In 1945, Cameric Cigarette Card Club literature mentions the “newly formed Lancashire Branch”.
At that time it had nine members.
In “Cameric Notes and News Magazine”, Volume 4, new series, no 6, dated December 1949, when they appeared on the back cover within one of the Christmas Greeting advertisement boxes, which reads “Greetings to … YORKSHIRE and LANCASHIRE Members from C. Webster“.
Their next mention is in Volume 6, new series, no 6 dated December 1951, when they appeared on the back cover in a similar advertisement, which reads “The Lancashire, Yorkshire, Reading and Bournemouth Branches join with their London Camericans in wishing their President – Mr Blows, a Merry and well earned Christmas” . We are not certain if this means the others were added in the interim, or Mr. Webster was only in contact with the two Northern Branches.
Fast forward five years and the “Cameric Notes and News” Volume 10, New Series, May 1956 tells us a meeting of Lancashire Branch would be held on Saturday June 9, 1956. They were to meet at 3.15 pm, at a private home in Chislehurst Avenue in Blackpool. The Secretary at that time was Cyril Marsden, who lived near Bolton. The Branch were also stated to be regular exhibitors at the annual Blackpool Hobbies Exhibition. An early President was Frank Easson, with Wills specialist (and later operator of the Society Book Round) Norman Pendlebury of Horwich listed as secretary.
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