Marchesi Night Thursday 21st January

An annual fixture in the Table diary this is the celebration of the birth of Round Table by Louis Marcheshi in March 1927 – Marchesi Night celebrates the birth of Louis Marchesi in January 1898. Louis set up round table because he felt there was a need for a club for the young men of Norwich to gather on a regular basis. At their meetings they could exchange ideas, learn from the experiences of their colleagues and play a collective part in the civic life of Norwich. Norwich round table was the first (and is hence no 1), the second was formed in Portsmouth. And Penkridge & District is number 1178.
This is one of the occasions in the year when we gather with former Round Tabler’s (41 club), this year for a meal and a speaker at The Barns in Cannock. The speaker is Chris Mitchell, from the Rodbaston College of South Staffordshire College. Chris is a primate expert and gave an informative, entertainingly but also quite shocking talk on the plight of primates in Cameroon, where he spent a number of years running a zoo.
The evening concludes with the induction of Mick Swift, as a new member of Penkridge Round Table.