.
Christmas Cards 2016
more This year Rotarian Randle Oliver has painted new pictures for the two cards we are producing this year.
Christmas Card 2015
more Have you seen Randle's picture for this year
Christmas Cards 2014
more Rotarian Randle Oliver has designed and painted 2 cards for us this year, one of Durham Cathedral and the other of Tanfield Railway. These were sold at other Rotary clubs and raised £900 for our Benevolent Fund.
Christmas Card 2013
more For the card this year Rotarian Randle Oliver chose to paint a picture of Gibside Chapel in the trees. Some popular older cards have also been re-printed and they are all on sale now at �5.00 per pack of 10. Members have visited clubs to sell packs.
Christmas Card 2012
more Rotarian Randle Oliver this year chose to create a new view of the popular Souter Lighthouse on a smaller card. These were priced at £4.00 per pack of 10 cards. They sold very well, along with previous designs. Profits of £550 went to Rotary Foundation
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Christmas Card 2010
more This shows a painting of St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, founded in AD 674, part of the Wearmouth-Jarrow monastery and home of Venerable Bede in his early years. The other painting is of Souter Point Lighthouse, built in 1887.
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Christmas Card 2009
more PHF Randle Oliver chose Holy Island as his subject, with the causeway and the castle dominating the evening sky and a robin perched on one of the posts.
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Christmas Card 2008
more For his subject this year, Rotarian Randle Oliver PHF chose this view of Durham Cathedral and Castle from the railway station, with the 'traditional' robin in the foreground. The greeting on the inside reads "A Very Merry Christmas to You"
Christmas Card 2007
more A picture of Penshaw Monument was on the front of the 2007 Christmas Card that we produced for sale to Rotary Clubs in the District for both members and friends. The card was designed by Rotarian Randle Oliver PHF, with a little help from his friends.
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Christmas Cards
back Each year a new card is painted by Rotarian Randle Oliver. These are sold to friends as well as other Rotary club members to raise funds for Rotary Foundation and other charities, including our own Benevolent Fund.