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...........meets first on Sunday of every month.
Meetings generally begin at 2:30 pm, and usually start, quite promptly. As our speakers often travel from far afield, the speaker is the first item on the agenda and often continues for a short while after our normal afternoon Tea & Biscuits Break. The final part of the meeting is devoted to reading the committee minutes and other brief items. As you can see, the meeting is thus largely devoted to the more "entertaining" and informative side of the hobby as is applied to our shared interest of budgerigar breeding
To find us just follow the A1(M) from either North or South until you reach Junction 61 and look for the sign post for Bowburn. We are in the community centre only three minutes drive from Junction 6
Bowburn is very easy to reach. It is just 2 minutes off the A1m south of Durham. As you can see it can be reached from any direction with good access from all areas.
NEWS FROM THE NBS MEETINGS
AGM (March meeting)
Still on NBS matters, our own President, Dave Price, was recently installed as President of the Northern BS as well, in recognition of his services as an exhibitor and long-standing NBS member who is a regular at NBS Open meetings. I am pleased to say that Dave has slipped comfortably into this role. Hopefully, this is only the start of an administrative career for the fancy.
Dave installed as NBS President Presenting Plaque to With Roy Cooke (Secretary), Norma Phillips (Chairman) Past President
Other Officials of the society are:-
Brian Batey Bruce Ross Margaret Bowman David Sedgwick David Herring
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Vice Chairman Asst Secretary Minutes Secretary Patronage Secretary Publicity Officer
The April meeting,
held on 2nd April, was well
attended again with about thirty members present . The speaker was Dennis
Brown of Cambridge, the former Show Director of the BS Club Show and BS
Councillor,
who
gave us the benefit of his experience and business acumen.
Dennis pointed out that, despite claims that everything about the hobby is too expensive , it has actually never been cheaper. Even seed is cheap in relation to prices compared to wages/salaries of years ago -- it goes without saying that the price of birds is even cheaper than before, except of course where folk wish to buy birds that fanciers do not wish to sell!
Dennis regretted that the BS Club Show continues to be held in the Dome but acknowledged that the move from the Racecourse was beyond the control of the Show committee
Sunderland BS and NBS President Dave Price moved the vote of thanks.