Bees and Beekeeping

Bees and Beekeeping

April Dixon is an engineer by profession but describes herself as an amateur bee keeper. Her knowledge of the subject is expert, and her obvious passion for bees made for a fascinating lesson in ecology when she came to talk to the club. April told us that ‘bees...
Farmer Verity

Farmer Verity

Verity Hyland, 32, has a full time job as an events manager, but she has another job which she described as ‘24 hours a day as a farmer’. Farming is in her blood. Her maternal grandparents met through Young Farmers, a post war initiative to get young people into...
Doc Martin

Doc Martin

Describing herself as ‘the original Doc Martin’ and ‘a GYPSY’ [GP with Special Interest], Dr Liz Martin came to the club in July to enlighten us on the important topic of diabetes. She has considerable experience, having set up a community team to help GP practices...
High Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant

High Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant

We recently had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Sharp, Clerk to the West Yorkshire Lieutenancy, and at a separate meeting, Sue Baker, former High Sheriff of West Yorkshire.  These two speakers each gave us a history lesson, and then demonstrated how in the modern world,...
‘Hello, my name is’

‘Hello, my name is’

A simple idea can turn into a powerful force for good when developed by the right person. We heard of a good example of this in April, when Chris Pointon came to the club to tell us of the tragic yet uplifting story of his wife Kate Granger, who was diagnosed with...