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E.J.Kavanagh

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Liverpool 120 4Jf

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Miss Margaret Smith,

3, Curt~na Cresent,

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Sport Galore .

Numerous sportir~g activities are available for those who . feel so inclined, but by the time y ou read this you may have missed the ruttine event at Newbrj _ _::;hton. However I am quite sure you will have 3.daqua.te noti8e of the Fred Norbury Memorial Trophy. This as you will r ead elswhere in this issue is beine played in the form of an i\.rnerican Tourhament., -~nd the date t o remember· :~·l-.. Sunday June 17th. The CUf which will be shared between the win,ning lady and gent, e~ch holdih& it f or six months, is an extreemely a.tractive -des'ign, of reas om.ble · size and one which I am sure you w:ill 'be · proud t o display in "·~a- tlace of honouT in your home. ·

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li~hilst on sport what about these few words of wisdom which ·should." h~ve been printed in 11 S:ro:r ts Si::.ecial" but due t o lack . . of_ s page the:-e. ar8 re:rr·oduced herewith:-

. And ·~ at Good is an 3.S seen by Garry Finnigan_.

1) Gerr;r beli-v-es t'1at IV.Ir .. C-:itt ;;.:. rick has been offer .. ~d .'a job :·by the Army as 3. crowd dispe"'.'ser in Northen Ireland. -.;

2) He ho:r;;es for ~ve:_"ton 1 ti sake t hat DitvID N"IXON; 11Jill. . be \11~ hev:i manager as i·C V'Till t a ::e a ill 3EC~ci.~~J t o keep t41em in .. the first .; _,. ' · di vis i on nex t :rear · · ·

3) Gerry d oes not, want L:e E\•erton t3am strengtheried, h~ 'likes them the way t:_ ~ -:;y are ..

4) Finally in rer::ly -;.Jo t~:e question tWould sta:r. rlayers consiqer c oming to Guod~ son 1 ?, De ar-"-:>·;:sJ:s

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It woulrl arre.:~:::- -v~12vt ·L>::·,_~e rr..·).~J t be some short snar1f Y answers t o the above . ?

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SNOWDON\

Approximateiy 28 assembled at St John's Lane around 10.15am. for the coach to Snowdon. This number included 6 brand new ramblers out on their first venture and 7 brave and bleary-eyed souls who had not retired to bed until around 3am; · due to ·living it up at the Neptune club on Saturday night. After stopping en route -in Ruthin for a coffee, we eventually arrived at Pen-y-pass about 1pm. The party then divided into A and B walkers, (slightly more thar:i half going on the B walk) and departe·d for the assault on Snowdori. via Grib Goch and the Miners trach Respectively" :

The effects of the late night revelry were already beginning to· tell when we -reached Grib Goch and began to scramble ~ the rocks • . It took ra--ther longer than anticipated to reach .the t.op? partly due to the fact that 2 of the party had to find an easier way up. When.we did finally makG. it we had a further wait while our intrepid leader, Pete Mulhall, ran back down the mountain to retrieve his map whi·ch had blown away,o !]he rest ·of us whiled. away the time trying to -stun the seagulls with our apple cores, and chatting to various - old friends whom we· met on the top · (sort of ·summit conference) •. One seagull did try and swoop dpwn to carry of.f Frank Fitz, but wisa.ly thought better of it. At last we set off again and after a thrilling scramble along the knife edge we eventually arrived on Snowdon, which was shrouded in mist and looking very forbidding. Shortly aft.e.rwards it started to hail and because of this and the mist, and s ince it was getting late our leader decided to call it a day and led the intrepid band ,b.qck down the .Pyg track. Being anxious to get back on time Pete anci."Frank tried to speed things up by pushing two of the female members of ;the party drn,vn: the mo~tc:iin . .. However they . surii ved and the party arrived. back all. present and correctj if rather bedraggled looking, half an hour late-,,_ Afte~ getting changed and dried, even the late-nig:qte.rs who by this~time looked to be at death's door managed to revive .. · themselves in front of the fire in the pub. The jokes coming home were of an unusually high standard and rounded off what was d~spite · the weather, an enjoyable ramble. Many thanks to Pete ·for leading it.

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.llliBERT cooq-AN, f ounder member of the L. C .~.A. died on 31st .May 1973. Better known t o the :r;re-war ramblers, neverthe:less was always ar.:r:roachable and ready t o helf:. the · .\ss ocia tion., a,nd in fact did. so : . many mate~ial ways when the club was struegline financially just afte~ the war~ He was a lways interested in the .\ssociation he helped to )_aunch and was last se~n. at . our 1972 Dinner D::i.~ce .. Tlease ~emember. him in Y:our ~rayers.

Amen·.

