Our speaker on 26th May was Jessica Bearde from SODC

on recycling. Very informative and entertaining.

                               

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It is very sad to announce the passing of the clubs oldest member Charlie Bradley, age 98 years, one of two founder members in current membership.

                                                               

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Speaker on 14th April was retired CSM Barry on his 22 years in the Coldstream Guards which took him to Kenya and the Middle East as well as several tours in Northern Ireland.

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Club speaker on 17th March was Stan Eldon on 

“Windsor, War and Peace”

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 The club speaker on 10th February was Victoria Pattison from Wessex and Thames Valley LIFE EDUCATION with an update on their work.

 

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Ian Caxton from the Cooperative Society gave a talk on 'Tax, Care and Toy Boys' on 13th January.

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A special event at our meeting on 2nd December. It was the Student of the Term awards. A student from each of four local schools chosen by their schools spoke about their schools and their  wide arange of activities. 

The four recipients were Alistair (UTC), Eve (Didcot Girls School),Al Alaelden (St.Birinus) and Stanley (Aureus).

hey were each presented with  a framed certificate by club President Richard SMITH.

As always there was a lot of individual talent on view from the four special young people.

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The speaker at our lunch on 25th November was Emma SMITH from Down Syndrome Oxford who spoke about their work.

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Graham RAYNER a new member of the club spoke about his "Ramblings in Rotary", including the visits he made to over 100 clubs in the U.S at the meeting on 11th November

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 Retiring President David West with newest Paul Harris Fellow Shelagh Garvey