Climbing, Caving & Hill-Walking
2nd September 1956 The weather might well have washed the memory of this meet right out of members’ minds, but our visitors, The Northern Pennine Club, were instrumental in making the meet have the opposite effect. They arrived on the Saturday night and were entertained at the Club Hut. One of the party, albeit abetted …
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21st March 1954 Leader: H.Barnett Present: D.A.Carr, H.E.Chatburn, B.M.Grainger (and dog), J.D.Grayson, J.R.Hastings, G.Horner, Tony Henchley (visitor) guest of G Horner. Milia tum pransi tria repimus – Horace. The plan of attack for the day was to dig in a sink in the same field as Mountbatten and form an opinion as to whether it …
19th April 1953 Leader: Hastings.Present: Barnett, Carr, Chantry, Chatburn, Colley, Davies, Haythornthwaite, Hide, Horner, Horsburgh, J.Husband, Sissons, Wood.Guests: Pembury (B.E.C.), Tiptaft, Finch. The elements were not at all in keeping with the first morning of British Summer Time when the Leader arrived at the hole with Carr, Pembury and Tiptaft. Although they were half an …
19th - 20th April 1952 Present: J.R.Hastings, Carr, Sissons, Horner, Wood, Davies, Chatburn, Chantry, The Professor, Slack and guest Barnett. The camping party, consisting of the Leader, Carr and their guest Barnett, foregathered at the hole on Saturday afternoon. The hole was laddered and a certain amount of work was done clearing away the results …
Summer 1951 Good work has been done at Mountbatten this summer, chiefly by Carr and Hastings. Wood, Grainger, Sissons and others have lent support, morale and physical at sundry times.
16th April 1950 Present: Grainger, Roberts (visitor), Howes, Carr, Hide, Wood, Haythornthwaite, Jewell, Hastings, Chatburn, Colley, Chantry (leader). The Leader and a select few having reached the hole an hour before the appointed time, a good start was made in getting the Club tackle installed. When the remainder of the borrowed ladder was seen on …
21st August 1949 There is a belief, sedulously fostered by certain senior club members, that in the Golden age it was customary for the leader to arrange a meet and for the followers to adhere to his programme. This meet must in that case be deemed to have been in the true modern style; slipshod …
15th May 1949 Leader R. S. Howes The leader of this meet being illiterate, no explanation is forthcoming as to why it was held at Mountbatten, what secret orgies took place in the three tents the night before, or why certain members visited (clandestinely) the back precincts of Pevril Castle without paying. It is also …
June 20th & August 1948 June: Leaders - Grainger & HowesAugust: Leader - Chantry Present: GR Pryor, F Colley and visitor, HE Chatburn, HG Sissons, MH Chantry, BM Grainger, RC Jewell, GL Travis (plus son and visitor), GD Hide, J Holtom, RS Howes, AA Thrippleton, KW Wood, D Breakey, R Hastings. The June meet was …
20th July 1947 Photos only. No report.
Derbyshire Pennine Club 