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First - a warm welcome to our newest member, Nadine Perry, who was inducted on 24 November - please make

yourself known to her if you have not already done so!

A big thank you to everyone who supported the theatre night in such numbers. It was a splendid evening - a great

show and much enjoyment among the Rotary audience. Visitors from clubs around the District have emailed their

appreciation to me - several commenting that not only did they enjoy "Oh What a Lovely War" but also the theatre

itself - never having been there before. The icing on the cake was the £1,000 the evening raised for SSAFA to add to

the £2,700 from the WMOS retiring collections. See the article and photos inside for more details!

As Christmas approaches we have a lot lined up: the outing to Waddesdon Manor on 4 December - very many

thanks to Gloria Vessey; the TFSR celebration on 11 December - great organisation by David Farthing; and of course

the carol singing expertly led by Richard Chisnell on 11, 12 and 13 December - see website for times and full details.

Richard will also be leading carols at the December Reminiscence morning - 12 December.

December meetings will all have a festive feel – evening dinner with suitably festive entertainment on 15 December

(don't forget we're at the Winchester Hotel), the lunch on 22 December to which former members will be invited

and breakfast on 17 December. But before then, don't forget the SGM on 8 December, when we elect the remaining

officers for 2015-16.

A very happy Christmas to you all – and very best wishes for the New Year. Gill Russell

President Gill’s Journal

Winchester Rotary Bulletin – December 2014 ‘Good tidings of comfort and joy’

This Bulletin is available at: www.winchesterrotary.ning.com

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The laudable Street Reach “workers”

Some amazing Young Carers

Mike Tilbury, Jeremy Ouvry, David Davis

Tuesday 25 November

A good chat over coffee and cookies.

Hearing the amazing journeys of others.

Sharing the origins of phrases.

Photographs stimulating memories.

Service The Reminiscence Group meet every

second Thursday of the month at

10.45 a.m. Come and join us for

some Carol singing and mince pies

with our regular patrons to our

coffee morning on Thursday 11

December. Richard ‘Santa Claus

Chisnell will lead us with guests

from Sunrise Care.

Reminiscence

Street Reach

Thursday 13 November

Monday 13 October

Jon Pierce presents the donation

Four ‘Normans’ no less!

Parkinsons Charity

streetreachwinchester.org.uk

Jon Pierce presented a cheque for

£1000 to Winchester Street Reach at

their AGM on Mon. 13 Oct. Rotarian

Jackie Porter is their Chairman.

wycp.org.uk

Winchester Rotarians (see left)

were honoured by the Winchester

Young Carers at their AGM.

parkinson.org

On behalf of Winchester Rotary, Jon

Pierce presented a cheque for £500 to

Winchester Parkinson’s on Tues. 25th.

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Sam Piper (Guest) David Foreman, Jackie

Porter (Breakfast Chair).

Julian English and The Church of St. George

Anthony Arkwright with Rotary Umbrella

purchased for the benefit of ‘Foundation’.

Colin Cook, David Wills (Guest) and

Anthony Arkwright.

Nick Bell, Anthony Arkwright and Nick

Kingsford-Smith (Guest)

Monday 3 November Lunch Meeting

Monday 17 November Lunch Meeting

Breakfast Meeting

Fellowship

Details: on the day; so you have to be there to enjoy the specifics!

Guests are welcome at Breakfast

meetings starting at 7.30 a.m. and

finishing by 8.30 a.m. with time to

network before and after.

Breakfast meetings are usually held

on the third Wednesday each month

in the Hampshire Room of the Royal

Hotel. Book in via the website.

Wednesday 19 November

Ian White, President Gill Russell, Mary

Twomey and Richard Chisnell.

President Gill Russell, Julian English

(Meeting Chairman) and Paul Russell.

Above: The Church of Bete Giyorgis (in

Amharic) is one of eleven monolithic

churches in Lalibela, a city in the

Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

Mary Twomey, World Transplant Games

Administrator based in Winchester.