RAMBLER IT[ On Sun.day May 6th we ha·a. a great day out to Snowclon, Pete

Mulhall was the leadero ·nespi te all the recent news about people having· ac.Cidents on the

nountains we still have people coni.'ng out incorrectly attired. Only. recently did somebody, who shall renain naneless, a~ma on a rawble in their 'Sunday Best~ I have· also seen the :oost pectiliar footwear on some walks, platforCT soled shoes and pm~ps but to nano two~ Do renenber, weather condi tiond can change rapidly. on the nountains.. Everybody LJUst be sui taoly equipped with warn clothing - windproof anaroks - waterproof C equipoent· and strone boots with vibraw/cooraando soles should be worn. If you don: 1 t wear all your equipoent ·- you should carry it in a strong light rucksack,

Remeober your leader has the DUTY to ensure that all° members of C his party are suitably dressed and prepared for the conditions which

'MAY confront him on' the walk - So DON'T RISK being turned away - be ·

June . 10t~~

June 17th

June 24th.

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Coniston Old Man Leader .• Lesley Roberts-.

No Walk this week~ as there · is an Ai"TERICAN TOURNEMENT for the Fred Norbury Trorhy.

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Devil '' s Kitchen Leader Clare Conlon~

CHIJ.JDRENS OUTING TO RIVINGTOn BARN : Children frora the Bronte Centre will be given a day outa HELP IS REQUIREDo The cost will be £1.25 - £~150)

Leader Margaret s~~tho

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SPONSORED WALK FOR ST~~ JOSEPH'S\ HOSPIC-E. _ _;

On Bunday ll.pril 29th, 143 walkers -- assembled in Delamere . Forest to take part in this walk. Preparations had been in hand for several weeks prior to this, but the walk itself was the culrJination of all the efforts.

They ·s~y the sun shin~s on the riehteous, and it.certainly shone this day, so maybe we'-- can all take a bow; .About 12 noon, the first party 111ovecl' off, ·having been "nuii1bered" and checked out before leaving, Very soon ~11 those ta.kine part wer e on their · way, and thEf saJari. was­str_etched ·throughout the fore.st. Fron tine to tine could be heard "How nany nore rules have we done now" or " How far to the next checkpoint" and in soDe cases "I 1 ve gorra keep go in ' cos I 1 ve gorranorf~· lor_ra SiJohsorf:3"··

Eventually the first circuit was coE1pleted, Eu1d lunch was taken by some, but othsrs, wishine to do their 15 niles or Bore, s et off once again through the trees. Duririg .the 'a:ft errioon .one of our party discovered a fire, and very quickly the sirens of the fire engines could be heard;

At the end of the walk - 'about 6,30 - all walkers were accounted for except 5. It was later found that thoy had "hitched" a l _ift back o~ one of the fire appliances • .

So ended what we all hope will be a very f:r;ui tfui days" wo~k, __ and here 's hopine that the results will truly reflect the awount o~. work which ·was put into the effort.

Elsewhere , you will se8 aletter froB St Joseph's Hospice, and· I would like to add DY o-vm very grateful thanks to a11 · those who he_lpe_d i ·n any way to 118.ke this day .. the ·.' succe9sI ai:1 sure it j,.s {:Soing to be:,

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JoS-PlC[ INTERNATIONAL. ,,

De.ar Cyril. This is just an unofficial l etter froD Alice, Tcny La,rkin

· and __ nys.e.lf. · Would you on our behalf pass on our thdnks to all ·the

ranb1~rs . for the trGDenclous work thay ·:·put ·in over the· walk • . . Regardl.ess of 2X1Y r,10netary r eturn WO ar e delighted ,;with

the turnout of walkers and particularly with the or ganisation _which made such snooth runninc of th0 day( except for those who -got lost with the fire engine) .. ·

·_ Thank God .-t.J1e waather was kind to us so tho..t it turned · out , to be v ery pleasent f or everyonet I shudder to think what th~ re-action would have been had it been cold o.nd rainy.

Spcakine for oyself I h2ve thorou6hly enjoyGd the whole operationo The oeetings. the or ganising and the day itself~ .

Thanks once aeain o.nd I l ook f orwD.i'd to seeing you all again for the "inquest".

Yours, · Tony Cooneyo

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Friday June 8th~

Sunday June 10th

Sunday July 1sto

F.AMIL.Y .. S ECTi ·ON .. · PROGRAMM(

Dance at St Gregory's Lydiate. Entrance Liverpool Rd . North. 8pm - 120 Admission 40p5 Phone for tickets to 526r~ 2023o 733-2122·. 489-0746.

