tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8424472626780898632024-03-04T23:48:03.416-08:00Rotary in Leeds: a century of service & a new century of successThe story of the Rotary Club of Leeds - founded in 1916 and one of the longest serving Rotary Clubs in the UK The Bread Archhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014212375612519514noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842447262678089863.post-27979990740900110622015-12-09T11:49:00.001-08:002015-12-09T12:15:41.109-08:00A year in the life of Leeds Rotary: 1938<div align="JUSTIFY">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1938,
life was still going ahead fairly normally though the the impact of a
war feared but not yet here was already being felt or reported by
Rotarians in Leeds. Some items illustrating this - taken from the
monthly reports of Hon Secretary, Charles Davis - are listed below:</span></span></div>
<ul>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Community
service questionnaire about personal (hitherto unknown)
contributions </span></span>
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</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Entertainment
for foreign students at the university at which the countries
represented were India, Egypt, Soudan, Greece, Jugoslavia, Canada &
Czechoslovakia – two Indian ladies attended (March)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Disbanding
of Rotary Clubs in Austria after country's incorporation into Third
Reich</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First
“Sons and daughters” day (April)</span></span></div>
</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Appeal
by Dr Morton for a position for Miss Gertrude Lichtmann – a Jewish
girl of 15 or 16 in Vienna (second appeal a week later but no
outcome reported)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Running
of Birk Crag camp with Harrogate Club (May)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Overseas
students' outing to Fountains Abbey</span></span></div>
</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Delegation
to Rotary International convention in Nice – one party drove there
by way of Belgium and France visiting many Rotary Clubs and bringing
back many flags!</span></span></div>
</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Weekly
addresses listed including “What is a gentleman?”, “Truth in
advertising”, “Trunk roads”, “The Motorist and the Law”
and “Nazi Germany”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Discussion
on “Is the modern tendency to develop retail trading through
multiple shops a healthy one for the Nation generally?” (June)</span></span></div>
</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Exchange
visit of member's son or daughter with the son of Paul Jouville –
a founder member of the Louviere Club in Belgium whose hospitality
had previously been enjoyed by several Leeds Club members</span></span></div>
</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">District
organising holiday for sons of foreign Rotarians at Ashville College
(July)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Attendance
at Stockholm Conference by two members (September)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Appeal
for someone to occasionally take an old lady crippled with
rheumatoid arthritis out for a drive</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Leeds
Club planning to give a previous, successful demonstration on “The
reception of a new member” to forthcoming district conference in
Bridlington </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Other
speakers to include Rotarian Ernst Ipsen of Denmark who worked for
the repatriation of prisoners from Germany after the last war and
Phyllis Bentley (to the Inner Wheel)</span></span></div>
</li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Conference
(due to start Saturday 30 September) postponed during the week
before “in view of the critical international situation”: some
men in key positions already detailed to special work and others
would want to be at home: conference would have to be broken up
immediately if war occurred “on Saturday” and would add to
disruption travelling home </span></span>
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</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Extracts
from matron's monthly reports showing weight gain of children in the
holiday camp (October)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wreath
laid by Club President on Armistice Day (November)</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Situation
required for former bank official in Czechoslovakia </span></span>
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</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Distress
in Czechoslovakia reported and appeal for support for Rotarians and
financial support for the people there generally</span></span></div>
</li>
<li><div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Questionnaire
to all Leeds Club members about principles of evacuation and
billeting in time of war (December) </span></span>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0.1cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rotary
disbanded in Italy from 31 December – last greetings to clubs or
members invited in “The Rotary Wheel"</span></span></div>
</li>