World Transplant Games 2014

Winchester Rotary meets on the

first and third Monday in each

month in the Hampshire Room of

the Royal Hotel at lunchtime.

We aim to have a visiting speaker

or a Member of Winchester Rotary

who gives a 10 minute

presentation of some substance!

There is time for retrospective

reports from the past month and

announcements about the projects

ahead all explained with humour.

As well as a brief talk, there is

always some reflection on past

events of the past two weeks.

In addition to a buffet, there is

brief a look ahead to the key

activities in the coming weeks.

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Fellowship

Shoebox Scheme

Monday 10 November Mike Hill

London Triathlon 1999

Tessa and Mike Hill at Kilimanjaro

Tessa and Mike at Annapurna

In his ‘My Life’ talk, Mike made

mention of his love of sport (rugby,

cricket and hockey) and travel which

was illustrate by his ‘Overland

Adventure’, at 22 years, from India to

England via Iran and Yugoslavia.

He had several jobs in Hong Kong,

Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok,

but eventually worked with his father

in Crymych, West Wales!

Mike volunteers for many activities

within Rotary and runs the very

successful Christmas Shoebox

Scheme, which this year received

hundreds of boxes from the children

of Winchester schools and are sent

to children in Albania, Montenegro,

Moldova and Philippines.

Donors from Henry Beaufort

Mike Hill and Gloria Vessey

London Triathlon 1999

International Voluntary Service 1969

Voluntary Service Overseas - India

Gratitude in Albania

London Marathon 1999

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Irresistible temptation: Monaco

Fellowship Gloria Vessey

Winchester Rotary Bulletin Sponsor

Monday 10 November

My earliest memory: Hamburg

Did we mention the war? Hamburg!

The poem that touches your soul?

“The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke.

“If I should die, think only this of me:

That there’s some corner of a foreign

field that is forever England...”

Still no excuse for getting a Mercedes!

Shoebox packing with Robert Parsons.

Gloria assists in many Rotary events

and runs the day visits to places of

historical interest (see page 10).

She is the Founder of the very

special Charity ‘Advocates for

Children’, which helps children with

disabilities who are between 4 and

16 years old with advice or

representation.

Advocates for Children

Person from history for whom you would

most like to buy a pie & a pint: Charles II.

Biggest influence? My father’s work

The piece of wisdom that you would pass

on to a child: Do good and disappear.

Misapprehension you wish you could

erase? Human rights is not all about…

Human rights is about: War, Conflict,

Injustice, Restoration of Hope and …

The unending quest that drives you on?

LISTEN RESPECT CARE

To explain some of the images here it

is helpful to know that Gloria’s

mother was German and her father

was a doctor in the British Army. She

is a linguist and a lawyer as well as a

Blue Badge Tourist Guide.

advocatesforchildren.org.uk

Simon Applebaum

simon@applebaum.co.uk

Home & Office Computer Help,

Tuition, Repair 07879 013783

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Burmese dreams: a new frontier

Riding the Tiger in Singapore

St. John’s Winchester Charity

Our Community… going the extra mile

Evening Dinner Meeting

Residential Property 01962 6204444

Commercial Property 01962 869667 Careers and Educational Guidance

www.step1.co.uk alanbeckett@step1.co.uk

Fellowship

Marathon teamwork

A shared spirit regardless of age or gender.

Clive Cook

Downing College, Cambridge 1970

Special National Security Service

(NBSZ) building in Hungary. There were amusing anecdotes to a

whole host of topics ranging from

Manchester City Football Club to

foreign adventures and the KGB!

The Clarendon Marathon Thousands

of pounds were raised for charity by

the runners. The net income

including donations was £37,700 and

there were expenses to those

Charities who helped and other

costs. So this has allowed £13,500 to

be shared between Winchester and

Salisbury Rotary for other charities. Photographs by Clive ‘David Bailey’ Cook

Karen McCleery, Clive Cook and

President Gill Russell

Wife and daughter: Issy and Desiree.