Ramble to Halkyno .Leader John Peloeo Meet Halkyn 12a30pm" Tal<e Holywell Rd A55 an~ turm left at sienpost to Halk"yno

Mystery hambl eo Leader Arthur Brockway o. Details at Dance Jm1e Othtl

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About eighty members of the Family Section set off oh a fiLe Sunday~ViaJt 6th, for their destination .... the pinnic area at the foot or' Moel Famaue Only a small minority met here and ·they then j oin.ed the. majority· at the car park higher up the road. After having sandwiches etc, we set off for the picnic area at the' foot of Moel Farnauo

Cars parked~ we started on foot for the ·su1mni t followl:ng .a.· path whichhas been marked as a Nature Trail. The slope was ·quite gentle at fiI-st and no one seel'.led to hav~«· afiy difficulty in keeping up~ There was a slight problem though 9 not being the only visitors tothe area, in recognising ones own partyo

Having p2 s sed the Lat-ch -· covered slopes, the path continued through the Pines and became steeper as we .neared the summit . However, all arrived with: no apparent difficufty at the Jubilee Towe~o For those

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who nay be inte.r ·ested .this .was ere.c.ted by the peopl.e . o.f Denbighshire C and Flintshire to coD.IDer:lorate the fiftieth year of George 'III 1 ·s reigno The tower was never completed~ It has beGn damaged by storms over the years with the result that only the lower part is l eft .standing"

In the shelter of the To1-mr we had a break . for refreshments, and a look at the view of the Clwyd Valley to the West , an~_ the Alyn Valley to the East,whilst another large party posed for photographs(> At the call of. o.ur leader we set o.dif again along the top of Moel Faoau, battling against the wind9 Tho children seeoed to win that battle and get ahead put there . were · sone red-·nqsed babies in their papooses"

It was then discovered that one little boy \ms missing. Some of the party who lmew hiL1 turned bapk to help in the search, and it was presumed tha.t he must have m~ stakenly · f ollowed the wrong party o

.After sonie waiting ?Jld wondering, and rolling in the h0ather, (the forCTer by the, adults and the latter by the children) we all returned to the Tower? and fr.om there nade our way back, sol'.le by a different path, tp the car park, and were relieved tQ find that th~ missing child h~d · ·by . then been recovered by his parents from Loggerheads Police Station.

All's well that ends well, and thankyou Jim for an enjoyable walk.

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TEAM A pronisin~ start has been nade by the teat:i this yearG They have played three ganes, won two·and lost one~ It is certainly a nost pro:oisinc start.

COACHING 1U1yone interested in beine coached should cone a.lone; on =-, =-~~-.;"""""'. ~·

Wednesday evenine;s at 6o30po.Cyril Kelly has offered his services as chie.f ·coach for a one h?~ period -· ·every Wedx1esday,

DEE.BY DJ-b'1\1Le I would like to express" ny appreciation to all those nenbsrs who Dade the raffle worthwhile by selling draw ticketso A lis:C of all t.hose people who have dravm hoi-ses i-s. shown elsewhere in this issue~

W~EKENV~r:r;1El.\)lf[§. The courtn will be open on Saturday aml .SuTiday afternoons througho·ut the smmer so that anyone who dose 1nt feel like walking ca..n expend a li tt1e ener.;ry at the ten..nis clubo

F~O~WE£tl-t O~J r:J;1.IDt~Q.QQB-r;i:1S I would like to enphasise that all· would be . tennis players ~IUST wear plinsoles on t he.tennis courtsG High heeled shoes and the lik;~not only tlarJ.B{Se the ,c~mrts but could also lead ·to personal. injuries~ Please beaT this in Dind when gathering your ten..nis gear and reoenber to bring your plinsol es or sir.rilar typtil tennis shoeso

WATEIJ+!l9- T!-:L'S_COUJi.'I§. In dry weather., shal e. courts t;et very dusty o You r:iay, have noticed -you:.c "re·d ._ du~ty" feet after playing on a dry court o

The reDi~y~ which keeps your feet and clothing cleaner and also gives you a nore enjoyable gane is to !!!!~ the courts o It only ta.'k:es 10- 15 :oinutes and the effort is realy worthwhileo

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._f1E r'10 RIA~- TROPHY

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_A . G R-Ai·-1]) ~fa RtY ~ ;:1 . th r~ T £ i'1j,(15 'Pt ,y IL ION.

·Not.~. The Trophy will be played for in the f orn of an AlYIEll.LQ~\N

TOURl\fEl'"I~~lT which gives every playe1L1 - . irres1)ecti ve of th~ir stal').darcl - an equal cha-:1ce of wi:n.ningo -. So no CODe along- .play~rs .: . ancl. $pe,ctators alike.

