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Welcome to our Website - we  hope you find it interesting!!

 For Up To Date  information on the fancy in our area its activities and its members.

WE HAVE MOVED  !!

following a couple of happy, but costly, years at the St Luke's Centre Pallion, we have acquired new premises, at the GRINDON MILL INN, Chester Road, Sunderland. This is very close to the North East National show Hall, and is situated at the junction between Grindon Lane and Chester Road.

The room is situated at the front of the Inn, with  from the front door of the building and is separated from the other public rooms. The room is very well well furnished with carpeting and soft furnishings and can comfortably accommodate thirty or so folk. Additionally, there is good access to the Bar !!

Meetings will still be held on the last Monday of each month start at 7:30 pm and we held the first meeting on 29th March (see Meeting Reports for details)

  How to Get There!

 It is in the Grindon Mill Inn, Chester Road. (very near the North East National Show Hall)

 The Inn fronts on to one of the main roads connecting the A1(M) with Sunderland City centre, and is also easily accessed from the A19 (the Tees-side to Tyne Tunnel Road.    For those without their own transport, the venue is served by a number of bus services from town and from the west.

As always, we cordially invite you to join us !

 

     

THE NEW ORDER for 2010

           

(above, Mick Cook (Chairman),  Joe Staples (Secretary),       Kevin Thompson (Treasurer)  Keith Allison (Minutes Sec)

The Sunderland Budgerigar Society was founded in the late 1940's at a time when the budgerigar fancy was growing. In the intervening time there have been periods of decline in our membership, and the fancy in general, but we hope that following recent problems, the fancy is once again on the way up.

The budgerigar fancy appeals to a wide range of people, irrespective of ages and gender and Sunderland Budgerigar Society welcomes all fanciers, whatever form their interest takes, be it breeding birds for pets, to exhibit, or merely to keep as a collection of birds - for example, to enhance a back yard or garden.

At our meetings, we provide basic information information and opinion on the breeding and exhibiting of the modern budgerigar, through the views and activities of our members, but chiefly via our visiting speakers. This site is aimed to reflect this and as time goes on, we hope to add more articles, etc about basics Please let us know what you think of the site and any ways in which you feel that it may be improved, by additions ---- or deletions!.

Please note that all fanciers are cordially invite to come along to any of our meetings, as a visitor, before deciding to join the society.

ANNUAL SHOW. We hold an OPEN SHOW, with South Shields Budgerigar Society. This is the North East National -- see separate pages, listed in the margin to the left hand side of all these web pages.

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  After conducting the society’s official business, which only takes a half an hour or so, we spend the rest of the time in projects aimed at increasing our knowledge of the fancy, either by  general discussion, viewing videos or presentation concerning other fanciers but increasingly often, as we build up in numbers we try to secure the services of speakers and panels from other societies and other parts of the region to come and talk to us about their experiences and difficulties in the breeding and exhibiting of budgerigars.

They also share advice with our members about particular problems or queries that they may have. We are always on the look-out for new speakers and subjects, so anyone who has any ideas about this should contact our General Secretary, or indeed any of the officials of the society.

We are a small society but there is still around 14 -20 people turn up to every meeting out of a base of thirty or so members who attend regularly. We have plenty of room for more, enthusiastic, members, who will help boost our numbers. The more the merrier!  

Subscriptions   for membership of the society are far from exorbitant  - only £4.00  per year.

 

 

THE SOCIETY'S OFFICERS for 2010

President     Jack Robertson

Chairman     Mick Cooke

Vice Chairman    Kevin Thompson

General Secretary  J. L. (Joe) Staples, 6 Rishton Sq., Red House Est.,  SUNDERLAND

Assistant Secretary  (Acting) Dave Herring

   Treasurer      Kevin Thompson

Minutes secretary       Keith Allison

Publicity secretary  David Herring, 6 Chatsworth Street, SUNDERLAND SR4 7TR   Tel 0191-5673933

Auditor    To be appointed

 

       for the new general interest  magazine with a Northern BS page   - click HERE

 

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