Scope and Content
Includes, amongst other things:
- annual programmes and bimonthly bulletins and lists of members;
- photograph of Sidney Swift, Kenneth Rowell and their wives at annual conference at Scarborough [Yorkshire];
- photograph of Rotarians and Inner Wheel members at party given by Sidney and Mrs.Swift at Whitegates, Bromham Road, Bedford, including: Paul Bucher; Ted Cleaver; Daff and Larry Gillett; Donald Johnston; Dennis Lacey; Ernie Lain; S.Lynn; Alan and Joan Martin; Lawrence Price; Fred, Kenneth and Mrs.Rowell; Frank and Mrs.Stoodley; Sidney & Mrs.Swift; Grace and Ken Udy; Philip Woodford;
- photographs of: Charles Blakeway; Tom Curtis; Frank Diemer; Charles Handscomb; Eric Lacey; Ernest Lain; Harry Manning; Alan Martin; John Ormerod; Kenneth Rowell; Sidney Swift; Robert Watson; Billy Williams and Colonel Frank Wilson;
- Rotary Club of Bedford desire to institute a Bedford Guildhouse;
- photograph of Alec Phypers, Frank Phypers, Herbert Phypers and Sydney Phypers;
- flyer for Swan Hotel, Bedford;
- talk to Rotarians by Oswald H.Gibson of East & West Friendship Council on "welcoming the coloured student from overseas";
- talk to Rotarians by Archdeacon of Bedford B.T.Guy comparing Bedfordshire and Devon;
- talk to Rotarians by Sir Norris Kenyon on life in Russia;
- photograph of P.Bucher, C.H.Blakeway; S.W.Lynn, H.S.Manning, P.B.Peddar, E.H.L.Stonebanks, J.E.Taylor and E.C.Walker;
- photograph of Paul Bucher, Donald Johnston, Alan and Joan Martin, Kenneth & Mrs.Rowell, Sidney & Mrs.Swift at annual conference at Skegness [Lincolnshire], together with programmes;
- talk to Rotarians by F.C.Whitmore, manager of Chilterns Sub Area of Eastern Electricity Board on Duke of Edinburgh's Study Conference;
- annual Round Table ladies dinner night;
- Christmas greetings recorded by Rotary Club of Bedford for Rotary Club of Bedford, Ohio with photograph showing Paul Bucher, Donald Johnston, Ernest Lain, Sidney Lynn, Harry Manning, Jack Ormerod, Phil Peddar, Henry Perry, Kenneth Rowell, Eric Stonebanks, Sidney Swift and Eric Walker;
- appointment of former Bedford Rotarian Joseph Godber as Joint Parliamentary Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Food;
- invitation by Rotary Club of Bedford to Bedford Town Council to join them at weekly dinner, photograph shows J.A.Canvin, G.M.Inskip, Donald Johnston, A.A.Jones, Kenneth Rowell, Sidney Swift and R.Turner;
- appointment of Kenneth Rowell as director of W.H.Allen Sons & Company Limited, with photograph;
- talk to Rotarians by James Wooding, education officer at W.H.Allen Sons & Company Limited, with photograph of C.R.Handscomb;
- annual ball, with programme and photograph of Sidney & Mrs.Swift, Kenneth & Mrs.Rowell, E.C. & Mrs.Walker;
- talk to Rotarians by B.Shand, Matron of Bedford General Hospital;
- menu of dinner given by Rotary Club de Bruges attended by Kenneth Rowell;
- talk to Rotarians by G.H.Tawell, South Bedfordshire market gardener on industry and economy;
- talk to Rotarians by blind ex Royal Engineers Captain Kenneth Revis;
- Inner Wheel Valentine party menu etc.;
- Soroptimist Club of Bedford annual dinner menu;
- talk to Rotarians on investment in Commonwealth by T.H.H.Skeet [future MP for Bedford];
- talk to Rotarians by S.W.Lynn, County Surveyor, on highway development;
- Charter dinner and dance menu and toast list;
- talk to Rotarians by L.Noel Darbyshire on atomic energy;
- photograph showing Kenneth Rowell and Mayor of Bedford, Ron Gale;
- photographs of Gian Paolo Lang of Livorno, Italy, Rotary International President and L.J.D.Bunker of Hove [Sussex], RIBI President;
- success of Conservative candidate J.B.Chetham for Castle Ward, Bedford Borough Council;