"This is an excellent care home and I

feel the residents are loved and

respected…” - "The home has always

done its very best for my sister…"

"Staff are excellent..." CQC Report.

A world traveller living in: London

New York, Hong Kong, Singapore,

Budapest and Bangkok!...

This a collage of the compelling

presentation of a “My Life Talk”’

and “This is St. John’s Winchester

Charity” on Monday 24 November.

Winchester Rotary Bulletin Sponsors

Rebel with a cause: "The tigers of

wrath are wiser than the horses of

instruction." William Blake.

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Nadine Perry New Member

My leisure time is spent largely keeping

fit; running and attending classes such

as Zumba and Body Pump. I find that

exercise helps to counterbalance the

effects of being sat at a desk during the

day. I enjoy gardening albeit- no matter

how hard I try- the garden never seems

to be up-straight. As a family we enjoy

camping.

Most of my recent charity work has

been based around my daughters’

interests. I volunteer at Brownies and

recently travelled with the pack to

Disneyland in Paris to celebrate our 50

year anniversary. I also help to run the

Sunday school at my local church. I

have completed a few short 10k runs

for charity.

I am a Chartered Financial Planner

with 21 years’ experience in

finance. I get great satisfaction from

helping my clients to visualise

where they want to be financially in

the future and working with them

over the longer term to develop an

ever-evolving lifetime plan to help

them to achieve their dreams, and

ambitions. I work for Towry, a

specialist wealth advice/

management company, and look

after the interests of a portfolio of

high net worth individuals.

I have been married to Dan for 13

years and have two lovely

daughters; Hannah and Ruth, aged

11 and 7. Dan and I have lived at

the same property in Southampton

since moving in together for 17

years and have completely

renovated it to make it into our

perfect family home.

I am proud to be a fellow of the

Chartered Insurance Institute and

have successfully been made an

Associate of the Chartered Institute

of Bankers. In my youth, I attended

Aston University and was awarded

a B.Sc. Managerial & Administrative

Studies in 1993.

John Eade (Proposer), President Gill

Russell, Nadine Perry (New Member) and

Shelagh Bird (Hon. Secretary).

Whilst at university I was

chairperson of the local British Trust

for Conservation Volunteers for a

number of years. I would love to

return to spending some time

outside at the weekends getting my

hands dirty.

My Uncle and Aunt in Swindon have

been keen Rotarians for many years

and encouraged me to explore

what Rotary has to offer. One of my

clients suggested that I attend a

Winchester Rotary meeting and I

thoroughly enjoyed the energetic

atmosphere and the broad

spectrum of the club’s membership.

Now that my children are growing

up, I am looking to widen my

outside interests and Rotary would

help me to achieve this goal along

with helping me to establish a

network of professional contacts.

I feel that Rotary can also help me

to develop my skills in particular

public speaking. I enjoy being

involved in the community and get

great satisfaction for achieving

something as part of a team. Being

a professional full-time working

mum, I am great at organising and

achieving agreed objectives.

Membership

As I have emailed to all Members

and mentioned last Monday, the

new sound equipment means that

we need to make some substantial

room in the Rotary cupboard at The

Royal Hotel. I have taken out

equipment which will be stored in

my garage room.

There is a list of absent equipment

on the inside of the cupboard door.

If you are storing any other Rotary

equipment could you let me know

so that I can add it to the list?

“That’s the way to do it…”

as Mr Punch would say.

Once the new equipment is in

permanent residence we will try to

put in an extra shelf to help with

the orderly storage of Rotary

magazines, leaflets and the various

membership material that has to be

kept in the cupboard along with the

meeting items.

If you need any of the above

equipment please contact me to

arrange to collect it from my house

and to return it to my house.

Shelagh Bird (Hon. Secretary)

Housekeeping The Rotary Cupboard

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Fireworks Service & Fundraising

Saturday 8 November

Colin Cook with members of the public.

Members of the band.

