My President’s Night…………….in a cowshed!! I had my President’s night in the Heybridge Country Club at Ingatestone.


Heybridge was very pleasant and we had many Presidents’ nights there, as well as Inner Wheel functions. I was very fortunate, because my parents were able to come before my father died, and it was very rare to have parents there. We had a lovely evening. The hall had been a cowshed and, at that time, it had the shape of a cowshed. As we sat at table, we could see where the cows would have been tied up. Over the years the venue had got very much larger and had become an excellent place. One of our members, Norman Moore, had connections, so we could always get the hall when we needed it. Anyway, the evening was a great success and enjoyed by everybody. It was an occasion that I will always remember.


Golden Anniversary of Rotary at the House of Commons


In celebration of the Golden Anniversary of Rotary, we decided we would book an evening for the members of our own Club in the House of Commons. The numbers were limited, so we decided just to have our own members. I don’t know who it was among who did so, but, whoever, he managed to get one of the Rotarians of the London Club, who was an MP, to arrange it for us. On the guest list there were several people we had no connection with. It was very well attended. At that time we had about 45 members, and quite a number came with their wives. The guest speaker was a junior foreign office member and it was a great success.


Seats for Harold Wood Hospital


Another pleasant duty I had in the celebration year was to present the local hospital with teak seats for the grounds. Harold Wood had two lovely seats at the time that we were forming the League of Friends. I don’t know where they finally ended up, but, by the time that we were winding up the League of Friends, we had five teak seats around the gardens. Whether or not the council took them, I don’t know, but they may still be in use. They were in very good condition and we didn’t know what to do with them.


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