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In this issue:Christmas Message and Season’s Greetings

Charter Celebration - Russian BanquetOpen Evening at Benz Bavarian

Visit to Bombardier

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Christmas 2014

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Some Russian Dignitaries joined us at the Charter Celebration on 10th November.Report on page 6.

Alan Jagger, RI Director of Membership and Felix and Sharon Fixou join President Johnat the Open Evening held at Benz Bavarian. Report on page 7.

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A Christmas MessageDear Friends,

As we prepare for another year to celebrate the birth of Jesus and re-hear thestory of Mary and Joseph and their journey to Bethlehem we may think it is a storyeveryone knows so well. But do we?

We have recently experienced ‘Black Friday’, a horrendous American importwhich encourages shoppers to behave in indescribable ways in the middle of thenight. It has nothing to do with thanksgiving and all to do with acquisition for ‘me’,sometimes despite the consequences for others. A commentator in one newspapermade the observation that the Christian calendar, with its themes of love, serviceand sacrifice, was quickly being superseded by a secular one which was veryindividualistic. He asked whether Good Friday next year would be greeted with asmuch publicity as Black Friday.

The same thing seems to happen at Christmas of course. Another report wasabout the increasing reluctance of schools to include any reference to the Nativityin their pre- Christmas productions. A Somali mother lamented the fact that herchildren heard all about the festivals of other faiths during the year but at Christmasoften did not hear the story of the Nativity. And of course we have had ‘Wintervals’.How long will it be before the word ‘Christmas’ – Christ’s Mass – disappears as well.Sadly we do not always recognise the treasure we have until we have lost it.

We must not let these secular influences overshadow or even obliterate theChristmas message which is about thanksgiving for a gift of love, a life of sacrificeand a faith that has been part of our culture for over 1500 years. Yes it is ‘God in astable’. It is about God putting himself into our hands. It is not about ‘me’ but aboutall of us receiving that gift and discovering the wonder of ‘us’; of love, service, careand community. God did not chose to come amongst us in a palace surrounded byriches but in the most humble of circumstances and it is his light which dispels thedarkness of our world especially at Christmastide. It is Christmas joy and not BlackFriday that can change the world if only the story of that first Christmas and thefaith it inspires remains alive.

I wish you a happy and a peaceful Christmas.

Rev Chris Scotchbrook

Santa SleighCover picture - Santa visits Belper

The Club Sleigh was in action on 9th December as Santa started his visits to meet thechildren and their parents in Belper and Duffield. A new PA system allowed Santa tobroadcast his ‘Ho! Ho! Ho!’s to the entire neighbourhood!

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Meeting - 3rd November

Rainbows Hospiceby Robbie McGregor

Ron Giffin introduced our speaker, Robbie McGregor, who we both knew fromour time at Rolls-Royce. Robbie started by saying his talk was very much by

way of a “thank you” for the donation of £4000 received from Rotary as a result ofDavid Ashley’s walk as DG from the Bluebell Hospice in Sheffield to the RainbowsHospice in Loughborough. He explained that when he was Captain of KedlestonPark Golf Club, he nominated Rainbows Hospice as his charity. Having visited thehospice and seen the wonderful work carried out there, he decided to continue towork for the charity as a volunteer fund raiser. Rainbows is now in its 20th operational year and was founded by Gail and HarryMoore, whose daughter Laura was diagnosed with leukaemia when she was justtwo years old. Whilst the medical care that Laura received was very good, thesupport and provision for the family at the hospital was very poor. Gail and Harryhad two other children and so, while Harry had to sleep on a camp bed at Laura’sbedside, Gail had to stay at home to look after the two children. This should havebeen a time when they could stay together as a family unit. After receiving a bonemarrow transplant from her brother Kit, Laura did rally for a couple of years butvery sadly at the age of five she had a relapse and died. They decided they wantedto do something tangible, in Laura’s memory, to improve the total support a familyneeded at such times. At about the same time there was builder in Loughborough who was develop-ing a large housing estate and when he heard about Laura’s tragic death and Gailand Harry’s aspirations, he very kindly offered them £400,000 and four acres ofprime building land to spearhead the building of a Children’s Hospice for the East