This year the bucket collections

raised £2,480 for Winchester

Churches Nightshelter, which offers

an essential lifeline for people in

crisis.

This year £40,000 was raised from

ticket sales and donations. For the

help Winchester Rotary give they

receive at least £1,000.

This was a special evening with our

Honorary Member, Eileen Berry,

Mayor of Winchester, lighting the

bonfire in River Park. Despite the

threat of rain some 20,000 people

turned up to the 56th annual

Winchester Bonfire Night.

Powerful bonfire on the night.

Lighting the bonfire

The Mayoral Party

Robert & Emma Carter family & friends.

High Street visitors

A dazzling display

Barry Lipscomb bonding with Round Table

Steven Cross (centre) with ‘Techies’

Paul Russell and Susan Watson

Smiling face of Team Security

Smiling faces of the Police

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12 November

“Oh what a lovely War”

Fellowship & Fundraising

Front of House: Richard Chisnell,

Robert Parsons and James Larcombe.

Theatre Royal

Mark Courtice (Theatre Royal CEO)

and President Gill Russell.

Rotarian Iain Steel in a great production

Bar staff with curtain up pre-drinks

Matt Barber (Back row third from left),

who plays Atticus Aldridge in Downton

Abbey ITV Series, with members of the

cast, and Iain Steel (Centre front row).

Gill Russell and Brig. Richard Leighton

I am hugely grateful for the very

generous sponsorship of our pre-

show reception: the Royal Hotel for

the provision of wine, Miff Kayum

whose delicious canapés were

much appreciated.

Several individuals who also

contributed to the cost of drinks

and helped with the organisation –

members of both Rotary and Inner

Wheel; thank you - you know who

you are!

I've since received appreciative

emails from around the District –

and the photos on this page give a

great impression of another very

successful Winchester Rotary

event!

As we all now know, we sold all but

the back row of the circle!! £3 from

each ticket sold resulted in £1,000

for SSAFA.

I was delighted to present a cheque

to Brigadier Richard Leighton,

Chairman of SSAFA (Soldiers',

Sailors' and Airmen's Families

Association) Hampshire at our

meeting on 24 November (see

below).

All the money goes to provide

much-needed assistance to ex-

Service personnel and their

dependants who have fallen on

hard times.

Gill Russell

On Wednesday 12 November

Winchester Rotary hosted a District

Theatre Night at the Theatre Royal

– previously these have been held

at the Salisbury Playhouse.

It was more than a year ago when I

heard that the Winchester Musicals

and Opera Society would be staging

‘Oh What a Lovely War’ during my

Presidential year, as their

contribution to the First World War

commemorations.

I have been a member of WMOS for

several years and realised that this

was a great opportunity to combine

my interests!

Having Club and District interest

and agreement gave the green

light, and help in organising the

ticketing was generously provided

by Alan Corkill of Salisbury Rotary.

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The Hampshire Chronicle

reported that “the owner of the

Bangkok Brasserie in

Winchester Rtn. Miff Kayum

(far right in photo) gave the

Southampton and Winchester

Visitors Group (SWVG) £1,378

when it hosted its annual

dinner in aid of the charity.”

In the morning on Saturday 29

November at the Sports Hall

of Peter Symonds College the

Winchester Goalball coaching

team were as busy as ever. A

little different to usual, there

was the ‘Actionnaires’ group

joining for a taster day. We

had 23 players for the session,

90% under the age of 15!

Congratulations… Bangkok Brasserie “The sum was raised from

ticket sales for the evening as

well as from sales of the Jewry

Street restaurant’s signature

dish – Colin Firth’s Thai Mango

Chicken. Colin’s mum Shirley

was at the event along with the

chairman of SWVG Anne

Leeming (both in photo).”

Bengal Sage Celebratory Dinner

Tennessee Golf Cup

John Wilkinson (Winner 2013)

presenting the cup to Giles Peck (right).