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The Bread Archhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014212375612519514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842447262678089863.post-39094730732023708912015-12-08T11:29:00.000-08:002015-12-09T12:13:17.765-08:00Leeds United v Borussia Dortmund 1981<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Monday 27th April 1981, <a href="http://www.leedsunited.com/" target="_blank">Leeds United</a> played Borussia Dortmund from Leeds' twin city in a charity match from which all proceeds went to support the Leeds Children's Holiday Association. Manny Cussins, the Leeds chairman, said that this association "enables thousands of underprivileged children from Leeds to take a holiday every year at <a href="http://www.leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/" target="_blank">Silverdale</a> overlooking Morecambe Bay."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The match was played during "Rotary Week", a national event to commemorate 70 years of Rotary service in the UK. Rotary Club of Leeds and that year's President, G Eric Forster, used the week to raise money for Silverdale - a camp that had succeeded our own camp at Harrogate founded way back in 1924. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Leeds Rotary in fact arranged </span>the match and the Leeds & Holbeck Building Society sponsored it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Leeds team included such stars as John Lukic, Brian Greenhof, Terry Connor, Brian Flynn, Paul Hart and Trevor Cherry. The future England goalkeeper, David Seaman, was an unused substitute would you believe and none other than Clive Thomas was the referee. As it happens, Leeds United won 2-0 with Dortmund's Lothar Huber scoring an own goal on 55 minutes and Arthur Graham adding the second five minutes later. </span><br />
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The Bread Archhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014212375612519514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842447262678089863.post-8608514141287980952015-09-25T08:03:00.004-07:002015-09-25T08:03:44.205-07:00At the YMCA in Albion Place 1943-1946 (The homes of Leeds Rotary No 1)<div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sadly, at present, no comprehensive record exists of all the places
where Leeds Rotarians have met over our first century and one useful
ambition in the centenary year would be to compile as full a list of
these different locations as possible. Some would be venues for the regular weekly meetings, others would be where we held
special events such as anniversary dinners or fundraising events. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">One
from the first category would be the local headquarters of the YMCA where the club met from
September 1943 until May 1946. The move to the YMCA occurred after the Hotel Metropole
- our previous home - announced that they could only do fortnightly lunches from August
1943. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The YMCA had opened in Albion Place on 9 February 1908 on the site of the former stock exchange. The architect of the four-storey baroque building in ashlar sandstone was W H Thorp - this firm was also responsible for the new frontage to Oxford Place Methodist Chapel and the Leeds Art Gallery. The YMCA stayed here until 1984 after which the interior was completely rebuilt and only the historic facade now survives. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From Leeds City Council's website: <a href="http://www.leodis.net/">http://www.leodis.net/</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
new venue was not perfect but members seemed to make the best of it –
at least initially. Said the secretary, Charles Davis: “The room
may be dull, the sandwiches may be uninspiring, and the coffee may
even be cold, but it is agreed on every side that the fellowship has
never been better, and we have the added advantage of contacts with
the Inner Wheel …” [</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Secretary's report</i></span> 1944/05] </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
enthusiasm for the YMCA waned however. In May 1945, the secretary
reported: “Most members would prefer an hotel, and the sandwich,
which is palatable in ones and twos, becomes less so when seen in its
hundreds.” [</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>Secretary's report</i></span> 1945/05] It seems unlikely that the sandwiches
so-described were those prepared by the ladies of the Inner Wheel –
whose own meetings were at the YWCA in Cookridge Street. At least
initially, the ladies provided simple lunches for the men. The
presence of ladies was welcomed and they were said to be owed “a
very great debt for making the present arrangement possible at all.”
Instead, the offending food stuff is more likely to have been the
YMCA's in-house sandwich known as the “Yorkshire Hussar”. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Despite
such grumbling, Rotarians in Leeds did realise just how lucky they
were. Charles Davis said, in June 1946, “We should be grateful that
Leeds has escaped the worst horrors of war. Many clubs in RIBI were
bombed out of their premises 5 or 6 times, and in one club in London
the business or private premises of every member was damaged.”
Thankfully, both serving members of the Leeds club </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and those at home </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">appear to have
survived the war unharmed. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Club
members hunted for over a year for a more suitable venue but
without success: “nobody seemed to want us”, reported the
secretary. Finally, on 15 May 1946, the club escaped the YMCA and
Albion Place and held its first meeting in the dining room of the
Leeds Co-operative Society in nearby Albion Street. Members were now
said to receive “a meal which in these days of more austerity will
stand a fair comparison with any at the same price and many at a
higher one.” [<i>Secretary's report</i> 1947/04] On 13 May 1946, a carved lectern was presented
to the ladies of the Inner Wheel to thank them for all their support during the war. </span><br />
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The Bread Archhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014212375612519514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842447262678089863.post-41196537825112601142015-09-10T08:40:00.001-07:002015-09-25T08:06:04.421-07:00Leeds & Harrogate Children's Camp 1921-1957<div align="JUSTIFY" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Community
service is a key requirement of Rotary and the Leeds and Harrogate
Children's Camp was a major contribution by the Leeds and Harrogate
Rotary Clubs from 1921 until 1957. It was the brainchild of Ben Collingswood
of Leeds who built on a previous initiative by a Harrogate jeweller,
James Ogden.
