FROM DICKENS!AF no. 347
In het zojuist verschenen Autumn Number van The Dickensian
is een verslag van de 59ste Annual Conference te Eastbourne
te lezen, bat de afgevaardigde Hollanders daar niet over
het hoofd werden gezien? moge blijken uit de volgende cita
ten.
BUSINSSSMEETING. The invitation to hold the next
conference in Bath, on May 6th to 10th 1966, was cordially
accepted, as was another for 1967 from the Haarlem Branch,
(pag.182)
CONFERENCE DINNER. The Dickens Fellowship was the
subject of a toast by Mr.M.P.Birley, Headmaster of East
bourne College. Mr.E.Tomlinson, Eastbourn, replied for the
home branches, and MrJo.Beek, Haarlem, for those overseas,
(pag.182)
SOCIAL EVENING. The programme included a short Dickens
Recital by the ever popular Mr.John Greaves, some exellent
films of last year's Conference at Blackpool by the
brothers Beek of Haarlem, and a performance by an extra
ordinarily good conjurer.(pag. 183
THE PRESIDENT. He has already visited our branches at
Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and in company with his
wife and our Hon.Secretary invaded Holland last month to
meet our Dutch members. In turn Council hopes that branches
will give him the support a good leader can rightly expect,
(pag. 185)
THE HONORARY SECRETARY. Last month he spoke to our
Amsterdam Reading Circles besides visiting branches in the
north-west and in the south of England, (pag.186)
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