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Midlands. They went back to Loughborough and set to work trying to raise theremaining £1.2 million that was needed. In less than 2 years they had not onlyraised £4 million but had built Rainbows and opened the doors to children and theirfamilies across the East Midlands who needed to use a Children’s Hospice. It wasnamed Rainbows because that was one of Laura’s favourite things whilst she wasalive. Rainbows provides very specialised 1 to 1, 24 hour specialist medical care forthe children and support for their families and offers three different types of careby a very dedicated team of professionals; Respite care, Palliative care and End ofLife care. Respite care makes up the majority of the care provided and currently 248families are supported and given a minimum of 16 days of care each year. Palliative care focuses on enhancement of quality of life for the child andincludes the management of pain and other distressing symptoms that accompanythe children’s illnesses. Rainbows aims to allow every child a peaceful, pain free and dignified death.As a child is nearing the end of its life the family can move into Rainbows as a familyunit and stay together right up until the time of the funeral. There is a big bereave-ment support team that works very closely with the families, helping them toprepare for the inevitable. That support doesn’t end after the death of a child butcontinues for however long a family feels they need it. Rainbows cares for children from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershireand parts of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. There are now sufficient bed-rooms to cater for up to fourteen children and young people at any one time. Thereare also lots of specialist facilities for the children such as a multi sensory room,computer room, soft play room, music room, arts and crafts room, young people’slounge, hydrotherapy pool, cinema room, quiet rooms and beautiful gardens intowhich the children’s beds can be wheeled through patio doors straight from theirbedrooms. Rainbows currently needs to raise in excess of £4.5 million pounds every yearjust to keep the doors of the hospice open and to continue to provide the vitalsupport to the families and children in their care. Currently, less than 10% of thefunding comes from government and they rely heavily on the kindness and generos-ity of the local community and groups such as Rotary, without which Rainbowswouldn’t be able to continue their vital work. Sadly the need for Rainbows will never disappear but a short life doesn’t haveto be a tragic life and the aim at Rainbows is to enrich the lives of the children,helping them to make the most of the precious time they do have. After Robbie had answered several questions, John Norreys proposed a vote ofthanks. Robbie’s wife Theresa then drew the winning ticket for the raffle which, ifmy memory serves me right, had been purchased by President John.

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Charter Celebration EveningMonday 10th November 2015

This evening saw the thirty members along with some 50 guests celebrate the84th Anniversary of the club’s formation in 1930. Traditionally, Charter Celebra-

tions have been very formal occasions with the gentlemen in dinner jackets, wivesin evening gowns and the proceedings peppered with formal speeches. In a breakwith tradition, we were all invited to a ‘Russian Banquet’ held at Hulland WardMillenium Village Hall.

Russian folklore tells of a magical tablecloth; when it unfurls, dish upon dish ofdelicious food appears. At the end of the feast, the clever tablecloth folds itself backup, complete with dirty dishes and crumbs and takes itself away; no cooking, nowashing up, we could all do with one of those! After Past President Hilary had givenus a Russian version of ‘On this day …’ Cathy McAteer (Tamada, leader of thebanquet and entertainment) guided us through the feast starting with the tradition-al vodka toast and followed by a selection of authentic regional Russian dishesprovided the Butler’s Pantry from Mickleover. She used the breaks between thecourses to tell us a wide range of interesting facts about the way Russians live andplay.Many of the company got into the spirit of the occasion by getting dressed invarious Russian costumes. We had Czars and Czarinas, generals and a few peasants;even Uncle Joe Stalin put in an appearance. There were some speeches, in English,but for most of the evening there was a loud buzz of conversation as everybodyreally got into the spirit of the occasion.

Спасибо  очень много  президент Джон  за  наиболее  интересныйвечер

(Thank you very much President John for a most interesting evening)

Photograph on page 2A report of the Charter Evening appeared in the Belper News 19th November

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Club Open EveningWednesday 12th November 2014

The year is now 2014, just going into 2015 and things are much different to how they were when theRotary Club of Belper was chartered back in 1930, some 84 years ago. If the Rotary Club of Belper

