ROTARIAN Brian Lawson has been honoured for his 33-year service to the Rotary Club of Leigh.

Mr Lawson has been awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship -- the highest award in the Rotary movement named after the man who founded Rotary in 1904.

He was club president in 1977-8 and for 10 years was a magistrate on the Leigh Bench. He has been a warden of Leigh St Paul's Church for 35 years.