TRCUTBEJCK

Tbe pickup. place was the Stork Hotel . at.a shivering 9 . 45am. The coach duly arrived_ and by 10. 15 am._ was full and had novedoff. We hit the motorway heading north and pnunaed almng the inside lane at a steady 30 m.p . h., reading our copies of the News of the World and waving flags .

A few hours later about noon (the next day), . after a coffe s_top , we arrived at Troutbeck and promptly fell out of the coach, laughing _ and shouting ' I've left me boots behind' and ' Where ' s oe butties 1 o Nearby there was_ a stone wall and a river~ We all sat on the wall whiJST Lesley ~ook our photograph a..Dd were stili sitting ten minutes later while .Lesley did her World famous trick of processing the f i lm uhder _ her left arm~ After closel y exaDining the photograph, which was in colour (blue) we set off behind John Clarke who was the 'B' party leader and shout ed gqodbye to the 'A' party who were hanging about near a si-:iall woo~en bri~ge under some trees , waitine for us to disappear, so that they Q coul d rush back to the coachv

Our destination was ALlbleside and we trudged up towards it with gusto (he lives around there) admiring the scenery and the girls up . in front . The waather had turned out favourably and the sun was shinning in bursts between fleecy clou~s. After a couple of hours and a lunch stop the path began to fall down to Amble side , a..rid so did the party, and suddenly we found oursel ves on the busy main road. Nearby was a new nursery building surrounded by a garden filled with nUDerous speci es of plant life·, which we investigated at our convenience. One or .two of t~1e raobler s were last seen there playing with man-eating plants<>

We left Anblcside and began to climb up a small cottage-line.d lane towards a well-known waterfall and on the way stopped at a cottage which displayed loo.al talent on canvas. The Girls began deckine their heads with snall bright scented flowers. All was wonderfulo Suddenly John Clarke hurt his ankle , after jumping on to his foot but bravely continued to lead us on • . Suddenly someone cried "seat ahead"- and everyone

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iLIDediat ely burst into speed leaping over rocks and dead trees in Q order to get a place . Aripping sound rent the air and we saw Bernie caught in Did-flight halfway over the back of the seat, injuring hers elf i n the process. An emergency L1e2tlnrr was call eel with the result that Bernie and an escort party went back to Amb_leside in search of a Tioctor, Q whilst the rest of the party carried on up to gaze at the waterfallo

The rest of the walk was fair~-Y straightforward with no wore r:llshaps. The views on the rout e t o our rendevous point with the coach were delightful as the sun w~s just low enough to cast shaclows on all the lumps, bumps and gTazing ani1~als on thG mountains a So eventually we hit the road which l ed up to the car park op_posite the Pub where the coach was parked.

About 15 minutes later the 1A1 party appeared, descending towards the coach. standing out against the graen background by their various colourecl garr.i.ents. The. c og;Gh set off back to ALlbleside at· about 6 Q 45pm to pick up the injured party and frol21 there we carried on t.o MilnthorF~ - ,

to the Bulls Head Pub where we stayed for an hour , c On the way back f -rom there we slept'· sang, or played cards and generally had a good time 'J

arriving back in Liverpool at about llpm& ·

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SILVEHDALE.

The ramblers met-as usual at St. . John's Lane at 9.45am {llld the coach left for the Lake District shortly\ afterwards. We arrived at the ·village of Silverdale ·at lpm. Frofil the car park, led Aiy. Barry Lyon we made our way down to the shore to beein our walk.

Our . route f ollowe cJ. the coa.stline northwards y keeping to the footpath below .the cliffs. Thls .land was well drained by numerous small strearns 9 which gave a chance for some members t o show off their skill at long jumpso Our leader showed us all how it should be done by landing with feet firmly planted in the IT~ ddle of the stream.

As we r ounded the headland we followed the footpath on to the higher lando The mild weather suddenly broke and we tried to shelter in -a small wood~ This provided little or .no shelter so dispi te to.rrential down pours we made our way t o the village of · .Ar:uaide-: Uere we found more suitable shelter f or a short while, in a cafeo

From Axnside we climbed to the top of Silverdale Hill. From here there was an .impressive view of tho foothills of the Lake District and the .. snow cappeJ. peaks of the Helvelyn Range~ The party split into two

,groups t o descend the scree slope by the vertical and almost vertical rou"t,e.

We f ollowed. the fo otpath across farming land and -passed a ruined tower back to the coach at Silverdale villageo On the way bac~ _to Liverpool we .stopped at Lancaster for the traditional ramblers refreshment. Ther e we were entertained with j okes from some of the members. (Jo~ Clarke was on good f orm as usual) untill the Pub ran . out. of beer and we were forced t o make our way back t o Li verpooL )1'veryone. said .how much they had enjoyed the ramble 1 especially as it was the first coach ramble f or a l ong tine.