and Duffield is to survive and prosper over the next decade then we, as present day custodians of theClub must look closely at everything we do, how we do it and why. For example, in the past membership has been maintained by members introducing friends andacquaintances mainly from their places of work. This has provided a steady trickle of new blood cominginto the club. Again, in the past, membership of the local Rotary Club was something that many peopleaspired to, with companies being prepared to foot the bill for subscriptions etc. Are people stillinterested in joining a Club? Looking at our present membership, I can see only three or four memberswho are still actively working and at least two of them on a self-employed basis. The remainder areretired and therefore possibly not in touch with the local “work and business scene”. We thereforeneed to seek out new and different ways of identifying members of our local working community whowould be interested in membership and would be an asset to the club. However, simply seeking outnew members to push up the numbers is not a good idea. With this in mind the Membership team organised a “Membership Evening” – since re-branded asan ”Open Evening” and this eventually came to fruition with a gathering held at the premises of BenzBavarian in Duffield, courtesy of Honorary Rotarian Felix Frixou. All club members were asked for names of people who they thought would be suitable invitees.Just a small handful responded positively to this request. Those individuals and others identified by theMembership team were then approached individually and handed a personal invitation to attend.Some thirty five such invitations were handed out; many people did not even respond to them. The evening went ahead on 12th November with some 13 guests attending, each hosted by aRotarian. They each were given an information pack and the activities and community based serviceprojects that we are involved in were outlined to everyone present. Additionally they were wined anddined with an excellent buffet prepared by some of our (female) Rotarians. The Rotary International Membership Officer, past RI President, Alan Jagger, MBE, from the RotaryClub of Elland attended and addressed the gathering. Subsequently, he was full of praise for theinitiative taken by the club, the way that the evening was organised and for the enthusiasm shown byour members on the night. Straight after the evening a questionnaire was sent to all the Rotarian hosts,asking for feedback as to how the evening went, how it could be improved if we were to repeat theexercise and asking how each guest responded to the evening. Sadly, only two Rotarians have as yetresponded to this request. I think it would be safe to say that in itself the evening was a success with all the guests seemingto enjoy themselves and leaving with a much greater awareness of what Rotary is and what we do,particularly locally. Whether it results in any new members will be down to the hosts to follow up eachguest, inviting them to the club to see Rotary in action. We need to progress from this initiative, repeat it if appropriate and also think of other new,innovative ways of showing ourselves and our activities to the public. Let’s all think, “What will Rotaryin Belper and Duffield look like, in five years’ time, in ten years’ time and beyond?”

Refreshing the club now for the future is our responsibility.Dave Ashley

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Meeting – 24th November

Visit to Bombardier

For the meeting today, David Henson had organised a morning visit to theBombardier train works in Derby and some 20 members duly turned up at the

works in Litchurch Lane.We were met by our guide for the visit, Katherine Lancaster, who commenced

the tour with a brief history of the site. Five years after the railway came to Derbyin 1839, it became the headquarters of the Midland Railway and the locomotiveworks were set up in what is now known as the Roundhouse site. This was laterjoined by a separate carriage works at Litchurch Lane and this endures as the UK’sonly site where trains are designed and manufactured. Bombardier has operatedthe site since 2001 and it lies at the centre of the largest cluster of railway compa-nies in the world.

Our first port of call was the design department where every component isassessed for its impact on the safety and reliability of the completed train. Thedevelopment process in the train industry is relatively slow because of these factorsand a successful design will be used for many years. Bombardier has a centraldesign database so that all their sites can access the latest ideas coming through.

We then moved on to one of the assembly lines where components fromsubcontractors are brought together to build either a unit with a driving compart-ment at one end or to become one of the middle coaches. The assembly begins withthe roof fabricated from aluminium strips whilst laid out upside down; this allowsthe fitters to conveniently install all the equipment such as air conditioning unitsand cabling already fabricated elsewhere on the site as a loom. After twelve hourswork, the roof is turned through 180 degrees and moved to the next station wherethe floor, sides and ends are added. The wheel bogies and power units are attachedat the next station and the sliding doors are the final parts to be added. A lot of timeis spent at this stage to make sure the door mechanism is accurately fitted as thefailure of these components will cause most operating problems when in service.About 60 hours from starting off on the line, the finished unit is given a thoroughtest with water sprays before going into a shed where it joins the other units tomake a complete train. The final running checks are carried out on a stretch of testtrack where they can reach a speed of 40 mph.

The group assembled in front of one of the completed trains for a photographand after thanking Katherine for a most interesting and informative visit, we retiredto Le Bistro Pierre for a well-earned lunch.

Thank you, David, for organizing the visit; most interesting to see how one ofDerby’s traditional industries is managing to survive.

John ScotneyPhotographs on page 23.

