DAVID MICHAEL HEMING President of Bristol Savages 2019 – 2020 and of Bristol 1904 Arts October 2020 - 27th May 2021. Many of us will be unaware that our former President Michael ‘Mike’ Heming’s Christian name was in fact David, but he was forever known as Michael in honour of one of his cousins who died in WWII. Mike was one of our longest serving members, having joined us in 1969. Over the years he had been involved with many aspects of our Society’s life, in his time he had been our Green Feather Representative, Chairman of the GPC, an active member of the “Oilies” classic car group and, after becoming a Red Feather, our President in 2019. Because of the disruption caused by the Covid 19 pandemic, he remained in post for a second year as President of Bristol 1904 Arts, following the Society’s change of name at the 2020 AGM. The year 2020 was in many ways the most challenging in our Society’s history. Never before, even during the two World Wars, had the Society found it necessary to suspend its regular meetings for more than a few weeks. The Covid 19 pandemic closed the Wigwam meeting hall for the best part of 2020, however Mike continued to work enthusiastically throughout this period towards changing the Society’s direction and its rebranding. This resulted in the establishment of Bristol 1904 Arts as a leading organisation dedicated to the promotion of all forms of art, visual, verbal, and musical
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