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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine            Volume 12                  No.1  March 2015  !10
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       Samuel Pickwick in almost his final action as
     President,  called  upon  Trumpet  Major
     Timothy West of the Household Cavalry, who
     has attended many of our luncheons, to step
     forward  and  receive  a  set  of  Club  cufflinks
     and  an  invite  to  join  us  next  year,  without
     having  to  work  for  his  lunch.  He  responded
     accordingly,  apologising  for  an  apparent
     discordant note in one fanfare -that I doubt
     many  noticed,  and  saying  how  much  he  had
     enjoyed this ‘duty’.





                                Our chief guest Ian Irving then took the microphone, and
                                kept  us  in  raptures  for  the  next  millennium.  Such  a
                                professional act, ( which I can vouch for, having seen him
                                at  other  engagements  a  numb  of  times)  and  having
                                summarily dealt with one mis-guided heckler, he regaled
                                us  with  a  diverse  assortment  of  tales,  some  of  which
                                were probably true.


       He concluded with the toast to the “Immortal Memory….” before another rousing
     applause required the powerful voice of the Captain to bring the room to order, and enable
     our retiring President to respond.
     !

       President, Samuel Pickwick, (Samkin) has been a President extraordinaire, an with
     heartfelt sincerity he thanked the Club for giving him the opportunity to hold the role for
     a year, during which time he endeavoured to participate in all the Club activities, including
     the addition of some new events.
     !

     He then formally passed on the baton in the usual manner to Quanko Samba who will now
     be the Club President until December 2015.
     !
        Activities by then were running quite late and it was past many train departure times,
     when we rose to conclude proceedings with Auld Lang Syne.  

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