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Meeting – 1st December

Trekking in Nepalby John Holmes

John Holmes had been invited by Peter James to be the speaker at our guestevening; with 46 people, including several guests present, the atmosphere was

lively and vibrant. After the meal and some club business our speaker John was introduced,together with his wife, Madeleine. John’s illustrated talk was about the problemsexperienced on a visit he made to Nepal with some relatives and friends in memoryof his daughter Phillipa who died recently. Readers may remember the news itemsduring the last few weeks about the number of people who had lost their livesowing to massive overnight falls of snow and subsequent avalanches. John and his party landed in Kathmandu and then flew on to Pakara where theystarted their walk. He described the food and seeing the colours in the fall, whichhe said were magnificent. His photographs were really illustrative of the area. Hedescribed the early stages of the walk, undertaken, very sensibly with a local guideand two porters to carry their bags. He then went on to describe how in one night whilst they were on the moun-tain over four feet of snow fell, creating conditions that made it impossible tocontinue with their original planned itinerary. Power lines had been downed andcommunication was very difficult. The party wisely made the decision to retracetheir steps and head back towards Manang. It was clear to them that people atTilichoe Base Camp, their next intended destination, would have been stuck thereand there would have difficulties getting back out again. Fortunately for John and his party they were able to safely navigate their wayback down the mountain to a level where there was no snow. He had to accept thefact that they would not now be able to retrace the footsteps of their daughter,Philippa, who had done the complete circuit before her untimely passing. By virtue of the walk John and his group raised money for Cardiac Risk in theYoung (CRY) and for the Steve Sinnott Foundation. In total they walked a distanceof about 170 – 180 miles. John’s talk was really inspirational and the club gave him a rousing vote ofthanks at the end of it. I am sure that the Club Council will look very sympatheticallyat the proposal that we make a donation to CRY.

David Ashley

Photograph on page xx

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With every good wish for a Happy Christmasand a peaceful New Year

from Vicky and John

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Best Wishes forChristmas &

the New YearJohn Brazier

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Happy

Christmas

and a peaceful

New Year

from John and Julia

Best Wishes forChristmas and the New Yearfrom Ron and Joan

Sheilagh and Peter wish

all members and friends of the

Club a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

HappyChristmas and

Best Wishes to you all from David & Ann

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Sheilagh and Peter wishall members and friends of theClub a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

Dorothy and Stuart wishall the members of

Belper and Duffield Rotarya happy and fulfilling

New Year

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MerryChristmas

and aHappy New Year

from David, Susanand Andrew

(Xīn nián kuài lè)(Nián nián yǒu yú)

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PP John (Jack) Willis Watson PHFDied 2nd December 2014

One of the most significant and pleasantduties during my Presidential year 1973-

4 was to induct Jack Watson as a member,transferring from Glossop. He and I foundourselves and our families to be Methodistsand so began our very long friendship. Mywife Frances and I attended the District Con-ferences at Scarborough for many, manyyears which is why we and Jack and Kathbecame so well acquainted with HelenMacarthur who owned one of the Confer-ence hotels there. Jack was a very dedicated member of ourClub and threw himself into numerousprojects, particularly the Penguin Club forchildren. Personally I appreciated the factthat "in those days" the Club President wrotethe fortnightly bulletin, which in my case

meant that I also typed and distributed it on foot to all the local membersin the town. When Ken Lescure took the presidential chair he asked me totake this on again, and I was mad enough to do so; after 13 years I asked fora successor, whereupon Jack took pity on me and took over the duty himselffor several years. Jack joined the armed forces in September 1948 and served in theMiddle East for some time, in the military police, where the discipline justappealed to him and set him on his distinguished career in the police forcehere. He set up the police dog service for Derbyshire and I rememberattending one of his displays in the town before I even knew him. When he started his career at Brimington in September 1948, the thenP.C. Watson managed to get lodgings with the Kinder family, whose daugh-ter was a talented seamstress and also played the harmonium at the localEbenezer Methodist Church. They all got on well, but although they wouldgo out together socially, any romance between Jack and Kath took a long

