Rotary Club of Letchworth Howard
Diary of Past Events
| Date |
Speaker etc. |
Council/Bus/Partners |
Duty Steward |
Speakers topic / Notes |
| 2-Feb-09 |
Judy Faraday |
Barry Dickens | John Lewis Partnership | |
| 9-Feb-09 | Vocational - David Earle |
Alan Fraser |
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| 13-Feb-09 | Bridge Drive - Fund raising |
Alan Fraser Coordinating |
Afternoon at The Settlement, Nevells Road. | |
| 16-Feb-09 |
Sheila Edgar |
Partners | David Glanville | The Royal Mews |
| 23-Feb-09 | Rtn Dennis Wells | Open Evening | Colin Green | A Homily to Einstein |
| 2-Mar-09 | Rtn Colin Green | Council | David Hedley | A Leisurely Business in Canada |
| 7-Mar-09 |
Quiz evening - Fund raising |
Partners | St George’s Church Hall 7.00pm | |
| 9-Mar-09 | Business | Dorothy Harrison | Carvery | |
| 16-Mar-09 | Jim Stevenson | Partners | June Huthbert-Averill | Nightingales at Paxton |
| 23-Mar-09 | Edwin Gruber | Gordon Innes | St Christopher’s Rajasthan Project | |
| 30-Mar-09 | TBA | Paul Jeffery | Shelter Boxes | |
| 6-Apr-09 | Members Spring Poetry | Bernie Osborne | Dorothy to organize 5 willing memebers | |
| 13-Apr-09 | Easter Monday - No meeting | |||
| 20-Apr-09 | AGM | Clive Phipps | Carvery | |
| 27-Apr-09 | No Meeting - See below | |||
| 29-Apr-09 | Triangular Quiz | Partners & Guests | Dorothy for catering numbers | |
| 4-May-09 | Bank Holiday - No meeting | |||
| 5-May-09 | Visit to Paxton | Partners & Inner Wheel | Dorothy organising | Dinner & escorted walk to hear nightingales. |
| 11-May-09 | Visit to House of Commons | (No club meeting) | David H organising | Alan Fraser organizing lunch at the RAF Club |
| 18-May-09 | Maria Iredale | ICT Meeting | Tony Silver | Letchworth Arts Centre |
| 1-Jun-09 | District Governor Peter Harris | Council + EGM + Induction of Arthur Jarman | Julian Bedingfield | Carvery |
| 8-Jun-09 | Club Assembly | John Bush | Carvery | |
| 10-Jun-09 | Kids Out outing to Wicksteed | Organised by David Glanville | ||
| 14-Jun-09 | Presidents at Home | Partners | Val & Ian hosting | 12:30 for lunch at 13:00 at Vals home |
| 15-Jun-09 | No Meeting | |||
| 22-Jun-09 | Audrey Burr | Francis Callis | Send a Cow | |
| 29-Jun-09 | Jan Tiller | Mike Coleman | Better Breathing | |
| 30-Jun-09 | LGC club Presidents Evening | Invitation from Rotarian Bob Hopcraft & Sue | ||
| 6-Jul-09 | Handover & Charity Presentations |
Partners | Barry Dickens | District Governor John Samuel visiting |
| 13-Jul-09 |
Mark Tiller |
Partners | Colin Green | Wildlife Photography (will show slides). Alan Goodwin President LGC visiting |
| 20-Jul-09 | Val Fullforth | Council | David Glanville |
Herts
and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (will show slides) |
| 27-Jul-09 | Patricia Craggs | Alan Fraser | LGC Heritage Estates Manager speaking on Conservation Issues in LGC | |
| 3-Aug-09 | No speaker | Business | Dorothy Harrison | |
| 10-Aug-09 | Bowls on the common | Partners & LGC | David Hedley | 18:00 Dorothy organising |
| 17-Aug-09 | Rtn Alan Fraser | June Huthert-Averill | Talk on Exotic Holidays | |
