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Welcome to Harpenden Round Table!
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Louis Marchesi
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About Harpenden Round Table
Harpenden Round Table is an organisation for men aged between 18 and 45 principally to have fun with a group of friends while helping the local community. No funny handshakes are involved and any man of the right age is very welcome to come along to our meetings. We currently have 30+ members and are one of the largest Tables in the country. We meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month, with a varied program of activities and social events for the year.
Round Table History
The first Round Table was formed in Norwich in 1927. The founder, Louis Marchesi, a young member of Norwich Rotary Club, felt there was a need for a club where the young business men of the town could gather on a regular basis. At their meetings they could exchange ideas, learn from the experiences of their colleagues and play a collective part in the civic life of the town. It was originally open to men of 18-40 (the upper limit was increased a few years ago to 45) and has proved enormously successful. From the small beginnings of that one club in Norwich in the 1920s, there are now more than 1,000 clubs in this country and thousands more throughout the World.
Round Table owes nothing to Arthurian Legend, deriving both its title and its motto from a speech made to the British Industries Fair in 1927 by the then Prince of Wales - 'The young business and professional men of this country must get together ROUND THE TABLE, ADOPT methods that have proved so sound in the past, ADAPT them to the changing needs of the times and wherever possible, IMPROVE them'. |
