the Hornchurch Club. He worked very hard. He offered to visit our contact Club in Tourcoing. He never came with us to the meetings, but took a large part when we had the visitors over here. Tom suffered illness for a long time and was hospitalised a long time. He then eventually started the League of Friends for St. Georges Hospital. He became chairman. He did a tremendous lot of work and gave them a little bird aviary for the patients to admire. Tom eventually died. I visited him a lot when he was ill. He really was an outstanding Rotarian.
Tom was followed by Dick Coulton. He had been my partner for many years. We had over 30 years together and we were very different, but never had a row in all those years. He was very good in Rotary, too He supported a Scouts group in Brentwood and one of the events I remember was a 24 hours walk round Upminster Park which raised a lot of money that went to his Scouts’ group. Dick was in the Club a long time. He was noted for saying ‘no’ to many things, but we got on well as partners. He died about 12 years ago. He was just about 80 when he died. I retired just before Dick died.
Next President was Alf Longhurst. He had a business in Upminster Road, Hornchurch. I had known him for many years when his family was young, but then lost contact. He lived in Billericay. His strong point was that he was very good on community service. Every year we opened his garden and took the blind people over for a party which became an annual event. Unfortunately, Alf died quite young. We used to go to his community meetings and he did a very good job while he was in Rotary.
Dick Wylie Paul Harris Fellow
Hornchurch Rotary Club 1944 to Present Such Sweet and Fond Memories
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