Club Proceedings

Club Personalities
(clockwise from top left) R. de Joly, H.G. Watts, W.P.B. Stonehouse, J. Hemingway, B.E. Nicholson.
(centre) Cliff Dowham, President 1966-1968

1966—The week-end meets were: January 21st—-23rd, The Hill Inn, Chapel-le-D’ale; February 11—13th, Low Hall Garth; March 11th— 13th, Lowstern Hut; Easter, April 8th—12th, Ardgour; May 6th—8th, South Wales, Agen Allwed; Whitsun, May 27th—June 5th, Fionn Loch, Ross and Cromarty; June 24th—26th, The Long Walk, Peebles to Moffat; July 15th—17th, High Level Camp, Pillar; July 29th—31st, Lowstern Hut; August 21st, Crookrise; September 2nd— 4th, Cader Idris; September 23rd—25th, The Robertson Lamb Hut, Joint Meet with Wayfarers’ and Rucksack Clubs; October 21st—23rd, The High Force Hotel, Teesdale; December 9th—11th, The Milburn Arms Hotel, Rosedale. Average attendance at meets was 23 and total membership 194, including 167 ordinary, 3 junior, 18 life and 6 honorary members. The death was recorded of J. F. Seaman, who joined the Club in 1914, was a Committee member from 1919 to 1929 and a Vice-President 1923 to 1925.

The 74th Annual General Meeting was held at the Hotel St. George, Harrogate on November 19th, 1966. The following were elected as Officers of the Club for the year 1966/67: President: E. C. DOWNHAM; Vice-Presidents: F. D. SMITH, M. D. BONE; Hon. Treasurer: S. MARSDEN; Hon. Secretary: F. D. SMITH; Hon. Asst. Secretary: W. C. I. CROWTHER; Hon. Editor: H. G. WATTS; Hon. Asst. Editor and Librarian: A. B. CRAVEN; Hon. Huts Secretary: A. R. CHAPMAN; Hon. Hut Wardens: Low Hall Garth, J. D. DRISCOLL, Lowstern, J. RICHARDS; Hon. Auditor: G. R. TURNER; Committee: E. M. TREGONING, G. B. SPENCELEY, R. GOWING, J. R. MIDDLETON, W. WOODWARD, A. LINFORD.

The meeting was followed by a Special General Meeting, convened for the purpose of increasing the Annual Subscription. The proposal was unanimously carried that the first sentence of Rule X should be altered to read:

“The subscription shall be Three Guineas per annum, payable in advance on 1st November”,

and that Rule XIX be altered to read:

“Junior Members may be admitted to the Club who are between 17 and 20 years of age, on the same conditions (except Rule IV) which apply to ordinary members, except that the amount of the subscription shall be One Guinea per annum”.

The 53rd Annual Dinner followed the meetings and was also at the Hotel St. George. The Principal Guest was Eric Shipton. The Menu Card showed the twin peaks of Nanda Devi, “The Blessed Goddess”, it was in 1934 that Shipton, with Tilman, solved the secret of the approach to the mountain, thus making possible its conquest by Odell and Tilman in 1936. The retiring President, W. P. B. Stonehouse, was in the Chair and Kindred Clubs were represented by Colin Taylor, Alpine Club; R. J. C. Robb, Scottish Mountaineering Club; A. B. Hargreaves, Climbers’ Club; C. Douglas Milner, Wayfarers’ Club; Neil Mather, Rucksack Club; M. Hopkins, Gritstone Club; E. Hambly, Midland Association of Mountaineers; L. B. Cook, President, Craven Pothole Club; J. C. Ackroyd, President, Bradford Pothole Club. Members and Guests present numbered 145. The after-dinner Meet was at the Hart’s Head, Giggleswick.

1967—Week-end Meets were: January 20th—22nd, The Hill Inn, Chapel-le-Dale; February 17th—19th, Low Hall Garth; March 3rd-5th, The Blue Bell Inn, Alston; Easter, March 24—27th, Glen Affric; April 14th—16th, Lowstern Hut; May 5th—7th, Gaping Gill; Spring Holiday, May 26th—June 2nd, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye; June 23rd— 25th, The Long Walk, Nant Gwynant, The Welsh 3,000’s; July 21st— 23rd, High Level Camp, Upper Eskdale; August 11th—13th, Lowstern Hut; September 1st—3rd, The Golden Lion Hotel, Horton-in-Ribbles-dale; September 22nd—24th, The Robertson Lamb Hut, Joint Meet with Wayfarers’ and Rucksack Clubs; October 20th—22nd, Mungris-dale. The Meet arranged for the week-end of December 8th—10th at Cray, Buckden, had to be cancelled owing to foot-and-mouth disease. Average attendance reached the record figure of 28, the total membership was 192. The deaths were recorded in 1967 of G. A. Potter -Kirby, who joined the Club in 1910 and who was a Vice-President in 1933—1935; and of Clifford Chubb, President 1938—1946, who joined in 1911.

The 75th Annual General Meeting was held at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate on November 18th, 1967. The Officers elected for the year 1967/68 were: President: E. C. DOWNHAM; Vice-Presidents. M. D. BONE, A. R. CHAPMAN; Hon. Treasurer: S. MARSDEN; Hon Secretary: F. D. SMITH; Hon. Asst. Secretary: W. C. I. CROWTHER; Hon. Editor: H. G. WATTS; Hon. Asst. Editor and Librarian: A. B. CRAVEN; Hon. Huts Secretary: W. A. LINFORD; Hon. Hut Wardens: Low Hall Garth, J. D. DRISCOLL, Lowstern, C. G. RENTON; Hon. Auditor: G. R. TURNER; Committee: E. M. TREGONING, W. WOODWARD, J. R. MIDDLETON, B. E. NICHOLSON, M. CHURCH, P. C. SWINDELLS.

The 54th Annual and 75th Anniversary Dinner was also held at the Cairn Hotel immediately after the Meeting. The Principal Guest was Dr. Tom Patey and the President, E. C. Downham, was in the Chair. Kindred Clubs were represented by Eric Shipton, President, Alpine Club, also representing the Climbers’ Club; Alex. Harrison, Past President, Scottish Mountaineering Club; J. R. Files, President, Fell and Rock Climbing Club; J. Goldsworthy, President, Wayfarers’ Club; J. Walmsley, President, Rucksack Club; J. G. Brown, President, Midland Association of Mountaineers; J. C. Ackroyd, President, Bradford Pothole Club; R. Hainsworth, President Gritstone Club; S. A. Craven, Craven Pothole Club. It was a great pleasure to the Club to welcome also Dr. J. A. Farrer, Lord of the Manor of Ingleborough. Members and Guests numbered 157. Unfortunately it was necessary at the last moment to cancel the after-dinner Meet, arranged in the Malham area, owing to foot-and-mouth disease.

On January 6th, 1967 Alistair Allen of the Wayfarers’ Club gave an illustrated lecture to the Club on the North Afghanistan Expedition of 1965 to the Hindu Kush, telling the story of the discovery of and attempt on the 23,000 ft. Koh-i-Bandaka, including the overland journeys to and from the mountain and an insight into the lives of the people who inhabit these remote regions.

New Members Since Journal No. 33

1966

1967

1968

Resignations

1966

J. Hatfield.      J. M. Selby.     W. .Stoney.

1967

J. M. Barr.      P. M. Hurrell.     P. A. Bell.      D. Clark.     R. L. Holmes.

1968

D. I. Stansfield.

Deaths

1966

J. F. Seaman

1967

G. A. Potter-Kirby.     C Chubb.