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2007 Activities
Spring Meeting, 21 - 22 May, Robin Hood's Bay
The Spring Meeting was held on the weekend of 11 - 12 May in Robin Hood's Bay.
During the Annual General Meeting, held in the Village Hall on Saturday morning, all officers and current committee members were re-elected.
The afternoon session began with an illustrated talk by local historian Pat Labistour at 2pm. Her talk, entitled "Ebbing Tide: Robin Hood’s Bay's Changing Economy Through the Ages" was based on her recently published book of the same title, and was well received by members and visitors alike. This was followed by questions and a book-signing session during which refreshments were served.
Following the refreshments, the Fylingdales Museum Trust presented to the Village Hall Committee a newly restored portrait, in oils, of the Reverend Jermyn Cooper. (picture) His incumbency of the parish of Robin Hood’s Bay and Fylingdales lasted for over 50 years, spanning the transition from the 19th to the 20th century. The portrait, painted by Ulric Walmsley, will now hang on permanent display.
A buffet supper for members was held during the evening.
On Sunday morning a walk to St. Stephen's Old Church, on the hillside high outside the village, was led by members Jane Ellis and George Featherston. There the walkers were able to view the graves of the Reverend Cooper and his family, including that of his son, the Major Robert Cooper, who died in 1908 following service in the Boer War. A portrait of Robert Cooper, also by Ulric Walmsley, is hanging in the Robin Hood's Bay Men’s Institute.
The traditional Sunday lunch was then taken at the Victoria Hotel.
2006 Activities
Spring Meeting
May 2006 was the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Walmsley Society by Jack L. W. Hazell, and a celebratory weekend was held in commemoration of this. Leo's son, Dr. Sean Walmsley, the Society's President, flew over from his home in New York for the occasion.
Exhibitions depicting the life and works of both Ulric and Leo Walmsley were held, along with a history of Society activities and achievements in words and pictures. Slides and videos were also shown at various times, and the Saturday meeting was rounded off with the cutting of a 21st birthday cake at a buffet supper in the village hall.
On Sunday morning a welcome break in the weekend's dismal weather allowed members to take a walk along the old railway line to Stoupe Browe to see the horse trough at the site where Leo had originally hoped to build a home when he and Margaret retuned from Cornwall in the mid-1930s. A favourable tide afforded access to the beach for the return to the village. The annual Sunday lunch was then taken at the Victoria Hotel.
2005 Activities
Autumn Meeting
The Autumn Meeting was held in Fowey, Cornwall, where Leo lived during the early 1930s with his second wife, Margaret. He returned during the late 1940s and 1950s when he met and married Stephanie. Living first in the ex-Army hut in Pont Creek, he later moved into the town when his third daughter, Selina, started school. He died there in 1966.
During the weekend meeting Nancy Jolliff, local historian, gave an illustrated talk on "Pirates & Pilgrims" and an exhibition depicting Leo's life and works was open to the public in Fowey Town Hall.
Members enjoyed an evening meal at Chuffers Restaurant followed by a boat trip on the river into Pont Pill during Sunday morning, giving them a chance to see the site of the Hut, now unfortunately demolished. (picture)
Spring Meeting, 21-22 May, Robin Hood's Bay
At the Annual General Meeting the Leo Walmsley Bibliography, compiled by Hon. Secretary Fred Lane and published by the Walmsley Society, was launched.
A new edition of "Three Fevers", which the Society has newly published, was also made available for the first time.
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During the afternoon the meeting was opened to the public for an illustrated talk by Will Watts, director of the Dinosaur Coast Project, which was then followed by light refreshments and a showing of a series of slides entitled "Leo Walmsley - A Life in Focus".
Later members and their guests met at Trenchers Restaurant, Whitby, for an evening meal.
On Sunday 22 May, members Jane Ellis and George Featherston led a walk along the clifftop footpath and through the "bluebell" valley (picture). This was followed by the traditional Sunday lunch at the Victoria Hotel.
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