{"id":357,"date":"2014-11-23T20:55:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T19:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/?p=357"},"modified":"2014-11-23T20:55:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T19:55:42","slug":"a-special-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/2014\/11\/23\/a-special-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"A Special Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-358\" alt=\"Yvonne 1\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-1-248x300.jpg\" width=\"139\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-1.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/a>Members and friends gathered at the Pinewood in Handforth on Sunday 16th\u00a0November to help\u00a0Honorary member, Yvonne Mullen, celebrate a very special birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Proceedings opened with guests singing \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 as the cake was brought in for Yvonne to\u00a0cut. President Stella welcomed everyone and then a delicious lunch was served.<\/p>\n<p>Our club\u2019s other Honorary Member, Kathleen Beavis, made a short speech after lunch recalling the\u00a0many years of friendship she has shared with Yvonne and guests raised a glass of champagne for the\u00a0birthday toast.<\/p>\n<p>Immediate Past President Susan presented Yvonne with a Soroptimist rose to plant in her garden to\u00a0mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-359\" alt=\"Yvonne 5\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-5-300x225.jpg\" width=\"146\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-5.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-360\" alt=\"Yvonne 7\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-7-300x229.jpg\" width=\"146\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-7-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-7.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-361\" alt=\"Yvonne 8\" src=\"\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-8-300x222.jpg\" width=\"146\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-8-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/manchester\/files\/2014\/11\/Yvonne-8.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members and friends gathered at the Pinewood in Handforth on Sunday 16th\u00a0November to help\u00a0Honorary member,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,44],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-friendship","tag-honorary-member"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Special Birthday | News | Blog | Events | SI Manchester<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Manchester : Blog &amp; News : A Special Birthday : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Manchester . 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