Saturday 24 January 2009

Burns and Race Night

Another successful evening with well over a hundred people attending. Looks like we've raised over a thousand pounds for the Literacy Volunteers.
I think Gordon Green could do with some literacy coaching – hadn’t got a clue what he was talking about.

Can anyone interpret this?

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o' need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

Although ‘hurdies’ are, apparently, ‘buttocks’ – I looked it up. Anybody know someone whose buttocks are like distant hills? Are we talking Cheviots or Cairngorms? Barry looks like he's staring at those distant hills and Tony looks like he's protecting his Hurdies!!



Master of Ceremonies, Tony, asking for the medics to escort the tall Scotsman with the ill-fitting wig, out of the hall.

Either that or he's checking on the gravy!


But he has absolutely no control of the horses as two are going the wrong way.

Never mind it's all in a good cause!!





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Friday 23 January 2009

From the outset I have to say that this is not going to be a formal or even an accurate record of our social and fund raising activities. As I have volunteered for this task I reserve the right to bend and exaggerate the truth, all in the cause of a good story.

The Club has been on the go since 1981 and as far I can ascertain there are few photos or written records of the many fund raising and social events which have taken place over those 28 years. There are of course plenty of dry financial statements which can be viewed by all but I hope that this blog reflects the other aspect of the club - drinking, socialising, banter and somewhere to go on alternate Tuesdays when the TV's rubbish.
The Blog starts tonight with our annual Burns and Race Night.