Teignmouth Probus Club was founded in 1971 one of the very early clubs,  and the following record was presented at the 40th Anniversary in 2011…

Thanks go to Past Chairman, Paul Fluck and Rick Purnell Club Secretary who burned the midnight oil studying our minutes and reports over the last four decades before writing this informative history.                                                           

TEIGNMOUTH PROBUS – The First 40 years

TEIGNMOUTH was among the first Probus clubs to be formed in the South West. Brian Hoy, a member of Herne Bay Probus Club, has drawn up a list of the first 202 clubs to be set up in the movement’s initial 10 years.

Teignmouth (November 1971) comes in at No 84 and was a forerunner of clubs in Devon and Cornwall.

Welwyn Garden City (June 1965) claims to be the initial club in the UK, according to Brian’s list.

In Devon, Brixham (1967) appears at No 4 followed by Torquay (No 38) in April 1970. Dawlish (No 71) got going in April 1971, seven months before Teignmouth, followed by Paignton (No 74) in June 1971 and Bishopsteignton also in 1971.

Scores of Probus clubs were set up later in the 1970s, including Seaton (No 174) in 1974 and Okehampton (No 192) in 1975.

TEIGNMOUTH Probus Club was formed on November 10, 1971 - and is still going strong, 40 years later.

It meets in the same premises - the Richard Newton Hall - run by the New Road Area Community Association, where the first meeting was held all those years ago.

One man who clearly remembers the inaugural meeting is Philip Gourd, a member of the well-known Bishopsteignton family who ran a fleet of removal lorries, coaches and buses, who was President of Teignmouth Rotary Club.

Philip, who reached the age of 90 in 2010, recalled that he helped form first the Bishopsteignton Probus Club and then the Teignmouth Probus Club.

He said: “The edict came down from Rotary - start a Probus club,” he said. “Then came the instruction: it was to be a non-charitable, non-political organisation for retired business and professional men. “The objective was to enable members to re-charge their batteries, to have enjoyment and to continue their social life. “The idea was to meet for coffee and to have a speaker of interest. These are still the main pillars of a Probus club today.”

Teignmouth Probus Club was formed after an article appeared in the Teignmouth News asking people to get in touch if they were interested. and a meeting was organised at the Richard Newton Hall. The article was headlined “Probus comes to Teignmouth and it read: “The idea of having a club is to fill a need for having a get-together of retired professional and businessmen at fairly regular intervals, thus improving the ’togetherness’ of the community. “It is not an organisation for raising charity monies. It is a social gathering for the pleasure of participants. “The reason for this simple but main rule is that many Probus members are already committed, ’retired’ though they may be with other organisations which are charitable and Probus offers a welcome break and relaxation.”

Philip was Chairman of Bishopsteignton Probus Club earlier this year, the club’s 40th anniversary year, bringing the clock full circle from when he started the club. Now he is the club’s life president. Coincidentally, his nephew, Patrick Gourd, was Chairman of Teignmouth Probus Club in 2010.

The minutes of the first meeting of Teignmouth Probus Club still exist. They show that it was addressed by Philip Doel, then chairman of Teignmouth District Council.

It was decided to hold meetings on the first and third Wednesday in each month - nothing has changed!

But the annual subscription and attendance fees have gone up. In 1971, the subscription was 25p a year. Now, it is £20. Forty years ago, members who attended meetings paid 10p towards the cost of renting the hall and 2p for coffee and biscuits. Now, in 2011, it is £1 per meeting!

Three weeks later, another article appeared in the Teignmouth News reporting on the success of the meeting.

“After question time, it was agreed to start a Probus club for Teignmouth and the 22 present signed as founder members.

The officers elected were Ronald Fradd, chairman; Les Donohue, vice chairman;  Basil Price, secretary; William Rudd, treasurer; Ed Anstee, speaker finder, and  WH Minshall, assistant secretary.

One aspect of the club’s initial constitution is worth mentioning. It said: “In order that as wide a field as possible be covered, no more than three committee members should reside at the same address or establishment.”

The second inaugural meeting was held a week later when Philip Gourd presided. Mr Fradd introduced the speaker, Mr W Cheshire of Cheshire Galleries, Torquay, who gave an address on “furniture through the ages” - typical of many interesting talks which followed.