| 24-Aug-09 | Angela Forster | Partners | Gordon Innes | Guided walk on the Common followed by supper |
| 31-Aug-09 | Bank Holiday - No meeting | |||
| 7-Sep-09 | John Elliot | Council | Arthur Jarman | Admirals’ Cup |
| 12-Sep-09 | Starlight Cancer 10 mile walk | 23:00 start Organised by LGC Club | ||
| 14-Sep-09 | David Sims | Val Aitken | Motor Neurone Disease | |
| 18-Sep-09 | Gordon Craig Theatre @ 19:30 | Partners | "Pools Paradise" inc Supper @ 18:00 | |
| 20-Sep-09 | Pub Walk 10:30 Kings Walden | Partners | Organised by June Huthert-Averill | |
| 21-Sep-09 | No speaker | Business | Clive Phipps | |
| 26-Sep-09 | 1080 District Conference | Lynford Hall hotel | ||
| 28-Sep-09 | Rtn David Earle | Tony Silver | Life in the frozen World | |
| 5-Oct-09 | Noreen Davey | Partners | Bernie Osborne | Talk on Interior Design |
| 10-Oct-09 | Get involved! Fair 10-5pm | Volunteers reqd | David Earle | Spirella building Letchworth |
| 11-Oct-09 | Get involved! Fair 11-3.30pm | Volunteers reqd | Paul Jeffery | Spirella building Letchworth |
| 12-Oct-09 | Rtn Colin Green | Julian Bedingfield | A Canadian business | |
| 13-Oct-09 | District 1080 | District Council Mtg | Mildenhall College 19:30 | |
| 19-Oct-09 | Allan Patterson | Partners & Prospect Mem | John Bush | Agincourt |
| 24-Oct-09 | Royal British Legion | Collection at Sainsburys | Francis Callis | |
| 26-Oct-09 | No Speaker | Business & Special GM | Francis Callis | Also Partners Quiz Planning Meeting with Dawn |
| 2-Nov-09 | Rtn Peter Harkness | Partners & Prospect Mem | Mike Coleman | |
| 6-Nov-09 | Race evening | Partners & Guests | Organised by Val & Dorothy | |
| 9-Nov-09 | Clive Phipps | Barry Dickens | Desert Island Disks | |
| 16-Nov-09 | Annette How | David Earle | Leukaemia Research | |
| 23-Nov-09 | Brian Nicholson | Council | Alan Fraser | Hovercraft |
| 30-Nov-09 | No Speaker | Business & Special GB | David Glanville | Ratification of 2010 elections |
| 7-Dec-09 | Xmas Show & Tell | Colin Green | Members offerings | |
| 14-Dec-09 | Christmas Dinner | LGC/IW Clubs & Partners | Paul Jeffery | The Broadway Hotel 6:45 for 7:15 |
| 21-Dec-09 | No Meeting | |||
| 28-Dec-09 | No Meeting | |||
| 04-Jan-10 | Elizabeth Towler LGC-HF Consultant Landscape Architect | Council | Dorothy Harrison | Environmental Stewardship |
| 11-Jan-10 | No Speaker | Business | David Headley | |
| 15-Jan-10 | Pantomime Outing | David Glanville | Aladdin at Gordon Craig 19:30 | |
| 18-Jan-10 | Nick Carver - Chief Executive East & NE Herts. NHST | Partners | June Huthert-Averil | Developments at Lister Hospital |
| 25-Jan-10 | No Meeting | |||
| 27-Jan-10 | Thanks for Life - Polio | 6 Local Clubs & Guests | David Earle | Dinner 7pm for 7:30 Letchworth Hall Hotel |
| 1-Feb-10 | No Meeting | |||
| 2-Feb-10 | Triangular Quiz 6:45 for 7:15 | LGC/IW/Partners | Hosted by Jane Bewell President IWGC | |
| 6-Feb-10 | Presidents Elect Training | District 1080 | David E & Julian B | |
| 8-Feb-10 | Gil Harding - Leisure Direct | Arthur Jarman | ||
