Club Proceedings
1927. – The week-end meets held during the year were:- 30th January, Chapel-le-Dale; 6th March, Rarnsgill; Easter, 17th April, Ogwen; Whitsuntide, 5th June, Gaping Ghyll; 3rd July, Horton; 25th September, Dovedale.
The British Association met in Leeds, and the Committee undertook to arrange a descent of Gaping Ghyll as one of the excursions. On September 2nd and 3rd, the expedition was successfully carried out, thirty-five visitors being lowered and guided into the caverns. The Association acknowledged its debt by printing the plan of Gaping Ghyll and presenting the Club with 400 copies.
The seventeenth number of the Club Journal was published in June. We record with deep regret the deaths of our third President, Alfred Barran, and of the Hon. Librarian, the great cragsman, C. D. Frankland.
1927-28 – At the Annual General Meeting held 12th November, 1927, the following were elected to hold office during the year:- President, H. H. Bellhouse; Vice-Presidents, W.V. Brown and C. E. Benson; Hon. Treasurer, B. A. Bates; Hon. Secretaries, J. Buckley and F. S. Booth; Hon. Librarian, J. K. Crawford; Hon. Editor, E. E. Roberts; Committee, H. S. Booth, M. Botterill, J. H. Buckley, C. E. Burrow, D. Burrow, J.Hilton, R. Rimmer.
It was decided to erect a memorial stone over the grave of Claud Deane Frankland in Wastdale Head Churchyard. A set of the Club Journals has been presented also to his old school, Ossett Grammar School.
The twenty-first Annual Dinner was held at the Hotel Metropole, Leeds, on November 12th, 1927. The President, H. H. Bellhouse, was in the chair, and the principal guest was Mr. C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, creator of “Captain Kettle.” The kindred clubs were represented by Mr. W. N. Ling, Alpine Club; Mr. F. S. Goggs, President, Scottish Mountaineering Club; Mr. C. Myles Mathews, President, Climbers’ Club; Mr. J. Hirst, Rucksack Club; Mr. J. M .Davidson, Wayfarers’ Club; Mr. E. W. Steeple, Midland Association; and Mr. R. Robinson, Gritstone Club.
1928. – The week-end meets held during the year were:- 29th January, Clapham; 11th March, Wath in Nidderdale; Easter, 8th April, Coniston; Whitsuntide, 27th May, Gaping Ghyll; 17th June, Horton; 22nd July, Castleton; 14th October, Bainbridge. The Horton and Castleton meets were jointly with the Derbyshire Pennine Club.
We regret to record the deaths in a motor accident of our old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kilburn, of the Hill Inn, Chapel-le-Dale.
The Club now consists of eleven honorary and one hundred and fifty ordinary members.
1928-29. – At the Annual General Meeting held 10th November, 1928, the following were elected to hold office during the year:- President, H. H. Bellhouse; Vice-Presidents, C. E. Benson and C. E. Burrow; Hon. Treasurer, B. A. Bates; Hon. Secretaries, J. Buckley and F. S. Booth; Hon. Librarian, J. K. Crawford; Hon. Editor, E. E. Roberts; Committee, H.S. Booth, W.V.Brown, J. H.Buckley, W. S. Harris, R. Rimmer, J. F. Seaman, H.B.Taylor
The twenty-second Annual Dinner was held at the Hotel Metropole on 10th November, 1928. The President, H. H. Bellhouse, was in the chair, and the principal guest was Sir William Ellis, Alpine Club. The kindred clubs were represented by Mr. F. Lawson Cook, President Wayfarers’ Club; Mr. R. J. Porter, Fell and Rock Climbing Club; Mr. H. V. Hughes, Rucksack Club; Mr. J. Moulson, Gritstone Club; and Mr. J. A. Walter, Derbyshire Pennine Club.
New Members.
1927.
Taylor, Harry Burrow, 1, Linden Street, Dewsbury Road, Leeds.
Whitaker, Samuel Henry, Wyngarth, Beardwood Brow, Blackburn.
Wade, David Harold, Craigens,Pannal, Harrogate.
Summerscale, Alec, Witchwood, Rockferry, Cheshire.
Holden, Blackburn, Jr., 19, Ribblesdale Terrace, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick.
1928.
Cooper, Frank Bruce, 3, West Park Grove, Roundhay, Leeds.
McCandlish, Arthur Gordon, 15, East Parade, Leeds.
Marshall, George Cyril, 146, Station Road, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees.
Fenton, Alexander M., Scandinavia Mills, Cleckheaton.
Pollard, Joseph Lister, Hangingstone, Ben Rhydding.
Crossley, Roland Thomas Fearby, 7, Rowan Avenue, New Earswick, York.
Hare, Oswald, 86, Huntington Road, York.
Culross, Douglas Gordon, 10, Studley Road, Harrogate.
Lockwood, Arthur, Pen-y-Gwryd, Nantgwynant, Carnarvonshire.
Yates, Harry, Headlands, Barlow Moor Road, W. Didsbury, Manchester.
Best, Vincent George, Beckside, Wolfe Avenue, York.
MacPherson, Eric Gordon, Headingley Hall, Leeds.
Sale, Eric Hanson, Dilston House, Collins Avenue, Norton-on-Tees.
Gowing, Geoffrey Senior, 17, Bank Road,Billingham,Stockton-on-Tees
Fisher, George Annesley, 12, Swadford Street, Skipton.
Wills, Wilfrid Dewhurst, Eshton Hall, Gargrave.
Crawford, John Basil, 6, St. Mary’s Road, Newton Park, Leeds.
Ingold, Christopher Kelk, The University, Leeds.
Butterfield, Alfred, 12, Beech Grove, Pollard Lane, Bradford.
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