Blog Archives
Robert Anderson
Robert joined the club on 11th October 1993 and passed away during 2001. He toured with us on 4 occasions.
Geof Armstrong
Geof was born on 1st January 1923 and passed away on 5th November 2009 aged 86 years. He joined the club on 29th October 1985 and toured with us on 23 occasions. Was club President in 1996 & 1997, Captain … Continue reading
Ken Armstrong
Ken was born on 1st January 1923 and passed away on 27th May 2014 aged 91 years. A stalwart of the club having joined us in the spring of 1980. He travelled on tour every year from 1980 until 2014 a … Continue reading
David Bain
David joined the club in February 2017 and quickly became a popular tourist travelling with us in both 2018 and 19. He passed away after a short illness on 8th May 2020 just one day short of his 68th birthday. … Continue reading
L R Battensby (Peter)
Peter joined the club in 1960 and was a member for 10 years. He served on the management committee from 1968-1970 touring with us on 3 occasions.
Ron Bell
Ron was born on 20th November 1938 and passed away in July 2020 aged 81. He joined the tourists on 6th March 2008 and was a member until the end of 2018. He toured with us on 9 occasions.
Phil Biss
Phil joined the club on 28th February 1967 and was a member until 1983 touring with us on 17 occasions. He was President in 1976 and 1977, Captain from 1973 to 1975 and on the management committee from 1971 until … Continue reading
Tony Bray
Tony was born on 5th November 1937 and passed away on the 20th January 2008 aged 70 years. He joined the club on 11th October 1993 and toured with us on 12 occasions. Was elected Treasurer at the AGM in … Continue reading
Peter Chiffins
Peter was born on 22nd July 1952 and passed away on 27th August 2021 aged 69. He joined the club on 8th October 1997, was elected an Honorary Life Vice President in November 2017 and remained with us until his … Continue reading
Peter Clement
Peter was born on 3rd September 1937 and passed away on 7th January 2014 aged 76 years. He joined the club on 22nd March 1990 and toured with us on 15 occasions. A willing worker he became club photographer for many … Continue reading
Geoff Cook
Geoff was born on 13th August 1947, joined the club on 2nd February 2017 and passed away on 13th April 2022 aged 73 years. During his time with the club he acted as ‘club photographer’ on tours and our club … Continue reading
Keith Cruise
Keith first joined the club way back in 1996 and left us when emigrating to Spain in 2003. Upon returning to England Keith again joined (2010) leaving briefly in 2013 before coming back to us in 2016. Keith was born on … Continue reading
David Dallyn
David joined the club on 24th February 1978 and was a member until 1999 touring with us on 21 occasions. He passed away on 4th February 2017 aged 88 years.
John Dallyn
John joined the club on 18th January 1977 and passed away during 1995. He was elected to the club committee in November 1979 and served until he passed away in 1995. During this time he was Captain on three occasions … Continue reading
Robert Dallyn (Bob)
Bob joined us on 6th March 1979 and passed away during 1993. He travelled with us on 10 tours. Bob was tour champion in 1993.
John Edwards
John was born on 23rd August 1933 and passed away on 9th August 2017 aged 83 years. He joined the club on 6th February 2014 and made three tours with us.
Bill Elford
Bill was born on 19th June 1916 and passed away on 3rd May 2014 aged 97 years. He joined the club on 5th October 1988 and travelled on a total of 12 tours. Bill was elected an Honorary Life Vice … Continue reading
Phil Evers
Phil joined the club on 8th October 1997 and passed away during 2004. He toured with us on 2 occasions.
Ray Fieldgate
Ray was born on 19th August 1934 and passed away on 7th November 2020 aged 86 years. He joined the club on 2nd March 2000 and stayed with us until resigning at the end of 2007. He toured with us … Continue reading
Ron Friday
Ron joined the club on 22nd February 2007 and toured with us in both 07 and 08. Upon moving away to East Sussex Ron resigned from the club. He passed away in early November 2019 aged 76 years.