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Inner Wheel Club Of Altrincham Founded 1930 – Member of the International Inner Wheel District 5. |
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Past Presidents 1930-32 Mrs. D.S. Morrison 1932-33 Mrs. R, Hesketh 1933-34 Mrs. W. Garner 1934-35 Mrs. J. Malley 1935-36 Mrs. C.F. Shawcross 1936-37 Mrs. W.N. Burton 1937-38 Mrs. A.P. Hill 1938-39 Mrs. B. Hesketh 1939-41 Mrs. A.E. Biden 1941-43 Mrs. W. Davidson 1943-44 Mrs. W.H. Lord 1944-45 Mrs. N.A. Royle 1945-46 Mrs. F. Spink 1946-47 Mrs C.F. Shawcross 1947-48 Mrs. T.W. Mercer 1948-49 Mrs. W.H. Lord 1949-50 Mrs. R.G. McEwan 1950-51 Mrs. F.B. Watson 1951-52 Mrs. J.M. Whipp 1952-53 Mrs. F. Gibson 1953-54 Mrs, C. Pollard 1954-55 Mrs, H. Wright 1955-56 Mrs. M. Royle 1956-57 Mrs. T.W Mercer 1957-58 Mrs. P.S. Morrison 1958-59 Mrs. F. Spink 1959-60 Mrs. P.W. Hargreaves 1960-61 Mrs. J.A. Whipp 1961-62 Mrs. C. Pollard 1962-63 Mrs. R. Bowden 1963-64 Mrs. B. Clare 1964-65 Mrs. J.H.N. Morley 1965-66 Mrs. C.R. Stott 1966-67 Mrs. A. Cowsill 1967-68 Mrs. F.S. Guest 1968-69 Mrs. J.D. Deem 1969-70 Mrs. A. Shaw 1970-71 Mrs F. Spink 1971-72 Mrs. K.C. Shawcross 1972-73 Mrs. P.S. Morrison 1973-74 Mrs. F.S. Guest 1974-75 Mrs. J.D. Deem 1975-76 Mrs. H. Newton 1976-77 Mrs. J.N. Shuttleworth 1977-78 Mrs. J.S. Ash 1978-79 Mrs. Mrs. C. Pollard 1979-80 Mrs. J. Bowie 1980-81 Mrs. J. Bright 1981-82 Mrs. S. Bancroft 1982-83 Mrs. D. Wilcox 1983-84 Mrs. B. Legat 1984-85 Mrs. M. Brocklebank 1985-86 Mrs. M. Clarke 1986-87 Mrs. M. Batten 1987-88 Mrs. S. Gallagher 1988-89 Mrs. B. Hayhurst 1989-90 Mrs. M. Pownall 1990-91 Mrs. D. Vickerman 1991-92 Mrs. S. Gallagher 1992-93 Mrs. M. Brocklebank 1993-94 Mrs. P. Bowie 1994-95 Mrs. C. Yeomans 1995-96 Mrs. M. Curry 1996-97 Mrs. J. Bright 1997-98 Mrs. M. Clarke 1998-99 Mrs. B. Legat 1999-2000 Mrs. C. Maudsley 2000-01 Mrs. B. Hayhurst 2001-02 Mrs. J. Baguley 2002-03 Mrs. A. Lumb 2003-04 Mrs. R. Mincher 2004-05 Mrs. J. Bates 2005-06 Mrs. J. Makin 2006-07 Mrs. A. Hill
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The Inner Wheel Club of Altrincham meets at the Cresta Court Hotel, Church Street, Altrincham, on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Our meetings usually begin with dinner followed by a guest speaker and club business. Ladies
automatically eligible
for membership of the Club are those related to Rotarians and/or Inner Wheel
members over the age of 18 years. Our programme for the
immediate future can be viewed on the
Programme
page or you can click
here
to view our programme for the coming months. We welcome visiting Inner Wheel members and prospective new members to our meetings. Please contact Please contact Edna (Tel: 0161-928 2202) if you would like to come along. *************** Images from some of our recent events, including the "Bagwhist" and "2006 Birthday Party" event can be viewed by clicking here. *************** A short history of our club The Inner Wheel Club of Altrincham was formed in 1930. It
was inspired by Mrs. Oliver Golding’s idea of a club of Rotarian
wives. Mrs. D. Morrison, wife of the founder member of the Rotary Club
of Altrincham, gathered other ladies together at her home on November 5th.
1930. Mrs. Golding came and
gave advice on the formation of the club – subscriptions would be
10/6d per year. From
the beginnings the club grew from strength to strength, though the
majority of fund raising and social events were not dissimilar to today. After
a circular letter in 1935, urging organisations to think about ‘Homes
for Aged Women’, the club decided to run a home for such ladies.
61, Oxford Road was leased for a year and three months, with a
housekeeper hired at £1.00 a week, exclusive of taxes, and this
continued until the 1960’s. The
club kept busy during the war years, providing volunteers to man the
American Doughnut Canteen, making contributions to P.O.W. subscription
with parcels, and helping with a ‘House of Friendship’ in 1940 which
catered for 423 men. The
club also adopted a trawler, H.M.S. Repaction, sending a variety of
items throughout the war. On its 21st birthday, the club was attended by 160 members representing 33 Inner Wheel Clubs and putting on a lunch costing 8/6d. Many
organisations over the years have benefited from the club’s efforts. The
club supported a Kidney Machine Fund in 1973 by raising money, with
amongst other things, a sponsored swim. The club has also raised money
for Breast Cancer Research, supported the Red Cross Home ‘Edenhurst’
and the Elizabeth Fitzroy home ‘Cherry Trees’. (Sadly these homes no
longer exist.) Our most recent effort was a Bridge Afternoon Tea in aid
of Macmillan Cancer Care when we raised over £750.00 Two
of our members have become District Chairmen (Phyl Lord and Betty
Hayhurst). Mary Batten
received Rotary's Paul Harris Fellow Award and former member Peggy Bowie was presented
with the M.B.E. from the Queen. We
still go from strength to strength with a membership of thirty eight in
2006/7. The
membership rules have changed to attract new members and we have been
quite successful in this. We
have had some excellent Honorary Members over the years.
An Honorary Member is some one who is not connected to Rotary,
but whose ideals are in keeping with the aims of the club.
Initially the Honorary Members could join for two years and then
be re-elected after a break of one year.
Now the rules have changed and these ladies, after serving two
years, can become Active Members with all the rights and privileges of
other members. The club can
only admit a total of four of these ladies and to date (2006) we have
three in the club. One of
these is our Immediate PastPresident, Mrs. Astrid Hill, and this shows how
the new rules are advantageous to the club. |
