SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1052 Title : Minutes of Caledonian Philatelic Society meeting 2139 Author(s): 907 Copyright holder(s): Name withheld Text The Caledonian Philatelic Society Minutes of meeting 2139 held on Thursday 25th January 2001, Room327, John Anderson Building, University of Strathclyde. The President, [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], opened the meeting by welcoming those present especially mentioning [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname]. Apologies were received on behalf of [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] (hip replacement), [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] and [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname]. Minutes: were on the table President’s Intimations: Competition Entries would be due on 8th Feb. Notes on the rules and Trophies were on the table for those interested. Secretary: Payment for the Social Evening and items for the Silent Auction would be welcomed from now on. Our auction lists (375 lots ) available and well presented thanks to [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname]. Viewing would be on Competition Night. A volunteer to man the barrier on 15th Feb. was required. Treasurer: Absent Packet Secretary: All was going well. Please remember to sign the front of the books. Librarian: Nothing to report Delegate to Congress: There would be a meeting in Edinburgh on the 28th. Display: ‘Clydesdale’ by Dr [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], Lanarkshire. 1st Round: Dr [CENSORED: surname] began by saying that the collection had developed over the last eight years. He had brought along general material, rather than restricting the display to postal history, to make the evening of more general interest. He started with an 1864 map of the area and then went on to show a very fine selection of material comprising postal history, cancellations, instructional markings, postcards etc. The towns were presented alphabetically from Abington to Hazelbank and the International Aviation Meeting 2nd Round: The second round was in similar vein and went from Junction (Carstairs) to the ZCF code for Crawford Vote of Thanks: Before the vote of thanks, the President announced that Dr [CENSORED: surname] had applied for membership of the Society and his application was on the table. This was greeted with acclaim. [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname], in giving the vote of thanks, complimented Dr [CENSORED: surname] on his display. There were some very fine and scarce items. Indeed some were unique. The success of the evening was obvious from the interest that the members had shown and again congratulated Dr [CENSORED: surname] for doing so well with his ‘home’ area. Next Meeting: Thursday 1st February 2001, ‘The Spanish Civil War’ by [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname]. Tea Rota: [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] Barrier: [CENSORED: forename][CENSORED: surname] The President closed the evening by wishing everyone a safe journey home. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience Adults (18+): Specialists: Audience size: 21-100 Writer knew intended audience: Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2001 Word count: 364 Text medium Other: Circulated at meetings Text publication details Part of a longer series of texts: Name of series: Series of minutes of Caledonian Philatelic Society Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Text type Written record of speech (e.g. hansard, legal proceedings, minutes of meetings): Author Author details Author id: 907 Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1930 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 15 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Computer assistant Place of birth: Glasgow Region of birth: Glasgow Birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Bearsden Region of residence: Dunbarton Residence CSD dialect area: Dnbt Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Insulating Engineer Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Tailoress Mother's place of birth: Cambuslang Mother's region of birth: Lanark Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Lnk Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: General life