THE TEESSIDE BRANCH PHOTO GALLERY | |
60th Anniversary Symposium | |
To Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Teesside Branch, we held a special event on 17th March 2018. This was a few months before the actual anniversary date, but it was decided to hold the event early to avoid a clash of dates with the annual Zone 3 Rally. | |
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All photographs by : John Ellis | |
About 50 members, guests and friends from a dozen other branches gathered together in St Augustine’s Church Hall, Kirkby-in-Cleveland to celebrate 60 years since the founding of Teesside Branch of the BCSS. | |
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The first speaker was Rick Gillman with a talk entitled "Mexico - Giants and Gems". | |
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The first talk was followed by a glass of celebratory bubbly and the cutting, by BCSS President Dr Colin Walker, of the anniversary cake (made and elaborately decorated by Louie Walker). A buffet lunch followed, with time to browse the plant and book stalls, look at the table show and to buy raffle tickets. | |
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The second talk was entitled "Exploring Euphorbias", presented by Dr Colin Walker. | |
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Afternoon tea and the drawing of the raffle followed. The day concluded with the Alan Craig Memorial Lecture, entitled "Exploring the Backroads of Peru", presented by Graham Charles. |
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