CLUB PROCEEDINGS

1949 –  The week-end meets were :- January, Hill Inn, Chapel-le-Dale ; 26th-27th February, Edale ; March, Heathwaite Farm, Coniston ; Easter, Boot (Eskdale) ; 14th-15th May, Leek Fell; Whitsun, Killesher (Enniskillen) ; 8th-10th July, Robertson Lamb Hut (Langdale) ; 26th-28th August, Rift Pot ; September, R.L. Hut (Langdale) ; 2ist-23rd October, Dent (George and Dragon) ; December, Buckden.

We record with deep regret the deaths of Percy Robinson, A. A. Hall, F. S. Smythe and J. M. Davidson (ex-President).

At the Annual General Meeting, 19th November, 1949, the following officers for 1949-50 were elected. President, C. E. Burrow ; Vice-Presidents, G. C. Marshall and H. G. Watts ; Hon. Treasurer, B. A. Bates ; Hon. Secretaries, F. S. Booth and F. W. Stembridge ; Hon. Editor, H. G. Watts ; Hon. Librarian, H. L. Stembridge ; Committee, R. E. Chadwick, D. Burrow, R. L. Holmes, P. W. Burton, S. Marsden, J. E. Cullingworth.

The 36th Annual Dinner took place at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, 19th November, 1949. The President, C E. Burrow, was in the chair, and the principal guest was Mr. A. S. Pigott, President of the British Mountaineering Council. Kindred Clubs were represented by Mr. A. S. Pigott, Alpine Club ; Dr. Graham Macphee, Scottish Mountaineering Club ; Mr. H. K. Hartley, Rucksack Club ; Mr. F. Lawson Cook, Wayfarers’ Club ; Mr. C. B. Machin, Midland Association of Mountain­eers ; Mr. Jack Bloor, Gritstone Club ; Mr. John Ball, Leeds University Climbing Club ; Mr. A. N. Patchett, Bradford Pothole Club.

1950 – The week-end meets were : – January, Hill Inn ; 25th-26th February, Marsden and Huddersfield ; March, Kirby Lonsdale ; Easter, Lairig Ghru camp and Inverey ; April, Club Cottage, Little Langdale; Whitsun, Leek Fell ; June, Angle Tarn camp ; July, Bar Pot; August, Beudy Mawr Hut, Llanberis Pass; September, R.L. Hut, Langdale ; October, Rosedale Abbey ; 8th-10th December, Greenhow (Miners’ Arms).

We record with deep regret the deaths of Thomas Gray, ex-President and first Editor ; and of Dr. F. H. Mayo, ex-Vice-President.

Two lectures were given at the Leeds Conservative Club, in January by Mr. K. Tarbuck, President, Wayfarers’ Club, on “Rope Management,” and in March by E. E. Roberts, ex-President, on ” Guideless Climbs.”

The tenancy of Low Hall Garth, Little Langdale, as a Club Cottage, has been granted by the National Trust. It was formally opened by the President on 7th October, 1950.

At the Annual General Meeting, 18th November, 1950, the officers for 1950-51 were elected :President, D. Burrow ; Vice-Presidents, S. Marsden and J. Godley ; Hon. Treasurer, B. A. Bates ; Hon.

Secretaries, F. S. Booth and F. W. Stembridge ; Hon. Librarian, H. L. Stembridge ; Hon. Editor, H. G. Watts ; Committee, R. E. Chadwick, J. E. Cullingworth, J. Hilton, R. L. Holmes, C. W. Jorgensen, H. Stringer.

The 37th Annual Dinner followed at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds. The retiring President, C. E. Burrow, was in the chair, and the principal guest was Professor Gordon Manley of London. Kindred Clubs were represented by Mr. H. R. C. Carr, Alpine Club ; Mr. J. K. W. Dunn, Scottish Mountaineering Club ; Mr. C. Topping, Rucksack Club ; Mr. J. A. Kenyon, Fell and Rock Climbing Club ; Mr. K. Tarbuck, Wayfarers’ Club ; Mr. M. J. Wood, Gritstone Club ; Mr. S. Waterfall, Craven Pothole Club.

1951. – The week-end meets have been :- 26th-28th January, Hill Inn; 23rd-25th February, Little Langdale ; Easter, 23rd-27th March, Corrie (Arran) ; 2oth-22nd April, Horton and Bainbridge ; Whitsun, 12th-15th May, Mere Gill; 15th-17th June, Little Langdale ; 6th-8th July, Ribblesdale; 3rd-7th August, Beudy Mawr Hut, with Rucksack Club, i4th-i6th September, Little Landgale.

New Members

1949

Sutton, George Allan, 13, Bladen Street, Winshill, Stoke-on-Trent

1950

Scovell, Geoffrey Phillip Ashton, 15, Tentergate Road, Knaresborough.
Adams, Dennis, 9, The Briars, Knaresborough.
Lovett, John, Harden, Austwick, via Lancaster.
Bedford, Peter Warwick, 34, Upper Batley Lane, Batley.
Patchett, Arnold Newton, Woodlands, Halstead Drive, Menston in-Wharfedale.
Salmon, Roy Thornton, 136, Middleton Park Grove, Middleton, Leeds.
Wharldall, Richard Brotherton, 4, Sycamore Terrace, Bootham, York.
Griffin, Arthur Harry, Rosslyn, Windermere Road, Kendal.
Clarke, Donald, 176, Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield.
Bridger, Charles Joseph, 73, Norton High Street, Stockton-on-Tees.
Downham, Ernest Clifford, i, Crestville Road, Clayton, Bradford.
Swann, Michael Henry, Flat 2, 6, Spring Bank Place, Manningbam.
Knight, John Geoffrey, 5, Ings Road, Almondbury, Huddersfield.

1951

Parker, Granville William Bryan Watson, Mother Shipton Inn, Knaresborough.
Simons, Albert Edward Joseph, 21, Stockwell Drive, Knaresborough. Hancock, John Ernest, The Parsonage, Clumber Park, Worksop, Notts.
Brown, David John Bowes, Hurst Lea, Crag Top, Knaresborough.
Lofthouse, William Redvers, 11 Talbot Crescent, Street Lane, Leeds.
Newman, Nevil, 32, Bayswater Crescent, Harehills, Leeds.
Liversedge, Dr. Douglas Gordon, Melrose, Heaton, Bradford.
Harney, Desmond Edward St. Aubyn, 12, Logan Terrace, South Shields, Co. Durham.

JUNIOR MEMBERS

Salmon, George Arthur, 136, Middleton Park Grove, Leeds, 10.
Avila, John Segar Roy, 10, Myrtle Street Retford, Notts.