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''We have ranbl es to suit everybody ~ every Sunday. Our nany other activities include~ a weekly disco~ and s ocial, a . t ennis club~ car:iping, caravanning and holidays abr oadJ

Recognise t he above extract? Itis ,of course taken fron our poster which has '.been displayed in nay churches and Catholic clubs all over oerseyside, But these activities danot organise th8filsolvesand this i s where the R.S.T. coues ino ·

'RST 1 s tands f or thE1Ranbling , Social .and Tennis' raeeting and it is he:.r;e that the future plans are prepared and functions a.11d events are organised. The neetinG take s place at our room in the Cathedral Buildings Brownlow Hill on the 2nd Monclay of every nonth at 8pr.io and we want YOU to cone along, You don't have to be a conni ttee rn~nber t o att end and we

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are always elad for new ideas and opinions and there 's always the staisfact­ion of knowing that you have done souethinG pesitive to help the club. If you want to cooe along but don't know where the Catheural Buildings are, just ask a coDoittee member who will be pleas ed to cive you the directions~

EASTER ~/tEKEND

uui.;1e 1.,i.ne betwt:;t:m luncn ana ·j Opm on Good }'rieiay, 2:1 people arrived at Plas Coch in Anglesey o )l..fter unpacking we departed to the Mona (honestly·: ) for a drink, before going down to the disco to dance until. midni ght, p-J.o~t bf.. vs finishing off the evening with coffee and a song in Richies caravano ·

On Saturday ·we were all supposed to be eoing to the Devils Kitchen but after a total wait of 3 Hours, we girls decided to set· off on our own with only Eddie Webb to lead us(fortunately he lrn.ew where he was going) . The wa1k would have been quite enjoyable had the top of· the Glyders not reseubled qne of the nore howling wastes froo 'Scott of the Antarctic', and we were tired, cold and thankful when we r eached the cars again. A hot bath and a neal revived us enough to stagger down to the disco where the girls a[Sain had to take the initiative and drag the 1gent l enen 1 aw~y fron the bar to danceo

· Sunday's ranble was cancelled due to bad weather, ouch to the relief of Satu:r;days shattered "A" walkers. SOJ.i.1e of us played football in the afternoon while the late :r;isBrs went to mass where they paid for the indolence by .having to lis-:t;en to Father Peter McLindon 's sernon (or · something) o I-iaving reserved our energies during the day we were all raring to go on Sunday night, but our s earch of Bangor and the southern half of lmglesey for a place of alcoholic refreshraent was in . _ . i · ~ Soraehow our car and Frank Fitzmaurice's finished up in Colwyn Bay, wherG our luck was not uuch better. The nen, minus alcohol, returned to their caravan in diseust , while we decided tm nakeour trip worthwhile by stayinc for a Chinese meal~ AS . returned over the Menai Brid5e 1or about the eight time that night we were tired, fedup and completely unaware of the little sur1Jrise that .fa t o had in store for us, Howev·er , on reaching the caravan \>1e noticed the lic;hts wer.e on and opening the do.or revealed 15 people i n a very convivial nood~ It also revealed 48 enpty beer bottles on the floore We joined in the revelry, even taking some photo's , Brian miraculously appearing in front of the lens every tiueo Finally those of a considerate nature r etired to bed about 2 ao.

The weather 8,Gain being doubtful on Monday 1 we spent the afternoon playing football (in the rain) on Newborouc;h beach while Clare us ed up the rest of her photo's. After a quick stop to confuse a cafe owner we returned to pack, finally leaving about 7PQ• After hitting only one traffic jam~ most of us oet up mn the Coed Talon for a drink before ret.urning hone after what proved to be a nost enjoyabl~ (if rather darap) weekend.

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Surnner is coninc; and so the club is now turning i t_s attention to more outdoor events as can be sGen frou the sociai prograr:ITJe .

Many club neobers will be spendine q week in ·Scotland together· during the Bank· Holiday period. Others will be planning l ess anbitious venture·s•" The Tennis section will be arranging regular Anerioan TournaIJents which pIDoved so popular last year- the highlight of the Tennis prograrill:le being the Freel Norbury Cup Conpetition on the 17th June , which will be foll.owed · by another Tennis Dance that s2.rJe evening.

Putting and :Bowling events will resune and these .. shouldturn out to be a s enjoyable as t ho s e last year.

On the Mona : S~ ene, by· way of a change, we are trying out an 1 0pen Night r on the 21'st. June this ~s intended to be an illfornal q;porttini ty for those with any r:msical ability to . tTake the Floor.' and provide us with some hone nade entertainnent. There nust be nany ueDbers who can play guitars or other ousical · instrunents or perhaps be prepared to Sing aiong with other musicians . So put aside you shyness and cone forward. Who knows we nay even have a eroup of our own f orqed as a resuly of this venjrure. The normal disco will be played later f or th~se who wish to dance .

