Our speaker, Peter Duncalfe, is from the Nantwich Veterinary Group. Peter's area of expertise is cattle and his illustrated talk covered all aspects of cattle care, including the factors which encourage higher milk yield. His talk gave an interesting look at the way the role of a farm vet has changed. Whilst the job is still focused on the care of sick animals, it has evolved in to working more with the farmers and other professionals to proactively manage, maintain and improve their herds. The talk was very well received and generated a great deal of questions at the end.

Dave McCall writes fiction books under the pen name David Ebsworth. He tells stories from history that he wishes somebody else had already written but which seem to have been overlooked - until now! A Betrayal of Heroes takes us on a roller-coaster ride from 1939 to 1945 with the Spanish Republican heroes who fought for Free France. But its also the story of Jewish communities in Morocco and Algeria during those same years. Some of the author's favourite chapters are those set among the Jewish and Spanish communities in Casablanca, or those set in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, where the Spanish soldiers of La Nueve were quartered before being despatched to Normandy.