There is only one sentence in the minutes to record a talk by Lt Com Robertson RN who had been assigned to British Intelligence during the Second World War. Perhaps he told of secrets which could not be recorded in print!

Talks followed by Sgt Cole of Devon and Cornwall Police, Mr Park, secretary of the Brixham Lifeboat Association and Mr Andrews of British Rail.

Speaker finder Mr Anstee was warmly thanked for finding such good speakers.

Within a few months, the club was so buoyant that it was decided to open a deposit account with the Devon and Exeter Savings Bank.

A review at the first quarterly committee meeting of how things were going showed that the attendance had been consistent at 80 per cent.

A topical talk by Mr Jebson was about the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s coffin, coinciding with the Tutankhamen exhibition in London. Later, he returned to talk about the Dart Valley Railway.

The first woman to address the club was Mrs Marguerite Osborne, whose subject was Transcendental Meditation.

1972

In September 1972 came news that a speaker finder forum had been formed with the first meeting being held at Torquay.

By October 1972 the number of members had grown to 49, so someone must have been doing something right!

News of a BBC Any Questions being held at the Richard Newton Hall on December 29 was given at the club’s last meeting of 1972 - almost exactly 39 years before the programme returned to Teignmouth in 2011.

Although Mr Fradd was elected chairman at the club’s first meeting, when the first AGM was held in March 1973, he was invested with a ribbon and badge as President, presented by Mr T Hockin, President of Teignmouth Rotary Club. The previous vice chairman, Les Donoghue, took over as chairman. A few months later it was decided to discontinue the office of president.

Later, Mr Griffiths gave four talks on Devon’s fauna and flora.

That autumn, a luncheon was held at an hotel in Babbacombe, by the Probus clubs in the area.

1974

A meeting early in 1974 heard from Mr Rooke about his 40 years in the Civil Service, rising from office boy to Mayoral Clerk with the Torquay Corporation.

The club’s 1974 AGM agreed that the club’s vice chairman should automatically become chairman the following year. Then Mr Donoghue installed Mr H Joyce as chairman.

At the next meeting, Mr Joyce was presented with an insignia of office by Mr Fradd, the club’s first chairman.

Several speakers cried off at the last minute in 1974. On one occasion,

Capt Robertson RN stepped into the breach and gave a talk on convoy protection during the Second World War. 

The club held its first open meeting on December 15, 1974, attended by 25 members and their wives. The minutes of the occasion said “refreshments were partaken of and a festive spirit prevailed”.

Hedley Robinson was installed as chairman, succeeding Mr H Joyce, at the annual meeting in January 1975 when the annual fee was increased to 50p, to help pay for speakers’ costs.

At a meeting on January 21, 1976, the chairman, Hedley Robinson, reported that a fraternal visit with Dawlish Probus Club was to be held to debate “the decline of morals.”

Apparently, the event was most successful and a return debate was arranged for June. This time the subject was “that despite the advances of science, people today are not so happy as they were 50 years or so ago”.

The debate was attended by 24 members and eight members of Dawlish. The motion was opposed by Mr M Fox for Teignmouth, seconded by Mr B Price, and was defeated 15-12.

Also in June, when a speaker failed to turn up, last-minute arrangements were made for Mr Don Lister from Dawlish to talk about his escape from Cotditz. This turned out to be “one of the most enthralling stories that the club has ever heard”, holding everyone’s attention for one hour and 40 minutes!

1976

In July 1976, a dinner at Venn Farm was attended by 16 members and wives and was pronounced very successful.

Later that year, concern was expressed about falling membership and it was decided to take out an advertisement in the Teignmouth Post.

A meeting in October 1976 discussed the question “Can mankind survive the 20th century”, led by the chairman Cyril Pinney.

He covered two main threats - the complete devastation of the civilised centres of the world through atomic war and the failure of food supplies to keep pace with the expanding world population. Members challenged the predictions experts had made and generally took a more optimistic line. Although members agreed that mankind did have serious problems to face, having knowledge of the problems would enable solutions to be found.

Cyril led a similar debate a few weeks later at Dawlish Probus Club, where similar opinions were expressed.

1977

Basil Price took over  as chairman from Mr Pinney in February 1977.

An interesting talk was given in January that year by Squadron Leader RH Brain about airships. He detailed his experiences in flying airships with and American squadron guarding the entrance   to the Straits of Gibraltar.

