A?NUMBER of events were held in the Post area on Wednesday, January 25, to celebrate Burns Night.

The event celebrates the life and works of the Scottish bard, Robert Burns.

Events can range from an informal gathering to huge formal dinners, but they usually include The Selkirk Grace — ‘Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit’.

The haggis is piped in to the room, and a rendition of To a Haggis by Robert Burns is read, before a toast is made and the fare is enjoyed.

Burns Night is a popular event in the Trethorne Golf Club diary, which is always well supported.

This year was no different, with the celebrations being held on?Saturday, January 28.

An added bonus meant that donations given by customers during the celebrations were handed over to piper Colin Carvel for the Launceston Memory Cafe by Trethorne manager, Chris Brewer. Colin is one of the founding members of the cafe.

Everyone who attended were served a Scottish-themed three course dinner.

As well as the toasts, poems were read by the ‘lads and lassies.’

Launceston Day Centre staff and members also celebrated Burns Night with a traditional haggis lunch at their headquarters at Newport Indistrial Centre.

The haggis was played in by piper Colin Carvel, carried by staff member Kay Cheeseworth and the ceremony was taken by Andy Luxley and Sarah Coleman.