D5 IW Macclesfield Castle President Ethel

D5 IW Macclesfield Castle President Ethel

This is “second time around” for Ethel as she was President in 2013-14.Ethel was born near Stirling, and she grew up in the Central Belt of Scotland. After graduating from the University of Glasgow, with a degree in French and German, she completed a year’s training and taught Modern Languages.In 1972 she married John and they moved to Macclesfield. As well as teaching she was a school governor for over 25 years. They have a son and daughter and six grandchildren, three of whom are under eight and as you can imagine, they are kept very busy. John has been President of the Rotary club and they are involved in Rotary events, from whisky tasting to helping at the Charities Bazaar each year.Ethel is looking forward to her year in office.

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D1Rally_Forfar_StrathmoreWoollenMill

D1Rally_Forfar_StrathmoreWoollenMill

At the 73rd District 1 Rally in Forfar, the Royal Hotel function room had a tartan feature courtesy of the Strathmore Woollen Mill, Forfar. A small stage featured some tartan products including, Highland kilt outfits, tartan cape, Scottie dog and tartan flowers....

D5 Marple and Goyt Valley Club,  Incoming President Karen.

D5 Marple and Goyt Valley Club, Incoming President Karen.

On Wednesday 3rd June 2025, at our AGM, Pauline Harrison handed over her Presidency to Karen Morris. Many Congratulations to Karen from us all. We also have a new treasurer, Kay Scott and Pauline Harrison as our International Officer.  Barbara Barnet agreed to...

D5 Buxton Inner Wheel at Rotary Bazaar

D5 Buxton Inner Wheel at Rotary Bazaar

On Saturday May 31st the sun shone and large numbers of people came to the annual Rotary Club of Buxton Charity Bazaar. We always have a stall at this event and this year we decided to sell books because who doesn't love a good read? We decided to support our local...