That's definitely Squirrel top right ... not sure about the others.
Caving clubs in 1956
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Pitlamp
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Moletta - I was a member (as a very young caver) in the mid 1970s and it was still the original name then.
The LC&CC publishes occasional journals, which are perhaps in the British Caving Library. If you contact the librarian (Mary Wilde) she could probably flick through them and at least narrow down when the name changed. There might even be an explanation in one of them as to why it was changed.
The LC&CC publishes occasional journals, which are perhaps in the British Caving Library. If you contact the librarian (Mary Wilde) she could probably flick through them and at least narrow down when the name changed. There might even be an explanation in one of them as to why it was changed.
speleokitty3
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Operation Mole started in 1949.
Martin Laverty
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Yes, the BCL has some journals - see here - but you might spare Mary some valuable time by waiting for the club's archives to appear online as promised in https://thelccc.co.uk/history/
Pitlamp
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Just looked at that; the BCA Library only has a couple of items. There was definitely an LC&CC Journal published around 1974 and I'm pretty sure it was still the "Lancashire Caving and Climbing Club" then. Although my own membership lapsed before the end of the 70s the club did a great deal of caving in the early 80s, so unlikely to have changed its name before that period. But I'll leave this one with Moletta to follow up.
andys
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The Bradford Technical College CG changed its name several times over the years as the name of the institution itself morphed. At one stage it was called the Bradford Institute of Technology Students Union Potholing Club. (BITSUPC must be one of the longest set of initials any club ever had! Can anyone offer a longer set?)
Ultimately, in 1966, the institution received its Royal Charter and morphed a final time to become the University of Bradford. At that point its caving club became the University of Bradford Union Pothole Club (UBUPC).
It remained so until 1993 when, in the wake of the Lyme Bay Disaster, its activities were curtailed to the point of extinction. This was as a result of the university's reaction to the implications of facilitating "dangerous sports" on those in its care. As I understand it, many other student clubs went the same way at the same time.
The club itself, however, refused to die! It set itself up privately, outside of the university's strictures, as the East Pennine Outdoor Club (EPOC), and continues to this day - though caving is now only one of many outdoor activities its members pursue.
Ultimately, in 1966, the institution received its Royal Charter and morphed a final time to become the University of Bradford. At that point its caving club became the University of Bradford Union Pothole Club (UBUPC).
It remained so until 1993 when, in the wake of the Lyme Bay Disaster, its activities were curtailed to the point of extinction. This was as a result of the university's reaction to the implications of facilitating "dangerous sports" on those in its care. As I understand it, many other student clubs went the same way at the same time.
The club itself, however, refused to die! It set itself up privately, outside of the university's strictures, as the East Pennine Outdoor Club (EPOC), and continues to this day - though caving is now only one of many outdoor activities its members pursue.