In the absence of Sue Oakley, who was on holiday, vice-president Val Hibbitt chaired the June meeting, beginning with a minute's silence for us to remember Amy Archer, a previous member of North Claines for nearly 50 years, who had recently passed away.

At the May meeting members of the monthly Greek interest club enjoyed a well researched and most amusing evening.

The chairman welcomed John Bromhead back to the club for another historical foray, this time into the ancient sites at Delos and Delphi based on John's personal travels. The speaker cleverly weaved the theme that the ancient sites of Delphi on the Greek mainland and the Cycladic island of Delos were each in their own way the centre of the earth.

After refreshments and the raffle (won by the guest speaker) members were shown slides of other ancient sites dedicated to the god Apollo.

The next meeting is Thursday, June 28, at Worcester Golf and Country Club, Bransford Road, Worcester. Further details on the club web-site www.wahc.org.uk PETER REYNOLDS