Finally we got to see Daniel Komolafe in action as our Toastmaster for the evening, and a fine job he did too, making everyone feel welcome and at ease and organising the sequence of speeches and evaluation confidently.
In the prepared speeches, there was quite a bit of reminiscing … but fair to say, no nostalgia.
Neil Pettigrew gave a speech on what it was like to witness the heyday of the National Front – not that many of us even remember them … and not fondly! Dan New – our VP Membership, revealed that despite his serene demeanour these days he was something of a troublemaker when he was little. And David Hampton talked about the stress of hosting an Ofsted inspection. Congratulations to Dan for picking up the Best Speech award.
Edna Petzen arranged a challenging but very entertaining set of Table Topics loosely themed around “November” – congratulations to Ruben Martins for his deadpan comparison of British weather with the rather more pleasant climate of his native Portugal, which entertained us as much as it made us jealous. Best Table Topic of the night to Ruben.
We were also delighted to congratulate Andrew Vaughan on reaching his Level 1 in Pathways, and look forward to many more speeches from him