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time to materialise. However in due course they married at Saltergate Method-ist Church in 1950. Jack and Kath's faith was severely tested when they lost their beloveddaughter Ruth in December 1988 at the young age of 36, especially as Kathherself had battled with breast cancer; having learnt to drive, Kath thendevoted much of her life visiting the sick. Kath and Jack moved 14 times in theirlives as a result of his promotions through the ranks in the police force -sergeant, inspector, chief inspector, next moving on to Headquarters CID wherehe was promoted superintendent. Then, on as detective superintendent withspecial responsibilities for crime and finally the position of Chief Superintend-ent Divisional Commander for Derbyshire until his retirement in March 1985.Over the years he received three magistrates' commendations, the police longservice and good conduct medal and the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal. Theyonly ever flew once - to Australia - and enjoyed their holidays at Scarboroughand Scotland. Kath was ever at Jack's side, and was there to support him whenhe became President of the Rotary Club of Belper for 1978-79. In addition to allthe other honours he had received during his lifetime, he was very proud whenhe received his Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award. One of his tasks during his career was his role in the policing of the miners'strike, causing him great concern as his own father had been killed in the mineswhen Jack was only a young boy. He was also responsible for the policesupervision at local Derby County football matches, and I remember him incharge at the Derby Assembly Rooms when he was in his immaculate uniformat the time when Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother performed a commemo-rative ceremony there. Unfortunately, after his retirement, both Jack and Kath's health began todeteriorate, and they agreed to go into a care home together near Mansfield,to be near his sister and her immediate family. Sadly Kath died in August 2012and though Jack soldiered on, it became obvious that he needed constant careand he died in his sleep in a nursing home. Jack was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. He was fair but firm

- woe betide any of his police officers he found on duty without a helmet or hat!- and along with many of us, I have lost a valued and sincere friend.

Vernon

The photograph was taken on the occasion of Jack and Vernon receiving a specialaward in July 2006 for forty years membership of Rotary International.

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SGM and Club Business MeetingMonday 8th December 2014

Following a pleasant and friendly meal and the loyal toast, President John formallyopened the Special General Meeting which was to elect the Honorary Officers for the

Rotary Year 2015/16. The following members were elected to the positions shown below: Club President Eileen Murphy President Elect Coral Breach President Nominee David Pipe Honorary Secretary Nick Blurton Honorary Treasurer David HensonIn addition, David Ashley and John Scotney were elected Voting Members of DistrictCouncil and Eileen Murphy as Stand-in Voting Member. Finally, Treasurer David Hensonpresented the Charitable Trust Accounts for the year ended 30th June 2014 and gavedetails of several events through the year which had resulted in such impressive receipts;the accounts were approved by the members. We then moved into the Business Meeting. Secretary Nick Blurton asked the club tovote on whether the Rotary Club of Abbyvale, Sheffield, should be allowed to transfer toDistrict 1220; there was complete agreement that we should. IPP Hilary read out a letterfrom the local British Legion Organiser thanking us for our support of the special PoppyAppeal; they had collected £21,600 to date. Secretary Nick then led us through the summary of aims and projects from theVisioning Meeting we held at the beginning of the year. Many of the topical sections hadbeen either completed or good progress made. Regarding meetings in other venues, Debis definitely off but there are possibilities of holding public meetings in Coutts Farm Shopand at de Braddlei. Martin Drake continues to find ways we can contribute meaningfully to combatMalaria and the date and venue for the next Pride of Belper Awards has been fixed – 21stOctober 2016 at Blackbrook House. The big Fund Raising event for 2015 is the Charity Golf Day at Chevin Golf Club onFriday 22nd May and arrangements are well in hand. Publicity material will be mailed outearly in the New Year. It was agreed that the Duty Rota each week should also contain a ‘Host’ who wouldbe responsible for looking after any visitors to the meetings (the club would set up a drinkstab at the bar for such visitors). Secretary Nick’s closing comment was that overall, the club had been quite successfulat implementing many aspects of the ‘Visioning’ but it required continuing work tomaintain the momentum. President John then managed to win the raffle, again, and Sergeant at Arms Hilaryinvited members to share with everybody why they were feeling happy while making acontribution to the pig.

John Scotney

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MISCELLANY

Belper Food Festival

Belper was packed for the Annual Christmas Food Festival held on Sunday 7thDecember and the Club again provided stewards to help with the event. We

took the opportunity to advertise the Santa Grotto in de Braddlei Mill and also handout fliers for the Dalesmen’s Christmas Carol Concert at St Peters on 20th.

Christmas Shoeboxes

A number of the local Rotary Clubs, including Belper and Duffield, have spent thelast few weeks collecting the Christmas Shoeboxes that have been filled by

schools and churches in answer to the Samaritan’s Purse International ReliefAppeal. The boxes, containing a selection of toys, puzzles and toilet items weretaken to a central warehouse in Derby where volunteers checked through the boxesand packed them into large cartons for delivery to Swaziland. There, the boxes willbe distributed to local children who would not have been able to celebrateChristmas.

