We formed on the above date with Peter Wescott as President, Noddy Lockwood as Chairman, Eddie Lyons as Treasurer and myself Jim Steer as Secretary. To be accepted as a Branch we had to have 20 members. Names I can remember are Mick Atkinson, Joe Beedles, Donald Campbell, George Cleasby, Ray Fenn, Rod Norman, Reg Foulks, Paul Gaffney, Ian Silk, Harry Kirk, Dick Legg, Dave Milstead, Neville Orton, Ronald Pyne, Richard Silsby, Norman Sussex and Gordon Tait. Some of these members have since departed this planet. Our first Dinner Dance was held on 14 November 1998 with 126 Members and Partners attending in the Langham Hotel on Eastbourne's … [Read more...]