Cotmania. Vol. IV. 1929-30

Toast List
Norwich Conference Banquet June 20. 1930

"His Majesty the King"

Proposed by the President

"Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the other Members of the Royal Family"

Proposed by the President

"The City of Norwich"
Proposed by Mr Sydney D. Kitson, M.A. CANTAB., F.S.A., Hon. Sec. R.I.B.A.
Responded to by The Rt. Worshipful The Lord Mayor of Norwich and The Worshipful The Sheriff of Norwich

"The Royal Institute of British Architects and the Allied Societies"
Proposed by The Very Rev. The Dean of Norwich
Responded to by The President and
Mr Stanley J Wearing, F.R.I.B.A., President, Norfolk and Norwich Association of Architects

"Our Guests"
Proposed by Mr Edward T. Boardman, F.R.I.B.A.
Responded to by The High Sheriff of Norfolk

Mr Kitson made a really magnificent opening. I have seldom listened to so good a speech. Scholarly and yet light, skilfully alternating the serious with the witty, it benefited still further from a most attractive delivery.
Architects Journal, June 25 1930.

After the day's sightseeing, the climax of the Conference - the banquet. The setting of the banquet was magnificently architectural in the nave of the church of the "Preaching Friars." Round the walls were fine paintings of famous men of Norwich, the surroundings were satisfying and the speeches were excellent. Mr Kitson's speech, especially, was full of wit and scholarly wisdom.
John D. Clarke, in R.I.B.A. Journal - 12.7.30