Published on: Saturday 10 December 2011

The Cambridge Welland Valley AGM was held in September at the Hunting Lodge Hotel, Cottingham, with guest speaker Dame Mary Richardson. The title of her enlightening talk was ‘The ESU Today and Beginning the Road Map’.

The Bridge Lunch in October was well supported again and is proving to be a popular event in our calendar.

The ESU Speech and Debate department held two Public Speaking workshops for schools in our area, one at St Mary’s School in Cambridge when six local schools were invited to attend; the second was held at The English Martyr’s Catholic School in Leicester with ten schools invited.

Our Thanksgiving Dinner was held on Thanksgiving Day at The Hunting Lodge Hotel, Cottingham, with guest speaker J. Simmonds who gave us a talk entitled: ‘Lincoln – Life and Language’ which was enjoyed by members and their guests.