Registrar:

LIVERPOOL CATHOLIC RAMBLERS 1 ASSOCIATION -------Under the Patronage of

His Grace the Archbishop of Liverpool --~-----------~-------

Miss K. C.ollins, 254, Anfield Road, LIVERPOOL., 4.

Secretary: Mrs. M,W,Penlington~ 1 1 G~een~' i eld Road, Liverpool, 13.

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Second Series No.34

ED IT 0 R 'I AL

Religion for g Catholic is not ~ week-end affair - something to be brought out and <Sired like one• s ~'best Sunday go to meeting suit•'·~ No ! for a good practising Catholic, religion is a whole time affa ir. It is, or should be, the back-ground of our whole life; intermingling with o~r . activities w~ile at work and at loisur-G. The LnoWlGdge of this hGlps us, obviously, to load bett~r livos than VfCl would othorwise lead. Our life ·on earth would be a poor and empty thing if it were3. not for tho hel P., strength and comfo.r~ of our rol igion.

. But do WG make tho bost of the opportunities ava ilablo ·? ThG L .c .R .A. for instg,nce offers plan ty of scope for Catholics. From the very start a new member knows .that he or she. has one big thing in common with the o th0 r memb0 rs - tho fact that tp.ey aro all of the same religion and as such are united.

Surely time s1xmt in company such as this and utilised by the clean and healthy activities the Club offers, is good for our spiritual Welfare as well .as tim3 spant in prayer. A well known po Gt wrote 11 0nc is nearer God ra heart in a garden, than ~nywh3ra else on earth" a nd some.times while wandering ovor the countryside with th0 L.C.R.A. and se~ing the fresh beauty of God's own handwork in all its glory, it is sureJLy easy t~ feol that He is very close .to· ·us.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. , .......... , .. . ANNUAL M ·ASS

This is the graat oc~asion . in the yegr · .when me·mbers from the whole of the Ar-chd ·ioc~se uni tG in prayGr at thG

Mass Which is celeb1Nli tea· in the Pro-C a thedral for ·tha Asso·ciation. Floas0 do your utmost to att'end. "·This year iD will be -held on Sunday Octobe r 23rd at · ll a.m.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING __ _____., _ _.....____.._.., ________ .,_ ..... . ____ .. _____ _..

This years Annual General M3oting will tak0 place in Iona House, Balliol Road nn Thursday 29th September and wa appeal to. al_l. members to take this opportunity of s h pwing in tera st in Club affairs a nd their a pproval of the record of t .hG various matters effected 1?Y the Committee olccted last yoar. This i~ an occa sio~ for stock-taking and we ask you to give c a reful thought to the qu e"Stions you are likely to discuss.

The main question, of course, Will be the ways . a nd mea ns of propagating the Association and secondly, 01·ecting membors to c ar ry on the work of the Club for an.other )rear•

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Those who are interested in serving on the Committee should give their names to the Secretary (see heading). Please do not be shy in coming forward to, offer to serve on the Cammi t tern.,

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R ~illNEWAL OF SUBSCRIPTIONS ----------------. --. _"":'-"_,_ ___ .. ---We hesitate to speak on the question of

finance and confess we find it v3ry difficult to ask for subscriptions. Thero aro many other mc;mbors who would like, wa fcGl sure, to maintain con tact with the Club and ~ymont of tha .. 5/- sub script ion is one very concrGte way of showing continued intGrest.

We- fo'el W8 hav3 but to mention the matter and, no doubt, many of those who have ov0rlooked payment will send it in boforo the clOSG of tho finanic:ial yaar which ends on ·31st August.

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ThG Catholic Holiday Guild is considering the question of orgonising n Pilgrimage to Rome. Those interested shou-P d communicate with Mr, A. Co..llaghan, 62, Saville Road 1 Livarpool,13, who v.ill supply a ny information required.

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In :response to numarou s requests, we have tnam~ged to obtain some information which will greatly interest our lady: members - details of w~ddings... Apparently our previous aimouncament of the evont and expressions bf good wishes hav~ only served to what the appetite, so here wa go.

MARTE DlJTCH. AND RICHARD GREEN wore married at St• Aloysius 1 Church with -- --------- Nuptial Mass and Papal Blessing. There were thre3 bridesmaids? of whom Mary ~:3~D- · (sister of the bridegroom ai:d also one of our members) was the chief bridesmaid. Joseph Green, a twin brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The bride carried a bouquet of red roses. and wore 9 head-dress of fresh gardenias. The bridesmaids wore pink, blue? and turquo.ise drasses and ~arrio.d bouqu ·3ts of carnat'ions and sweet peas and wore head-dt'esses of fresh swtrnt peas. The honeymo ·Jn was spent in Eiro and the couple are now living in JLona ~)n..

