Susan Lee she has dedicated her life to a charity in Kolkata (formerly called Calcutta).

Our 90th Celebration lunch at Caistor Country Club really lived up to expectations - the room, the food, the company, the flowers and the weather all proved perfect and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

We had a wonderful speaker this week in Susan Lee, a retired midwife at the N & N. For the past 7 years, she has dedicated her life to a charity in Kolkata (formerly called Calcutta).

She works with 7 other volunteers and about 146 Indian staff with an Irish doctor, Dr Jack Preger, in the slums there and with very limited resources they run 4 clinics (including a leprosy clinic) and 2 informal schools. At Tala Park where she works they treat between 100-120 patients a day. The slides showed the terrible conditions these people live in but they would share their last drink with you. 98% of the patients are illiterate so they have an ingenious way with drawings on the envelopes of how and when to take their prescribed drugs. We were all enthralled and humbled listening to her.

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 14 July when Lynn Barrow will be giving us a talk on Victorian Tussie Mussies (nosegays) - should be good - why not come and see us at the Community Centre at 7.30pm. Our President, Pam Cooper, Tel 01508 491674 will be happy to speak to you.

www.calcuttarescue.org.uk/Calcutta_Rescue. Susan Lee has written several articles of interest on the above web site

Shirley Shackshaft