Clacton Arts & Literary Society

The second presentation at the Arts and Literary Society was an illustrated lecture by Hallam Murray entitled “Which Home is it Tonight”. Hallam has appeared at Society meetings in the past and was warmly welcomed back.   The subject of his lecture was the adventures with his wife and son, Quin, aged 3, when they cycled around the island of Mauritius.   He gave a potted history of the island which had been colonised by the Dutch, the French and eventually, the British, who ruled it for 150 years giving it independence in 1968.   Members were given an amazing soundtrack of life in Port Lewis at 4 am when the mullahs from the five nearby mosques began their calls, together with the clashing of pots and pans.  This resulted in Quin asking when were they going home?  Instead, the family climbed onto their bicycles and began their journey around the island after getting permission to take Quin on the bicycle with them.

The resultant show of slides and anecdotes made for a very interesting evening indeed.   Some slides were accompanied by a soundtrack of the noises of the birds and animals and at Christmas of the carol singing by village children, still interspersed with the mullahs calling!

The evening was sponsored by Fred Olsen Travel, Worldwide Holiday/Cruise Specialists of Colchester
                                                            Audrey Owens
                                                             Press Officer