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Past events
– a small selection of photographs
Montage captions:
| May 2007: the Fylingdales Museum Trust presents
the restored portrait of the Revd. Cooper – painted by J. Ulric
Walmsley – to the Fylingdales Village Hall Committee. |
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Fowey 2005: members aboard for sailing up the Fowey river
to see the site of Leo's old home at Pont Pill. The toddler with his back to
the camera is Leo's great-grandson.
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May 2006: unveiling the surprise discovery at Sheffield
University of photos showing Leo and Sam Wilson at the Bay Marine Laboratory
in 1912. |
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| May 2000: members take in the stunning view of 'High Batts'
from the Rose Garden at Fyling Hall School. |
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May 2007: refreshments are served at a moderate price
– and well-appreciated. |
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October 2000: Selina, daughter of Leo and Stephanie,
recounts some of her memories of her father to an appreciative audience. |
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May 2007: local historian and author Pat Labistour signs
copies of her books following her talk on 'Bay's changing economy through
the ages. |
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May 2006: Sean Walmsley talks to Nona, the editor of 'Shells
and Bright Stones' |
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Members examining Leo's notebook, compiled while he was
employed at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Robin Hood's Bay in the early years
of the last century. This notebook has only recently been discovered and
presented to the Society by the University of Sheffield.
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Autumn 1997: the Lord Mayor of Bradford unveils
the blue plaque commemorating Leo's birthplace in Shipley, 1892. |
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May 2000: Keith Handley, a member of the Society Reading
Team, reads extracts from the Walmsley biography with the wide vista of the
bay and the Ravenscar headland in the background.
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May 2006: Sean Walmsley at lunch with Society members
in the Victoria Hotel. |
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More links:
The Whitby Gazette article about the Society's 21st birthday celebrations.
See the 2008 weekend photos here
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