Speakers March/April

Richard Pollock

Richard Pollock one of our newer members gave the Club a my job talk at the Club lunch on Friday 21st March

He gave us insight into his career in financial services and gave us some thoughts on recent budget changes to pensions.

Rev Harold Good

The Reverend Harold Good joined us at our evening meeting on the 3rd of April. He was involved in the peace process over many years and had been a witness to the decommissioning of arms by the IRA. He was constrained in what he could tell us but was still very informaitive about his role and the background to the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Henry Wilson

Henry Smith a local Historian had spoken to us earlier in the year on Erskine Childers. He kindly agreed to stand in on 11th April at short notice and gave us  a very interesting  talk on the Easter Rising its background and the repercussions. Thanks again to Henry for helping us out at such short notice

Cookery Class Night Out at Hadskis

After another enjoyable and educational year the members of the cookery class with their partners organised an evening meal in Hadskis restaurant in Donegal Street, Belfast.We were delighted to host our  Tutor for the year Jim Mulholland and his wife who were our guests for the evening. A few hardened drinkers met in the Duke of York for pre dinner drinks and we all the joined up at Hadskis for an excellent dinner.Jim has been an excellent tutor always stretching us and introducing new menus. We all await with fingers crossed for the results of our assessments and look forwrad to adding to our talents in next years class. More photos of the evening our available on the gallery Cookery Class