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The Dinner 2006

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Our principal speaker, Dr K Somasundara Rajah

 

Details of the Annual Dinner held on Friday 10 November 2006 at Jonathan's Restaurant, Warley:

Dr Soma Rajah

Bill of Fare

Vegetable Soup
or
Smoked Salmon Salad
*
Roast Sirloin of Beef
with
Yorkshire Pudding
and a selection of
Seasonal Vegetables
*
Bakewell Tart with
Raspberry coulis
*
Cheese Board
*
Coffee and Sweetmeats

Programme

"THE QUEEN"
proposed by The President
*
"CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ALL THE WORLD OVER"
proposed by Dr K Somasundara Rajah
 
response by Mr Philip Niblock
(Black Country Group of Churches,Midland Union of Unitarian & Free Churches)
*
"OUR GUESTS"
proposed by Mr David Cave
response by Mr John Ankcorn
(President, Birmingham Book Club)
*
"OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR SECRETARY"
proposed by Mr Steven Cox

Selection of books auctioned at the Dinner:

  • Under Orders - Dick Francis
  • Shadow of the Silk Road -Colin Thubron
  • Occupational Hazards (of being a Governor in Iraq) - Rory Stewart
  • An Inconvenient Truth. - Al Gore
  • The Kitchen Diaries - Nigel Slater
  • The Classical World - Robin Lane Fox
  • Kitchen Diaries - Nigel Slater
  • John Betjeman - A N Wilson
  • Moscow 1941 - Rodric Braithwaite
  • Restless - William Boyd
  • Thunderbolt Kid - Bill Bryson
  • White Slave - Marco Pierre White
  • The Battle for Spain - Antony Beevor
  • The Cloudspotter's Guide - Gavin Pretor-Pinney
  • Imperium - Robert Harris
  • Iron Kingdom: The Rise & Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 - Christopher Clark
  • Untold Stories - Alan Bennett

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