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Snapshots of a week to remember

Last week, members and supporters of the Victorian Society threw a series of extraordinary parties in unsual locations to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the charity which has fought to save some of the nation's best Victorian and Edwardian buildings for future generations.

Here are some of the highlights...

Guests at the Albert Memorial pose for the cameras

Victorian Society staff and volunteers eat a three course meal at the Albert Memorial
The cake
A toast to the Victorian Society

Dr Colin Cunningham, Chairman of the Victorian Society, leads a toast at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Guests at the Artists' Club in Liverpool
Graham Fisher, Chair of the Liverpool Group, addresses the gathering at the Artists' Club

The Lord Mayor of Manchester attends the Victorian Society's anniversary dinner at Gorton Monastery
300 guests dine in the splendour of Gorton Monastery
Manchester Youth String Orchestra entertains the diners

Guests dine in the Booking Hall of Douglas Railway station on the Isle of Man
Isle of Man Victorian Society Chairman, Brian O'Hanlon, proposes a toast
Florrie Forde entertains the audience in Douglas Railway Station

A selection of traditional puddings round off the meal on the Isle of Man in style
Crowds follow a piper to the threatened Thomas Cook Hotel in Leicester
John Cook dressed as his relation, Thomas Cook