| 15-Feb-10 | Shelia Edgar | Partners | John Bush | Gardens of Buckingham Palace |
| 20-Feb-10 | Polio / Town Centre Collection | LGC/Howard club | Paul Jeffery | Combined Collection for Polio TfLife |
| 22-Feb-10 | Tim Jeeves | Council | Clive Phipps | Introduction to Gerald Hoffnung |
| 23-Feb-10 | Rotary Day 105th Anniversary | |||
| 27-Feb-10 | Partners Quiz 7:30pm start | Partners & guests | Dawn Clark | St Georges Church Hall, Letchworth. |
| 1-Mar-10 | Peter Harkness | Partners | Tony Silver | Why is the rose England’s national flower? |
| 5-Mar-10 | Gordon Craig Theatre - Dad's Army Marches on. | Partners | Organised by Val | 6:30 supper, 7:45 performance |
| 6-Mar-10 | IW - Overseas Service Supper | Inner Wheel/Partners | Jane Pavey | 7pm for 7:30, St Paul's Church Hall, |
| 8-Mar-10 | No Speaker | Business Meeting | Val Aitken | |
| 15-Mar-10 | Willis Averill | Partners | Julian Bedingfield | a POW in World War II |
| 19-Mar-10 | Bridge Drive | Alan Fraser organising |
14:00 The Settlement, |
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| 22-Mar-10 | Andrew Keith | Partners | John Bush | Ambassadorial Scholar from San Antonio Texas |
| 29-Mar-10 | Lea Boswell | Francis Callis | LGC Town Centre Manager | |
| 30-Mar-10 | District Council 1080 | 7:30 Mildenhall | ||
| 5-Apr-10 | No Meeting | Easter Monday | ||
| 10-Apr-10 | District Assembly 1080 | Location TBA | ||
| 12-Apr-10 | Stewart Nagler | Council Meeting | Mike Coleman | Hertfordshire Police strategy 2010/13 |
| 19-Apr-10 | Annual General Meeting | Business Meeting | Barry Dickens | |
| 26-Apr-10 | Spring Walk | Partners | David Earle | Poetry if bad weather |
| 28-Apr-10 | Hawkins Fashion Show | IW, LGC, Partners | Jane Bewell organised | St Georges Church Hall, 7 for 7:30pm |
| 3-May-10 | No Meeting | Bank Holiday | ||
| 4-May-10 | Earnest Gardener | |||
| 10-May-10 | Club Assembly | Alan Fraser | ADG John Holme visiting | |
| 17-May-10 | Bob Mills - Sky News Producer | Partners | Colin Green | Politics and the Media |
| 22-May-10 | Car Boot Sale | All welcome | Gravely Fruit Farm 9am-2pm Alan organising | |
| 23-May-10 | Gratham Water walk & Lunch | Partners | June organising | |
| 24-May-10 | Vocational - Arthur Jarman | David Glanville | ||
| 31-May-10 | No Meeting | Bank Holiday | ||
| 7-Jun-10 | Matt Endersby | June Huthert-Averil | A school for Zimbabwe | |
| 9-Jun-10 | Kids day out | David Glanville organising | ||
| 14-Jun-10 | Doug Ball | Dorothy Harrison | Clocks | |
| 21-Jun-10 |
Peter
Loach |
Arthur Jarman | Schools and gorillas in Uganda | |
| 28-Jun-10 | President's eve & Handover | Partners & Guests | Paul/David double act | 7 for 7:30 Broadway Hotel (Black Tie) |
| 5-Jul-10 | Peter Cannell | Paul Jeffery | Gypsy Smith | |
| 7-Jul-10 | Letchworth Fun Day | |||
| 12-Jul-10 | Ros Allwood | Bernie Osborne | Warriors and the Wall of China | |
| 19-Jul-10 | Kate Thompson | Dorothy Harrison | former county archivist talk on “The Poor Laws” | |
| 26-Jul-10 | Business Meeting | Tony Silver | ||
| 2-Aug-10 | Vocational of David Walker | Clive Phipps | ||
