The Rotary Club of Birtley Club Number 1327          District 1030          R.I. Number  18833 Registered Charity Number. 1036078

		A Christmas dinner taken at the Durham New College  where the students and  lecturers serve excellent food . We go there a couple of times each year for the fellowship.
Haworths 1940 weekend They turn the clock back and everything is at wartime era, dress, vehicles,  tradesmen and uniforms.  plus a flypast of wartime planes just over the rooftops.	Some of the members and friends attending a garden party at Les' house, Harry and his wife Manjinder were dressed in traditional clothes on a perfect day for it.
The Wheel of Time 2008 To Represent past industries of Birtley.	THE QUEENS VIEW. Les & Ann enjoying a visit to one of the most beautiful views in Scotland. Where   we went for a bank holiday  week-end. looking over those railings the panaramic view is astounding
A Presidents Dinner Dance, where the ladies dance and the gents look on. Usually with a glass in the hand.	The President wanted a Murder Mystery Night instead of the usual formal dinner  dance. Every one dressed in costume and we solved 8 murders that night.
	A visit to the Highland games while we were visiting several of the Whisky distilleries in Scotland. Another good idea of our social  officer Les. We met the Pitlochery Rotary Club while there and enjoyed their hospitality and expert commentary on the games.	This is Rob Hutchinson  on a visit to the UK, he happened to meet the P.M. of that time and this is the  Canadian Mountie in   Tony Blairs study.

And then it was Party time at the Presidents home, where Harry and Manjinder hosted an 'Indian Evening' for all to attend.
Approximately sixty people were there to try out the sumptuous food laid on by Manjinder and her friends, an open patio where course after course was tried and tested by many who had never been so adventurous before, yet everyone declared it to be a wonderful spread, the main room was given over to allow the ladies some beauty treatment and try out some of the beautiful Sari's on display. While the men tried on the Sikh turbans, one of which measured out at fifteen metres of material, Harry being the one to fit each willing person individually.

Two young ladies gave us an exhibition of Indian Dancing while cameras flashed and one young lady sang a few songs to entertain the ensemble.

The entire evening was one which I know will take some beating. Vice President Maureen made a small speech thanking the President and his family for laying on such a wonderful evening which managed to raise eleven hundred pounds, funds which will be presented to the McMillan nurses cancer research, along with the three hundred pounds plus, raised at Ros' coffee morning the day before.

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