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RE>giatrf~:r: Mi~IEl R~i:rba1•n. rershf~v1; 26, Oxforc1 Ronr1,

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J~~j.tor: Hr. G .. Penlington, L\~i , Alexnnnr!'.~ 11r i ve , JWOTT"E, 20, L~i.ncs.

uo 11, hE:i :re vre ~irf! in th~: th:roes of n new ye0.1• - e.ncl I hope you all hnr1 H ·wo:t111~rful lHt~ty· tit'.lEi to look b~i.ck upon,.

Tht-! CJ..ubt~ ye~r 8~~r..1en to Atti.l"t vrith a f'loofi of busin~ss; .ene of the n~iin i 1~ier:rn be- ing art int.inn.ti.on bf' ~1.n incl ease in the rt:mt of t.hE!" Assen1bll_ E ·~"t.11, vrhi oh v1e use f o !' our floe i~~l s.. I can't jump the gun but thB PinMce flub ... Oonmittee c-..re Bitting- on this, the rF-sult o:f '7hich-·I."1ay WP-ll l>'~ a IJOrHH~t ino:rM~frn h1 t.he: ~7E'~ne~m~y evening charge. OrnsirHn:-5.ng 1ihn oh~~~~g~ for ROcitt,ls :hn.s not nh~1.r.igeri in v1el°l ovnr 20 ynH:re ,. "frhe"n moftt ~ •the~ thineB h~wE• incrNurnA thrAP--, four- tt.nri even rnnre> .. folH, ! rion1)t i1. nnyon~ can conplnin. J.:ny infort11ition thftt. LTn.Y co.nw through tn tinE' will b~ lie in th~? '[;top Press' . •

. . Atiothn:r ir.Jport~U1.t i 1.~iro, nClw getting v~~1,.y clos-e ,: 'is the ~ . . cJLG. LivE:rp~o·l· · l\.~EJ~, Rt"! .. tJnfon ~ to l>~~ hf!:.ri 'f~t the Club-room on Hermes~ . 'n~y the 8th- Ji~ebrtthry. ~'}1.Hre ntll b~i rt Sh~rt se~rnion of sli,:;es. fe-8..t.t~r.- : thti Ulub nnd -rHm1bers ,~ - f'ollower1 by rit-,ncirn:; to f~ banrt ro1r1 rPfreshme:nt.s· (not juot. - b~son.it.H ann tea!). JJi.vf;:r.pob1 .. be~tng the bir.tr1plLce: ._ o·r . "tnr~ ;· a·. If . n. , ~.l~- "' 1~5.).'t 1w~ . :.r.:;:p~ 9 t~ 0 tCt })U 't np s·, gC't (l n Sht?V1 .. no ' ~o +, u'. rn ; .v.·p . an,, .makE' j_ t E~n .,t t~tstm.1r1.h1g C•CCf~~·ion.. nnWt11bfJr 1 V!f" hC1p~ th~"~f,'" iF~l.l ,· ~E', • :1 m::·.ny 'VlhO R.j~~ ne ... ~1-c· 0r10~ff to the Clu11, nnn they nr-,,y f!Hnt t.o comf .: ~tg~. J.:rl • .

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· f~}H1~ ·,king .'ff the C-F· CT., th~ir 1n~ochnr~ hP.;S noii-1 bPen publ­ishe", ~1.n~ ~1, .ve-r.y- ·gc;ori :tssue-- j_t :f.~~, too. ::: h~t".r~ sE>~n th€· compc:.rative­R. I\. brocrinrE.t.B ~mri th~~ U.F.n. ~Ori', tltn:n bef,rs- co~par.i.s.ontr1 .. . f.Vf'.J~Y-. Y'f.J.Y in price a pE~r.ticmlE~J.t~.y .. J:f yon l!~i.nt n. nopy plE·c~H~· c-.sk 0. Uommi ttr-e tnPrnb~~, or wd.tE, tc })€d~E""r Fe.yn~! B Ht 8 Mnrl:E't J)l.ac:E:, 'TJerby.