The Rotary Club of Belper and Duffield collected 460 boxes from Belper BaptistChurch, Belper Central Methodist Church, Ecclesbourne School, Herbert StruttPrimary School, St Elizabeth’s Primary School and St John’s Primary School.

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Santa comes to Belper!

Santa, complete with sleigh, is making severalappearances around Belper and Duffield

during the run up to Christmas. His first visit wasto accompany the Town Mayor when he switchedon the Christmas Lights and opened the lateshopping evening. He has since appeared at aChristmas Party at Holbrook Playgroup, taken uptemporary residence at his Grotto in de BraddleiMill (complete with elves) and toured round theWhitemoor Estate in Belper and visited youngsters of all ages in Duffield. Futureexcursions planned include a visit to the Herbert Strutt Primary School and Parks area,King Street in Belper and a couple of sessions at Morrison’s.

Santa is moving with the times and has embraced some of the new informationtechnology. It was most impressive to see groups of youngsters with their parents whohad been told via social media by their friends visited earlier in the evening that Santawas on his way! He has obviously learned a few tricks from the ‘Heavenly Host’!

Dining at the Lion Hotel

While we have generally enjoyed good food at our regular weekly meetings, theLion was not a place to be recommended for visits by friends and relatives. This

has now changed!The Hotel is under new management and while there is still work to be done, they

have already made a very impressive transformation, redecorating many of the publicrooms and generally freshening up the place. The perception so far is that the serviceprovided by the staff matches the upgrade.

Four of us enjoyed a very pleasant meal a couple of weeks ago. Although our tablewas in the small dining area near reception, we were not disturbed by visitors andguests booking in. The table was laid most attractively, the service solicitous and thefood well prepared and presented.

There is a comprehensive menu with many of the old favourites and some newtwists. One innovation is the inclusion of ‘Appetisers’ in addition to the Starters; theseare scaled down starters which allow you to look at the desserts without feeling guiltyor replete! Even choosing from the Appetisers, we were still unable to tackle thedesserts.

The only downside is the lack of atmosphere and ambience; we were the solediners that evening! The solution to this is in our hands. If the club shares with me theview that the Lion Hotel can offer a ‘fine dining' experience, then we should broadcastthis to our friends and colleagues and encourage them to come along.

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2015 Organiser Reporter Cash Fraternal

January

5 No Meeting

12 Business Meeting P Taylor D Soul

19 S Limb V Barnes A Widdowson H Surga

26 Guest Evening J Lowe D Collard G Wright P Taylor

February

2 E Murphy C Breach D Ashley A Widdowson

9 Business Meeting G Ashley G Wright

16 J Norreys D Collard V Barnes D Ashley

23 D Partridge P Davies J Brazier G Ashley

March2 D Pipe M Drake C Breach V Barnes

9 J Scotney J Frankland D Collard J Brazier

16 Business Meeting P Davies C Breach

DUTY OFFICERS

DIARY - 2015

Jan 21 Club Council

Jan 26 Behind the Scenes by Tim Heywood. Guest Evening

Feb 21 Barn Dance - see poster on page 21

Feb 25 Club Council

The latest information about meetings can be found in the weekly Bulletin Boardsand on the Club web site:

www.belper-rotary.co.uk

January/February 2015 Chatterbox: Publication - 2nd March 2015Editor - John Scotney 01773 823678 Photographer - Alan Widdowson

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Club Visit to Bombardieron 24th November.

Report on page 9.

Guest Howard Beadle,President John Horwood,John Holmes (speaker) andPeter James (Organiser)at the Guest Evening held on1st December.

Report on page 16.

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President -Elect Eileen Murphy Treasurer David Henson Secretary Nick Blurton

The Club meets every week on Monday at 7.30pm.The Lion Hotel, Bridge Street, Belper (01773 824033)

Rotary is a service organisation which exists to help those in need and to providefellowship and support to its members, whilst maintaining high ethical standards. If youare interested in visiting the Club and learning more about Rotary, please contact theSecretary, Nick Blurton:

01773 824607 nickblurton@yahoo.co.ukWebsite: www.belper-rotary.co.uk

Founded 1930

President John Horwood

Rotary Club of Belper and Duffield