First of all, thank you Sir for <br />being our Speaker tonight. <br />We have listened with pleasure <br />and delight. This is most unusual <br />you see ~ seldom do we have <br />the opportunity to hear all about <br />The Prison Service, especially <br />a prison of top security. Your <br />talk has been most interesting, <br />coinciding well with current <br />events of the summer spell... <br />bad reports have sifted through <br />about Durham Jail, it is true! <br />I once drove up the long road, <br />surveyed the prison from very <br />close view...a gloomy picture <br />even tho' the sky was blue. <br />We urgently need more up-to-date <br />buildings AND more efficient people, <br />such as yourself, to adminster them. <br />Thank you so much for your very <br />special and interesting talk. <br /> <br />So now, dear Ladies of the Bernard <br />Gilpin Group of Women's Institutes <br />please stand and show your appreciation <br />to our Speaker of the evening.<br /><br />Joyce Hemsley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/brief-vote-of-thanks-from-years-ago/