Tllfl n .. _n. Hintf•J.' }rev1Hletter has 0(!flrl rE!CE;i,~fl~ cb_nrl ,- Ylhil·st · most o~~ ·it an twnc:,l is ~ r~c.Qrrl ., ,tJ th~i:r. unc:E:asing vigil&.nce cmn t .oi.l on your bf~'ht:i.lf in tlw rJFitt€·:r of foci·tpaths nnr1 :r.::.rJblinE in gE:nerc-tl, thflrf! ar~~ on€ or two ~ni.Ppets you nt.,y Yrinh to kno-vi:-

l'l!tt('.n0:i..hth, the- 1JnkE: lan~ benuty ElJ}Oi. ~o r!e£tr to 'E' parties,," is thE~ lat~[~t acquisltion 1).Y tht> 1 1c:·,tion~l ~ 1 rust.

-· . f~tirling Mo~s j_s rE-porterl c-~n saying thnt he 'is &t_;ainst .. the .J\lrwrmaston Mnroh€"rs, thE: Rnn1'bling' .:/\frneicintion ~m0 thE: J.JOrn 's "rlfi.J' (lbnerv-~mce flocj_c:,ft:'ty t (rl.h2.t c0t1p~my ~lf" l:f:~·p +,}J8·Se r1E,ys !) .

Thn long .. her~l~en tin~i.Mbl~ · rs' ~Te~k", to he hE"lri by the R . .h in JunE~, is g~tth~g lt!1A~r "trny,. nnn th~re i~n •t very LJUch time- if we nr~ to hf:lp o:r tf!J:e arivantage of :tt. ~,h~·r~ are~ to be special re.moles !mA l'n.llien, n.r1r1 n big publj_city ccmpc~ign by lN~fl~t~), poster's an.n ~xhibi tions in shc.pn, offices, wc•rlrn, cante~ns E!tc.. They s&-.y it is to be the"J biggest ,~~ffo :r:-t th!iy- hc:..v~;. ci rgn,nj.fw r1 to rlate, c-~n11 we ce.n ch sh :in .on it 1)y Hupportf_ng ~n~ n.00i'tionnlly publiC!ising th~~se efforts from our •·n:n itngle nnr~ att:rnct to · ouroelven those Catholics j_n our own fl,re:A. ~ho ~~coMc int8resta~ ..

\ . I thj.:nk I 'VE-> rc~mblEi 0 n~o tmrt th!fl p ng~ enongh, be sirrn s ·. ·v-rh1ch SJHWH fo:".'bit4n n!LY :more. 1.!71~ lyf• touchen uptin only et. fevr of the m~my i +.ems tl.})J>(''.rttlining t,ei r~1 .. mhli.ng v1hic-J-1 coulA be" :re<corri~A nt much greate:!.• l!!ngth .. I ho})~~ your n,ppetite has bt-·~n whet.tE":n some:>wh0.t. Hore !enon. Happy hiking l

;l'HOR.~ fOH HOUGH

wve only niuste·r·ed about ·10 stalwarts for this, the last outing before the. Chris_trnas fe.stivf.ties, and it serVE?4 _t!le very useful purpose of building up our strength and digestions for the gastronomic inq._i..gn,iti.e. ~ .. w.tifqh are part a~d· ··paroel .. of Christma stime. · ·~ve took ·;· the· :· bus to Thornton Hough and on alighting· ·tao·k the muddy track "'vvhic.h · 1eadii~ · · ·-­around · the back of. the: -Manor, this afforde·d some unusual.: views· . .o ,f.:::the build'ing and spacious grounds. Is'nt it marvellous ·what. ·selling a few million bars of sdap · does for a man ••• , .. ..

After negotiating the mud of New Hall Farm for twenty minutes or so w.e · cross ed the main Che-:ster Road and took ·a little used track to Parkgate.Not wishing to go that far a· detour· through Baokvvood Hq,ll JJ'arm was made which enablod us to arrive more quickly on the fringe of the Deo, I hesit:ate· to call it a b0aoh. From there to Thu-rstaton it was straight­fo .rwar d · bu.t. hard going in the sand and mud. 1.rhe cliffs here are geo ·l~gio­a11y interesting., dating from tho time when the Wirral· was buried ' und.er 2·000: f.t. of ice. and · with tho pass·ing of ·· t:ne years many interesting. stones and.;'slatc-s havo · been· deposited on the suurr-d.unding lancl, .among those ""ident­ifi'ed ,reoent.ly are granite from Buttermere an:d Ennerdale; ·f.li·nts .f'rGm Antrim -and shal·e from Westmorland~ •

