WI BIRTHDAY: The Cleveland Accordionaires provided lively entertainment at Worsall WI's 80th birthday party, held in Worsall Village Hall.

The event was compered by Arthur Metcalfe and led by veteran accordionist, Les Kerridge. The WI has enjoyed 80 unbroken years of social activities, first meeting in the Old School Room in 1922, before transferring to its present base in 1964. President Elizabeth Evans and vice-president Dorothy Blackett introduced the evening, while the birthday cake was cut by longest-serving member Ivy Bainbridge, who joined the WI in 1933. The accordion group moved on to Hardwick Community Centre in Stockton, where chairman Barbara Mazzey recalled that the social club had been meeting every week at the centre since opening 37 years ago.

* Contact the Accordionaires' bookings secretary on (01642) 590781 for details.

MEN'S GROUP: Cleveland Retired Men's Association meet at the Regency Hotel in Coatham, Road, Redcar, every Wednesday at 10.30am. Last week, they had two contrasting speakers. Steve Burns, a member of the Redcar Amateur Operatic Society for more than 30 years, gave an excellent off- the-cuff talk, A Year in the Life of an Operatic Society, while former soldier Ben Gunn, from Guisborough, returned to give a meticulously researched and documented presentation, the Malayan Campaign.

Melody Makers: Redcar's Melody Makers provided an afternoon of nostalgia for members of Marton Friendship Club, at the United Reform Church Hall, Marton. The group gave a special mention to Amy Shawcross, celebrating her 79th birthday with friends at the centre. The group also helped raise £100 when entertaining guests at the Redcar Ladies Lifeboat Guild social afternoon, held in the United Reformed Church Hall, Redcar.

FINE VOICE: Redcar Male Voice Choir, under the direction of Margaret Fick and accompanied by pianist Jean Weir, gave a varied programme at Birkdale Community Centre Senior Citizen's Club in Eston.

* For choir bookings, contact the Secretary on (01642) 474582.