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THE TEESSIDE BRANCH PHOTO GALLERY
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0th Anniversary Symposium
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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
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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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