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ANNUAL DINNER. 
16th December, 1904. 
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The Annual Dinner was attended by twenty-four Members. 
The following toasts were submitted :—‘‘ The Club,’’ proposed 
by Mr. W. Southern, and responded to by the President 
(Mr. W. L. Grant). 
«“ The Town and Trade,” which was entrusted to Alderman 
Parkinson, J.P., and acknowledged by Mr. J. 8. Collinge, J.P. ; 
in doing so, he gave some very interesting facts relating to his 
recent tour in the United States. 
Songs were given by Mr. A. R. Pickles, Mr. J. Fleming, and 
Mr. J. S. Sutcliffe. 

AN EVENING WITH DICKENS. 
By Mr. JOHN HARWOOD. 20th December, 1904. 
The large number of members and friends who attended 
the final meeting of the year on Tuesday had the pleasure of 
spending ‘‘An Evening with Dickens,’ as interpreted by 
Mr. J. Harwood, who gave three recitals from the master’s 
works :—(1) The Story of Dr. Marigold, the Cheap Jack; 
(2) Boots at the Holly Tree Inn ; and (3) The partridge shooting 
expedition from Pickwick. The blend of humour and pathos was 
remarkably well brought out, and the recitals were not merely a 
feat of memory, but an excellent illustration of Dickens’ powers 
asa character sketcher. The President (Mr. W. L. Grant) voiced 
the feelings of the audience in expressing their high appreciation 
of the recital which at this season of the year was becoming 
annual. This was the third year in succession that Mr, Harwood 
had been among them, and they now looked on him ag an old 
friend, (Applause.) 
