FROM FROGMEN TO AQUANAUTS (A bit of club History )

By Colin, with archive information by Dave

It was at the recent 2002 AGM I was honoured to receive a couple of nice shiny trophies. The first was from my good friend Dave who told a tale or two about our early days of diving in the 70’s .Why he ever wanted to be my buddy from that point on, I can’t imagine. He must have been looking for a mug to carry his kit around for the next 25 years. Well it seemed to work. I was deeply touched by his commemorative tankard inscribed “25 years as a dive buddy and good friend”. The second was a commemorative plaque presented by the club to both Dave and myself for 25 years club diving together. This will take pride of place above all my bits of Brass and Junk.

The club has seen many faces over the years and has moved from strength to strength but Dave and I felt it was an appropriate time to reflect on some club history. I apologise to the newer members for mentioning names that won’t mean anything to them, but some were very distinguished characters in their own right who have passed through the club and will be remembered by some of our long standing members.

Firstly, I must mention Brian, who sadly passed away last year. Brian was the club history book. If you wanted to know something he was the man to tell you. It was Brian’s long term contribution to the club that inspired me to put pen to paper and to tell how the club was born.

I was never in the club from the very beginning. It was 1975 when I joined and it is only from information that Dave, who is the clubs longest running member, has given me, that I have been able to piece the jig saw together.

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