Congratulations…

Miscellaneous The Knott family are at the

heart of this success. The club is

booming with 24 players

registered on their books.

Winchester Goalball Club

winchestergoalball@yahoo.com

F.Bk. Winchester Goalball Club

Twitter: @WinchGoalball

Rotarians, friends and families

enjoyed a post Clarendon

Marathon celebratory dinner

at the Bengal Sage on Tuesday

11 November.

The photos (left) include: JJ

and Sue Heath-Caldwell, Joe

Bright, Rob Carter and (right)

Mark Butcher & Jackie Porter.

This annual Winchester Rotary

knockout golf competition goes

back some years. The inscription on

the cup reads: Donated by

“Rotarians Kennedy, Habel,

Cropper and Peploe in appreciation

of unforgettable hospitality in

Tennessee, USA in June 1982.

This year Giles Peck beat Ian

Knights at first hole sudden death. Autumnal Avington Park Golf Course

showing the green on the third hole.

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Eileen Berry, Mayor of Winchester, &

Graham Topping, Mayor’s Consort.

Major (Rtd.) Joe Bright MBE, always

carefully colour co-ordinated.

Dominic Hiscock, Former Mayor, and

Gill Russell, Rotary President.

Eileen Berry, Mayor of Winchester

gives a wave of appreciation.

Remembrance Day 11 November

Community

Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mayor

of Winchester and Conservative M.P.

Big Ben at the critical hour of 11.00 a.m.

9 November 2014 Remembrance Sunday

Gill Russell with Honorary Rotarian

Eileen Berry, Mayor of Winchester.

“They shall grow not old, as we

that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the

years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and

in the morning,

We will remember them.”

Laurence Binyon 1914

Former Mayors and Rotarians, Barry

Lipscomb and Dominic Hiscock.

Rtn. Rev. Graham Topping (left).

President Gill Russell (right).

Winchester Rotary Memorial Wreath.

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Favourite view from St.Giles Hill

International

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Uganda Partnership October – November John and Myra Wilkinson, together

with Luke Addison have recently

returned from another successful visit

to our Rotary family and partners in

Kasese, western Uganda.

This was a demanding two week visit in

so many ways, but continues to seal

our joint working and collaborative

friendship. This article barely scratches

the surface of what is happening in

Kasese District.

Children reading in new library

She discovered that there is still

much that needs to be done and has

returned with a pledge to raise

£5000 to ensure that the

laboratories are fit for purpose.

Please help this project if you can.

Rotaractor Luke bonded with Kasese

Rotaractors and sealed the

partnership between Kasese &

Winchester Clubs.

He lived and worked with them for a

John was able to evaluate and support

the “Books For Schools” Global Grant

project, and visited 12 schools. The

project is developing much better

than we could have imagined.

Most of the objectives are already

being met in all of the 20 schools. All

have clean, secure, well floored,

painted, with shelving and arranged

with books to serve as a library.

Each has a librarian who is

supported by a management

committee with action plan.

Some 14,000 children and over 220

teachers are being reached by the

project; 80% of children are using

the libraries and so far a minimum

of 20% are borrowing books.

Parents too are becoming involved.

This has happened in just six months

from working from virtually nothing!

This is testimony to Rotary’s power

to make change for the better!

Myra spent a week working at

Kagando Hospital close to the

DRCongo border. Here she led

microbiology sessions and taught

laboratory safety to trainee

technicians. She also led a whole

hospital seminar on “control of

infection” which is most pertinent at

this time.

week, practically engaging in a water

harvesting project at a primary school.

His amazing experiences has left him

with much to consider for the future.

This was another dynamic visit where

international friendships were forged

and strengthened, and where

Rotarians, Rotaractors and Inner-Wheel

put “Service above Self”.

John Wilkinson

Myra, John, Luke & Ugandan friends

In the Hampshire Chronicle page 45

Thursday 27 November featured 10

Questions and Luke’s answers. Well

done Eileen Berry - his favourite icon.

