JUNIOR CLUB
Met every Wednesday night at St James's Methodist Church, Woolton, in Liverpool
Wednesday 14th December 1977 was the first meeting of St James's Junior Club for 7 to 11-year-olds. A few years later, the age range was increased. "First-halfers" for children of Junior School age met at 6.30 pm, then "Second-halfers" for children in secondary school met from 7.45 pm. I was leader of this Club until I left Liverpool at Easter 1989.
There was all sorts of fun and games - we hired a bouncy castle on occasions, went swimming, nature-rambling and organised outings to places like Morecambe Pleasure Park, Southport, Alton Towers and Knowsley Safari Park. Some of the members starred in the Methodist Circuit Pantomimes (three of which were captured on video). We held football matches against other Methodist Youth Clubs, and the older element took part in exchange events with the Howden Clough Methodist Youth Club, only a few miles from where I now live.
TOP ROW: Maxine Gandy, Julie Taylor, Gaynor Coates, Sandra Wooding, Joy McMillan, Alison Draper, Suzanne Wooding,
Jenny Salmon, Brenda Garner
MIDDLE: Joanne Gandy, Beverley Robinson, Julie Rooney, Julie Swash, Julie Spencer, Sharon Merrie
FRONT: Fiona Doig, Emma Evers, Neil Carpenter, Steven Swash, Ali Doig, Barry Carpenter
JUNIOR CLUB - 12th JULY 1978
Pictured on Woolton High Street after a day in Southport are:
BACK ROW: Tony Salmon, Joy McMillan, Betsy the dog, leader Don McMillan, Ewen McMillan and Sharon Edwards.
MIDDLE ROW: Carol McDonald, Suzanne Gillin, Paul Robinson, Katie Gillin, Jason Mort, Nadia Ellams, Ali Doig, Nicola Olsen,
James Roydes, Jonathon Roydes, Lorraine Flaherty.
FRONT ROW: Andrew Marsden, Jason Tunnicliffe, Steven Swash.
The bus belonged to Liverpool Community Transport and had started life in 1962 with Halifax Corporation. It was a Leyland Tiger, registration PJX 34. I drove this beast regularly in the early 1980s and once got it up to 65mph on the downhill stretch of the M58. Co-incidentally, its sister, PJX 35 is now preserved in the Dewsbury Bus Museum.
JUNIOR CLUB - 23rd JULY 1982
There is another photograph of some members of the Junior Club taken on an outing to Morecambe in 1987. It is posted on the FRONTIERLAND page of this website.
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