Talk by Pam Swabey from Chelmsford Civic Society - at the College

Hi all and for anyone I didn't speak to last week, Happy new year. We had a good attendance back at the college for the first meeting of 2016 and although I suspect the main course was not entirely to the liking of some, I like my curries and was well satisfied.

Janet opened the meeting with grace and towards the end of the evening levied her first set of fines.

Dr John and Malcolm announced their intent to walk the length of the Thames in September and invited club members to join them - either for the whole walk or for odd days. I'm sure either of them will be pleased to talk to you more about it. Well done to both of them and hopefully we can conjure up some company for them along the way.

After the break, I was pleased to welcome our guests Ros and Chris from Chelmsford Civic Society. They gave a really interesting talk about the current efforts to secure a 'memorial' for Marconi's efforts in Chelmsford and thus to enhance the cultural aspect of our city. There were plenty of questions and it was one of those evenings when I was sorry to cut it short.

Next week we are at college for our Business Meeting. You hopefully will recall that late last year we agreed to have an evening discussion about the club's stance and direction on fundraising; That will be the main item for our business meeting this month. I hope that most members will be able to attend the meeting on 14th Jan but if you are not going to be there, I would appreciate any views that you have and I will try to represent those at the meeting.