“I was immediately greeted by past-

President of the club Farouk Kibaba

and fellow Rotaract members Alex

Wyse and Afan Abdullah.

My Uganda

Kasese Rotary Club.

Digging with the big boys!

They explained that the Water

Harvesting Project which I had

offered to help with during my stay

was well under-way and we would

be working on it solidly over the next

few days.

As well as this, I had a few ‘touristy’

experiences such as taking me to the

Queen Elizabeth National Park.

They made sure I tried the local food

and even worked a whole 9-5 shift

as a chef and waiter in Farouk’s

restaurant and explored the local

area. Rotaractor Luke Addison

My Winchester All details at: educationuganda.org

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Winchester Rotaract winchesterrotaract.co.uk

We’re now in the run up to

Christmas, with only a few weeks of

the semester left, but that doesn’t

mean we haven’t been busy!

We’ve started to have Rotarians

speak twice a month at our

meetings, in a very similar format to

the life talks.

Whilst we have a sufficient amount

of speakers at the moment, we’ll be

looking for some more soon, so

please get in touch if you’re

interested!

Children in Need Night, Friday 14 November.

Switching on the Winchester City Lights Night

Our website has had a much

needed renovation, and is being

updated to include more recent

activities.

Hopefully it will soon have

headshots of all of our members!

winchesterrotaract.co.uk.

I’m sure a few of you spotted some

Rotaractors volunteering at the

Bonfire.

For Children in Need we took part

in our annual pub-crawl, this year

being located in Southampton.

Our club had the best participation

throughout the district, and we

managed to raise £121.46.

As a small social after our meeting we

went along to University Christmas

lights switch on and enjoyed an

evening of carols and mince pies.

As a final note, as the weather gets

colder, we are looking for donations

of socks, hoodies and monetary

donations (to purchase underwear)

for the Trinity Centre to help those in

need this season, so please get in

touch if you have any donations.

Have a very merry Christmas!

President Chloe Brown

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Inner Wheel Winchester Ladies

Optimum House, Winnall Valley Road, Winchester, SO23 0LD

'Good old fashioned service'

Email: winchester@bluebirdcare.co.uk Tel: 01962 856 900

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An International Rally took place at

Hamworthy Club in Canford Magna.

Winchester provided a stall selling

scarves and belts and made a good

sum of money for International

Projects. One of the projects Inner

Wheel is supporting is Mary’s Meals.

Children’s back packs will be filled

with pens, pencils, books, toys,

toiletries etc. and will then be sent to

the project in Malawi.

A child is provided with a daily meal

which attracts them to attend school

where they receive an education,

which can set them free from

poverty in later life. Mary’s Meals

began in Malawi but now feeds

920,000 children every school day

across five continents.

An ongoing project in the Club is

provided by the Knit Wits who

tirelessly produce an enormous

amount of crafts for sale throughout

the year and several hundreds of

pounds have been raised over many

years for International Projects.

Their Nativity Sets and Carol Singers

are much sort after!

Inner Wheel supported Rotary’s

evening at a Gala Performance of

‘Oh what a Lovely War’ at the

Theatre Royal performed by

Winchester Musicals and Opera

Society.

Christmas Lunch will be on Monday 8

December at the Ampfield Golf Club.

Happy Christmas Team Inner Wheel !

Maureen Chisnell

Knit Wits’ wares at Meeting Monday 24

Gill Russell Janet Richardson

Successful stall at the International Rally

Janet Richardson’s daughter Susan Perrin

speaker on Junior Diabetes 10 November.

Audrey Bird, Sybil Thomas, Lucy Imrie-Brown

Ann Jones, Maureen Chisnell, Cynthia

Marriner and Carole Steel.

Carole Steel and Maureen Chisnell serving

canapés to Elizabeth Betts.

Fundraising Bridge Tea at Shawford

Parish Hall Tuesday 11 November.