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rotary club members paid an extra 30 shillings a year to finance the
camp. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The camp
was opened in 1921 to allow children from poor
families to have a holiday in the countryside around Harrogate. It began with two caravans and a small tent on land at Rosset Green kindly provided by Rotarian Ogden. Just five children formed the first complement. Subsequently, two army huts were purchased to provide sufficient accommodation for fourteen children and, in 1926, a dining hut was added. The sleeping quarters and dining hut were removed to a new site at Birk Crag in 1928 when a further £1000 was spent on additional buildings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By April 1938, 2680 children had been to the Harrogate camp - generally for a two weeks' holiday.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By that time, 20 boys and 20 girls were visiting alternately and Rotary Club members drove the children there. </span>On</span> the children's
applications, a note was made of the difficulties faced by each
child and these were reported in the club bulletins. Examples include:
“Mother deserted”, “Father blind” and “Boy one of ten in
family”. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The holiday camp was closed briefly at the outbreak of the Second World
War before being reopened to house refugee children. In 1941, enemy
action again caused the camp to be closed and the children to be
rehoused but, in 1944, the two Rotary Clubs reopened their camp for its
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Harrogate camp finally closed on 29 June 1957 because it had been superseded by
Leeds City Council's camp at Silverdale – then in Westmoreland. The
land at Birk Crag was handed over to the Girl Guide Movement at an official
ceremony on that date. It was received on the movement's behalf by
the Princess Royal. The Rotary Club of Leeds continues to be involved with
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The Bread Archhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014212375612519514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842447262678089863.post-16963200775702685242015-09-03T07:01:00.000-07:002015-09-10T08:42:53.012-07:00The inaugural dinner 25 May 1916<div class="western" lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Rotary Club of Leeds held its first ever meeting on 17 February 1916 and had met for three months before receiving its charter on 8 May. Now it was felt that a more formal launch was appropriate and so a gathering was organised at the Hotel Metropole to be held on 25 May. However, since it was wartime, a celebratory banquet was thought to be inappropriate. So a simple dinner was provided followed by a meeting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There was no evening dress or music but there was still a little pomp and ceremony. The Lord Mayor of Leeds was present in his chain of office and his mace bearer acted as the master of ceremonies. Many representatives from other longer established Rotary clubs attended to give their good wishes to the new club. </span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After dinner there were several toasts and seventeen speeches! The events across the channel were very much at the forefront of the 120 or more who were present. Major Allison replied to an opening toast to the armed forces., the Lord Mayor suggested ways in which the Leeds Rotary could help including raising the £30,000 needed for soldiers' dependants and Mr F W Wile, the controversial American journalist,<i> </i>finished off with a 50-minute address on German trade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is highly unlikely that our centenary dinner will be garnished by seventeen speeches as was our first one. It is hoped though that we will again be joined by friends from other Rotary Clubs. And it is certain that, as we celebrate, we will have in our thoughts the events of one hundred years ago and the "service above self" given by so many men and women of so many different nations. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://rotaryclubofleeds.blogspot.co.uk/p/anniversaries.html" target="_blank">here</a> if you would like to read a contemporary account of our inaugural dinner &</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">click <a href="http://rotaryclubofleeds.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page_6.html" target="_blank">here</a> if you would like to see the programme. </span></i><br />
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The Bread Archhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014212375612519514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842447262678089863.post-83354405975294837082015-08-27T06:43:00.002-07:002015-09-03T07:18:52.842-07:00Centenary President - Keith Harbage <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: small;">In
1916, the founding President of the Rotary Club of Leeds was Frank
Horsell, a printing ink manufacturer. The Club's President in its
centenary year is Keith Harbage, a retired Chartered Accountant and
Everton FC supporter, who was the proud recipient in 2014 of a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: small;"><i>Paul
Harris Fellowship</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: small;">
for his contribution to the work of Rotary International in District
1040 (which has 79 Rotary clubs in North and West Yorkshire). Keith
first joined Rotary in Leeds in 1983 and almost immediately accepted
the position of Club Assistant Treasurer, responsible for the charity
account. Unfortunately, in 1987 the pressures of a new job caused him
to put in Rotary life on hold for twenty years, before early
retirement allowed him to re-join in 2007. Keith was welcomed back
with another post – this time of Club Secretary - which he
performed for three years, until volunteering to be District
Treasurer in 2010. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"> </span></span><br />
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District Treasurer meant that Keith was also involved in every aspect
of Rotary in Yorkshire, serving on the District's Executive, Policy
Committee, Continuity Committee and Conference Planning Committee. If
that was not enough, he was additionally preparing for his
presidential role in our centenary year, which he had agreed to do
way back in 2010. Keith was inducted as President on 3 July 2015 by
retiring President, Bronia Cam. Happily, Keith's wife Marilyn, his
son Julian and daughter-in-law Liz were able to attend the handover
ceremony. On becoming Club President, Keith said: “2015-2016 is an
important milestone in the history of the Rotary Club of Leeds and we
must seek during the next year to leave a lasting legacy of our 100
years of service!” </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;">The
new President and Club Members now have a busy year ahead – a major
feature of which will be the centenary dinner on 12 May 2016. The
Club will also be working tirelessly for Keith's nominated charity -
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><i>The
Candlelighters Trust</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;">.
Faced with the additional activities of this special year, the
President will be ably supported by President Elect, Peter Loveday,
Vice-President Bernard Cohen and long-serving Secretary, John Hill,
who has agreed to help Keith by staying on in that role for another,
sixth year! Yet more firepower is will be provided by the other
Officers, the Council, ordinary Members and a Centenary Planning
Committee, who together intend to make our centenary year one to
remember!</span></span><br />
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