1188’s Record-breaking Sandcastle 1976

Many thanks to Andrew Wilson for forwarding these via Geoff Winn. Geoff has identified a number of the past members, and we went to the 1188 Oracle, Malcolm Smith for the remainder.

Andrew Wilson primed for action.

L-R: George MacIntyre, Geoff Parvin, Tim Boyes (below), John Cook, Frank Smith peeking in.

L-R: Simon Green, Andrew Wilson, Alex Johnson

L-R: Mike Leadbeater, Andrew Wilson, Junior Member (name unknown), Alex Cammish

George MacIntyre

L-R: Alec Cammish (at back with beard), Jeff Black, Tim Boyes, Neil (Harry) Arundale (with glasses), Alex Johnson (at back looking at Tim), Frank Smith (under bucket), John Cook, Andrew Wilson (in hat), Alan Comerie, Geoff Parvin (headless).

We have no idea (yet) who is the head without a body at the front.

L-R: Alex Johnson, John Cook, Geoff Parvin

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88 Barbecue, date unknown.

Two photographs from Andrew Wilson sent these two photos via Geoff Winn, who has tried to identify those present. No one, at present, seems to know when or where. Can you help?

L-R: Dennis Hart, Arnold Wilson (Andrew’s father), Geoff Heselton, Harold Wilson plus A N Other.

Geoff W comments on this photo, as follows: Brian Heaps, to the left, front. The ladies at the other side of the table (from left)   ?, Veronica Hart, Sheila Heselton,  ? . I recognise the late Mike Wilson who must have been a guest as he wasn’t in RT, but you will recall he was in Cavaliers. He is speaking to, I think, one of the M & S managers who we probably identified on an 88 AGM photo!  At the very back, to the right of the towel Brian is holding, is the late Geoff Baines, Stuart Baines’ father. Could the tall gent be Denis Chapman?

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88’s Walking Weekend to the Lakes – date unknown

Many thanks to Stephen Slade for these photographs and memories. If anyone has more photos of this event or can remember the dates, please let me know.

This is one of the largest groups we ever took on a walking trip. I think the photo – probably taken by John (JQE) Edwards – shows the whole group which split into three separate parties for the different routes of the day. This was due to the inclement weather and there being quite a bit of snow about, plus I’d planned for some of us to do the famous scramble up Jake’s (or Jack’s) Rake on Pavey Ark, up from the Langdale valley.

L-R, standing: David Ascough, Ian Costello, Andy Moran, Tom Cathcart, Stephen Slade, Ian Brabbs, Stuart Baines, David Henderson, Mike Whiteley, Brian Connolly (see comments below), David Morgan, John White, John Smith (TC’s pal), Richard Grunwell, Mike Hurst.
L-R, kneeling: Simon Ward, Andy Atkins, Graham Foulds
Thank you for the comments (below) on the names of some of the group which I could not recall.

Photo taken in the car park at the pub in Dockray, probably.

At the foot of Jake’s Rake, which can be seen angling upwards behind us.

This shot was taken because Peter Calow had lent me his ice axe for the weekend. He admitted when loaning it that he had never used it in combat, so to speak. This photo was for him to see his axe getting some snow activity (not much!).

This could well be the summit of Bowfell, a summit we walked around to from Pavey Ark via Angle Tarn. John Edwards to the right. Not sure of the other two profiles, although it could be Andy Moran or Dave Morgan on the far left. Why I look like a demented chipmunk I cannot say. It might have been the previous night’s curry in Keswick. Someone might tell me if this was the curry where we ordered 100 poppadums.

The group descended from Bowfell into the Langdale valley. I can remember teaching the guys to do a sitting glissade down the snow off Bowfell, which is a lot easier than walking down and great fun. However, I may have forgotten to tell them that an ice axe is an indispensable aid for steering and braking.

This photo is not part of the same climb described above. Without a doubt it is on the way up to Sharp Edge on Blencathra (Saddleback) which is another nice, short scramble (up the ridge behind) on a beautiful mountain. If memory serves, this climb was undertaken on the Sunday, before returning home.
L-R Andy Moran, Ian Rhodes, Stuart Baines, Graham Foulds, David Henderson, Stephen Slade. Photographer unknown but could have been JQE or David Morgan.

At the icy Scales Tarn below Sharp Edge.

Above shows four and a half members of the group on Blencathra.

Two great climbs and a great weekend.

David H

ps this BMC video should bring back some memories of the Rake:

pps Here’s the full route to bring back more memories.

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88’s 50th Charter – Invitation and Menu

Malcolm Smith has very kindly shared these documents he has kept from 1985. Eh, but, they did things proper in them days.

Interesting that this was held at the Corner on North Bay, now demolished with flats and shops in its place.

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1188’s 15th Charter Anniversary: all past and present Chairmen

Many thanks again to Malcolm Smith for sending this souvenir from, as you can see, 1st November 1991 at the Palm Court Hotel. Malcolm has even included a guide to the names of those present stuck into the photograph mount.

