Whilst I was still in England for many years I was a member of the
Rotary Club of Sherborne
This august club chartered in 1936 and comprised quite a number of older stalwarts yes warts and all.
the club had traditionally always met in Mondays at lunchtime but by 1996 a growing number of us younger members were finding it difficult to make the lunchtime meeting obligation. After much discussion and canvassing it was decided to form a new "daughter" club to meet on Monday evenings. most of the younger members of the original club agreed to join and in 1997
we founded the
Rotary Club of Sherborne castles the "castles" was obviously appended for differentiation and was in hono(u)r of the fact that Sherborne is blessed with not one but two Castles:-
the "Old" cstle in ruins
built by Roger de Caen between 1122 and 1139 and dismantled in 1645 after a siege by Fairfax during the English Civil War
and the "New" castle built by Sir Walter Raliegh (Raw-lee)
A Westland Apache licence built in the nearby town of Yeovil flying over the two castles
Inevitably the old club members came to be referred to as the OF's nominally meaning "old fellows" of course!
John Fowles
I am determined to have the last word here so try this...
[ April 11, 2006, 11:08: Message edited by: johnfowles ]