Dumfries Lions Club
Chartered: 1982
Club Officers 2007 - 2008
President: Lion Sheila Farries Secretary: PDG Lion Bill Walker
We meet 2nd Monday at 7.30pm in Station Hotel, Lovers Walk DUMFRIES
Twin Club: Cividale Del Friuli, Italy
Dumfries Lions Club was formed 25 years ago on St Andrews day, Nov 30th 1981, and since then the club has achieved much by serving the community of Dumfries in many ways and by raising funds for local charities and other good causes.
To celebrate our 25th year, the club carried out a number of high profile events among which included hosting the 105NE District Convention, organising a ceilidh to benefit local charities, erecting a bus shelter at the Infirmary, erecting two benches in Dock Park and participating in the Dumfries Guid Nychburris (Good Neighbours) pageant parade.
Dumfries is the largest town in SW Scotland with 30,000 inhabitants and it is also known as Queen of the South because of its favourable situation astride the river Nith, a few miles inland from the Solway Firth. The town was once a thriving medieval sea port and the burgh is steeped in history, one of its most famous inhabitants being Robert Burns the national bard who lived, worked and died in the town aged 37 in 1796.
The town is the gateway to Dumfriesshire and Galloway whose landscape never fails to stun visitors. The area is a microcosm of the rest of Scotland with mountains, lochs, rivers and rolling uplands. Whether you are a walker, a fisherman, a golfer, a water sportsman or simply a tourist who just likes to visit historical sites, museums and gardens, then Dumfries is the place to come and stay.
Whatever your walk of life, Dumfries situated 35 miles from Carlisle and 80 miles from Edinburgh, is easily accessible by road and rail and can offer the visitor a variety of interests with many things to do and see both in the town and in the surrounding countryside.
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Page last updated: 4th Jul 2007
