by cthompson@bcs.org.uk | Mar 25, 2019 | Front page news
An interesting evening organised by Lion John Boydell at the Boat Inn. Phil Wilson, a well known Ironbridge resident, gave an illustrated talk on a life and career which has included engineer, deepsea salvage diver/underwater welder, pilot, heavy horse supremo,...
by cthompson@bcs.org.uk | Mar 23, 2019 | Front page news
The club discovered in February 2019 that it had been selected several months earlier as one of Stirchley Co-op’s local causes for the year. The Co-op gives 1% of what members spend on Co-op branded food products in their stores, as well as money raised from...
by cthompson@bcs.org.uk | Mar 20, 2019 | Front page news
With this year’s President Jim Philbin hailing from Fife, there was a very clear Caledonian theme to our 2019 Charter held on 3rd March at the Valley Hotel in Ironbridge. Over 80 people, our best attendance for some years, enjoyed an excellent meal which included a...
by cthompson@bcs.org.uk | Feb 15, 2019 | Front page news
One of our Silver over the Bridge events at the back end of the 2018 season was dedicated to the Wolverhampton MS Therapy unit, one of our favourite local charities. It has taken some time to organise a presentation session but President Jim Philbin recently presented...
by cthompson@bcs.org.uk | Feb 10, 2019 | Front page news
Once in a while, as Lions we get an opportunity to make dreams come true; just before Christmas we heard from Steph, grandmother of 6-year-old Beau who is currently undergoing chemotherapy at Princess Royal hospital. Beau was desperate to see Santa but the risk of...
by cthompson@bcs.org.uk | Jan 15, 2019 | Front page news, Uncategorized
When the Ironbridge Lions club was formed 40 years ago, Jim Groves was one of the founder members and he remained in membership until he sadly died last year. To mark the importance of that relationship in Jim’s life his daughter Mandy kindly nominated the club to...
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