Rotary Papanui 60th Celebration Night
It was a 60’s theme and several people really got into the swing of it all.
President Lois leading the way with her mother’s handknitted bolero, which she has kept, adorned with 1960 themed badges.
Jenny Baltrop gave us a wonderful description of going out dancing in the sixties and starching up the petticoats she used to wear with a mixture of sugar and water and then putting them in the oven to dry out !! ( I hope they had a fire extinguisher handy )
Philippa showed us her style by revealing a pink petticoat under her beautiful full sixties style skirt. Janice decided she was just a “twinkle in her parents eye” and a pregnant bump appeared.
Shows what they were up to in the 60’s !!
Liz was just a 2 1/2 year old sitting on a beach without a care in the world…
The men had on ties of various styles from bowties to thin ties and some wore those wide, baggy pants.
Thank goodness we can laugh at ourselves.
Charles Baltrop is our longest serving Rotarian and he gave us a fantastic insight into Papanui Rotary members over the last 60 years with little snippets of wit and information. We all learned a potted history of the projects Papanui Rotary had been involved in which was very valuable for some of our newer members to hear about. Therefore it was fitting that he and Jenny cut the cake so wonderfully made by President Lois – thank you.