On Saturday the 7th December 2019, in association with the Billericay Tree Wardens, a “Grove of Elms” comprising of six trees grown on from stock that are highly Dutch Elm Disease resistant, was planted along with the installation of a bench to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Lions Club of Billericay. This was an…
Mayflower Morris Men joined us tonight at our monthly fellowship meeting. Firstly demonstrating regional dances followed by a valiant attempting to teach Lions and guests.
Matt Everard a local Billericay businessman gave a detailed and well illustrated talk on how and why he came to acquire and completely rebuild an old Tuk Tuk. In 2017 Matt bought the three-wheeled 1971 Bangkok taxi on eBay from a seller in Bolton as a fun ride around town. Having spent £20,000 making improvements…
The Billericay Fireworks display is organised by the Billericay Round Table each November in Lake Meadows. Billericay Lions have been pleased to help Round Table in putting on their wonderful Fireworks event each year. Lion volunteers help in any way required and are strong supporters of all the town’s Service Clubs working together for the…
Brian Carline, our speaker in October, is a former Head Teacher with forty years experience in the profession. In his early days of teaching it turns out he was originally half of a double act called Mr Carline and Mr Walling in the world of stand-up comedy, and was good enough to go onto to…
Between Friday 18th to Sunday 20th October 2019, 9 Lions and some of their better halves met up with our old friends from our twin club in Voreifel near Cologne in Germany for another twinning weekend in Ghent. The weekend started by catching the ferry from Dover to Calais and then driving to Ghent (however,…
David Williams who is a Blue Badge Guide came and spoke to us about the subject of ‘Crime & Punishment, Story of Smithfield’. David started by giving a brief synopsis of his career so far, he currently speaks but also gives guided walks through the cities of London and Westminster. He then went on to…
Billericay Lions held their annual senior citizens concert at Emmanuel Church, Billericay 21st September 2019. The audience was entertained by three high quality acts: Paul FowlerA Kent based young professional Magician/ Mind Reader/Hypnotist and a Member of the Magic Circle. Audience feedback was very positive. A number of the audience were in tears during the…
One of our members organises an annual quiz walk at a different location each year. These walks have become a very popular social event for the members and they are always well supported. This year’s walk on 15 Sept 2019 was around the Lawford, Manningtree and Mistley area of the Tendring district of north east…
As part of the celebrations of 40 years of Billericay Lions we had a quiz about events since the founding of the club and 10, 20, 30 and 40 year anniversaries. The quiz was contested by ten teams with the eventual winners just three points ahead in the final reckoning We held this event at…