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A long.straight·lane led us to Thurstaton Hall which dates fr•m A.D. 1070 when it vms the property of the first 1forman Earl of Chester Hugh ·Lupus •. The hall· i ·s popularly supposed to be haunted, one artist even pci.inte.d :tts portra"it, goodness knows who or what he used ··for a model. Colonel ·Turner 1 the present ewner of the hall has ·the op·inion that· the gnost first appeared after .a party, when all port drinking records wero broken. The . last part· of. ·· our stroll led over ~hurstaton Common to Quarry Farm caf-e • where an o t>liging prop rietoress fulfil,led the . wants, o·f, the inner rambl.;;r before we . took trQ.nsport back to town~ All our tJianks to r1Iargaret

f4tr a pleasant day spent in a plGasant vmy under her-- good n :::i. tu.rod· lea der­ship, but then, she has a brother to cloa n her boots.

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SOCIAL ___ P_.R_O, GRA:\E;•JE. . Gram t.ate. M.C. F?efres ~1ments. Dishwa shers Carriers,

F867 1st·. · E. TliOmas M. Gilmore. B. McDona ld . O .~ .. 1cDonoghue M • . O' Brien. . p. W;ilsqn.

" . . ffth. C~ H. G~ :fte-union Committee.

" 15th : J" •. Burns. A. Mo Cann. · 1-_J ~ McGlo ry H. Sh.e.r:j..dan B ~ 11.IY th e 1+ • J '. Joyce. " . 22nd.· T. Thompsonc . B. Kershawo M. Ke~ly . ~,1 . Coughlan.

' . . H. ··Evans. J . McDonBild.

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a E.Thornas b J .Potter

Hollywell (Ben) S.Hall

Clwyd Gate

Chalet.

Monica Martin

Programme.

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i.1·11J..1.day December 11th 1960

1l1he day started quietly wi,t_h ?- number of dithering •yeti­typ es' sta ndin:g at James St. with their- knees· playing -somet·ning ~imilar to Gravier st. Blues or Baon' fuge in G for pi<1no & mousetrap. Then we

were off to the· dismay of J3ri tish R:tilways. In the process of changing trains at Rook Ferry we discovered our leader relaxing with Monica(the quiet one ?); unhappily their quiet was soon shattered. En route &ur pipe­smokers gave us the opportunity to practise new breathing teqhniques, ooughing, sneezing A.lt.ernri.ting with heads out of tho window.

Re~ ohing Chirk w~ were given two minutes at the local drinking trough before being driven of~ to Offa 1 s Dyke, One Herbert throwing hand­fulls of the winter's first snow fooled us into thinking it was a welcome fr@m Offa himself. Then to . Mr.Soott•s d~light we found~ frozen pond, here we witnessed a Sunday Speota.cular, or r Sunblest on Ice'. 'l'ho show opened with our Christmas fairy tripping ever so lightly on to the ice, his confidence incroasodvas unfortunat0ly tho strength of the ice decreased, result •••• splash •. The time to our dismay passed quickly helped alllont by the occasiona l snow-be .. 11 fight. All too soon we we.re heading back to Chirk station. Tho journey homl:i was in keeping vii th the best tradi tiona of the Ramblers, ono huge fight for air space. However, tne record still stands at 27 for a compartment, established on the Toddy walk.

Many thanks for a splendid walk Berna.td,

"SHOVEL"

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Dela.mere 20th. rlovamber 1960.

The journey to Frodsham via Chester proved to be the driest part of the day• Witl:l a n almost psychic insight the bus dropped us outside a small cafe in tho main street, opinion was sha rply divided on the question of the a bsent juke-box, soon ho~ever, our leader seeing that the r a in ha d decrea sed from monsoon intensity to just plain torrential decreed that c~ start be ma c1.e.

