Visit from District Governor

Our District Governor Lion Tony Gadsby attended the Club's Meeting on Wednesday 8 December at the Whipping Stocks Inn.

The meeting was chaired by Vice President Mike, who was standing in for President Alan (away on one of his well earned rest holidays - at least he felt it was well earned!)

DG Tony gave an inspiration talk and at the end presented one of his personalised banners. Mike was slightly less delighted to receive a copy of the new Lions Health and Safety booklet - but hey-ho that's the way of the world these days!

Knutsford Christmas Market

Lions had a stall at the special Christmas Market in Knutsford on Thursday 2 December afternoon/evening- it was a bit cold (see two hardy members above!) but there was a good attendance - we were promoting in particular the Lions Message in a Bottle. Bottles are available free via Knutsford Lions or from Rowlands Pharmacy in Canute Square.

At about 6.30 that evening about 20 club members were out helping with marshalling along the reindeer route - prior to the official switch on of the Town's Christmas Lights in Canute Square. The town seemed much busier than usual - so well done to the street market organisers who had brought in a wide variety of stallholders.

Charity Concert Friday 17th September

The Knutsford Lions organised an evening of "Popular Classics" on Friday 17th September at the Knutsford Methodist Church in Princess Street, Knutsford. This was the first of a planned series of annual concerts in aid of local charities - this year's beneficiaries being Cheshire East CrossRoads Care (young carers fund) and the Cheshire East branch of the Alzheimers Society.
The music was performed by Wirral Winds, a quintet formed from members of the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra.

The concert was well attended and much enjoyed and Lions donated £500 each to the two beneficiaries.

Bowls Social Evening 14 August

Members and friends enjoyed an evening of very amateur crown green bowling on Saturday 14th August. Many were all fingers and thumbs about the bias on the bowls. The weather was remarkably kind - no rain and quite a mild evening compared to some recently!
There was a break for chinese/fish and chip takeaway at about 8.00, to allow participants to recharge their batteries (or muscles etc.) and partake in further liquid refreshment.

Helping Event Mobility at RHS Show

For many years we have helped the Registered Charity "Event Mobility" at the RHS Show in Tatton Park. Event Mobility bring a large number of electric scooters and manual wheelchairs for hire by visitors to the show. This year we once again provided volunteers to assist each day with the issue and return of the scooters and wheelchairs.

And this year we were privileged to have a visit from our Town Mayor and Mayoress, who popped in for a bit of training and to have a quick trial scoot!

President's Handover

On Sunday 18th July the Club held a social to celebrate the changeover of Club President. Ian Young thanked the Club for their support over his past year as President and wished Alan Perrin well for his year, before formally handing over the chain of office.
Members and partners enjoyed an afternoon of wine and barbecue, and wine and chat in Alan's garden - and for a few brief periods even the sun shone on our new President!

Cranford Street Fair 31 May

This year our annual street fair took on a victorian theme. 2010 is the bi-centenary of the birth of our local celebrated author Elizabeth Gaskell - so this year it became the Cranford Street Fair. Many people dressed in victorian costume - some are shown on the collage above.
Thousands of people crowded into "Bottom Street" to be entertained by a trio of string instrumentalists, a sixteen year old flautist and a man of many talents including juggling, walking on stilts and balloon modelling, as well as visiting the wide variety of stalls, and sampling the wide range of refreshments available in the street and local hostelries etc.
Many complements were received from those attending, and charity and trade stallholders were united in expressing their delight as to the day's takings.
Nobody reported seeing the ghost of Elizabeth Gaskell during the day, but she was certainly there in spirit!

Senior Citizens Variety Show - 7th February

For many years the Lions have put on a Senior Citizens Variety Show on the first Sunday in February.

This year about 170 local elderly were entertained again at the Knutsford Civic Centre by a mixture of acts, ending with a special performance put on by the Knutsford Lions - picture above left shows an extract from the final rehearsal. The Lions this year presented a special "local" edition of "Roughly Come Dancing" featuring three dazzling couples meticulously selected from the local Club (actually the only ones prepared to do it!!). Voting was very tight from the judges, and the final verdict was given to the audience - the winners are shown above right - not the judges first choice, but hey-ho, what's new about that!

Other "more professional" (some members might disagree with that description?) acts were provided by the Celtica Irish Dance group, The Singing Waiters (complete with trays - very convenient for holding the scripts!), and a variety of songs with strange and varied instruments by the Corvus Folk Group.

A free raffle was held in the interval assisted by the Knutsford Town Mayor.

Early comments from carefully selected members of the audience indicated that the Show was one of our best!