- obituary of Herbert Charles Phypers of C.Phypers & Sons Limited (painters and decorators);
- menu and agenda for inaugural meeting of Rotary Club of Corby [Northamptonshire];
- arrival of two American girls, Kathryn Mallet of Fowler, Ohio and Sharon Shuldberg of Terreton, Idaho to study agriculture, photograph shows them with Young Farmers Club members Shirley Bennett, F.Hall, M.Ferriman and Margaret Clark;
- talk to Rotarians by Canadian Fred Edgecombe about Canada;
- talk to Rotarians by E.P.E.Lipson on brass rubbing;
- presentation of photograph albums to Ronald G.Gale, Mayor of Bedford;
- uncontested election for De Parys Ward of Bedford Borough Council, return of Geoffrey May Inskip [Conservative];
- talk to Rotarians by Ian Graham Orlebar on scouting;
- talk to Rotarians by Bedford Head Postmaster L.J.T.Marsh;
- election of A.A.Jones as Mayor of Bedford with photograph showing him with C.R.Handscomb, R.G.Gale, C.Robinson and S.Northwood;
- talk to Rotarians by Paul Baker on work of Institute of Directors;
- photographs of Rotary Club garden party at 33 Shakespeare Road, Bedford, showing: Paul Bucher, Charles Elford, Larry Gillett, Charles Handscomb, Harold Jeffs, Donald Johnston, Ernest Lain, Len Marsh, Alan Martin, Philip Peddar, Lawrence Price, Kenneth & Mrs.Rowell, Frank Stroodley, Sidney Swift, Kenneth Udy, Eric C.Walker, Robert Watson, David Wells, Frank Wilson, Philip Woodford and Billy Wynn-Williams;
- installation of new President, Donald Johnston with photograph of him, A.G.B.Martin and Kenneth Rowell;
- photograph of Alan Martin and Kenneth Udy;
- golden wedding of former Mayor Samuel Blackwell Morling and his wife, phorograph shows them with W.P.Morling and wife, Jane Morling, G.Cotter Jennings and wife, Richard and Robin Cotter Jennings, Celia Cotter Jennings and Ann Morling;
- talk to Rotarians by P.H.C.Banks on River Great Ouse;
- message from District Chairman L.Noel Darbyshire, with photograph;
- talk to Rotarians by Michael Mahindasa on his native Malaysia;
- photographs of annual conference at Clacton-on-Sea [Essex], with programme and photographs of Charles & Mrs.Elford, Donald Johnston, Ernest & Mrs.Lain, Sidney Lynn, Rhys Oliver, Lawrence Price, Kenneth Rowell, Sidney Smith, Eric C.Walker, Robert Watson and Ronald Watson;
- article with photograph of William Charteress, apprentice at Canvins the butchers, chosen by Rotary Club of Bedford to go on an Outward Bound course at Ullswater [Cumbria];
- talk to Rotarians by F.C.F.Chalk, principal, on new North Bedfordshire College of Further Education;
- talk to Rotarians by A.Meads Bedfordshire County Organiser for Rural Studies;
- photograph of Goldington church;
- menu and toast list for Bedford Rowing Club annual dinner;
- menu and toast list for Bedford Round Table Ladies' Night;
- Rotary Christmas card sent by President Donald Johnston;
- article, with photograph, on J.E.Taylor, Headmaster of Bedford Modern School;
- article, with photograph, on Richard Turner;
- menu and toast list regarding presentation of charter to Rotary Club of Market Harborough [Leicestershire];
- obituary, with photograph, of Robert Keith Fleming, former Chief Executive of Igranic Electric Company;
- menu and toast list of Charter dinner and dance, with newspaper cutting of address by Lord Lieutenant, Simon Whitbread, who is pictured with his wife, Donald & Mrs.Johnston;
- talk to Rotarians by N.J.Friskney, senior geography master at Bedford Modern School on International Geophysical Year;
- talk to Rotarians by Martin Maddan MP for Hitchin [Hertfordshire] on theme that Britain should join the Common Market;
- talk to Rotarians by Professor Arthur Newell on desire for knowledge of things British in USA;
