Friday night's Annual General meeting brought the end of an era for Leigh Ornithological Society, (L.O.S.) as they paid tribute to their chairman of thirty years, Mr. David Shallcross.
Having steered the club for so many years, one of David’s main focal points has been conservation. It is fitting that in his final year Pennington Flash achieved the status of a National Nature Reserve, the only one in the whole of Greater Manchester. Bickershaw was also to become a recognised Country Park.
David was also heavily involved with Pennington Flash Volunteer Group who over the many years have completed over 3,900 hours of work. He continues to support their work and is as eager now as he was on day one of the project
As a stalwart of the L.O.S., Mr. David Wilson made the presentation to David, paying gratitude to his unending enthusiasm as recognised by both members past and present. As a Society all members are grateful to have been in the hands of someone so dedicated to the position. We wish him well in his retirement and know that David will continue to enjoy steering the L.O.S. in the right direction.
Our Society would also like to pay a huge tribute and say “thank you” to David’s wife Anne. We recognise, teams are built upon support and without yours our Society would not be in the position that it is now.
As those in attendance at last night’s AGM will know, we also said “farewell” to another dedicated member of our Officers in that Mrs. Angela Pike retired from her role of ten years as our secretary.
Angela’s meticulous recording of our minutes have provided direction for both past and future members of the society, her essential skills are held in high esteem. Being able to reference the minutes of our meetings is essential work and without Angela’s accurate recording our society we would be unable to function.
Along with her husband George, Angela also attended many L.O.S. Field and Annual Trips being an unstinting member of our Society.
Your presence amongst from the Officers and Committee will be greatly missed along with all members of LOS. We wish you well Angela in any projects in which you are already involved and any future projects that you may be become involved in.
Here is Joan (left) presenting a bouquet of flowers to Angela (centre) for her dedicated work and skills of ten years.
