langcliffe
Well-known member
The library has been given a photograph album of Dales caves taken about 1950 (probably plus or minus 2 years). They were taken by a chap called Albert Wilkinson, (1926-1989), who married a lady called Elizabeth Emmen in 1952. I am trying to establish the name of the caving club that they belonged to. It must have been a reasonably large club, as they managed to get the resources together for a trip down Lost Johns' Cave via Dome Pitch, to Lyle Cavern with a camera - no mean feat in the days of rope ladders, wet pitches, and bicycle lamps. Members included "Reg", "Stinky", "Eric", and "Betty" (probably his wife). We suspect that the club was based in the North Manchester area, but we don't know for sure. They were almost certainly Dales based.
Has anyone got any suggestions about the name of the club? Do the names mean anything to anybody? One candidate is North Manchester Caving Club, but I have no idea when they were founded.
Has anyone got any suggestions about the name of the club? Do the names mean anything to anybody? One candidate is North Manchester Caving Club, but I have no idea when they were founded.