To mark Armisitce Day the members held an afternoon of singing songs from the wars under
the theme of "we shall Remember. The treasurer had brought the family memorabilia
including photographs; ration books; Gunnery History sheets; Torpedo History sheets;
ARP booklets and leaflets and many other items of interest on the 1939/45 conflict.
Thursday 4th November
Presentation of the cheque to the Treasurer Margaret Yule from Chrisitne Blyth and
Maureen Crighton who attended the presentation earlier that morning. The cheque tor
£1,000 was presented to the club by Chief Constable Justine Curran, on behalf of the
Tayisde Police Benevolent Fund.
from left to right Christine; Maureen and Margaret
Thursday 14th October
A demonstration of Glasscraft by Mrs Gail Mills ably assisted by Margaret and Moreen
Christine; Margaret; Moreen; Gail and Maureen, some of the glass used along with the
grinder and other necessary pieces of equipment
Tuesday 5th October
Stroke Awareness week and the club had a stan in the Wellgate Centre, with a good degree of
interest being shown by the shoppers
from left to right Marjory; Christine; Alice; Margaret & Maureen
Thursday 30th September the Club's 13th Birthday Party attended by some 42 members a friends
The cake
Alice and Isobal arrive with the sausage rolls, and they disappear to eat them stage left
The prizes up for grabs and with good ticket sales thanks to Christine £139 was realised
Some video for the first time featuring Maureen; Ken Stewart; Isobal & Cathie Video link
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have seen all 6, make sure your computer sound is ON
The food which was supplied by Arch Catering was a great success and John one of
the Couier photographers attended to take a pictue of the committee along with Carol
Anderson CHSS and Ken Stewart who supplied the music to his very high standards
Thursday 16th September - Ethel's 80th Birthday plus Who wants to be a Millionaire
The cheque for the Old Yins winners of the Who wants to be a Millionaire game
Frank's 90th birthday celebrated at the club on 12th August, 10 days before the official
celebration with Maureen, Christine and Bill all going off on holidays
World Cup Winners Spain [Frank] £17 Holland [May] £10 and Germany [Isobal] £5
Thursday 24th June - Final Event of 2009/2010 - The Barbecue
Cathie; Margaret & Maureen George; Peter; May & Frank
Jim; June; Betty; Daisie; Wilma & Lizzie Ethel & Wilma
Rachel & Lorna Alice; Wlma & Cathie
Iain
Thursday 10th June - Sports Day also with a visit from Carol Anderson
Carol looks on while they fight it out Lizzie has a penny !! looked on by Isobal;
Cathie; Maureen; Margaret; Chris & Lorna
June lays down the law to Beth;Mary
Tuesday 8th June - Special Presentation at Ancrum Primary School
The Treasurer Margaret Yule; Secretary Christine Blyth and Vice Chairman Bill Blyth attended a special
presentation to the Dundee Stroke Recovery Club at Ancrum Primary School. A cheque for £56 was
presented to Margaret Yule by Lois Mills of Primary 5 whose teacher is Mrs Magson. Both Lois's mother
Shona Mills and grandmother June McNeil who is also a member of the club attended the presentation
Thursday 3rd June - Summer Outing to the Falkirk Wheel with High Tea in Callander at Dalgair House Hotel
Members and friends of the club set off on their summer outing to the Falkirk Wheel followed by high tea at the
Dalgair Hosue Hotel, in Callander. The members were on the boat called Archimedes, this boat was the first of
the new type suitable for the disabled and was named at a ceremony in the Summer of 2004. The Falkirk Wheel
was first opened to the public following the official naming ceremony by the Queen on 24th May, 2002
Thursday 27th May - World Cup Draw
Peter - England; Rachel Slovakia & Cameroon; Wilma Whyte Switzerland; Iain Serbia; George Denmark &
South Africa; Chris France; May Netherlands; Lorna Argentina; Christine Italy & Chile; Betty Paraguay; Cathie
Nigeria; May New Zealand; Frank Spain; June Ghana & Portugal; Ethel Korea KDR & Greece; Lizzie Korea;
Rachel Cameroon; Margaret Starr Mexico; Ken Algeria & Cote 'de Ivoire; Isobal Germany; Beth Honoduras;
Bill USA; Alice Australia; Margaret Yule Brazil; Mabel Uraguay and Maureen Slovenia
Thursday 20th May - The Chocolate man
Derek accompanied by his wife Gloria gave an excellent demonstartion on the mixing of the different types
of chocolate. Derek also gave the members an in sight of what new items of chocolate would be availabe to
buy for the is coming Christmas
Thursday 22nd April - Lunch at the Dundee College, Kingsway Campus
Once again a a lovely lunch cooked and served by the students, unfortunately both Christine & Bill missed
this one stuck in the USA with volcanic ash problem
Alice, Lizzie and Beth Lorna and Cathie
Jim & Wilma Ethel and beside her Jim Kerr
Chris, June and Ken Iain, Gratzi, Rachel and Wilma
Peter, Frank, May and Jim & Wilma with Margaret
Thursday 1st April - Tea & Chat
Margaret distributed easter eggs to the members and I tried a video clip to see if this could work
Thursday 25th March - Annual General Meeting
The Officers & Committee for 2010/2011 are Chairwoman Maureen Crighton; Secretary Christine Blyth;
Treasurer Margaret Yule and Vice Chairman Bill Blyth with committee members Mabel Elder; Peter and Wilma
Whyte; Alice Smyth and Cathie Quinn. The CHSS Community Support Worker Carol Anderson also atttended.
Thursday 18th March
The members of the Dundee Stroke Recovery Club were given a very enlightening talk by Mike Jeffries entitled
'Act IV the story so far...' He explained the background on the work that was involved in organising the
productions they had arranged over the years looking at it from the perspective of several of those who played
in major part of the team. The degree of their success was reflected with over 60 plus local charities having sharedin over £340,000 of the funds raised by their various productions. Act IV normal stage their productions
in the Dundee College Theatre in Gardyne Road, but due to refurbishment they are using the theatre in the Kingways Campus, but hope to return to the Garyne Road location in 2011. Currently another production
due to be held in September.
George; Mike; Ethel' Margaret and Maureen look at the past poster for the various productions Act IV have
been invloved with over the years.
Thursday 4th March
Christine with 'What is it' some 12 images of household items photographed very close-up. The winners
with 20 out of 24 points were May Caswell and George Tadden.
Thursday 4th February 
A very entertaining and inttersting talk by Hamish Howe entitled "A Tour of Glamis Castle
Thursday 18th February
Beetle Drive, winners Maureen Crighton and George Tadden. Maureen also announced the very generous
donation from Moira Reilly of £1,000
Thursday 14th January
At its first meeting of 2010 Christine Blyth [Secretary] presents Margaret Yule [Treasurer] with the cheque for
£126 from
Hillcrest Bowling Club and Maureen annouced a further donation of £200 from Jim and Wilma Kerr
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