‘Emmsmoor’
The North West corner of England has always played
a considerable role in the development
of the Collie,
with its towns, districts and villages immortalised in the
ancestry
of every Collie. From the earliest years the area was well served by specialist breed
societies with the Northern, Manchester and Liverpool Collie Clubs in particular
organising well attended shows. This situation changing
during the slump in interest
between the two world wars, although
several prominent kennels remained based in
the region.
The Lancashire and Cheshire Collie Club, whose founding members included the late
Mrs Ada Bishop, well known daughter of Mr W. W. Stansfield ‘Laund’,
Mr A Clough,
Mrs Fishpool ‘Ellington’, Mr Mycroft ‘Mywicks’ and
Mrs Dot Mylett ‘Dorgano’, was
eventually established late in 1949,
with Mr V. E. Hanson in the secretarial chair.
It has always been club policy to draw its committee from members
resident within
its base region, with those having served over the years
representing many of the
breed’s most prominent and influential kennels.
A study of past records showing an
enviable record of committee stability,
which is particularly evident when viewing
the lists of officers, in 1963 the
husband and wife team of Peter and Margaret Turner
‘Hillbold’ accepted the
demanding positions of Secretary and Treasurer, holding them
for twenty-two
years until 1985, when they handed their responsibilities to Mr Ian
Brazier ‘Kybrance’ and Mrs M. Scholefield, who remain in these posts to this day.
Serving an area that was then well endowed with General Championship
Show Societies,
the Kennel Club were show in granting Championship
status to the Lancashire and Cheshire
Collie Club, but after a
23 year wait the club held its first such show in early
May 1972 when
Mr J. R. Fendley ‘Ralvera’ handed the tickets to Lynway Some Loving
and Laund Lara, with Some Loving annexing Best of Breed to
becoming the first recipient
of the ‘Dot Mylett Memorial Trophy’ presented to
the Best In Show. So started an
annual event which, for a time, moved around
the calendar but is now established
in its original early May date. Right from the
beginning the Lancashire and Cheshire
Collie Club encouraged and
supported both Rough and Smooth enthusiast equally, which
was duly
rewarded with in 1974 when tickets for Smooth Collies were added.
The Lancashire and Cheshire Collie Club were one of the earliest breed clubs to see the need for education, holding a series of evening seminars in the early 1980s, these dedicated to extending the understanding and knowledge of exhibitors. Today it prefers to concentrate its efforts on promoting the exhibition of Collies limiting its involvement to an open show in addition to the annual Championship Show.
The Lancashire and Cheshire Collie Club’s current aims and objectives are:
To promote, protect and advance the interests of these breeds and of the members of the club, within Kennel Club rules.
To promote and encourage the breeding and exhibiting of pure bred rough and smooth collies in accordance with the relevant Breed Standards as issued by the Kennel Club.
Membership of the Lancashire and Cheshire Collie Club
is open to all
For more details about what the Lancashire & Cheshire Collie Club has to offer
please
contact the Secretary.