Our ri.ute for the first feYl miles v1,,.,,s strange to me so nn.tura­lly I felt a little like Colombus, ypu may remember from schooldays dear

·reader, that when he started he didn't know wh (: rc> he wo.. s going, a.nd whei1 . he arrived he didn rt know vvhor e ho was, the only differ 0nco being that he used romeone elso 1 s money.

Th8 fo recs split at Ovo rton hill some p reffering a fronta l o.. ssaul t, in tho course of which Jim Joyce, who sho. lJL remain nameless graced the scene with a very orodit !:1 bl o imp erson'1 tion of H. Dmapty. DespitEJ the murk, the views from the summit were quite impressive.- However, Peggy realising tha t pneumonia was sufficient for one day without adding eye strain, whi ppe d us along Rnd ovor the muddy te r r a in, towards and through -the forest to oventually arrive at Norley, wharw Fr. McKinney kindly came a long to cel 1s br2.te Boncdiction, The littlo c:J.fo e. t the· Xroads did a roaring tra de soon a ftenvards to fit us for the stroll back in to Frodsham.

Our thanks to poggy for a ple[1.sa nt day out. Sho oven orgRniscd a bus b'.:1.ok to Chostor with h 2ordly ·a ny dola.y, or 1,vas it just luck'? Anywa y wo gavs h or the ocns fi t of L10 dol1- bt. 'rhank you Peg.

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¥U!.J2.'.il!E YiS.1L8TH_ JA1{lI~RY .&r..l 9 6J:.!.

Tho weather w8s unsettled os members invaded st. John's Lene and, boarded tho four cooches which wni tod to which them cway to · Ribington. The waiting period in Liverpool for lnto orri~tls . prov~dod ~8rly ovidonco thot this oven~ vms still tho msst 'popular ?n tho Rambling Cnlondnr. Evoryono was intent on depDrri.ng ·nt the first possiblo moment. Seasoned cofnpaigncrs reminisced in respect of previous cxpcdi tions and nt the snmc time confirmed other glowing reports which had come to tho ours of those who were: on their first treasure hunt. Tho orrivol of o tcxi carrying Bill Fottor md tho gromopb.ono, rccol\ds etc. completed the Roll .Coll ~a the convoy.loft. The . ottondnncc vms 120 rmd included many who h0d sp' ont the previous tvcning Gt . the State Ballroom end Ber conditioning themselves for the rigours· of the Trcosurc Hunt mid the dnncing in the evening. The

· outward. journey wos unevcntfu.1 snd silence reigned a s· we pcsscd · Good~son Pork wh~no disaster had occurred the previous 8f~crnoon.

Lunch at tho Barn vms followed by ~ footb[lU.- m.utch b e tween Everton oi1d Liverpool fans. LivcrpoolJ who easily outnumbor D<} .· ... -Everton supporters, wcro loading by two goo ls to nil when the, gomc wns tcrminntod by the start of tho Hunt. It must be pointed out to t~o fnnotics thnt tho Everton supporter's (inverted co.mmD in wrong plocc -· typist's c:;pologics )to[\m were without their st£1r plnycrs, Senn t:nl.d Steve Houlton who wcro sltting in tho Barn doing o Ring m d Young ~ct.

!' Peter 'Atherton led the grou~ tovvetrds the si tc of the first Q.luo ond rivollod tho P~od Piper of Hamlin for. effect.. His follo~dng ~eluded Albert, on hol1driy from rofugoo mrk in .Austria, tho Mon in ~he Tr _ilby(no rclotion to tho Lonely Mnn Llimb) o nd Moid Morion

· (Doorocn-Bonrdllk'1n). Tho nervous tension of the tronsuro-:hwi.tcrs hod now ranched its peak ns thoy jostled with o~ch other for n lcsding position ct tho hond of tho massed stnrt. The first clue went tho oontcstrmts hurtling for~vnrd in scorch of tiles. After J0hrl Potter (scorer) hnd announced thnt nll the pink tiles hod b '--~ cn faund the :pnrty moved n long tho :pn th '<:md on to .tho ·Rivington-Bc lmon t RcH.d. Tho wolk continued n long the rood cmd then returned .to tho fh:lds where the hunting wns resumed. It wcs coal thi~ time.. Tho blc.ck conl vms gGthorod quickly by the looters but those w'1.o hnlf-hcnr tdly but . hopefully picked up ths w hi tc stuff hnd tho le; st lnugh. Th£it inn.ported from Shining Whi tc Hcut Lerno proved to bo tho most VGluPblc. Vic continued over undulnting forml8nd nnd skirted the higher reservoir before ranching mCTrsh land, in tho centre o.f which l e y the ruins which

. ho d further trees urc. A verb.c l clue from Peter C1nd the mc;r[ . udcrs wore blnsting their vvo.y thrpugh mud Gnd slush in s ... :ci rch of bottle tops.

