In a lunchtime celebration for ‘Burns Night’, we go slightly ‘off piste’ with a special Scottish themed lunch of haggis, ‘neeps and tatties’ followed by Cranachan to which ladies are also cordially invited. After lunch, our past President, Iain Duncan, will give a talk on the life of Robert Burns accompanied by a video about Scotch whisky making- and a small ‘tot’(!)

 *[Much thanks are due to the Events Team and Chefs at Park Farm Hotel for all their help with this event]

Anyone growing up during the austere and gloomy years immediately after the end of WW2 and into the second half of then 20th century will recall the influences that American culture had in brightening up our lives and introducing us to new sounds, images, fashions and foods, themselves promoted by American servicemen who still remained among us. With images and sounds of the era we recall some of these influences and how they remain part of our lives today.