| 9-Aug-10 | St Mary’s church Baldock Tour | Partners | 6.30 in the church yard, meal @ 7.30ish | |
| 16-Aug-10 | Club Scatter | |||
| 23-Aug-10 | Guided walk of Ickleford | Partners | 6.30 in Plume & Feathers, Upper Green. | |
| 30-Aug-10 | No Meeting | Bank Holiday Monday | ||
| 4-Sep-10 | Letchworth Starlight Walk | Walk Marshals required | ||
| 6-Sep-10 | Father Andrew | Valerie Aitken | Pilgrim on a bike | |
| 13-Sep-10 | Captain Barry Samson | Partners | Julian Bedingfield | Relief work in Haiti (Salvation Army) |
| 20-Sep-10 | Paul Palmer | Council meeting after | John Bush | Landscape and Social Development |
| 24-Sep-10 | Treatre Trip - Charlies Aunt | Partners, Val Organising | Gordon Craig Pre Theatre dinner | |
| 27-Sep-10 | Jessica Young | Francis Callis | NHDC Sports Development Officer | |
| 2-Oct-10 | Big Bulb Plant | Mike Coleman | ||
| 4-Oct-10 | Terry Brazier - (President LGC) | Barry Dickins | Bordeaux or Bust ! | |
| 11-Oct-10 | Business Meeting | Alan Fraser | ||
| 13-Oct-10 | District Council Meeting | Mildenhall | ||
| 18-Oct-10 | Maxine Tricker | Partners | David Glanville | Garden Design |
| 23-Oct-10 | 1080 District Conference | Trinity Park Conference Centre Ipswich | ||
| 25-Oct-10 | Kate Thompson | Colin Green | My World Cup (her trip to SA). | |
| 1-Nov-10 | Lucy Potter | Partners | June Huthert-Averill | Alzheimers Society |
| 8-Nov-10 | Sally Everett | Gordon Innes | Development of Howard Park & gardens | |
| 13-Nov-10 | Race Night Letchworth Bowls | David Earle | ||
| 15-Nov-10 | No Meeting | |||
| 18-Nov-10 | Charity Darts Evening | Alan Fraser | Broadway Hotel | |
| 22-Nov-10 | John Lewis | Partners & Inner Wheel | Paul Jeffery | CEO of LGC Heritage Foundation |
| 29-Nov-10 | Meeting cancelled | Arthur Jarman | ||
| 06-Dec-10 | Christmas Poetry & Song | Business Meeting | Bernie Osborne | Bring yours |
| 08-Dec-10 | Christmas Coffee Morning | Organised by Inner Wheel | The Fortescue Hall (St. Hugh's Church Hall) | |
| 13-Dec-10 | Christmas Dinner (Lounge suit) | LGC/IW & Partners | David Earle | The Broadway Hotel 6:30 for 7pm |
| 20-Dec-10 | No Meeting | |||
| 27-Dec-10 | No Meeting | |||
| 3-Jan-11 | No Meeting | |||
| 10-Jan-11 | Eleanor Howes | Partners | Tony Silver | Dyspraxia |
| 17-Jan-11 | Jo Gibson | + Partners Planning Mtg | Clive Phipps | Domestic abuse helpline |
| 24-Jan-11 | President David Earle | Partners | David Walker | Me and my Bike ! |
| 31-Jan-11 | Triangular Quiz | LGC/IW & Partners | David Earle/Terry Brz | Broadway Hotel 18:45 for 19:15 |
| 7-Feb-11 | Lynn Monck | Partners | Val Aitken | The Silk Route, |
| 14-Feb-11 | Business Meeting | Julian Bedingfield | ADG John Holme visiting | |
| 21-Feb-11 | Roddy Lee - Treking in Nepal | Partners &
Prospective members |
John Bush | Membership Promotion evening |
| 23-Feb-11 | Rotary Day | |||
| 26-Feb-11 | Partners Quiz | Partners & Guests | Heidi Earle | St Georges Church Hall, 7:30 Start |
| 28-Feb-11 | Rtn Keith Dew - Vocational | Special General Meeting | Francis Callis | JVP election. |
