Model exhibition programme found

By Crosby Herald newsdesk on Oct 18, 07 10:14 AM

AN historic programme has been found detailing a model boat club’s second exhibition and regatta.

The Crosby Model Boat Club exhibition took place at Waterloo County Secondary School, on Crosby Road North, in July and August 1952, with admission as one shilling.

The grand amateur ships’ model regatta followed a few days later, with the event taking place on the boating lake at Coronation Park.

The Mayor of Crosby, Arthur Gordon Jamieson, who was also patron of the club at the time, did the honours of opening the events.

He also offers a foreword at the beginning of the programme, handed to Memories by the club’s current secretary, Andy Johannessen.

In it, Mr Jamieson says: “Everyone has not the same ability to create, but most people can appreciate a good job, and the members of the Crosby Model Club are to be congratulated on the fine show they have produced.

“I’m sure the exhibition will give a great deal of pleasure to all who pay it a visit.�?

A message is also given by the club’s president at the time, J T Warburton, who said: “A model club does something more than merely engage in the making of models, interesting and instructive as they are.

“It brings before a wide public, the idealism, craftsmanship and sense of achievement which is part of our national character and which has been our safeguard on many a difficult occasion throughout our history.

“The majority of members of the Crosby Model Club are amateurs, but their work is up to many a professional standard.�?

In the programme, chairman Frank Wright, adds: “The exhibits are very fine, showing skill, ability and above all, achievement of a job well done.

“We want to encourage in the youth and the people – old as well as young – one of the oldest arts, that of model making and achievement.�?

The club is still going strong now, has a few original members and held its latest regatta, again at Coronation Park, in May.

Treasurer Andy Johannessen said: “It is nice to know that 60 years on, we still have a very active club in Coronation Park, sailing at the lake on Sunday mornings all year round – weather permitting.�?