started, the first thing his committee did was form a Chamber of Commerce. Another member was Tom Toye of Optical Service; he was Chairman of the Social Committee, but he left the Club soon after. Vivian Aldridge was the landlord of the Railway Hotel. He was with us a number of years. Then there was a detective called Ambrose. A temporary member was Basford who was in insurance, but he knew he would not be with us long; he was replaced the following year by Harry Smith.


There were Jack Bassett, who was in tobacco retailing, Frizzell the baker, and Ted Crowe, who was a local garage owner who looked after my car. He was the youngest in the Club, younger than I, and I was only thirty one. Arthur Garwood joined the very day I did. John Gibbs (only his wife could call him John) was a private tutor. He was President the year before I was and wouldn’t go to any conferences, so I had to go. Another member, Stan Gunary, was a farmer at Rainham. When I had started my practice in 1936 Stan had become a client (I don’t know why I got him as a client, but I did). He and his family had a stable full of working horses at that time. During the war, he got rid of them and kept just two Suffolk Punches for a long time. He was a real character and very good to us.


Next was Ince-Jones, the Dentist, just the other side of the station. I got on so well with him then, but not when I was young because I used to go to the dentist on other side of Upminster.


I always called him the white rabbit.


Then there were Alfred Lines, who had an electrical shop, Norman Oliver, who was Free Church and sadly died before we had our Charter, Cyril Porter, the school headmaster at Upminster Hill, and Oliver Tidbury, a very nice fellow who lived in Osborne Road and was a roofing felt manufacturer. Oliver was an outstanding President, to everybody's surprise! He was very keen on sport.


Charlie Wilson was another member. Charlie was in Poor Law services and was a great friend of Dr. Patterson and me. He had no wish to become President.


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