A record number of 46 members - and two visitors from Dawlish Probus Club - turned out for a meeting in February 1978 when Lt Col K le Cheminant gave one of seven talks on international affairs.

1979

The first meeting scheduled for 1979, on January 3, was cancelled due to the weather. The attendance register recorded that there were “gale force winds, deep snow drifts and ice-bound roads.”

The 1979 AGM agreed to increase the annual subscription from 50p to £1 because of the increase in speakers’ charges and higher transport costs.

In March that year the club heard the extraordinary story about a discovery off the Teignmouth beach. Teacher Mr P Burton described how his youngest son who had been doing some diving came home with the story that he had found a cannon sticking up out of the sand in about 10ft of water just off the beach at low tide. His father treated this with some scepticism, but agreed to have a look with his son the next day.He told the boy to take a file with him, to check whether a cut would reveal the bronze of a cannon or - most likely - a piece of rusty iron pipe. A system of hand signals was arranged and after some considerable time diving, Mr Burton was delighted when his son signalled that it was indeed bronze. Two other guns and timber from a ship were found later. The finds were dated to the reign of Elizabeth 1 at the time of the Armada. The discoveries - which came as a surprise to the people of Teignmouth and historians - became known as the Church Rocks Wreck. It was speculated that it was a Spanish galleon but the evidence points to a Venetian merchant ship. In 1995, the site was Time Team’s first archaeological investigation at sea. They removed large quantities of sand using suction pumps but the wreck revealed little more than a few timbers. One cannon is in Teignmouth Museum, now called the Teign Heritage Centre.

Philip Crouch, the club’s secretary, had some excellent reports published in the Teignmouth Post, which regularly reported Probus club meetings in detail. His handwriting recording the minutes leaves something to be desired, so it is helpful to read cuttings of the articles he contributed to the paper.

One was where Jack Peters - later to become a long-serving treasurer - gave a talk on Rhodesia, where he lived in the 1950s.

1980

In October 1980, 15 members enjoyed a visit to Teignmouth Museum. One wonders what they would have made of the extensions carried out recently.

1981

The 1981 AGM was old that there were 66 members and that the average attendance was 45. During the year, 937 cups of coffee had been served by the ladies’ rota.

In March of that year, the chairman was presented with a gavel - to control meetings - made by Mr L Hunt.

A successful dinner was held at the Cockhaven Hotel, Bishopsteignton, in November 1981 when 52 members and their ladies enjoyed an “excellent” meal.

The committee agreed to recommend that subscriptions should be increased by 20p to cover the cost of a newsletter being produced by the Probus Information Centre.

A resolution by the club at a meeting of Teignmouth Debating Society suggesting that the World Health Organisation should encourage the limitation of families to two children was carried.

Another successful dinner-dance was held at the Cockhaven in November, 1982.

Some 120 people attended a Ladies Day coffee morning just before Christmas 1982 when the bill for food totalled £41.59, including £4.91 for eight boxes of sausage rolls.

1983

In 1983, Probus “won” a Teignmouth Debating Society debate to say that preserving family history was a worthwhile project. Probus A team won the New Road Community Association quiz that year.

Forty tickets were sold for a dinner dance in November 1984 at the Cockhaven Country Club (as it was called then), members travelling by coach. This was followed by a Ladies Day involving a supper and entertainment.

1985

At the 1985 annual meeting, Jack Peters was elected to the committee - after a ballot. At the next meeting he became treasurer after the long-serving Bill Rudd was taken to hospital and asked to retire.

Tributes were paid to Bill, who had been treasurer since the club was formed 14 years previously.

In March 1985, LF Hanslip died suddenly only three weeks after being elected chairman. For the rest of that year, John Starks, who had been vice chairman, presided at meetings as acting chairman.

Later that year, Philip Crouch was taken ill and retired after six years as secretary. Len Bruton was elected in his place.

1986

A meeting in March 1986 was attended by a record 60 on a day when three new members joined. The record was broken again the following month when 61 members attended.

1987

In March 1987 25lb of EEC butter was made available to members on a first come first served basis!

During this time a Ladies Day was held regularly at the beginning of December when members waited on the ladies, particularly the coffee ladies. Entertainment was often organised by Humphrey Stevenson.

