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NATIONAL TRUST EAST ANGLIA COAST AND
COUNTRYSIDE FUND
This appeal, launched by the Trust in March, is
of particular interest to Field Club members
as, hopefully, the first purchase to arise will
be Copt Hall, an area of 400 acres on the
Blackwater of great importance for over-
wintering wildfowl.
Any members wishing to support this venture are
asked to send their contributions direct to The
National Trust, East Anglia Coast and
Countryside Fund, Blickling, Norwich, NR11 6BR.
GLIMPSES OF THE PAST (IV)
When I became Minuting Secretary I was passed a
thick book in which to write the A.G.M.
minutes. This volume was started in 1936 and
the first page reads:—
"The 754th Ordinary Meeting of the Club was
held at 3 o'clock on Saturday, 25th January
1936, in the Physics Lecture Theatre of the
Municipal College, Romford Road, Stratford,
with the President, Mr. William E. Glegg,
F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., in the Chair. Forty members
attended.
Before the business of the meeting began, the
President asked those present to stand in
silence, while he made the following
announcement:-