Today’s speaker was our chairman, Graham Smith, who talked to us about the Covid pandemic, and its affect on our generation’s life.
He began by saying how lucky we are not to have been too personally involved in world wars or pandemics until now. We were all told by Boris Johnston that it would all be over by Christmas – have we heard that one before?
He likened the news being told to us as like the management of a large company wanting to bring in changes, but not wanting the changes to be noticed. To do this he used the “eat an elephant” analogy; rather than offer the elephant as a whole, feed it in spoonful’s; it doesn’t happen as quickly, but it happens, nevertheless.
There were/are negative and positive sides to the pandemic:-
Who would have thought we would all be wearing masks and having two jabs; having to self-isolate, away from other humans; children unable to go to school; people working from home; the government paying workers not to go to work.
On the other hand, how lucky we are in Meltham, to be able to go for long walks in beautiful countryside, unlike those unfortunate to be living in towns and cities in multi-storied dwellings. We also learned how to make contactless payments, came to enjoy take-away meals, to say nothing of the money which we saved. When will we get to spend it again?
But now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, with things gradually getting back to normal; even Probus has been able to restart!
Peter Murgatroyd spoke about a project being carried out on the graveyard at Meltham Church.
Graham even had to propose a vote of thanks