Lanarkshire Philatelic Society
"Members' Night"
"GOLDEN"
It was an interesting meeting at the Lanarkshire Philatelic Society on Friday evening (13th).
Members
were asked to present a display on the theme of "Golden"
– and, with stamps, postcards, miniature sheets and meter marks, this was
interpreted in a wonderful variety of ways!
Paul
McGowan showed the ‘Golden Routes’ of KLM "Flying
Dutchman";
Raymond
Baldock showed Gold Medal Winners of Estonia and also some of Australia;
Walter
Tytherleigh - China, illustrated by
various Gold rimmed cards and miniature sheets;
Sheila
Sinclair guided members round cities of California – the Golden State;
Jessie
Henderson interested many with her display of the Golden Boys of WW2 –
soldiers and RAF;
Ken
Liddell was enjoying the quiet beautiful Golden beaches of Colonsay;
Eric
Ross remembered the Golden Jubilee of the 1st Ascent of Everest and
also of Kanchenjunga;
Frank
Jardine thought of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 1997; also of Gold Medal
winners at Barcelona;
Maureen
Mathieson displayed the Golden Jubilee of UPU and of various events, including
CERN;
Chris
Moffat gave a display of covers marking the Golden Jubilee of East Kilbride Boys
Brigade in 1983;
Albert
Tong remembered the Gold Medal Winners of the 2012 Olympic Games in London;
Margaret
Lyth had a great miscellany of stamps with Gold coloured flowers; birds etc;
Derek
Wiltshire showed a collection of material relating to the Gold Star of the
Belgian Congo;
Ken
Norris had the Golden Anniversaries of Aberdeen, Sumburgh & Prestwick
Airports;
Brian Dow remembered the Golden Anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s Flight over the North Pole
&
Terry
Woods was thinking of the Golden Anniversary in 2015 of the opening of
Lesmahagow Post Office
Maureen
Mathieson, led members in giving warm thanks for such interestingly varied
displays on the "Golden"
theme!
Our next meeting in the Caledonian Bowling Club, Motherwell Road, Hamilton, is on Friday, 3rd November, 2017, at 7:30pm when Gary Cheyne will present his display "Scottish Soldier".
Anyone
with an interest in stamps, postal history, postcards etc is very welcome to
attend.