~he popUlar professional Disco ' Paveuent' which we hired at our christnas party has again bee;n booked for the 28th June. On that night . we -will have a l ate license until 11. 30 and. will be able to stay until ' 12po. or later.

7th June.

14th June.

21st June

28th June·.

5th July.

Richie Cannon.

SOCIAL PrtOGHAMME

Country Dancing Hour & Pop.

Presentation t o Fr.O'Leary of sponsored ·walk fund Plus Pops

Maec;i e Snith & Monica Moran .

a Plenty Disco. John McLinclon.

'Open Ni eht Take the Fl oor' Plus Pops. a PlGnty Disco

Prof essiorial Disco & Lo,te License Booked.

Vari ed Pops & Folk Sound

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Winnie Shaw & J oyce Blair.

' ' Pb. V:EME1'J'r t '

Chri stin~ Dol 3.Il & Philonena Walsh •

~le~se offer y our rr~yers f or Mr. G<)ogan th3. t he will rec over fr om his illness

and f or the "repose of the s culs of _J ohn Byrne and Nora Ta sker

who d i ed re~ently.

SPORT SPECIAL

A. }lJTTING. A putting cowpetition will take place at.New Bright~n on Saturday evening June 9th. Cars will leave St.Johns Lane at 6po. J?RO~. In the event of bad weather 1 10 pin bowling will be played , also at New Brighton.

B. CROl;JN GREEN BOv{JiING A bowline competition will be held at Seacombe .Pron1enade BowlinB' Green on Saturday 23rcl June. If you want a really good laugh, don 't niss this ovent. Meet 6pm.ON the Liverpool Pierhead Landing Stage . .

c. MI~GOLF A number of fri endly matches will be held shortly at ~he Kirkby Mini Goif Course . Details on News at Ten.

D. F . A. CUP ,FIN.:Ui~ . .fb°1Sr~·1 _g.OAL SYF£E}?m,JJL_~"~o~:_.];i_,J~ . R!:A~J~ITU S .. CLUB . c Mary .Barrett wor:i £1,00j anc1 Eddie Webb and Eric Morrisey won 50p each 1

when Ian" Porterfield sc_ore :i the first goal at WeL1bley.

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·The season just finished will be l ong r emeDbered as the most interesting f or ma~y years . Promotion and relegation i ssues persisted until· the closinc noraents of the season i n all divisions ; the Cup lJroduced · · ··_ more shocks than usual, expert predications ·being r epeat edly oonfoii:ncte.g ;famous players retired .gracefully frorl1 the caoe and, i nevitably a number o:L.uanagers wer e replaced.

Lancashire can rie;htly be yroud as all four chanpionships were won by Lancashire t eams , Liverpool at 19ng l ast, deservedl y winning a maj or honour 1 wi th Burnley, Dolton and SQuth_Qort prov~q.ing a clean sweep f or the county.

Personalities who Dade the headlines were Frank 0 1Farrell' and Harry Catterick, who were repl c.,cec;l as tean manaeers of their respective. clubs ~ Malcolm Allison , who l eft a strU.t.,GlinG City t eaL1 only t'o ·see hi s new club ,;relegated , Gordon Be,nks whose .fantastic car eer seems to have been ended by that car accident ancl the Charlton Brothers who retired froB the crn:1e to t ake up Danagerial duties with ;new clubs . Bobp_y,_.t_p___J2§,_!'.ti~~1~ will be_ reG~nbereC:~ as one of }.ln.G_lands _finest . pl ay§rs. _Hi s @·eat est t=!:_"Uir.:~ w~~_ihe _S~§!J.d_a:r-d of gooq __ 1~1?Jlllers 2 Dodes:tL and fa;i.rn§_ss whi_ch characterised his e;ntire career 9 it rs a l)i ty ~ but these qualities are virtually non existant in to- clay ' s gane e We wish Bobby every success wit h his new j cb . Incidental ly, he was one of the few peopl e to tip Sunderland t o b0at Leo,ds , which is nor e than can be aaid for the writer;

Abov~ all el se j 1972/7 3 will bG reGeubered f or Sunclerl and 1 fabulous, exciting Sunderland . All the ex-J!erts tipped f irst Manchest er , then Luton 51

then Arsenal, and finally Leeds to -stop Stokoe's ,gal.lo:;_J . Tiut they were all so very wrong . City, .Arsenal and Leeds have won few fri ends over the years 7 and therefore~ . few tears were shed at their defeats . Stokoe's Sunderland seet ed to come like a b~.eath of fresh ai r to a suff oco,ting soccer :public. Lets hope their- p:piri t of adventure s1·ffeads . We are sick of watching predictable nachines 7 sick al~o of the atteri1pt s of : -: ; .... :: ·i . .. , .1

intcrnJ. tion::i.l rl :t.y·2rs t 0 refer'ee mn. tches . Let Is hci,ve more f airness .:i.nC. honesty, Stob .1e Style .

