The Pen and Camera Club of Methodism
The Pen and Camera Club of Methodism
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In 1994 a 48-page booklet was produced, entitled – “The Pen
and Camera Club of Methodism – A History 1904 to 1994”. It was compiled by
J.E.Morton ARPS and R. Deval ARPS. What follows is the introduction to that
booklet. The structure of the booklet beyond the introduction was: ·
Information
about the formation of the club ·
A synopsis of
the first 70 years from John Morton in 1974 ·
An article
about 1974-1994 by Rodney Deval ·
A set of
tables detailing various awards made by the club. The first 3 of these sections can be accessed from this page
(using the links to the left). The tables appear elsewhere on the site (brought
up-to-date).
THE PEN AND CAMERA CLUB OF METHODISM A HISTORY 1904 ‑ 1994. INTRODUCTION. It is surprising when you come
to write the history of a Club such as ours just how little documentation of its
affairs exists. Apart from one notebook from 1905 which miraculously survived
there are virtually no records pertaining to the Folio until around 1954. This
was the year, our Golden Jubilee, when we started to hold regular annual
reunions. For several years John Morton circulated a 'Reunion Special’ which
included an account of the reunion, a summary of any business transacted (we
didn't hold a formal AGM until later) and an album of photographs taken at the
reunion. As the Club grew in membership and reunions became a regular annual
feature business was formalised by holding an AGM and circulating Minutes first
in the form of a Newsletter and then 'officially'. This has made task somewhat
easier than John's but even so glaring gaps exist, particularly in the matter of
winners of folio trophies both for Mono "A" and Colour "A"
prior to 1966. Some of the folio secretary's note books are held in the
Archives, but there are still many gaps. An account of the years 1904 to
1974 was given by John Morton in his history 'The First Seventy Years' which
accompanied his Wilfred Harrison
Memorial Lecture in 1974. Much of this history as recorded by John has been
reprinted but for the sake of brevity some of the sort personal reminiscences
have been omitted and for the sake of accuracy a few factual errors have
been corrected. In summarising the following
years 1974/1994 I have drawn upon the
Newsletters and AGM Minutes written by our various General Secretaries, these
have been invaluable in providing background. I have tried to concentrate on the
life of the Club and to include the contributions made by folk who have either
been Officers or who have made a 'photographic' impact. We hear so much of that
word in relation to our photographs and yet it describes so accurately the
effect people and pictures have in our lives and that is what our Club and Hobby
is about. With a Club our size it is now virtually impossible for any one person
to know precisely all that is done behind the scenes by so many people so, if I
have omitted reference to anyone who has served us over the years please forgive
me. Rodney Deval.
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Last modified: April 18, 2005
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