Celebrating 64 Years of Service

Knaresborough Rotary Club have presented member Peter Wilson with a Paul Harris Fellowship. Named for the Founder of Rotary Paul Harris, the award is available to Rotarians and non-Rotarians who demonstrate high professional and personal standards and exemplary community service.  Peter joined Rotary 34 years ago in 1992 and served for five years as a Club President and two years as a Club Secretary for the Rotary Club of Bacup Having retired from a career as a pharmacist our man and his wife came to their senses and moved to God’s own county and joined Knaresborough Rotary Club where he has taken on the role of Assistant Secretary, shown his expertise with a spade, planting crocuses for the End Polio campaign as well as helping with the Technology Tournament. Apart from giving considerable service to Rotary, Peter is also a volunteer with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as a driver, guard and signalman as well as working on the restoration of carriages. At Gracious Street Methodist church, he helps organise the monthly Men’s Breakfast and is adept at operating the projection system for services. A modest man Peter is universally respected as someone who just gets on and does things without any faff! The award was presented by the Rotary District Governor Elect Anne Griffin at the club’s 64^th annual Charter celebration lunch at Henshaw’s Arts and Crafts Centre.