No stone :wqs left unturned nnd those whc:> ccin.c out 'to:psr :i.ncludcd Jim, Fcnly nnd· Anno Dorricot-t. · New f~nornks :were novv c sorry sight ns n result of the mud r:nd .slush: which hc;d hscn spl<: '. shod c~out so libern.lly. To·p · htimting . over, we rolnxod nnd -vmllrnd be side c stxc2m until vw ,cr..rc.c; to~\ clump of trees which were situntod high u.p on the right bank. Swec·ts nnd n.uts were ours for the finding l Sweets were oqsi.ly found hcnging from trees but nuts wcr :__; scrlrcc. D[ ~ vc,

. Rnin fell st.:.;ndily ,-;s vie movc;d dovm. str ,-.:.:L~ m to n q_uGrry for the f~fth cluo, which s..:;nt the S(:ekcrs grovelling in tho clcy end on the s'tono-fccc for p ~ .. nnics from honvon. P~mnios r11int(·;d in 1900 ri nd 1938· won the jnckpo.t. Wo now w:: t lkt~d over H'--·m11 slK.w Moor to two ruined hous(:D. M~nic[, olifl1b(::d up tlh.~ vwll in c.nticir : .tion of the sixth cluo which wrts to follDwl Aftt.r c coup:c. of f;-: ls(~ st<.,rts th~: S(~crch wns on for buttons. -..,L~ nei\'i t\J.rr~ ,A1 rie;ht tov1urds Hivington . To"vJCl' for the scvu~1th c1uD, ('.nd t.hc lnst l(.g of the joUl'J.1 :_.y which \·i: · s c:uitl~ uVC

1i1tful. Whip}) ~ r-in, Chris Scott, <:cc :,; pt(.d ; , S1~l[: ll b .. ::t frofi1 tTim

McLv oy _ r ~ nd promptly jump·," d r. s tr ;. f' t1. U:n fen turn . t _, ly, C hr i~; L ~1d (.a· r:rkl;J(' rctly ·C.nd s~ff .... rcd t ' br.dly br·uis · d r 11k1,-.. ~h~. n : xt victir11 r.:t th..:; sr'm"" jump -..,..ns J:lDo-:.. 1 .:idD~n< ~ ld, v1ith r p: Tti.:·l ' 1 ~~ttL.12;,. . .. Continuing·, \'l(~. crasser. r- '~·lr: ll ['rid : str ,. ,· ·1 rna- l-·:; . -i· ' "" 1 " '1t'· "i1" .... ,,. (! ·.I; "·'l: ,"'I ,; , 1·1· i·' ·1· r·· l')f'.t-'" ' tt..1--, • - · . 1-1 ' C. -- t U \.A ..l. t , .L .Li , J..1,,, . "C . -..A -(,,) ., / i....> - J l ..., ~ 1 \..

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1rh~. i~ ~ st clue si~snifi. d six inch n; ·ils ; .:-~d tlJ ,. :_J ;_, \'L . 1· .~, daly found by our c~ · rl) ,,l1 t ,; r, P,.t ._r Ccnmolly. S:p:..n'r " d on b;y L..1·s ·

appetites and shophordod by Chris, J:::Jhn Burns und Bill (Vlhii)iJcrs.:..in.) tho pnrty now u'.Jvod off towards tho Barn and disturned n cc:iur.ting C'.)UiJlc.: in o.: nearby · stationary cur. Tho bri~ht coLmred lights of the Barn twinklud through the trees nnd indic~ted :the · finish of the walko Peter Connc:illy WS>n tho Treasure hunt v.nd Rose McDom.~ ld and JQhn McGuirk wur8 j'.)int runnors-UiJo Thank y6u, ~etcr, for an enjoyable walk~ Thanks aro also due t8 Rori Boudroan, Jin Joyco and Jin Hodgkinson who did n sound jab of laying the truil~ .

