Press club turns comedy club before awarding lifetime honour to top duo

Birmingham Hippodrome panto star Matt Slack and comedians Andy Robinson and Jay Handley provided the laughter at a lunch organised by Birmingham Press Club. More than 100 guests attended the event at the Loft Lounge, Birmingham. Broadcaster and sports journalist Tom Ross and Press Club vice-chairman Fred Bromwich were installed as honorary life members, each receiving the traditional gift of an engraved bugle from club chairman Llewela Bailey and president Bob Warman. A raffle raised funds for the Journalists’ Charity.

Pictures: Ian Tennant

Captions:

1 Tom Ross, Llewela Bailey, Fred Bromwich, Bob Warman

2 Dianne Hall, Alan Carruthers, Carla Scaroni

3 Beryl Williams, John James, Jo Jeffries, Derek Inman

4 Chris Mowbray, Chris Mair, Adrian Kibbler

5 Kevin Pashby, Llewela Bailey, Andy Robinson, Jay Handley

6 Steve Swingler, Keith Perry, Gary James, Eileen Murphy, Mark Langford

7 Rachael Taplin, Rachel Eade, Paul Cadman, Beverley Nielsen, Bryan Manley-Green

8 Sonya Bell, Fred Bromwich, Elizabeth Laidler

9 John Lamb, Llewela Bailey, Dan Harrison