Annual Dinner 2005

The Dinner 2005 Back Our principal speaker, Dr Richard Taylor MP   Details of the Annual Dinner held on Friday 11 November 2005 at the Pedmore House, Pedmore, Stourbridge: Bill of Fare Chicken and Mushroom Crêpe * Roast Sirloin of Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and a selection of Seasonal Vegetables * Apple Pie with Cream or Fresh Fruit Salad * Cheese Board and celery * Coffee and Mints Programme "THE QUEEN" proposed by The President * "CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ALL THE WORLD OVER" proposed by Dr Richard Taylor MP (Memberof Parliament, Wyre Forest) response by Rev. Simon Ramsay (Minister,Unitarian New Meeting Church, Birmingham) * "OUR GUESTS" proposed by Mr Alan Black response by Mr Robert Howell * "OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR SECRETARY" proposed by Mr David Poole Selection of books auctioned at the Dinner: The Lighthouse - PD James Great Harry's Navy: how Henry VIII gave England Seapower - Geoffrey Moorhouse The Sea (Booker Prize) - John Banville Men of Honour: Trafalgar and the making of the English hero. - Adam Nicholson Pitt the Younger - William Hague The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett - Richard Ingrams Kitchen Diaries - Nigel Slater Margrave of the Marshes - John Peel et al After the Victorians: a history of C20th Britain - AN Wilson La Vie en Bleu: France and the French since 1900 - Rod Kedward Not Quite the Diplomat - Chris Patten Chronicles Vol 1 - Bob Dylan Dear Bill: WF Deedes reports - William Deedes Mao - Jung Chang & John Halliday Shakespeare - Peter Ackroyd Untold Stories - Alan Bennett The Milk of Paradise Diaries 1993-1997 - James Lees Milne Talk to the Hand: the utter bloody rudeness of Life - Lynne Truss Home

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