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| The UK Club's 150th Anniversary Dinner |
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| UK Club 150th Anniversary Dinner. Photo by Kumar |
The UK Club held a 150th Anniversary dinner at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, on 4th July 2019 to which Members, Directors, past Chairmen, correspondents, brokers, lawyers and others came - about 180 people in all. The dinner was attended by five past chairmen of the Club - Nils Palmgren, Aleco Kairis, Tullio Biggi and Dino Caroussis and hosted by the present chairman, Nicholas Inglessis.
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Grace was given in a poem by Revd Canon Andrew Wright, Secretary General of the Missions to Seafarers.
The main focus of the evening was the Investing in a Safer Tomorrow competition that attracted over 200 entries and was won by a seaman from India for his wireless engine-room awareness device. |
Herry was lucky enough to be placed on a table with some of the Club's Chinese Members including Sun Jia Kang, the Club Director from COSCO who Herry knew from many years ago, and next to the table of Japenese Members.
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| Herry and Dughall Aitken |
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| R to L: Cao Shufeng (CPI), Dr Wu Chao, Sun Jia Kang and Wang Gang |
Colleagues, correspondents and others were seen after many years (I retired in 2006) and friendships renewed.
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| Stephen James and Sue Jamieson |
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| UK Club Chronology |
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The UK Club's 125th Anniversary Dinner at the Guildhall, January 1995
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