East Lancashire Branch May 2011
Written by East Lancashire Branch | Posted on 2nd July 2011
Secretary's Report
No minutes this time, only a newsletter to bring you up to date with recent events, the reason will become obvious as you read on. At the date of the above meeting (15th May) there were only 3 of us. Myself, Frank Haworth and Eric Smith, picked up by Frank. With the recent death of Ken Leigh and the illness of Syd Morton this was now the situation. As a result we decided to get together in my house and have a discussion. The outcome was, as you may have guessed, that we decided that it was no longer possible to carry on like this and therefore, regretfully, the only option was to close the Branch. We had said originally that we would carry on until the last minute, and we felt that we had achieved this. Coincidentally, we had just been advised of the closure of the North Midlands Branch and this, too, affected our thinking.Torpedo Memorial
Another depressing item was that Frank reported that, following a survey, the damage to our Torpedo Memorial was worse than expected due to the fact that there was corrosion underneath it. The original repair estimate by the surveyor was £400, subject to confirmation. This was more than we would be able to meet out of existing funds, so it was decided that Frank and I would look at alternatives.