Afterwards a detailed cost analysis was drawn up. In 1987, £75 was allocated, but the total cost turned out to be only £65.68, including 72p for three tins of pineapple.

1988

At the 1988 AGM the chairman Jack Peters reported membership during the past year had been about 80 and average attendance about 50. Reg Surridge took over as chairman that year.

The first meeting of 1988 hear that Bill Radd, a founder member who had been treasurer for many years had died.

The entertainment at the Ladies Day in 1988 included Humphrey Stevenson (songs), accompanied by Reg Surridge, the chairman, Ruth (violin), Les Boulding (songs), Beryl Colllins (Devon readings) and S.Holloway (sleight of hand).

1989

The 1989 AGM elected Vic Williams as chairman with Jim Barnes as vice chairman. In September 1989, Len Bruton was succeeded as secretary by Brian Nelson.

1990

The 1990 AGM began with a minute’s silence in memory of two members, Lionel Windle and Harry Miles who had died. The membership fee was increased to £5.

The 1990 officers elected were Jim Barnes chairman, Brian Nelson secretary Jack Peters treasurer and Vic Williams speaker finder.

The meeting planned for April 18 1990 was cancelled because of the noise from a sander being used to resurface the hall floor.

1991

The 1991 AGM heard that there were 67 members  with an average of 44 at meetings.

A member proposed that a microphone should be obtained as some members found it difficult to hear from the back of the hall. The secretary agreed to look into it, but explained that several speakers refused to use a mike.

In September 1991 three members - Reg Surridge, Ken Dunn and Ron Healey - celebrated their golden weddings.

1994

At the 1994 AGM, the chairman George Moynan spoke of a “hiatus” caused by the death of the secretary Brian Nelson and the speaker finder Vic Williams. Doug Turner took over as secretary and Bob Bancroft was elected speaker finder.

The Ladies Day in 1994 was changed to a Ladies Night dinner-dance at the Mount Pleasant, Dawlish Warren, at a cost of £15 including music and coach transport to the inn. This was later adjudged a great success and was repeated in 1995.

Distinguished diplomat Sir Nicholas Parsons gave several topical talks to the club at this time. David Renhard also featured several times in the annual programme talking about “More travels with my camera.”

1996

The venue for the 1996 Ladies Night was switched to the Cockhaven Inn at Bishopsteignton where more room was available. In 1997 there was another change when it was decided to hold the evening event at the Richard Newton Hall.

A function to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Richard Newton Hall was held in February 1996, a year in which the Probus Club marked its 25th anniversary by holding a party at the hall four months later during Bob Bancroft’s term of office as both chairman and speaker finder.

A buffet supper in the Richard Newton Hall the previous month had been most successful. Members agreed that the event should be repeated.

1999

At the 1999 AGM Bob Bancroft was succeeded as speaker finder by Pat Gourd, with Derrick Awcock taking over as secretary.

2000

The January 2000 AGM elected Bob Dack as chairman with Reg Bedborough vice chairman, and treasurer Michael Richards. Jack Peters had been treasurer for the previous 16 years - not bad after taking on the job as a temporary stand-in!

2003

Les Mullen was presented with the past chairman’s jewel when he relinquished office in January 2003, to be succeeded by Paul Fluck.

Alan Garnett was secretary for several years before he moved to In Totnes.

2004

2003 we agreed to host the South Devon Probus Circle lunch at the Livermead House Hotel, Torquay, in February 2004. This entailed a great deal of administrative work, corresponding with other clubs in the lead-up to the event.

Graham Jenkins, welcomed 160 people to the event and everyone agreed that it had been very successful and enjoyable, such that Torquay Probus Club organised the 2005 event, they also chose the Livermead as the venue.

The speaker was Geoff Myers - the managing director of Exeter Airport at a time when the airport was growing fast.

John Hellewell gave an illustrated talk  about a trip he had made on the Rhine. He arranged several trips for the club and also organised the 2004 Christmas dinner-dance. Paul Hart was treasurer for several years before moving to Minehead.

2005

Alistair Tennett was chairman in 2005 and has helped the club by holding a number of posts, including registrar.

It was suggested that a Christmas lunch would be better than a dinner and the event was moved to the Cockhaven that year.

