press releases
Erimus Learns of Life Before Darwin
As life returns to normal members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary returned to their usual meeting place at Brass Castle and were treated to an insight into the life of HMS Beagle and her crew before the arrival of Charles Darwin and his developing theories on...
Joint Meeting
26 members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary and Cleveland Rotary had a joint meeting by Zoom on Tuesday 29 March. Jackie Young, leader of Middlesbrough Community Champions presented about the work of the group, Jackie Young first started Middlesbrough Community...
Beirut Comes to the Boro
On Tuesday March 22nd Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary received a Zoom visit from Beirut. Two members of Beirut Cosmopolitan Rotary club Habib Saha and Diana Cotran joined the group and Habib held all of the members in thrall for over forty five minutes as he delivered a...
Spring on Tees
On Tuesday 15th March members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary visited what might now be called 'Spring on Tees'. An area behind Teesaurus Park, previously rather neglected and unloved has been significantly improved thanks to the efforts of Middlesbrough's three...
Another 100 Centenary Trees
On Saturday March 12th, members of Middlesbrough's two remaining Rotary clubs were joined by a group of 'Boro Community Champions' At Hills Nursery on Station Road outside Stokesley. The team were shown by nursery owner David Hill how to manufacture reusable 'Air...
It took just a simple email from a friend, and the money keeps Ukraining in!
Three days into the horrific invasion of Ukraine a member of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary Club received a message from our ‘Twinned Rotary club friends’ at Inowroclaw Poland, for some years we have met and shared time at each other's homes together with our other 'Twin...
Erimus with Smiles
On Tuesday February 22nd members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary took their accustomed zoom seats to take in a presentation from the town’s Deputy Mayor Mieka Smiles. With a Middlesbrough born mum, Mieka was born and spent her first eight years in Australia before the...
It shouldn’t happen to a vet? It did to this one!
On Tuesday February 15th Middlesbrough Erimus members were zoomed face to face with Lewis Grant a former vet and born raconteur who regaled members with tales of his early career. Qualifying at Edinburgh included live animal anatomy lessons from a veterinary professor...
Erimus Zooms to France
On Tuesday February 1st members of Middlesbrough Erimus received an environmental awareness raising session from France as Rotary member Paul Keeley spoke to the group from his home in Quillan in L'Aude. As someone who spent much of his teaching career in Africa Paul...
Tees Trees-Rotary turns the riverside ‘Fifty Shades of Greens’
Last week was the culmination of several months of preparation as over fifty sturdy young trees were planted alongside the river Tees by members of the three Middlesbrough Rotary clubs in a long-standing celebration of their eldest member's Centenary. The process was...
Erimus zooms into robotics
On Tuesday 25th January members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary welcomed David Chadwick, Consultant Urological Surgeon at South Tees NHS FT, with a cheque for over fifteen hundred pounds toward the hospital's Cutting Edge Fund. In response the group were given a...
Erimus members muster on Zoom for Whitby sailors
On Tuesday January 4th members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary gathered for their first zoom of the year. David Milner, a friend of many of its members presented the fascinating story of Whitby's rediscovered Muster Rolls. David was part of a group of volunteers...