| 7-Mar-11 | Rtn David Glanville | Mike Coleman | Presentation on Patagonia trip | |
| 11-Mar-11 | Bridge Drive | Alan Fraser | ||
| 12-Mar-11 | Safari Supper | Partners | ||
| 14-Mar-11 | Cllr Lynda Needham Leader NHDC | Keith Dew | How Local Authorities work | |
| 15-Mar-11 | Inner Wheel 60th Charter | Members & Partners | Organised by Inner Wheel | |
| 21-Mar-11 | Laura Benny | Barry Dickens | Herts Young Homeless Group | |
| 26-Mar-11 | TFL Highfield School Concert | Julian Bedingfield | ||
| 28-Mar-11 | In house entertainment | Alan Fraser | ||
| 29-Mar-11 | District Council Meeting | Diss | ||
| 2-Apr-11 | I/W Overseas Service Supper | L/W inner wheel | St Pauls Church Hall 7pm for 7:30 | |
| 4-Apr-11 | Business Meeting | David Glanville | ||
| 9-Apr-11 | District Assembly 1080 | |||
| 11-Apr-11 | Colin Green | |||
| 18-Apr-11 | Roddy Lee | Partners | June Huthert-Averill | The Sahara |
| 25-Apr-11 | No Meeting - Easter Monday | |||
| 2-May-11 | No Meeting - May Bank holiday | |||
| 9-May-11 | Club Assembly | ADG John Holme | J Bedingfield | |
| 16-May-11 | DG Rodney Howell | Gordon Innes | ||
| 23-May-11 |
Simply Oak, visit SG18 0EP
http://www.simplyoak.co.uk/ |
Partners | Arthur Jarman | Including meal & quiz. Meet by 19:00 |
| 30-May-11 | No Meeting - Spring Bank Hol | |||
| 06-Jun-11 | Business Meeting | Paul Jeffery | ||
| 8-Jun-11 | Kids Out | David Glanville | ||
| 13-Jun-11 | David Ridgeway | Partners | Keith Dew | Orchids |
| 20-Jun-11 | Ryan Davies | Partners & Abbv AGM | Bernie Osborne | Marathons in the Gobi Desert |
| 27-Jun-11 | Presidents Eve/Handover | Partners | David Earle & Julian | The Royal Art Collection - Shelia Edgar |
| 04-Jul-11 | Malcolm King | Clive Phipps | Retirement Villages in USA | |
| 11-Jul-11 | Stephen Pettit | Council | David Glanville | Benslow Music School |
| 16-Jul-11 | Hitchin Festival | Tickets via Pres. Julian | 19:30 Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| 18-Jul-11 | Jerry Stone | Partners | David Walker | Space missions |
| 25-Jul-11 | Scatter Meeting | |||
| 1-Aug-11 | Business | Val Aitken | ||
| 8-Aug-11 | Simon Bloxham (Fire Fighter) | Partners | Clive Phipps | The Buncefield Fire |
| 15-Aug-11 | John Holme (ADG) | John Bush | ||
| 22-Aug-11 | Josh Tidy - Curator LGC Heritage Museum | Partners | Francis Callis | Letchworth in the Second World War |
| 29-Aug-11 | Bank Holiday - No meeting | |||
| 05-Sep-11 | Frank Taylor | Council | Keith Dew | Community Chair 1260 |
| 12-Sep-11 | Business | Barry Dickins | ||
| 19-Sep-11 | Ken Sullivan | Partners | Alan Fraser | Underwater photographer |
| 26-Sep-11 | Tom Griffin - District Governor | LGC guests | June Huthert-Averill | Possible Multi-club |
| 28-Sep-11 | Sharon Ridgeon | RiCC Clubs Joint Meeting Partners | LGC Club | Youth Development |
| 03-Oct-11 | Special General Meeting | Business | Colin Green | Club Finances |
| 08-Oct-11 | District 1080 Conference | Holiday Inn - Norwich North | ||
| 10-Oct-11 | Terry Ransome | Council | Tony Silver | Men in Space: 50 years |
| 17-Oct-11 | Business | Gordon Innes | ||