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THE LIVERPOOL SCENE (In answer to last nonths 'Wo~ld of Soccer')

The ·questions ra{sed lincler this heading in l°ast 6.rillths issue produced a couple of sharp replies 9 one froo 'T~UE TI~]!_~ ' and the other fron .9-1fil_U~_l1IG::IG.1µ~ . To Questions ~~~J..T~UJ&:~ conceds that 'Liverpool probably ueserved to win the chawpionship, but like all chanpions they had a considerable ar:.1ount of luck. ' HE ADDS' 11 that without a doubt " referees .;,ere generous with their decisio

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ns at linfield, West Han and Birrringhan each beinJ· robbed of 2 poinys by bad decisions" . : GERRY states ' 1the fac~s speak for theoselves. Liverpool _. have won no~e~and lost less ganes than .anyother . teau, scored nore goals and concede~ _ less; What nore does a teaw have to do to be worthy chai~pions?~ HE "2ontinu~s ,. an~J2.l?_~~.fill~t}y ___ ~ees ~iJ~..h ... JJll[B_ p_A.Uffi w.t:i~~-hU~?" When you have an average 5ate of 48,102, sone decisions nust be influenced, for referees are only hunano~• naybe if EVEftTON hire 'rent a crowd'next season" sqne decisions r.1ay be uade. in their favour". ( ~ ·

IN . .Al'1BWEn TO THE ~UESTION HEFEI-Li ING TO LIVilllf'OOL DEIIJG A DIRTY TEAl"VI o=x=o;-~-~·:e..~ -... ~--~--2.~- ~"~----- -~~..; a:n:.;~ .-....:- ---~· ~ .. a. . o.;;..,..,..~:"CC- ...,. ~ .. ~ ~ .__.., ..,. ~- ~~...a.- .-..:. ._,.,,....-:o:~:r~· "--"<~~J

GEFL.ff SLY 1 S 11 4 players se.nt off 9 2 for retaliation 9 1 for dissent 1 one fo;~soo.ethine he didn ft do; out of 16 first tear:i players' only six have been bookedo •• is this the record of _a chrty tean?"(Whos:e siJe is pe on?).

gpEST~OH ...5 _goduccd a 12Pfilfi,,y_ cc:~e~_"LJFsopn1.1_.~lVJD J?1C~E He sta~.~P~"Eill Shankly is a. truly [;Teat Da.Il8.Ger, a fanatic who gets the best out Of his nen •• ~ a likable personality~ but a :oan who, perhaps without appreciating it, uses hi$ undoubted popularity to help his l)layers escape susp~nsions •• does he think his players never< step out of line? •• The fact his players are not suspended .is not:hing new 1 its been goine- on for years, rene.nber St.Jobn?.e • . I wonder if Henry Newton would have ·been suspended had he been repr~;sented by the popul~ Shankly • , • sooehow it snells of one set , of _rules for the reds and a different· set for the rest, and I, for one, don.' t like it. " GERRY' $ .2J?...:!--pi <?n ?..I?-~: J;!ll ~.Pt i Olf~.£~~d,B_<?_~SL.!iMJ?~ con~£ad.;L_ctiq:q, ' 'You don 't need a persuasive tongue when your players are not.qµilty of the offence for which they are being tried, althoueh I nu.st adu.it that if I ever coIJI:J.it a crioe , I will tr1J to get Bill 1Jhankly to defend ue '"•

~;:~i~r.n~=.7~:J~~~iJ;;1~)-s2l:Jl)jpEX_ somri. tte.!!_j~ . f air]._i

"On the occasions this season I have been to the CoDDittee~ I've been trenendously i npressed by the ABSOLUTE F.b.I..81\JESS shown to all sides". and Danr)Y D18f1_ch:f] ow~....'..'!. yj~~-of__§h~J?.~J'EEJ?.8 ..:"UD_s_ u.r_j;he_ ::ian (Sunday Express • "?eople are sonetines doubtful of Bill's fanatical -ways 1 but they are never really suspicious of hin. He Dicht contradict hinself sooet_ines, but that is just the passion of the oouent. People trust hio because he is straight anL honest ••• That reuarkable nan fron the Kop has taken his tean to another title, it was fittin5 for hin to do a lap of ho:qour. The Kop are lucky to have a nanagcr they CW1 trust".