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Meetings in December

Acknowledgements:

The grateful Bulletin Editor wishes to thank all those who have contributed to this month’s issue, especially with

photographs (Joe Bright and Clive Cook) as well as copy from those who have been featured this month. Everything

points to the website; so thanks to Shelagh Bird and President Gill for all their work on that. Ed. JML

Menu details on line Monday 1 December. Lunch Meeting. 12.30 for 1.00p.m. The Royal Hotel. Buffet.

Meeting Chair: Brian Bull. Attendance: Colin Cook.

10 minute ‘Talk’: “The Mental Health Act”, Brian Bull.

Monday 8 December. Evening Meeting. 7.00 for 7.30 – 10.00 p.m. The Royal Hotel.

Attendance: Nina Kelly. Props & Grace: Ian Knights. Tech: James Larcombe.

Speaker: Jan Smith (Former City Archivist) and The Special General Meeting.

Monday 15 December. Christmas Party. 7.00 for 7.30 – 10.00 p.m. Winchester Hotel.

Attendance: Robert Parsons. Props & Grace:

Entertainment: “Pocket Players” Details of the menu choices are on line – please reply.

Monday 22 December. Lunch Meeting. 12.30 for 1.00p.m. The Royal Hotel. Christmas Lunch.

Meeting Chair: President Gill Russell. Attendance: Geoff Cox.

10 minute ‘Talk’: The Spirit of Christmas.

Wednesday 17 December. Breakfast Meeting. 7.15 for 7.30 – 8.30 a.m.

The Hampshire Room, Winchester Royal Hotel. Contact: Iain Steel/Website.

Monday 29 December. No Meeting. Happy New Year!

Meetings in January Details soon on line

Please do… Ed.

Don’t worry he’ll

print it… Editors hate

to lose subscribers!

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If you haven't been before, do join

us and learn more about this fine

charity, supported for many years by

Rotary. Members, families and

friends all welcome. The mulled

wine and mince pies are provided by

TFSR by way of a thank you to

Rotary for all their support.

Come and enjoy celebrating the

completion of the project funded

jointly by Winchester, 10 other Clubs

including Oberhausen, and

Winchester Inner Wheel. For those of

you who have visited before, you will

see how the new floor and roof have

transformed the workshops.

Winchester Rotary Bulletin Sponsors

Looking Ahead… Thursday 4 December Waddesdon Manor

Mock Interviews

Thursday 11 December

Join us for a very special Christmas

Outing to Waddesdon Manor,

formerly the home of the Rothschild

family, now owned by the National

Trust.

Situated near Aylesbury, the house

was built in 19th century in the style

of a magnificent French Chateau.

9:30am to 6:15pm. Visit the Website.

Saturday 13 December at 3.00pm

Friday 12 December at 1.00pm

Thursday 11 December at 1.00pm

Carols at the Buttercross Thurs 11 - Sat 13 Dec.

Our trip will leave from Winchester

by coach to Waddesdon, where we

have a timed slot for our group to

tour the house, which is one of the

finest in England.

We will also be able to visit the

wonderful Christmas Market on the

Terrace, enjoy the delicious food

served indoors and out.

Fabulous new floor at Netley Marsh

Tools for Self-Reliance

Wednesday 10 December

Christmas Light Sculptures to be lit at 4.00

Star Lane House Staple Gardens Winchester SO23 9AD 01962 844544 E-mail: main@shentons.co.uk Website: www.shentons.co.uk

The Lilacs, West Hill Road North

South Wonston Winchester SO21 3HJ

T/F: 01962 882445 Mob: 07800 617240

E: hugh@mcneill.uk.com

Richard Steel & Partners – Family Owned Funeral Directors Alderman House, 12-14 City Road, Winchester 862333 (24 hours)

Each interview lasts 30 minutes

comprising 20 minutes of discussion

and 10 minutes feedback to each

student. Your participation could be for

part of or a whole day (as you wish)

and, as in the past, you will be provided

with notes and sample interview

questions in advance and there will be

a briefing at 08:30 on the 10th.