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88: Report on 50 years of Aalten Twinning

Geoff Winn kindly shares a clipping he made from the 41 Club National Magazine of 2013, reporting on the visit to Aalten that year. Aalten celebrated their 50th Charter, which was also thee 50th anniversary of twinning with Aalten Round Table.

Open the PDF below to read the report on the visit.

You can read the report of the first meeting in Aalten referred to in the official History of Scarborough Round Table, here.

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88’s special guests at the 50th Charter Dinner, 1985

Many thanks to Geoff Winn for this fine photograph of some stalwarts of tabling in Scarborough.

Geoff’s photograph shows us that this was taken at the 50th Charter Dinner, 21 September 1985. Geoff tells us that those in the photo are:
left to right:
Frank Winn [Geoff’s father – Ed]: Chairman RT 1936/37, Chairman 41 Club 1966/67;
Ralph Rowntree: Chairman RT 1940/41 (part year as then went to war, I assume!), Chairman 41 Club 1964/65;
Doris McCloy;
David McCloy: first Chairman RT 1935/36, Chairman 41 Club 1957/58, Area Chairman RT 1936/37.

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Round Table National Conference Scarborough Local Committee, 1997

Many thanks to Iain Johnston for this photograph of a very elegant local team.

Iain is at the very back, third from the right. On his right shoulder and down a bit is Alec Cammish, a founder member of 1188, who by then had moved to Bridlington. David Gratton is above the right shoulder of the blonde lady. Some of you may remember John Cattaneo of Pickering Table (and the Forest and Vale Hotel) who moved to a hotel in Whitby, and who is above David’s left shoulder (with beard and glasses).

The names of any of the other participants would be welcomed.

Editor’s note: I have vague memories of assisting, as a 41 Club member, with the transport for the conference. Notably on the Saturday night/Sunday morning where we had on loan a fleet of top of the range Ford Galaxies as the conference taxis. I seem to recall finally stopping taking semi-inebriated Tablers back to their digs by about 5am and having a very early full English breakfast somewhere with the rest of the taxi team. We didn’t get posh jackets, though, and we had to give the Galaxies back afterwards.

Any other memories welcomed.

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41 Club National Conference in Scarborough, 2010 – Evening News report

The image and article were discovered on a search of pressreader.com.

Scarborough club helps to break charity record

  • The Scarborough News
  • 17 Apr 2010

MEMBERS of a Scarborough charitable organisation have raised nearly £140,000 for the Help for Heroes charity.

The Scarborough 41 Club, which is part of the national Round Table group, welcomed around 500 members from across the country to the town to celebrate the feat, which included donations from its 830 national groups and more than £23,000 from the women’s Tangent club.

The total, which smashed the group’s previous best fundraising effort, came as the club returned to Scarborough Spa for the first time in nearly 20 years to hold its annual national conference.

The group, which has 19,000 members across the country, is currently celebrating its 65th anniversary and welcomed members from as far away as Bournemouth, Ipswich and Scotland, though their hopes of hosting international visitors from Italy, Switzerland and Denmark were dashed following the cancellation of flights after the Iceland volcanic eruption.

National 41 Club president Richard Matthews and Tangent group president Jan Mulqueen handed over the cheque to soldier Simon Brown, and Scarborough 41 Club chairman, Simon Lockley, said the group were thrilled with their fundraising efforts.

He said: “Every year the national president of the 41 Club decides a charity to support and group is asked to donate to the cause and this year I think he got an extremely pleasant surprise because it is a fantastic amount.

“It is a tremendous charity because the conflicts that our soldiers are taking part in have touched the consciousness of a lot of people due to the horrific injuries some of them have sustained.

“Those soldiers now have to cope with the effects of those but the charity plays a fantastic role in helping to improve their lives and everyone was more than willing to put their hand in their pocket and support them.

“But this is a great day for the town too because we are privileged to be hosting the club’s AGM in Scarborough, it is the culmination of two years hard work and is fantastic to have so many visitors in the town.”

Scarborough Mayor Cllr Bill Chatt, added: “Scarborough is already well behind our troops and it is fantastic to see a national club getting behind our lads.”

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1188 at National Conference, 1998

Many thanks to Andrew Wilson for this great photo.

Andrew isn’t altogether certain of the date, so if you have better information please let me know.

Also, names of the Tablers and their ladies would be a great addition, if anyone knows them.

Update: Iain Johnson has written in quickly to say:
The picture Andrew Wilson sent you was from Blackpool 1998, the conference following the Scarborough one [in 1997]. Barbara and I went, but we seem to have missed being on that photo. I suspect a lot of the faces are not 1188 though. I don’t know if any are from Stokesley Table as that is where Andrew was at that time. Sorry I don’t have any better memories! ( I do amazingly still have the jacket!)

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