Fi:qal~_y__, .9_.IfilIBXP..9-_s&J_bj~ .t.£. .P..?-.X~ al;>o1:l~ Jhe __ CJ!-~~~ions. "If you win your eanes when all around are losine theirs, sone people, will say tba:t you were fortunate~ Mr.P.McLindon and Mr,B.Keller being two of then"

THE SPORTS EIDITOR S.b.YtS 9 "the Liverpool Scene has been well covered by the above~,~but~if ·you wfsh~to add to these co::- Jilents send theu to rae •••••• C3.re of :- 13 ·sha.kesreare .Street, Bootle, L20 4.Jl- Lanae.

RESULTS OF THE GRhND DEHpY DRAW - TICKETS ~RAwN _ ON May 26th

After Burner. Bally Gane. B~onpie. Cavo Doro. Club House. Draw the Lin~, Duke of Ragusa Faeliciano ~Flintstone. Free Foot. F+ee Will. Gunter .. Gypsy ]arori_, Honey Crepe. Hot spur. Janes Younge Knock Out. Ksa:ro Major Role Margouillat MidsULIDcr Star Minnar.:iour Mon Fils Marston Mostly Henry Nat sun No"l?le Decree Palekare Perdli : Perou Pierino Plailly Pr~_ncely Review Probos·cis Projector . Proverb Raga pep Relay Hacee Ror.loke Satingo Sea Pigeon. Solar Wind Son of a Gun Tepee Thatch Weavers Hall

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D.Alcocko 2oWolvcrton. Skeloersdale.Lancso L.Roberts-.89. Watline Aveo Liverpool. 21 o

Mrs. G. Peasnal.L M.Edwards.23Pintree Ave. MoretonoWirrel MeCassidy. 12.Gribble Rd. Liverpool.10o P. Quick. 86 Moorhey Hd . Maghull. Anne Webbo 548-1905.

. Collin Laneryo 104oEdgerton Pk.Rd. Rock Ferry~ · E., Wrighto 43~Lowden Ave Liverpoolo21. Miss J Connor.115 Raleiah Rd. Leasowe., J.Lovelady., B.n.ablerso w. Hunphi-ieso 28 Gilienuore Ave LPool 18. P.Norton. 3 Oakdale Rd. Wallasey. Mr.S. Burke . 31.0akhill Dr~Lydiateo .Mrs.M.Butcher, 8.Lowden Ave.LiverpooL 21. BoForrester. 9~Park Wayo WallasGy. PoLoftus. 39oChildwall Valley Rd, Lpool 16. Mrs.R.Pueh. 2.Lowfield Rd, Liverpool.14 Mrs Dukes~ 30 Meredale Rd Liverpool,18 Loftus. 3·9, Childwall Walley Rdo Lpool ~ 6

.Mrs Holcroft.c/o Collins & Darwell Leigh, ·R.Johnstone. 41.Fergusson Ave.Greasby. A.Schofield. Ranblerso T., V, .t1uehes41 . 5 ,Higgenount Ave Lpool 11 o P.Quick. 8GoMoorhey Rd. Mt.~ghull •.. V~J;;ane;ley.22.Calder Driveo Maghull. J .• E. Winterso 17 oEaton Itveo LiverpooL 21 • . AoE.Ruddo30 Desford Roado Liverpool.19 LoColvino 5~Glenhead Rd~ Lpoolo19o Mrs.M.Hollinshead 9 23oLunt Rd.Bootleo R.Greenwood, 39 Boswell St.Livorpool.80 M::boJ .T"Price~ 4a,,Garth :DroLiverpool.1_8_ . _ Ho Seddon. 22 Carrfield AvecCrosby.,Lp9ol .22 ~ F.Roberts" 70 Elnswood Rd,,Lpool .17 · ·: · B.Rennie. 2 Turfton Rd. Royton Olilllara · · -. :· J c.Finnageno 1 Oa Brovmlow Hill Lpo.ol 3 Frank O'Donoghue.21.Broacl..~ey.Thorntono23o RoW8llace. Crown House Engincerine. Ltd (Cyril) ~1roQassidy 120 Gribble Rdo Liverpool 10 MoHarpson.236oGarston Old RdoLiverpoolo19 Bro . ~ope oS.Jo 81eTwigg Lane Rmby. KoBrennan. 1-25,Milton L..ve Liverpool 140 Mrs.B.Hicksono169o BoltonB.cl<IA8hton~in-Makerfield David Marcus 31 oPark Crescent So~t~p.ort Miss PO'NeilL 19.,Newborout;h Ave Lpool 23 J.McLindon~ 21.,Shanklin Rd~ Liverpoolo15o

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