A few facts about the Teesside Branch....some such as our meeting place are important, others are included to satisfy the curiosity of those of interested in such things as statistics and history!

Branch meetings

These are held on the second Wednesday of every month (except August and the rare occasions when Easter intervenes). Refer to our programme for actual dates.
 

They are held in the Elmwood Youth & Community Centre, at the junction of Darlington Road and Greens Lane, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees. (Click to see location map) Meetings begin promptly at 7-15pm and finish around 9.30pm. There is a short interval for refreshments. There is no admission charge.

Although our monthly meetings are our primary activities, we do a whole lot more besides. More information about the events the Teesside Branch organise can be found accompanying the photographs in the Branch Picture Gallery.

Membership

Teesside Branch has about 50 paid up members.

Including guests and visitors a total of about 30 different people attended our monthly meetings during the course of 2007. This number includes a spread of ages, and both sexes are represented with about a quarter of those attending being ladies.

Our attendance for 2007 was in the range 17 to 22 with an average of 19.
 

Committee

The Teesside Branch committee usually meet formally three times each year (typically January, April and September) but additional meetings are added as and when they are deemed necessary. The advantage of having a large committee is that the workload is shared and a better spread of views can be taken into consideration to better represent all our members.

Geographic Location The Teesside Branch is part of Zone One of the BCSS, the only other Branch in the Zone being Northumbria Branch (our neighbours to the north who meet in Newcastle). To the south the nearest Branches are York and Bridlington.
History The Teesside Branch was inaugurated on 17th October 1958. The Inaugural Officer was Mr K. Robinson of Manchester who was assisted by Mr G. Walker and Mr L.K. Thompson of Darlington. The first Branch Honorary Secretary was Tom Lavender.

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