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to be printed at a very reasonable cost at one of her local schools. The school is for children with both learning and/or physical disabilities and all the printing they do for us is very professionally done. So many members help in so many ways that the club can take great pride in being so successful in a time when many other cage bird societies are struggling or have gone under. Joyce Ayers is another of our members
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who can always be relies upon to help. Joyce willingly supplies the many succulent cakes, pastries and sandwiches at both our shows and our Xmas Fayre. We have always been fortunate in our
choice of efficient Secretaries and Treasurers and Jennifer Davies is following this tradition with most excellent records. Jennifer also provides everyone at the
Members show with an excellent cooked lunch. Another very good reason to show or at least attend this event. For many years Bill Shipp was Secretary,
Treasurer, Show and Patronage Secretaries all rolled into one person. I am very pleased to see that Bill is feeling better and looking more like his old self again. Dave Hall is one of our past fanciers
who have returned to the fold. In the 1950s he was a budgie fancier. Dave has
special “Thank You” to Mrs Audrey Hughes for arranging for the Schedules and Patronage booklets
now made a name for himself as a proficient breeder of parrots especially Amazons. He is currently Chairman of the Amazona Society (TASUK). We all know what an avid and interesting speaker he is on this subject. Dave used to be a member of the Parrot Society Council and he now compiles the PS breeding register. If you would like to become a member
of the 100-club please ask Mike Law for details. Each number costs just 50p each month. Three £5 prizes are paid out to the winners at each of the club meetings along with a chance of winning two £25 Snowballs during the year. Last year the club and its members were
touched by sadness when Ray Davies, husband of our Secretary Jennifer, died. Our thoughts and sympathy went to her and her family. Ray was always there to help with the
nourishment of both members and visitors alike at the Auctions, Shows and Club meetings and is sadly missed by us all. The Budgerigar Society and Fancy were
shocked at the death of Georgina Bonner, wife of John. In the late 60’s and early 70’s these two stalwarts were the show secretaries of Luton. This was in our hey day when Luton received BS Championship Patronage. In those days our entries for budgies was in excess of 750 birds. When John founded the Bedfordshire BS we lost the invaluable services of them both. A quarter of a century ago Derek Pratt
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