Mud scrat.Jing opor0.ti'.)ns c ::mplc,t0d~ tho nultitudo sGt d'.)Wn to _' bapp6t (and second hclJings)triflo und o. n~ver ending supply 6f cukos. Aft0r ~ short . interval, Bill cooaenced his duties o.s King '.)f . thc rt8p and tho Burn vibrutod with ncrriaont. Nonst'.)p duncing was tho order ~f the ~voning and iriclu4od ric.my spot waltzes" Th o winner c:>f tho spot prizes includod a dev'.)tod C'.)Uple, · ·· "L~su. 11 ~nd Chi..trlie Boy C(ol1:)1:T bus drivers) o _ ~ isn W'.)ro tho latest cro2.ti'.)n in skirts, Tho tablecloth wus returned to tho Munngcoont ut the and of the evoning. B~rn : D~ncing and R~ck ·rn Roll coupled with liquid rofrushnont frou the nourby Bur coaplotcd n porfcct s~ciul cvcriing whi6h like all gc:>od things, h&d to c~oo to an end all too soono On tho journey hor1c tho couchos echoed with S'.)ng. Our roturn to Livcrpo:Jl uc:~s hcrald0d by a l::md thundc:rclc:.lp, which bus since been rcp~rtcd us being froakisho

Thank y:m~ fc.:llow r ~:ulJlors~ for n cl'.)scly fought trcLl.suro hunt and thak you Bill~ for organising ~ 11ost onjoyublo ovuning& Finally, thanks to every one who helped t~ nuko thba~qual to~ if not bott(;r than, tho standard sot in previous years.

11 Tr0nsuro Hunter". _ o _ ;) _ 0 _ 1_) _n _ •) _ •J _ n _ . J_·: _,, _,_) _ :_ ) _~ ; _ ... 1 _ .- ) - · ~ -u-u-O-l) -u-u -u-0-U-u-u-u-u-,...,-\)-U-u

E_~-~-~--~-~·~· -~--~-_!_ ( 1) Ranblor s v Our Lady's Iri1no.culLl. to.. .

Plenty :.)f nud ~ wator nnd c~~cj_tenont, ty1)ical :Jf our \'lint or s~Y)rt in this garJo. All hands detornincd to ·end tho soqucnco of · dcfoc.:.ts~ ·we swaruod to tho fray. Though goalr..: wor"c. scarco ~ ' Jeff Martin crowned c. groat di-splay by::-eotting the only anon . .

(2) Raciblcrs v Rc.joct United ..

B - 2. Echo.

Wet though it was~ it did not dL:.i ;.pcm thLJ SiJirit '.)f :-mr tcnD~ wh'.) won Jobn Nurtin 1:1 0. s ~:mt standing~ getting fivo of thon and bis nono in the

~3) RnrJblors v Sjlvurs JllnJ2E_$.,

After d:Jing bis stint ~n. the C :1urts~ Steve turnLJd cmt fC)r tho fut.tr.1, 'WD unf()rt1..m;:.,toly '\,-rent dC)wn l+ -· 2·"

_Qt). Ro.Dblors v Roj cct Uni tcd n

Rojoct turned tho tub~os by winning 6 - 2 uftor .s8uu hurd sloBging~ Th( tcni:i upsot th8 pr'.Jgros·s on tl.tc Tennis Courts by PLlOch:lng ~me '.)f their navvies. ( Cu.n I go to N<.J,ncho st C;r ~ Fr0d '? ·' o

I believo thorc arc st ill some vacancies for tho Trought of Boland Walk on Sunday nc~:t? Sec Harry J 1Nc ill if you are intorestcd.

We hop0 to cc:mtmnu.o wit; TI.ill Potter's Se;rios on hmv to do thing,s in tho walking lino in our n o:;:t issue.

