Lanarkshire Burns club brings 2022 to close with fascinating presentation

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The Kilbryde Burns Club brought 2022 to a close in the pavilion of the Village Bowling Club by welcoming guest speaker Alan D Beck.He is current president of the Robert Burns World Federation (RBWF).As this meeting was held after St Andrew’s Day, Kilbryde president Ian Ross delivered a short Toast to Scotland referencing Burns’ great poem, A Cotter’s Saturday Night.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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