- obituary of Captain D.G.R.Bilham of Silsoe, former manager of Swan Hotel, Bedford;
- talk to Rotarians by K.N.Russell, Principal of Shuttleworth College;
- talk to Rotarians by R.R.Hopkins, personnel and welfare manager at Vauxhall Limited;
- party given by Donald Johnston at 19 Pemberley Avenue, Bedford, photograph shows: Peter Garner; David E.Johnston; Donald Johnston; Alan and Joan Martin; Philip Peddar; Grace and Kenneth Udy and Ronald Watson;
- photograph of Eric C.Walker, new President being installed by Donald Johnston;
- article, with photograph, on Colonel Francis Wilson;
- celebration of Britannia Iron & Steel Works Limited silver jubilee, with photograph of managing director Paul Bucher;
- Rotary Club of Bedford with those of Kettering, Northampton, Rushden and Wellingborough [all Northamptonshire] to take part in international youth camp at Grendon Hall [Northamptonshire];
- talk to Rotarians by H.Clark on Magic Circle;
- outline of central redevelopment of Bedford by Borough Engineer & Surveyor F.W.Dawkes, with photograph also showing F.C.Sage, C.M.Barnes, F.P.McBretney and N.A.Pritchard;
- talk to Rotarians by Leonard Bloomfield of National Chamber of Trade on aiding prisoners, with photograph also showing Eric C.Walker;
- talk to Rotarians by R.Tildesley, assistant divisonla traffic manager for British Rail on electrification of Bedford-St.Pancras line by 1980;
- talk to Rotarians by G.J.Brunson on probation service;
- open day at Igranic Electric Company Limited with photograph showing Mrs.D.W.Kent and Mayor A.A.Jones;
- report of headmaster of Carlton Training School, T.Price noting increase in inmates, with photograph also showing Bishop of Bedford, Captain Starey and Mrs.Guy;
- article, with photograph, on Thomas H.Curtis who had just completed 60 years service at Charles Wells Limited;
- articles, with photograph, on Lt.Col.William Stuart Chirnside, F.W.Dawkes and Harry S.Manning;
- service at Odell church honouring C17th Rector Peter Bulkeley, dismissed as a nonconformist sympathiser, with gift of money from Concord, Massachesetts and gift of Rotary flag to Rotary Club of Bedford with photographs showing Fred T.Boyd of Concord, Doris Boyd, Anne Cable and Charles Drewery, Len Marsh, Eric C.Walker, Peter Garner, Claude Hamson, Rev.F.J.Barwood, J.Wynn-Williams and Donald Johnston;
- talk to Rotarians by F.H.Russell on life in South Africa;
- resignation of P.B.Peddar from E.P.Rose & Son Limited of Bedford and Adnitt Brothers Limited of Northampton to join board of Charles of the Ritz Limited;
- talk to Rotarians by J.Mickie on construction of M1;
- presentation by Bedford United Services Association to Sidney Swift, with photograph also showing H.Moorhead and Mrs.Swift;
- Rotary Club Civic Luncheon, with photograph showing J.A.Canvin and Eric C.Walker;
- talk to Rotarians by Maurice Foley, prospective Labour candidate for Bedford;
- talk to Rotarians by Rev.D.A.Smith, Minister of Howard Congregational Church on life of John Howard;
- Charter Dinner menu and toast list;
- photograph of Eric Lucas being invested as Officer of Order of St.John by John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst;
- dinner dance of Bedford Area Committee of Newsvendors' Benevolent & Provident Institution with photograph of J.C.& Hamson, Mrs.J.A.Ormerod, Mayor A.A.Jones;
- dinner dance of Bedford & District Association of Building Trades Employers with photograph of Mayor A.A.Jones & Mrs.Jones, Peter J. & Mrs.Garner;
- 50th annual general meeting of New Sundries Limited;
- article, with photograph, of award of OBE to John Claude Hamson;
- obituary, with photograph, of Geoffrey May Inskip JP