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Valentine’s Day ideas

When Harry Met Sally (15) - 12th February, 7:30pm

Cinema Nights at Leith Theatre Thomas Morton Hall, 28-30 Ferry Road, EH6 4AE

A special Valentine's screening of Rob Reiner's 30-year-old classic that never grows old!

It's 1977. Recent graduates Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) spend an 18-hour car journey together to NYC and talk turns to whether men and women can ever really just be friends - a question that is at the heart of the film as we follow their highs and lows over the next decade.

Buy some warm apple pie (a la mode with the ice cream on the side and strawberry instead of vanilla if we have it but if not no ice cream and whipped cream instead but only if it's real cream and not out of a can then nothing). (NB If the above makes no sense to you then we can tell you need to come and watch the film.)

The Holocaust was recognised in a ceremony at the City Chambers in Edinburgh, the first one to be held in the capital. Wreaths were laid at the National War Memorial to mark the liberation of Auschwitz and the 25th anniversary of the Bosnian Genocide in which 8,372 lives were lost.

The Rt Hon Lord Provost Frank Ross made a short speech during which he said : "Well, welcome to this historic commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau

Tickets £5 and are available on the door and online. Doors and cash bar open at 6.30pm. Screening starts at 7.30pm and will be subtitled. There will be one intermission. https://harrysally. brownpapertickets.com

Alternative Valentine's party at

The Edinburgh Grand. Celebrate friendship with your besties at our alternative Valentine’s event in the stunning elegance of The Register Club, Edinburgh, with cocktails, laughter and the best cabaret acts in town. The Edinburgh Grand hosts the inaugural Grand PALentine's Party, on Thursday 13 February 2020 £35 per person, with a complimentary cocktail too.

This Valentine’s Day show the love to the North Leith Samba Band Pulse of the Place who are going to the New York City Tartan Day Parade with the World Fair

on the 27th of January 1945. "It's estimated that a minimum of 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945. And of these at least 1.1 million were murdered. The atrocities experienced by prisoners and civilians alike were unspeakable at the time and continue to be so.”

The Lord Provost was joined by Minister for Community Safety Ash Denham MSP, Scottish Government Minister for Community Safety,Janine Webber,

Trade Tartan Clan in April.

As part of their fundraising drive they are holding a Curry & Ceilidh night on 14 February 2020 at Redford Barracks with celebrity Chef Tony Singh MBE, Major Del Hamilton Personnel Recovery Centre Edinburgh and host Gail Porter. This is sure to be a hot ticket!

Tania Pramschufer of Hand Up Events said: “We are just over the moon with the support we have been given by Major Del Hamilton and his Personal Recovery Centre team alongside Tony and Gail. "It is a real honour to hold this fun event in the exclusive Redford Barracks Garrison Sergeants’ Mess and join efforts in support of Pulse of the Place and ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. "Both charities, even though different in nature, have got positive impact and outlook, that we want to draw attention to and raise funds for!

“Pulse of the Place have participated in events organised by Hand Up Events and performed in the Scottish Parliament and at a number of concerts and events including the World Fair Trade Fiesta 2017; fashionABLE fashion shows; World Fair Trade Day 2019 at the Usher Hall alongside our very own Gail Porter and now aim to represent Scotland at the Tartan

Holocaust Memorial Day 2020

Day Parade 2020.”

holocaust survivor, Consul General of Russia, Andrey Yakovlev, Rabbi David Rose of Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation, Rabbi Pinny Weinman of Chabad Edinburgh and Rabbi Mark Solomon of Sukkat Shalom. Hasan Hasanovi from Interfaith Scotland represented survivors of the Bosnian genocide. Adrian Harris represented the Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre and Jewish students from Edinburgh University also joined the gathering and laid wreaths at the National War Memorial.

From next month...

We are excited to tell you that from March our recipe feature will be produced by Barry Bryson of Cater Edinburgh.

Barry has cooked in some fabulous places and for some fabulous people and now he will be making seasonal suggestions for you each month from his kitchen in Leith. You may have seen Barry at the Gardening Scotland Show or in Nigel Slater’s autobiographical play Toast when it was on at the Traverse in 2018. It will be a treat to have him write for us.

Rotary news

Rotary news from Currie Balerno

December is always a busy month for our club.

Christmas starts every year for us with the lighting up of the Rotary Tree of Life at the Balerno Parish Church. This took place on 1 December. The Tree of Life provides the opportunity at this time of the year for people to highlight events important to them or to remember loved ones by sponsoring lights on the tree. They are invited to submit their messages to the Rotary Club to be recorded at the Balerno Parish Church and also on the Club web-site; and they are asked with each message to make a contribution to selected charities. This year local people

gave £1200. We then moved on later in December to the Gyle Shopping Centre. This year we had three fund raising activities at the Gyle – our traditional bucket collection over the week-end of 13-15 December, bag packing at M&S on 22 December and our gift wrapping from 12 to 24 December. And here are just three of our gift wrapping team – from left to right Rotarians Andy Howard, Lindsay Craig and Mike Latimer. Donations at the Gyle brought our total, including the Tree of Life, to some £9000. All the money we receive goes to charities and good causes locally and internationally. We offer our heartfelt thanks to all those who donated and our best wishes to everyone for 2020. If you want to know more about the Currie Balerno Rotary Club, go to our website at www.cbrotary.org or contact Mike Rowe on 449 5701