CELEBRATIONS
Diamond Days! Groups around the country gathered on 26 February to celebrate 60 years of NWR with fun, food, drink and good company. Here is a round up of your events. Left: East Anglia region held a very successful event at the Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds, attended by 130 members from 13 local groups. There were two speakers, Catherine Buchanan who spoke about birthday presents through the ages and Paul Stanliffe who spoke about his job as Media Manager for the British Trust for Ornithology, followed by lunch in the beautiful ballroom, and workshops and tours in the afternoon. Below left: The organising committee – the people who made it all happen.
Below and bottom left: The Nantwich celebratory lunch was a great success. 110 members attended and were hugely entertained by speaker Lesley Smith, curator of Tutbury Castle. Lesley came as Margaret Thatcher, and stayed in character throughout. Other highlights of the day were local member Lee Egerton’s reading of her poem about NWR, and top raffle prize of a day out in a chauffeur driven, 1930s, open topped Lagonda. The venue was the Crown Hotel, which provided fantastic food, decor and service.
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Below: Glasgow area thoroughly enjoyed their Diamond Day celebrations with 100 members from the West of Scotland attending a three course lunch in a Glasgow city centre venue. Speaker, Amanda Tyrrol, who is Wardrobe Mistress at the National Theatre, is the daughter of one of their members, which made it a very personal occasion. Her talk, and the costumes she brought to show, was much enjoyed, as was the live broadcast of Maureen Nicol’s interview.
