Membership Changes
New Members
1072 Clive Lovell, Keynsham,
1073 Tracey Newstead, Wells,
1074 Henry Bennett, Pimlico,
1075 Brian Wafer, St Pauls Cray,
Address Changes
322 Bryan Ellis, Westonzoyland, Bridgwater
1071 Michael McDonald, Urchfont,
Devizes, Wiltshire
1067 Fiona McFall, Knowle, Bristol
1037 Dave Pike, Wookey Hole, Wells,
482 Gordon Selby, Wells, Somerset
1031 Mike Wigglesworth, Wells,
Somerset.
813
Members Rejoining
896 Pat Cronin, Knowle,
Secs Notes
Cave Closures
The main Mendip news at present is the major upheaval caused by the NCC scheduling cave sites as SSSIs, a subject that I have enlarged upon in a separate article in this bulletin. The response of the landowners to this action has been to shut a number of caves, namely: Hunters Hole, Swildons, Eastwater, Nine Barrows and Sludge Pit (16/5/86). We as a club were asked by the landowners to close St Cuthberts as a sign of good will. The committee was consulted and we agreed to stop any trips that had not been previously booked, for a period of two weeks from 18/5/86. This decision was not taken lightly, but it was felt that we should do as much as possible to support the landowners in their protest against the restrictions imposed upon them.
Club Archivist
The committee realised a need for the club archives to be sorted, shortly after the last AGM. Alan Thomas offered his services and was appointed to this non-committee post. He has since been busy doing things archivists do and has recently come up with his first find, a letter which will hopefully find our elusive mining log. The material in the archives shows a great deal of club history and members who need any information of this nature should contact Alan directly.