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Leighton
Buzzard Philatelic Society
Society History
In October 1973, Brian
Stratford, who was at that time the landlord of the Golden Ball public house in
Church Square Leighton Buzzard,
placed an article in the Leighton Buzzard
Observer (L.B.O.) newspaper, about his collection of Penny Blacks. He ended the
item with a
plea that he would like to
meet fellow philatelists with a view to forming a local society.
In November 1973 the L.B.O.
carried a small item stating that “Leighton Buzzard” is to have its
own Philatelic Society, as a result of the
publicity given in the
article of the previous month, there was to be a meeting at the Golden
As a result of that notice
fourteen people turned up at the Golden
members namely, in order of
signing the book; Allan Crozier, John F. Reid and Roy Palmer.
As a result of the meeting it
was agreed that a Philatelic Society should be formed in the town and the
committee were as follows;
Chairman Brian Stratford
Secretary Brian Riach
Treasurer Brian Stratford
Committee L. Lack, D,
Wetherall, B. Bonnington
It was decided that meetings
would be held on the first Wednesday of each month with the exception of July
and August
(as they have been ever
since) Subscriptions were £1.00 per adult member and 25p for juniors.
The first official meeting
of the Society took place in January 1974 at the Conservative Club in the High
Street and Roy Palmer gave a
seasonal display of Christmas Issues. For the
remainder of the season meetings were held at the Swan Hotel in the High Street
and were
as follows; February 74
Great Britian by Mr Stratford, March Six of the Best, April Auction, May Visit
by the Luton P.S. when a talk and
display on
“Scouting” was given by Mr Tom Holton, who was later to become an
active member of our Society.
At the
Mr Jakeman, and although not mentioned in the
minutes it appears that Mr Terence Palmer took over as acting Secretary and
Mr Roy Palmer as acting Treasurer at some time
before the 1975
In September 1974 the
Society had moved to a new venue in the coffee lounge in the High Street and
met there until June 1980.
At the 1975
The Committee comprised Mr D.
Wetherall, Rev Leonard Lack and Mr John Reid.
At the 1976
Since 1980 the Society has
met regularly at the
The Society took part in the
700th Anniversary of All Saints Church, staging a stamp exhibition
and sponsoring a commemorative cover.
£293 was donated towards the
renovation of the tower clock face.
The Society celebrated
it’s 25th anniversary at the New Year social in 1998. Members
of four other local Society’s were invited and
David Boyd of Phillips
Auctions was invited to give a talk on his experiences in the profession.
During the evening Leonard
Lack was presented with a certifcate granting him life membership to the
Society.
Of the founding members John
Reid is President. Except for a period when he moved to Wiltshire, Leonard Lack
has been either
Chairman; or Member of the
Committee since it’s inception, but at his own request he reluctantly
relinguished all duties at the
1998
Sadly Leonard passed away on
In 2009, the Society were
joint hosts with Milton Keynes P.S. of the EM&EA Philatelic Convention at
Secretary
Mr J.W. Spencer 01525-370745
Email jowbespencer@hotmail.com
Society web page www.lbstamps.com/
Meeting
Address
St.
Banabas Church Hall Waterloo Road,
Linslade,
Leighton
Buzzard.
Bedfordshire
LU7-2NR
1st
Wednesday (Sept-June) @ 7.30pm for 8.00pm.
Programme 2010-2011
15th September Browsing & buying with a
NO Reserve Auction
20th October Visit from Herford &
District P.S.
4th December Pre Christmas Dinner
7th December Visit to Northampton P.S.
2011
19th January Annual Club Competitions &
Bourse
16th February Annual Club Auction
16th March Anglo Boer War by Tony Meacher
20th April Wembley Part 1 by Don Knight
18th May French Colonies by Mike Bister
15th June A Postcard display by Colin Such
20th July