2006

Terry Rogers joined in 2001, elevated to committee 2003 and became chairman in 2006, then in 2008, Secretary for I year. Since 2009, he has been our very successful speaker finder

2007

Commander Peter Edger, OBE, a Falklands and Gulf veteran, was club Chairman in 2007 and had a very successful year.

Norman Clouder, a fighter pilot in the Far East in the second world war, gave the club two talks about his service in India and Burma in 1943-45.

The club lost several distinguished members in 2007 and 2008. Michael Richards, a former treasurer and organiser of the bowls team, died in 2007, aged 73. His widow, Marigold, is one of our regular coffee ladies and is a  member of Teignmouth Ladies Probus Club.

2008

Rick Purnell was chairman in 2008 and has been secretary for several years.

After several years as secretary of the club, Derrick  Awcock became treasurer in 2008, making sure all the members paid their subs!

Geoff Dennison organised several social events at Christmas each year - largely involving members playing dominoes! - until he resigned from the club in October 2008 due to health problems.

In 2008, journalist Clive Angel, our former registrar, who was a member of four Probus clubs in the area, passed away. We also lost our former treasurer, Jack Peters.

2009

Terry Cartwright was an active chairman in 2009 and more recently has been busy drawing pints behind the bar !

2010

Pat Gourd enjoyed several years as speaker finder before becoming chairman in 2010. 

2011

Our current chairman, John Vaughan, has led a recruitment drive which has seen several new members join the club. We still have vacancies for more!

Our thanks go to Don Harrison, CBE Vice-Chairman, for organising the 40th Celebration Luncheon and the Christmas Buffet at the Teign Corinthian Yacht Club in December.

Area Luncheons

Members regularly attended area Probus lunches, where Clive was often MC. The lunches were started in the year 2000 as a new millennium idea and regularly attracts more than 100 people from 19  Probus clubs stretching from Dawlish in the east to Newton Ferrers in the west, including Torquay, Brixham and Paignton.

It was a double first occasion when we hosted the lunch at the Livermead Hotel, Torquay, in 2004, for Graham Jenkins was then our chairman and his wife Jennifer was president of Teignmouth Ladies Probus Club.

In 2006, Kingsbridge Probus Club hosted the Area Luncheon event, which was held at the Thurlestone Hotel.

In 2008, Dartmouth Probus Club hosted the lunch at the Dartmouth Golf and Country Club. The 2010 event - again at the Livermead - also celebrated the 40th birthday of the hosts, Torquay Probus Club.

This year’s lunch, organised by Bishopsteignton Probus Club, was held at the Redcliffe Hotel, Paignton, where several previous lunches were also held.

Life & Honorary  Members

About 2003, it was decided to elect anyone who had reached the age of 90 a life member.

Those who received life membership badges included Alf Burgess - who celebrated his 100th birthday in 2004 when we presented him with a plaque to mark the event. He died aged 103.

Other members elected life members included Norman Daniels, Les Owens, Harvey Stokes, Jack Peters, Reg Lane, Norman Lee, Bill Hearn, Norman Clouder and Douglas Bruce, who died recently. 

The club also agreed to buy jewels for all past chairmen and they were presented to Peter Langston, Reg Surridge, Bill Hearn, Bob Bancroft, Arthur Twiggs, Bob Dack, Reg Bedborough and Patricia Jones, on behalf of her late husband Bill.

We have two honorary members - Jim Barnes and George Moynan, both of whom are former chairmen.

TRIPS

The club has organised a number of successful outings in recent years, generally by coach.

The first outing was probably in 1975. Members were so impressed when they heard a talk about St Loye’s College in Exeter where handicapped people were trained that they decided to visit it.

In June 1982 a party of 43 members and their ladies had an enjoyable day visiting the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.

The following year a party went to the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton - a trip which was repeated about 10 years ago.

Later in 1983 members went “on safari” over Dartmoor. It must have been successful for it was repeated the following year.

A trip to the Plymouth Dockyard was scheduled in 1984, but on the day a phone call was received to say the trip was cancelled. Bob Bancroft did a lot of good work in the 1990s, arranging trips to places like the Western Morning News , apart from being speaker finder.

Later, Paul Fluck took on the mantle and members went twice to see Holiday on Ice at Westpoint, Exeter; rode to Minehead on a steam train on the West Somerset Railway; and toured Rosemoor Gardens in North Devon before visiting the nearby Dartington Crystal glass-making factory at nearby Torrington.

