Here are some pictures that tell you a little about life in our Rotary club.
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Our murder mystery is played out by Rotarians and friends during our "Charter Night" celebration dinner. |
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Come quietly now! The murderer at our Charter Night "Murder Mystery" dinner is nabbed good and proper. | ||||||
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Our dinner-speaker tells us about her fascinating life since moving to rural Turkey. She is wearing a traditional costume from her village. See what the press said here. |
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Believe it or not these are genuine Turkish ladies pants worn beneath our speaker's skirt. | ||||||
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Santa Claus, assisted by his Rotary elves, delivering Christmas presents to residents at Acorn Village. |
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Our ambassadorial scholar from Japan performing a tea ceremony at one of our meetings. | ||||||
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See anything at the top of Walton Tower? (It's a long way up!). |
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Here is Rotarian Roger Griffiths abseiling down the tower to raise money for the British Red Cross. | ||||||
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On our Frankenberg exchange trip we visited the Eidersee Dam (made famous by the "Dambusters" raid) . |
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Manningtree is twinned with Frankenberg in Germany : Another beautiful Medieval town! | ||||||
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Tasting the local beer during our Frankenberg exchange visit. |
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Swapping club pennants with the Frankenberg Rotary club. You can see some of our pennant collection here. | ||||||
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"Piping in" the haggis on Burns' Night at the Red Lion. |
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A boat trip to see the Eidersee Dam close up during our Frankenberg visit. | ||||||
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An Inter-club sports evening against Colchester Trinity on Little Bentley Green featuring "lizard flinging". No lizards were harmed during this event. |
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Each June we have our club "handover night" where we install our new President, Vice President and Junior Vice President for the next 12 months. (It was a garden party this year). | ||||||
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Celebrating our club coming second (out of two teams) in the lizard flinging competition. |
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An after-dinner talk on the subject of art (note the unusual Mona Lisa). | ||||||
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Collecting our new trailer for the Christmas float. You can see how it was turned into Santa Clause's sleigh here. |
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Ipswich Children's Hospice do great work and we were pleased to hand over the money raised for them in our "Guy Fawkes" collection. | ||||||
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An excellent concert of varied music was held at Mistley Church to raise money for Rwanda's orphans through the Engalynx charity. |
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Off for a fast boat ride with our New Zealand hosts during our exchange visit. | ||||||
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Feeding time for a little lamb at a sheep farm during our New Zealand exchange visit. |
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Seeing a water-fall up close (let's hope those cameras are waterproof!). | ||||||
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Some of our new Rotary friends who looked after us during our New Zealand trip. |
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It is warm in New Zealand and the ice-cream is delicious! | ||||||
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A Senior Citizens' entertainment evening laid on by our club. |
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Back home at the club with our New Zealand additions to our collection of Rotary pennants from around the world. | ||||||
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Some socialising going on at a "friends' evening" where club members bring partners and friends. There are usually over 50 of us at these events. |
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Preparing the inside of our "Rotary shop" that opened for just 3 days as part of the Rotary week event this year. Inside, we staged an exhibition with video displays and posters. | ||||||
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The winning team enjoy a fish 'n' chip supper during the community quiz night to raise money for the shelter-box appeal to provide shelter for the homeless in Haiti. |
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Outside our Rotary shop drumming up trade the old-fashioned way. | ||||||
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Our President welcomes a new member to our ever-growing club. |
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Our Vice-President hands over sponsorship money to the Manifest Theatre Group for a production of Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers". | ||||||
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Dinner time for our Assistant District Governor (who is a member of our club!) during a Rotary "District 1240" conference. |
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Not a typical Rotary Club meeting but a fancy-dress evening during a District conference. | ||||||
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District conferences are attended by any members of all clubs within the district. As a result they can be quite large events! |
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A Rotary International and World Community Service Award is bestowed upon a club member. | ||||||
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On the look out for donors during a street collection as part of Rotary week. |
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Winning a trophy at the end of a tournament at Harwich Golf Club. | ||||||
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Some fun going on during our Christmas meal. |
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Obviously delighted at the way the golf turned out! | ||||||
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We had an after-dinner talk on millinery at a friends' night. Two members' partners had fun trying on the hats with help from our speaker. |
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Club members on board a sailing barge travelling along the River Orwell at dusk to raise money for Engalynx. | ||||||
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Member, Colin Firmin is presented with a "Paul Harris Fellowship". A rare honour bestowed for exceptional service to the community. |
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Collecting in Market Square for the "Make Polio History" campaign during Rotary week. |
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