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Details of the Annual Dinner held on Friday 10 November 2000 at the Pedmore House, Pedmore, Stourbridge:

Bill of Fare

Sole Bonne Femme
*
Roast Sirloin of Beef
with
Yorkshire Pudding
and a selection of
Seasonal Vegetables
*
Apple Pie with Cream
or
Fresh Fruit Salad with Cream
*
Cheese Board
*
Coffee and Mints

Programme

"THE QUEEN"
proposed by The President,
Mr David Thompson
*
"CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ALL THE WORLD OVER"
proposed by the Rt.Hon.Tony Wright MP
response by Mr Sandy Ellis
(Midland District of Unitarian Churches)
*
"OUR GUESTS"
proposed by Mr Tony Scragg
response by Mr Neil Wilson
*
"OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR SECRETARY"
proposed by Mr Peter Rayney

Selection of books auctioned at the Dinner:

  • Proust Among the Stars - Malcolm Bowie
  • Diaries: Into Politics - Alan Clark
  • Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain - Robert Harvey
  • Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories - Ruth Rendell
  • The Stars' Tennis Balls - Stephen Fry
  • Battle of Wits: The Complete History of Code-Breaking in World War II - Stephen Budiansky
  • The Remorseful Day - Colin Dexter
  • Life in the Jungle - Michael Heseltine
  • Hugh Casson: A Biography - Jose Manser
  • The Prime Minister: the Office and Its Holders Since 1945 - Peter Hennessy
  • Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis - Ian Kershaw
  • Shattered - Dick Francis
  • The Garden at Highgrove - HRH The Prince of Wales and Candida Lycett Green
  • Between Extremes - Brian Keenan and John McCarthy
  • Cracking the Code: the Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking - Simon Singh
  • Romanticism and Its Discontents - Anita Brookner

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