Thatcham Rotary Club marks Burns Night with evening of food and celebration
Published: 03:00, 28 January 2025
Thatcham Rotary Club has celebrated Burns Night (Saturday, January 25) in style.
More than 60 guests attended a supper to mark the popular Scottish tradition, which celebrates the life and poetry of Robert Burns, at The Chequers Hotel in Newbury last Wednesday (January 22).
A traditional meal of haggis, neaps and tatties was followed by roast lamb, with cranachan for dessert.
The haggis was ceremoniously brought to the top table, accompanied by the piper Dennis Shaw.
Rotarian Mike Cole proceeded to ‘address the haggis’, followed by the Selkirk Grace, which was recited by Rotarian Bill Scott.
The entertainment commenced with Rotarian John Gleeson reading his interpretation of the Immortal Memory.
