No. 112
May 1957
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EDITOR’S NOTE______________________ We must start this month by apologising for the standard of duplication of some of the pages of last month’s B.B. As we explained last month, our great need at the moment is paper, and we were given some last month. Unfortunately that paper had a slight glaze on the surface, leading to the rather mucky result which some of you had to put up with in the April number. We now have found a source of cheap but suitable stuff which should help in the future, but gifts of paper still will be very useful. It must be the “blotting paper” type – otherwise it cannot be used. This month we again have eight pages and we hope that this will prove to be the future minimum size! The articles this month are mainly a continuation of last month’s topics. The article of desilverisation of lead has cause some comment outside the club, and we have received a gift of some money as a result to help the B.B.. We are hoping to inaugurate further improvements to the Belfry Bulletin next month.
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GENERAL NEWS April Committee Meeting Arrangements concerning the Belfry site were again discussed. It was agreed to proceed with the redecoration of the women’s room. Rawlbolts have been laid in the Wire Rift and at the top of the Maypole Pitch in Cuthbert’s. . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Caving News. Report of the Lamb Leer Trip……..by Don Coase. A good response was had to the announcement in the March B.B. of a visit to Lamb Leer; 12 members and 3 visitors going underground for an easy trip. In actual fact, some of the party found the climb back up the 65’ pitch from the main chamber rather a sweat. (Rather an alcoholic sweat from the previous night’s celebration of Mike Jones’ forthcoming wedding). It was felt that some of the party might still be in the cave, but for the strong arms of the lifeline party. Jack Waddon’s wife, Dorothy represented the fair sex, it being her first cave pitch and afterwards she was heard to remark that it was easier than a 20’ mineshaft Jack had taken her down the previous day for practice. Roger Stenner provided the remark of the day. He didn’t like the pitch. “The opposite wall was too far away”. A word of warning for any future trip – the timber floor at the head of the pitch is getting rotten, so mind your step! Most of the party visited the ‘Cave of Falling Waters’ and found the inscription ‘T.W. – 1864’ was still carved in the stalagmite bank. Incidentally, how many people know that the inscription was not carved by Thomas Wilcox, but by H.E. Balch in 1895. Back in daylight once more, several of the more mud plastered members were greeted by a most emphatic ‘UGH – DIRTY!’ from Coase junior. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Climbing News We have no news from the Climbing Section this month, but climbing types will find a fair amount of climbing type writing elsewhere in the B.B. – Editor.