No. 127
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EDITORIAL
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No. 127 August 1958
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The original function of the Belfry Bulletin was, as its name suggests, to report to club members on the progress made on the construction of the club hut – The Belfry. The last month has seen spectacular progress made on the Belfry site. The redecoration of the living room is almost compete; the kitchen has been tackled and only requires a few finishing touches; the exterior of the hut has been creosoted and, joy of joys, we have obtained permission from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning to go ahead with the building of our new stone tackle store and changing room and have lost no time in starting to dig the foundations. As far as we know, the new stone building will be the first permanent building ever to be erected on Mendip for the purpose of caving, and those of us who remember the old Belfry in its heyday will feel that it is appropriate that this new building should be rising, as it were, from its ashes. Appeals are not indulged in much in the B.B. nowadays, but we feel that an exception could well be made at this stage to appeal to all members on two counts. The first is that we now have a nice looking, freshly painted, clean hut. Let us all try to keep it the best on Mendip! The second is that the erection of the new hut will take a lot of work. We have never lacked willing hands in the past, who put up the New Belfry and added the extension and porch. Let's get that new stone hut up before the winter! Finally, a big "thank you" to all members who have sent in material for the B.B. of late. At the moment, we have a surplus, so don't be worried if your article doesn’t appear in this B.B. and don't stop writing! We use it up very quickly! " Alfie. " _______________________________________________________________________________________ JULY COMMITTEE MEETING Arrangements for the redecoration of the kitchen and the creosoting of the outside of the Belfry were finalised at the July committee meeting. Other matters deal with were the provision of nylon lifelines, Certificates for Hon. Life Members and the provision for a club tie. The Tackle Officer reported that we now possessed four 20ft and one 15ft standard lightweight ladders. With two more 20 foot lengths under construction. It was also agreed, in view of the new decorations, to prohibit the use of paraffin for burning purposes in the Belfry. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Change of Address.
Alfie has now moved to 33 Richmond Terrace, Clifton, Bristol 8
Annual Dinner.
This will be held at the CAVE MAN RESTAURANT at CHEDDAR on SATURDAY OCTOBER 4TH, 1958. The price of tickets will be 10/-. _______________________________________________________________________________________ We must apologise to “Kangy” whose letter would have been printed at this point in the B.B., had it not been lost in the Editor’s recent moving activities. _______________________________________________________________________________________ MAKE A NOTE OF THE DATE OF THE ANNUAL DINNER & A.G.M. - OCT. 4TH!