VERA MILLffiR AND JOHN VINC~NT. were marri2d at st.M -rgaret Mary's . Church - ------- · ·with Nuntial Mass and Papal Blessing,. on August Ist. Tho coromony was performGd. by a brother of tha bri~G' th0 Rov Jc.m0s MillGr and Mr John Millor . g3.V3 tho bride·· away. Tho bride wor~ 2 charming gown of ivory s a tin and a coronot of Oranga Blossoms, carrying 0 bouquat of pink carn2.tions. Hor bridesmaid Miss R.Mill<:H~ was dressed in n whitG and blue floral

0aown and c a rriod n 'bouqt:_1Gt· of mixod swcot p3as.

Th 0 r '-. ception was held a t the hom--- of tho- bridG and later tho couplo left f or a honeym.o.on in E.irG.

to bo th cou plos. Wo renew our v3ry bo st .wi shoS and felicitations ·

Miss Bo.tty -:..~Doyla~ who will b-J Well known for hor singing W;ith the Crackajax Conc8rt Party, hns had to say godd­byo to us on loa.'ving for a position in tho I slc of Man.·. We send her our vary bost Wishes 9.nd trust that sho will k0on in touch with all ber

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friends in the c .R .A.

Sept 18 Hooton (Benedie tion)

" 25 Arley Hall

Oct 2 Farnd011

Lt 9 co·oa TaJLon & Norquis

u 16 ·Mawdsley Moss

~~ 23 Bidston

17th Ji..J.l 1.r - MOE'JL, ARTHUR•· ----"'----------

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L:eader - F .Be3le,y

11 W. Penlington

n A .Callaghan

H R .Marsd cm

u P.Toes

n \AJ . • Penl ington

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Meet Pier Head 10.15 Fare: lOd Meet Pier Head 9. 45 Fare: 3/6d Meet Pier Head 10.15 Fare: 2/6d Meet Pier Head 9.30 Fare: 4/-Skelhorne StreGt 10.0 F·are: 2/6d Pier Head 2~15 Fare: lOd.

With ranks rather thinned by the approach of holidays, we sat out with 7 in the party for one of our favourite districts? the

north Clwyd Range. The ascent of Moel Fammau was notable for tho beauty of tho foothills clad in their '·coats of many colours' - patch0s of rich purple hoathor, in full bloom just now, relieving thG many shadas of ~rown bracken a~d green ferns which normally mako up thG pattGrn. Tho summit was roached in swirling mist, and we wero glad to drop dovrn slightly to the elGarer air on the ridge walk to Mo0l Arthur. Rain threatened all aftGr­n9on, but all we got was an occasional slight drizzle. During a pause wa wGrG troatod to a vGrsion of the latest style in capes (by Born2rd) - a sort of skin tight wrap which would cause a sensation, evon in Paris J

After 'doing' Moel Arthur 9 the walk back to Pantymwyn via Cilcain enabled us to work up an appetite for t0a. wc-..iined at a n~w T3a Gardon which·wo must add to our catering list. On tho way to tho bus stop wo had thG unusual sight of the Ri v0r Alyn, which as a rule is quitG turbulent, completely dri0d up with thG bare rocky bed exposed after the roe en t drou~ht •

A grand day and a gra a crowd to enjoy it as we wound our way (twenty in numb er) a]. ong a wooded path, through a very pleasant dell

and by way of pleasant lanes to the venue of the ramble. Raby Mera itself looked so ve ry inviting for a Sunday afternoon 1 s boating in the sun, but we heeded not thG sirens and ore ssed on after r efreshments.

· Th3 crunching of grav3l, the swishing of grass, a sou ghin g br0ez0, chattering voicos and distant laughter - green fiGlds under a blue sky, a nea rby old mill 9 tho disitant W0lsh Hills - these are the music and meat of Mother N, tura 1 s su1111er feasting - we were tho honoured guGsts.

As the sun W3.nt dovm in a golden hazll, I felt that this h ad bo ~:m a lovely day and tha t we, as a party, had helped to make a n occ a sion worth ramemberinM.

1st Au RU st - RIVINGTON & BEL1MONT. - ~ ~ - ~-· - -~ .;;:::i.------~--- --~· ·--- - --·- ·~ ·~ ·~· -' --11

1 Tha · journey is long, but tha reward is magn ific en tu, - if I tnr~y quo t 0 from a certain pantomime~ Truly thv journ3y to

Chorl2y is long, but tho compensation of the walk ov0r hill and moorland path to An glezarkc and Rivington is worth ito I' m ~.lw e.ys r 0minded of the Lake District when walkin g by Anglezarke? with h3re and thore a company of trees or a spocklGd sky mirror3d in a placid water. ·

The moorlan3 walk to Belmont is grand, av~n though, as on almost every othar occasion, we wore drenched by heavy rain rains before roachin 0a our dGstination. But tha determination to kJep aoina,

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d0sp1te rain or snowstorms, has never bc3n lacking nor 9 I VGntura to Sqy, has it ever been regretted.

