Scan East Midlands and East Anglian Philatelic Federation

 

  

 

 

Bedford Philatelic Society

 

Society History

 

At a meeting held in the local Gas Co’s showroom on 3rd March 1944, a number of persons interested in stamps, discussed the possibility of forming a society in the district.

 

From this meeting the Bedford and District P.S. was born, and 24 founder members’ were enrolled, officers elected, rules agreed upon, and a programme drawn up. Much help and advice was given by a Mr S. Parkinson of Leicester, who was eventually elected a Life Member.

 

The President was a noted local collector Mr W.S. Brocklehurst J.P., now deceased, whose chief interests were G.B. issues, including booklets, coils and registered envelopes, but he surprised us all on one occasion by showing a practically complete range of stamps of India overprinted for the Convention States.

 

During subsequent meetings in 1944 a further 16 members’ joined the Society, including Mr Argenti who late moved to London and was a Member of the Royal, he collected New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. By the end of the first year the membership reached a total of forty.

 

After the first few meetings the venue was changed to the Bedford Modern School Library, we then secured a room in the town to meet.

 

At one time we had six school masters included in the membership. Meetings were originally held on the first Friday and second Thursday of each month, Thursday being early closing day for the shops. This was changed later to alternate Wednesdays, but this was changed to being held three weekly intervals, still on Wednesday’s and took the form of a talk or display at one meeting and approvals and sales at the next.

 

By 1958 after some 14 years existence the membership is down to 25, although according to the records of membership numbers 105 persons have passed through the Society. 

 

Bedford P.S. were founders members’ of the Federation.

 

 

 

      Secretary Mr A.D. Kinnon   01234-822566

                           Email  alister.kinnon@btopenworld.com

 

Meeting Address

 

The Bunyan Meeting House

Mill Street,

Bedford

M40-3YD

 

2nd & 4th Wednesdays (Sept-June) @ 7pm. for 7.45pm

 

 

 

2012

 

25th January Sheets from members’ collections

 

8th February Visit from Rushden S.C.

 

22nd February Competition Evening

 

7th March Club to visit Cambridge

 

14th March Ethiopia by Simon Kelly

 

28th March Members’ Evening/Ransby

 

11th April Something beginning with “G”

 

25th April Visit from Peterborough P.S.

 

9th May A.G.M. & Members sale

 

23rd May Quiz

 

13TH June Members’ latest aquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

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