We were very pleased to be able to get together to celebrate the 20th Charter of our club.
More than 80 members, former members, partners, fellow Inner Wheel Club members, Rotary members and friends met up at Sonning Golf Club for a lovely two-course lunch followed by a slice of celebration cake donated by the Rotary Club of Reading Maiden Erlegh.
We were pleased to welcome the current Association President, Betty Roberts and her husband.
Betty has chosen the Stroke Association as her charity for the year and the club gave her a cheque for £100.
Members of the Caversham club, which was our ‘mother’ club, gave us their bell and Friendship bowl.
We congratulated a former member Daphne on her 90th birthday.
Our speaker was Colin Evans – gardening expert from Radio Berkshire who gave an informative and funny talk starting with how he entered the profession to how he ended up where he is now, and useful gardening tips.
One of the funny anecdotes he mentioned was that he had once given his sister an artificial orchid, with instructions to make sure it was kept well watered.
She complied with this advice, not realising the orchid was not real.
Although being happy to buy an artificial flower, Colin still ribbed one of his fellow guests for having recently installed a plastic AstroTurf lawn.
Colin then answered questions from his audience, giving advice on moss on a driveway and a recommendation for a climbing rose.
Prior to the lunch photographs were taken of all the RME Club Presidents (past and present) who were attending and then photographs of all the members, the cake and honoured guests.
TONI TRATHEN