DurinG .. tb~ winter .~1:;nth.s th0 :.'l·Cn hL vo rc..:.llicd ~~1;_~ ~nificcntly ;_ nd nuch no~ossc.~ry nr_~J_ntu1G::1cv U~)r 1 ;:: h<.. S .. bl)0n n(.;c..rly c ~·L)lctcd 5 0 .g~ Lnd dri.. .ins hL1vc..: bLon lu~d on . tho c~urts ~nQ thc . c~urts thuns ~lvcs ~ · re boing ru9surf~c0d. Wo :..."'.ro h?ping t:J .. ~.i....: L:o the C'.)UI'ts <.md pavili'.)11 Ll:JrG attru.ctivo ttL.n uvvr. In thnn~in~ th~SL· ~~1:J h::L::rl_· r.:_;~)~n.du~l SJ ·ucll, wo ch (~ . sk tho~J, ei.nd () tb0rs, t:; c::mt1nuc thu w:>r ,-c until thu v0nn1s scc~s::m CJ:.ii-1onccs L.t. t tile buginning '.Jf April •

. ,. - , Q A~l this v::Jrk .will t_1L..Vi..: . bcon in .v'-.in i~ W(, d:J n'.)t ~ .. ttr~ct the; nuc(:;sSctry oc .. Jbur .... h1p. Th~ro is n:J 1ncrc:L,sc :Jf foo, wlnch r GJ.J~·.ins ~~t £2o 10

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We -:->ff or 8Ur · sincere: syupc.~thy t'.') N<...ncy McG+:Jry and bur failily '.)11. thu doath 8f her futhcr. A nuss h~ s buon 8ffcrud f'.)r tho r cp8so '.)f his s8ul.

Well, thanl\: goodness for tbe doldru1ns after the Christmas Sec-tson. ~An~ther ChPistraas as hectic ~ s ttat and I'm contractin~ out before the·pa±ties start. I've been asked to than~ the Social Sub-Committee and their helpers, together with the 'visiting' washers up, who hel~ed with the Club's Christmas Party. Mrs. Morgan \ .. 10. s out of action over Christmas, c..hd we -:il ite rnis.se.d. her. l'~SIY she have o. speedy return to corJ~Jlete health., The party vras e: :cel.lent and the Chalet Booking let us ~et off t8 a slightly earlier starto

Margaret Lyons sent usseasonal greetings froE1 London, vrh ere, I thil')k, she's in nursingo Albert Dowding he:;.s just gone back after leave fror . .1 his U .N. work. He dived into club events with both feet while he Uo.s here 5 including the Chalet weekend~ and h~s promised to drop us a card i1hen he's back in Austria , The Chalet was terrific 5 and the Saturday party deserve medal~ for undertaking the fr')ggy journey from Liverpool. Cutering was in Jir~ Eodf 's able hands, and some fresh veg cooks st~rted an arduous apJrenticeship tt ~t weekend"

The Holiday Guild is in our tbou~hts ~uite a lot just n~r. There's a Re-union being held on Wednesday the 8th of Febru&ry - we're using our Club night .... and \•Te hope that the evening; will be very enjoy<;-4.b le.. He 1ve a S~)ecial bc.nd for the occasion, 1augEiented' refreshments, a few slides by Tony to st v. rt the evening, tben on with tbe dancing. If you know anybody who h~s been on a Guild holiday Hnd who doesn't come to the Club, bring them along that night. There'll be an increasee charge for that night - watch announcements.

Eolidays. I'm still on the Guild. If your holiday noods caTu~t be catered for by the G,uild, then you're very hard to sc...tisfyn Eone and abroa.d~ all tastes a re corisidered, and walking trip~ are on ·the list o We're ho~ing to have s~are brochures at the Club vory soon, and Geery Pen, C~ril or Bill Bott er w i 11 b o &,lad to te 11) y cm with an sw or s to your ; _~.u er i o s ~

The Guild want photo1Plrai=ihs of i il1)ortant events in the Q·uild rs history to adorn the walls of the Derby Office - openings ~nd blessin~ s of Eouscs, for instance, a.nd any of the a.bove three r1wnticmcd .DW.dbcrs will be e,lad. to have nc ~-~.c tive or .Jrints if c.my ()f tl:o olde r mentor s huve thon.

i" . • To Gnd on a rc~lly haJJY note, ~lease soc Babs if you huvcn rt ~aid your

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