Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club - Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 1 - Spring 1964
ANNUAL DINNER
And so we arrived at the biggest meet of the year, the
Annual Dinner. After warming up the Club dump with a few hastily gathered logs,
we assembled in the 'Shoes' to warn ourselves, by the bar. The record gathering
at this dinner must have put a strain on the electricity supply for, as the
main course was just being served the room was suddenly darkened.
‘Switch the lights on’, ordered the President, in his usual
soft voice. Unfortunately no one had been fooling around with the lights and
soon six budding electricians began fighting for the honour
of finding the fault. The lights however, soon came on and shortly there
appeared at the door five bruised guests (why do all our guests have to be
electricians?) and one Red Rose member, who, promptly offered to make them
members at a price!
Following the dinner was the usual ‘Tape Type Show’
which this year was well up to the Red Roses’ high standard of production, the
theme being the attack on Yorkshire by the Lancastrians, who obtained the help
of Oliver Cromwell. Interspaced between the story was the Red Roses newest vehicle
a Rolls Royce, or at least it sounded like one from the engine note. Later on
in the evening Club members entertained the guests with the usual ‘Turns’ which
ranged this year from The Beetles’ ( no mistake ) to Dr. Kildare. The
festivities were kept in full swing by records and the shoes was kept alive
with the Twist and the Shake until nearly five a.m. on Sunday morning.
We then retreated to the dump and tried, despite the smoke from a leaking stove
pipe to settle down to some sleep. During the night Pete did a disappearing act
through a hole in the floor, and was never seen again, whilst one other member
just disappeared and was found the next morning to have been captured by the
other side. (women)., but was found in time to be saved from the wrath of the
landlady. That afternoon we all went to Penyghent. The best weekend of the
year.
Jim Newton