' \-th AUJ?,1!_~-~~~ .. BJYA.9~ill V~LLEY Why we should havo cljoson this day of

all days for a swimming ramble, is something we will nev~r ba able to

fathom, but in d:t'awing up next year's p:.rogramm0/. ~he Sub-Committee might try consulting tho Motoorological Office fir.st~ It poured all day. After lunch Qt tho Rod Lion, 15 hardy souls struggled as far as Rivacre, took ona look e.t tho wator and d:Jcidod it was just as wot outside the wat3r as in it, so it would have boon a wa sta of time g3 t ting changed, B otter luck noxt time.

Qui to a large proportion of the 17 who took part in this ramble were new membGrs. Some of tho told regulars•

must havo wondered if they were with the right Club wh3n they arrived at the r meG t' ; D.nd potthaps the naw members wond ared if th'3y wer0 on a ramble or a scramble when they set off up OVorton Hill immediat,ely after lGaving the Frodsham bus,· However· we all arrived at tho top very ready for tea after the hot climb. After lunch W3 followed the path along tho edge of the hill, down Jacob's Ladder and along· paths bordered by lwather and bracken, until we noarod Whitby' fl at Birch Hill. Although it was rruch too early for an officinl tea stop, we decided that the weather warranted an axcsption being mado~ so we stopped. As WG intondod returning hero for tea, we arranged to lcav8 ou·r ruck-sacks, 'knitting bags1 etc., so that we would be completely froe to enjoy the cool pine forests of Dolam0ro. Thes3 we saw under ideal conditions and we had a very enjoyable walk along shady ne3dle strewn paths, sometim3S bordered by dark mysterious forests, thGn by · shoulder high bracken, through sunlit clo arings, until oven tu ally we arri vc-d back at Whitby' s ~ hun~ry for our taa.

In fact savGral were so hungry that they su pplomon tGd their taa with poached eggs on toast. Ctrr way back to Frodsham w2,s up Jae.ob ( s Le.dd ar, back along the edge of Overton Hill and down. Thero seem to be many novel ways of coming down hills, some of them morJ effoctiv3 than dignified ~nd as a result we looked a very mucky gang as we stood in the long bus queue at Frodsham. However, it was unanimously agreed that wo had had a very enjoyable day,

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SOCIAL NOTdS by I.e. ALL

HGard racantly:-11The pi t:.nirt has got the 'flu this evening and won't b3 11 N3v;:r mir:d:·, wo h :·Ve got the amplifier". "Anyone knM! wh0ro the amp].i fier is ?tt "CP\.n Pnyono play tho piano ?" 11 ANYON3 KNOW WHERE THE .. \MPI..IFicm IS ?t1 11 It 1 s f'ound 11 • 1tGood l Any electricians in tho house ? 11

"Whoro' s th·:J turn-table ?u noh, do we neod one''• It? ? ? t ! X X X ~ ! ? ? ?

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np1oasc can anyone play tho piano 0 o

All this just goes to show that life is a vicious circle. During the sam0 Social, Bill and Cyril (recently returned from enjoying Mr Billy Butlin 1 s hospitality) demonstrated how they had been persuaded to l3aVG the camp's bar by ftbllowing a big drum. Unf'ortuna tely they could only find a biscuit tin for their a emonstration, which was somewhat deafening.

Au st in bad •twenty -~u ·3stions t again durins his Social, but it proved a littla conf\.lsing to the onlookert trying to discover which team was which. The questions were fired at quick pace, but I still say the Que st ion Mster was wr4mg by saying a Lord Mayor 1 s chain was worn only by a · man. {Alright Austin) I'll duck th0 next time I see you)

I would like to welcome al 1 the newcomers to tha Club, into our midst and to say how pl0ased we are to sc~ th err~

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Hello Folks !, Once more the Football season is u fX)n uso Last year our team played a few friendly matches whilst endeavouring to join a league and obtain its own playing pitch, We are hapgy to report that things are brighter this year as ouD team not only has a pitch to play on, but bas a lso managed to obtain membership of a lcagu3. '.'fo wish thom every success in their first a tt.;;mpt for Cup and Lcagua and w:3 look forward to sec;in g a l a rgo band of su ppor t :H'S for ,;;ach match, Fixturos wil 1 be ann ounced l o t o r. Mea.nwhilo any club m0mb0r who is intorcstcd should rnak3 applicc,tion to th3 Socrcta ry of tho to am :- ·:Mr.Tom Gibb~ 22, Hi7hfi :3J..d Rd., Li v··;:r•pool, 13.

Ch3orio for now?

Your Footb0_ll R. ,3p:>rt-.H'•

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A Club Danc3 has b30n arranged at Cath3dra1 Buildings? Brownlow Hill, on Saturday 24th S~ptembJr, from 7.30 to 11 p.m.

Ted McCulloch orovidos ths Music and r~dr3shmc;nts will b3 n vailablo, so roll up 2. nd mnk3 this d2lnC8 as .:mjoyabla as th0 last on0 at Cathodrsd Buildings.