On January 16 th  we were delighted and honoured to receive, as our guest, Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York. With formalities quickly dropped, Charlie, rather than Professor Jeffery, spoke to us about the past history, current ethos and future prospects of his university, which was founded in 1963, when its first Vice Chancellor, Baron (John) James of Rusholme, made it clear from the outset that things would be different here from other ‘ne

The York Rotary Christmas lunch was held at the Novotel on Friday 19 th  December.  It was a very joyous occasion attended by over 100 Rotarians, partners and friends. The lunch started with Tom Jackson’s band which this year comprised Allan Morrison and Alan Tonks, president Paul Roberts on guitar, Paul’s son Henry on violin and of course Tom Jackson, they performed in the hotel foyer before lunch. After an excellent lunch served by the Novotel team.  This was also our oppor

On Wednesday December 17th, three members from the Rotary Youth Team met at York College to present the first Construction Awards of this academic year. We were warmly welcomed by Course leaders Ashley Stokes and Mike Burdett who expressed how well these awards were working and meant so much to the students. Six awards were presented to the winning students in the different construction areas as shown in the photographs. Vic Brookes was chief photographer with Paul Hattee and