We also went on a chartered boat ride on the River Exe to see the birds.

One of the most dramatic moments came “down below” on a decommissioned submarine during a visit to Devonport Dockyard.

Unfortunately, Norman Clouder collapsed and the problem arose how to get him up the narrow conning tower.

In the end, the fire service fastened him to a stretcher and hoisted him up vertically! After first aid, Norman said he was OK but he later took a turn for the worse and an ambulance had to be called to take him to hospital where he fortunately made a rapid recovery.

One evening we went to the Norman Lockyer Observatory at Sidmouth, but it was cloudy so we were not able to study the stars through the telescopes.

We underwent security checks before embarking on a fascinating tour of the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth and we also went on a boat trip on the River Dart from Totnes to Dartmouth.

We studied flora and fauna at Stover Park and cruised twice along the peaceful Tiverton Canal in a horse-drawn boat. On the second occasion, a large tree had fallen across the canal so the trip had to be abbreviated.

When Pete Goss was building his revolutionary catamaran at Totnes we had a guided tour and paid £10 so that the club’s name was fixed to the side of the boat. This did not bring the boat much good luck and it sank on its first sea trials!

Despite travel restrictions due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, we went to have a look round Flete House in the South Hams where you need a few bob to rent one of the luxurious apartments, and also had an enjoyable day at Morwellham Quay, including a trip on a train in a mine.

We also visited a lighthouse in the South Hams; Teignmouth Lifeboat Station (and had lunch afterwards at the Bay Hotel); the Terracotta Army in Torquay; and inspected Teignmouth Fire Station after it had opened.

Later, John Hellewell organised some trips before interest in outings faded, perhaps due to the fact that we are not getting any y younger. More recently, John Limbrick arranged a successful visit to Plymouth to the National Aquarium and the BBC studios.

BOWLS SECTION

We have had a bowls section for at least the last 34 years. But they have not always recorded big wins!

Some years ago, matches were played against teams from Bishopsteignton and Dawlish Probus clubs, but Bishopsteignton stopped playing bowls about six years ago.

One of the earliest mentions about bowls in the minutes comes in September, 1973, when members heard that we had played two matches at Bitton Park, each side winning once. 

That autumn a match against Dawlish had resulted in “a heavy reverse”, but it had been an enjoyable game - haven’t we heard that before?

In the summer of 1975, only 22 members attended a club meeting due to the fact that many people were involved in the town’s annual bowls tournament.

In February 1977, we lost to Dawlish by one shot, but the next match was won by Teignmouth. In April 1978, it was reported that we had beaten Dawlish by four games to three during the season.

Although we normally play indoors in the winter, in 1979 the bowls team took part in a summer season, winning all five matches.

In 1981 it was reported that we had played matches against five other Probus clubs. Over the previous five years, the team had won 19 of their 20 matches!

In 1990, members heard that we had played Dawlish four times - and lost four times! In April came the good news that we had at last recorded a win over Bishopsteignton.

We have the George Foy cup, which used to be presented in a complicated formula to our individual member who had won the most points in his best three matches.

The cup has not been presented in recent years because we had few Probus members in our team and had to recruit outsiders. But perhaps the competition could be reinstated now that we can generally put out a full team from the club. Members who won the cup were also given shields to keep.

In recent years, the late Reg Surridge organised our team with great efficiency for 18 years. He also won the George Foy cup seven times. The late Ken Thrift won the trophy in 1991-92 and in 2002-3.

The last time the cup was awarded it went to John Anthony. More recently, the late Michael Richards and Paul Fluck have kept the team in order.

Currently, about eight matches are played during the winter at the Dawlish indoor bowls rink and we are always looking for new players.

2011 Has started well with two wins out of two. May the bowling section continue with its new found success.

OFFICERS

THE first chairman of Teignmouth Probus Club was Ronald Fradd, who lived in St Mary’s Road. He was later made president, but the office was later abolished.

Basil Price, of Ashleigh Way, was the first secretary, with William Rudd as treasurer and Edgar Anstee as speaker finder.

Mr Fradd was succeeded as chairman by Leslie Donohue, of Upper Hermosa Road, in 1973.

Later officers are to be listed when Table is created for web pages.

It is proposed to update the list to the present day (under development)

Posted by Secretary at that time & Present Press Officer Rick Purnell October 2022