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Club President Claire Wright and President-elect Hugh Lawrence, resplendent in the weighty robes and regalia of the Mayor of St Albans and the mace bearer. Their mock enrobing followed a revealing talk about the regalia and the mayoralty by the…

Lizzie Bulmer is welcomed into membership of the club by President Claire. With them is Rotary District Governor Andy Calvert who was visiting the club on the evening Lizzie was inducted.

Club President Claire Wright welcomes Lewis Jayes into membership.

President Claire at Harpenden’s Remembrance Service on Church Green, having laid a wreath on behalf of the club.

…and weather to match, not to mention a delicious dinner. Club members and their partners gathered in a member’s garden for another of the club’s lively social evenings.

Matt Biggs, the regular panel members of the BBC’s Gardeners’ Question Time (and a Chelsea Flower Show judge), joined club members and Inner Wheel Club members for an outdoor social evening in a member’s garden. After a tasty supper, Matt…

Rotarians like to have a varied programme of activities and speakers for our weekly meetings. Just as we were starting a walk in Lower Gustard Wood to admire the first of the bluebells, the heavens opened. We took shelter in…

During the worst of the pandemic government action ensured that street homeless people had a roof over their head. But this was a one-off and homeless people are now back on our streets. In response, St Albans Emmaus, supported by…

Club member Suheil Shahryar, working in his kitchen, gives his second demonstration of preparing and cooking an Indian meal. His Zoomed session allowed fellow club members and partners to cook along with him in their kitchens. Suheil’s motivation is to…

Having twice spoken to us on Zoom about Russia, Stephen Dalziel returned in person for his third fascinating talk. After Army service he went on to become the BBC’s Russian expert, interviewing many of the Soviet Union’s leading figures. He…