THE Inner Wheel Club of Ulverston celebrated the 70th anniversary of the granting of the club charter by holding an afternoon tea party at The Olde Mill, Bardsea.

President Dot Johnson welcomed 56 members and friends from other Inner Wheel clubs along with special guests Mike Hall, Ulverston Rotary Club president, Margaret McIntyre, first vice district chairman of District 19 and Maureen McArthur, chairman of the Ulverston Tangent Club.

Everyone received a red rose and a copy of the poem The Red Rose of Friendship which had been written by the International Inner Wheel President, Britt Fjellander for the 1982 convention held in Paris. The guest speaker was Annie Mawson of the Sunbeams Music Trust.