In June Provincial Director David Baldam (Province 15) presented 40 year Scrolls to Hugh Cairns and David Jackson.  This coincided with our Circle Clergy Night resulting in a magnificent turnout of Clergy, Visitors, Catenians and Wives to mark this wonderful occasion.

Hugh Cairns – 40 Year Scroll

Hugh’s first role in Circle was that of Registrar which was repeated again a few years after.  He was Secretary for several years.  Vice President on two occasions following on to be President on each occasion.  During his time as a Catenian Hugh has visited every Circle in Province 15 and several of them a number of times.  He visited Birkenhead Circle at least twice and also went on Jersey Circles’s weekend event a couple of times. In addition to all of this Hugh has attended many of the Province 15 annual provincial gatherings, a number of the annual Global Catenian Conferences up and down the UK and the final one in Malta!

A Burns Night event was introduced to our Circle by the late Bro Robert Robinson.  After thinking of the idea threw it over to Hugh to organize.  In the early days he was ably assisted in getting it going by Bro David Jackson and the late Bro Barrie Jones.  “The three of us with our ladies tried to master the intricacies of the sword dance but we failed miserably!  However, the wine we had was very good”.  After a few years of our own Circe putting on a Burns Night Bro Peter Tickle became President and proposed that Burns Night Fare be put on for our Circle’s Annual Dinner Dance.  As they say the rest is history and it is still going as strong as ever today.

David Jackson – 40 Year Scroll

David has held the following offices in Loughborough Circle, Marshall, Registrar, Vice President and President.  He has visited all the Circles in Province 15.

In 1992 David and his wife Pat returned to Yorkshire where he transferred to Huddersfield Circle where he became Vice President and then President in their 50^th Year.  During that time he visited most of the Circles in Province 3 North and 3 South, also Birkenhead. During his Presidency David and his wife Pat were invited by Grand President John Clarke to attend his Investiture as a Knight of St Gregory, indeed a great honour.

David, a keen golfer, represented  Huddersfield Circle at several Catenian Glf Champonships in Ireland where he visited both Dublin Circles.

In 2005 David re-joined Loughborough Circle and in 2007 attended the National Catenian Golf Championships in Saunton Sands, Devon where he won the following:-

The Veterans Cup (for players over 65)
The Irish Tourist Board Trophy
The Affiliation Cup which is the trophy awarded to the overall winner of the week long Golf Championship.

During his 40 years as a Catenian David and Pat attended numerous Annual Conferences around the country, the Malta week and the Jersey Weekend where they said they experienced the worldwide camaraderie of Catenian friendship.

What a legacy these two Brothers have left over 80 years jointly!

As they have said Burns Night has become a famous and popular event with the Annual Dinner Dance still going strong today.

Current Loughborough President, Stewart Jones, thanked Hugh and David for their help and advice during his terms in office but particularly for their 40 years of service to the Catenian Association.

David and Hugh together with their wives Pat and Alma hosted many events over the years which have helped in making Loughborough Circle the real Catenian Family it is today.  It must also be said that they all continue to support all our meetings and events.

A Big Thank You!