Cumbria (North and West)

Cumbria Dinner - The Castle Inn, Cockermouth on Friday, 22^nd April 2016.

The dinner was held at the Castle Inn for the second year running. It really is an atmospheric setting. The room was full and we had guests from Blairgowrie in Scotland,  Bristol, Carlisle, Penrith, Keswick, South Lakes, Carnforth, Yealand Conyers near Lancaster and of course West Cumbria. We were delighted that our President Dacre Watson made the long journey from near Bristol to be with us.

There was a real mixture of ages this year and it was good to see everyone mixing in. The quality of the food is excellent here and I recommend any visitors to Cockermouth to give it a try. Hopefully we will return next year.

Present were:-

Officials of the Society - Dacre Watson (SH 56-62) (President of the Society); David Lord (SH 60-65) (Secretary and Treasurer of the Society) and Mrs Fiona Lord; Darryl Davies (FS 62-68) (Secretary of West Cumbria Branch) and Mrs Pat Davies.

Alumni - Tim Brown (G 53-59); Douglas Wares (FN  55-59); Edward Thompson (SH 54-59); Alan Crowther (FN 55-60)  and Mrs Evelyn Crowther; Anthony Wills (FN 60-64) (Past President) and Mrs Joanne Wills; Mike Brandwood (FS 62-66) and Mrs Kate Brandwood; Peter Lever (G 62-68); David Rowlands (G 63-66); Bill Slater (SH 64-69); Jim Lister (SH 68-74); Sarah George (nee Lyall) (L/G 77-85); Peter Harper (FS 78-82); Patrick Lister (SH 78-83); Joanna Charlesworth (nee Burns) (L 94-01); Laura Ponting (nee Wilson) (L 94-01); Carrie Dhillon (nee Graham) (L 96-99); Claire Rumbold (nee Thompson); Shelley Walker (Nee McGrady) (L 97-01) and Mark George (Trustee). Alastair Lord (Trustee) (SH 90-95) joined us later in the evening.

There were speeches from Darryl Davies and from our President Dacre Watson, who proposed the toast to the Society.

Mark George, who has recently joined the Board of Trustees, spoke about what had been achieved since the new Board was formed, what is happening at the moment and the plans that are underway for the future. Whilst not giving the gathering false hopes, Mark felt that things were moving in the right direction.

Thanks to everyone who attended and we hope to hold the 2017 dinner at the same venue. A date will be released in the near future.

 

 

 

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