Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    AU34/19/6/13
  • Title
    Letter from the Motor Agents' Association
  • Date free text
    12 November 1956
  • Production date
    From: 1956 To: 1956
  • Scope and Content
    A typewritten letter to Albert Grimmer at Station Road, Ampthill, on headed paper from Alexander S Butler, the Divisional Secretary of the Motor Agents' Association, Sout-East Midland Division based in High Street, Bedford, dated 12th November 1956: "Dear Mr Grimmer, I understand that as you are proposing the toast of the Bedfordshire Centre of BEN on Wednesday night, that you would like a few details of the events leading up to the establishment of the Centre and I give below a few details which I hope will be helpful to you:- In January 1954, Mr. Tom Bosworth, then Chairman of the Northamptonshire Centre of the fund, raised at a Divisional meeting of the M.A.A the question of the establishment of a separate centre for Bedfordshire, and, as a result, the Bedfordshire section of the M.A.A. invited Mr. Bosworth and Mr. C.W. Cudlipp, General Secretary of the fund, to address their March meeting. Owing to the poor attendance at that meeting, a final decision was left over to the April meeting when it was unanimously agreed that the M.A.A. section should sponsor formation of a Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire centre of the fund, and a steering committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. K.W. Simmons was set up. This committee had its first meeting in May 1954 and decided that it would be necessary to extend the field so as to bring in the cycle and allied trades and invitations went out to representatives of these various trades co-opting them to the Committee, finally on June 29th 1954 at a meeting held in the Dujon Restaurant, Bedford, the centre was formally established with Mr. K.W. Simmons as its first Chairman and Mr. R.F. Roberts Honorary Treasurer, and Mrs. E.M. Bonnett as Honorary Secretary with a representative committee drawn as far as possible from all sections of the industry. At the time the centre was established, the membership was well under 100 and it now stands at 207. Mr. Simmons continued to serve as Chairman until the Annual meeting in June 1956 when he was succeeded by Mr. R.A. Wells and Mr. R. Cribb was elected Vice Chairman. Your sincerely,"
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