To those who dont know the History of Maidstone YMCA, the Orginal Building was in Union street approx where the Loading Bay to Primark is.
Maidstone YMCA was formed in 1879 by the Churches of maidstone, Originaly as Maidstone Church Institute, In the Early 1930's the Institute invited the YMCA to take over the Running of the Institute, In the early 1960's the Institute Building now very old was sold to Littlewoods stores (now Primark), the proceeds were used to build the Old Sportscentre at Loose on the site of the Institute playing fields.
The Building we currently use is the Former Tovil Childrens house, The Childrens house Society set up Several Childrens houses around the Countrty , Tovil Childrens House was the last one the society still ran, although since the late 1970's the YMCA had contract run it on there behalf, when the society was wound up, it's assets were transfered to the YMCA.
In early 2000 the YMCA Sportscentre at Loose was in a bad state of repair and Maidstone Borough Council had withdrawn the subsidy to provided affordable sports on that side of the borough, the decison was made to sell off the Playing fields to finance the new Sports centre at Loose.
The Childrens House will shortly be replaced by a new committe centre, you may have seen the artist impression in the lobby, this will be mainly financed by a section 106 agreement from Golding Homes to do with the redevlopment of Coombe Farm estate.
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Maidstone Radio Club was started in 1937. They were in Upper Fant Road. After the war they reformed and met at a now demolished school in London Road. In about 1952 a second Club was formed in Maidstone by G6NU and Des Mullen G3ABF. They met at premises in Union Street. Not the YMCA there though. The trail then went cold in my research after about 1956, which was the last report of any Maidstone club activity in RSGB Bulletin, Wireless World or Short Wave Magazine. A Maidstone club was reformed in 1962 at the YMCA in Union Street Maidstone. As Graham correctly notes Robbie G3ERY was chairman. There was a Scots guy who was Treasurer I remember. The original Maidstone club of 1937 had the call G3WM. It was never re-issued after the war. I managed to get it reissued in 2005. When I left Kent Bill Walker in Tunbridge Wells held the licence. He first joined the Maidstone club as a schoolboy in 1951?
Other members were Jack (later) G4EMC, Dickie Bird G2BLU, Jack Warner G3ABZ and Dick G2BMP who later emigrated to VK. I can't remember his VK call off hand but I worked him several times and he visited the club in about 1985.?
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73
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On 4 Oct 2012, at 00:36, Graham Edy < gedy@...> wrote:
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Hi
I remember Bill G6NU, I often heard him on 160M in the 1970s. I know I did contact him probably more than once, but without my logbooks I cannot remember exactly when.? I also have vague recollections of meeting Bill, but the man who would remember him well is Peter Pickering G3ORP.? As many of you know the Maidstone club closed down in the late 1950s and was restarted and became associated with the YMCA with the help of Robbie Robertson G3ERY who died in 1976.? I don't know if Bill Nutton was also involved also.? I think the club was re-formed as the Maidstone YMCA Amateur Society in around 1962/3. I had a chat with Robbie's son Malcolm about when exactly the club was re-established, however Malcolm passed away on 10th. August.? Peter Pickering and Jack King G4EMC are the only people I know who know what went on over 50 years ago.? The last time I looked at the club web site it seemed to imply that the Maidstone radio club has been in continuous existence since it was first established in the 1930s, that is not true.
I will speak to Peter and see if he would like to come to the meeting on the 19th. October, I should be more available then as well.
Graham G4AXD
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John - G6IVP asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following:
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Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs local time. Please note this open invitation to members and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th Oct! ober 2012 the MARTS will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS, throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982, Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
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John G6IVP (Chairman of MARTS) has asked me to
specifically thank Graham G4AXD and Shaun G3ZSU for the both the information and
the file about G6NU; it is much appreciated.
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Geoff G7NJB
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Maidstone Radio Club was started in 1937. They were in Upper Fant Road.
After the war they reformed and met at a now demolished school in London Road.
In about 1952 a second Club was formed in Maidstone by G6NU and Des Mullen
G3ABF. They met at premises in Union Street. Not the YMCA there though. The
trail then went cold in my research after about 1956, which was the last report
of any Maidstone club activity in RSGB Bulletin, Wireless World or Short Wave
Magazine. A Maidstone club was reformed in 1962 at the YMCA in Union Street
Maidstone. As Graham correctly notes Robbie G3ERY was chairman. There was a
Scots guy who was Treasurer I remember. The original Maidstone club of 1937 had
the call G3WM. It was never re-issued after the war. I managed to get it
reissued in 2005. When I left Kent Bill Walker in Tunbridge Wells held the
licence. He first joined the Maidstone club as a schoolboy in 1951
Other members were Jack (later) G4EMC, Dickie Bird G2BLU, Jack Warner G3ABZ
and Dick G2BMP who later emigrated to VK. I can't remember his VK call off hand
but I worked him several times and he visited the club in about 1985.
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73
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Shaun
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On 4 Oct 2012, at 00:36, Graham Edy < gedy@...> wrote:
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Hi
I remember Bill G6NU, I often heard him on 160M in the 1970s. I
know I did contact him probably more than once, but without my logbooks I
cannot remember exactly when.? I also have vague recollections of meeting
Bill, but the man who would remember him well is Peter Pickering G3ORP.?
As many of you know the Maidstone club closed down in the late 1950s and was
restarted and became associated with the YMCA with the help of Robbie
Robertson G3ERY who died in 1976.? I don't know if Bill Nutton was also
involved also.? I think the club was re-formed as the Maidstone YMCA
Amateur Society in around 1962/3. I had a chat with Robbie's son Malcolm about
when exactly the club was re-established, however Malcolm passed away on 10th.
August.? Peter Pickering and Jack King G4EMC are the only people I know
who know what went on over 50 years ago.? The last time I looked at the
club web site it seemed to imply that the Maidstone radio club has been in
continuous existence since it was first established in the 1930s, that is not
true.
I will speak to Peter and see if he would like to come to the
meeting on the 19th. October, I should be more available then as well.
Graham G4AXD
On 03/10/2012 10:53, Keith Anderson
wrote:
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John - G6IVP asked me to advise
everyone at MYARS of the following:
Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me
that there may be some members, within your club, who knew William (Bill)
Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well
as founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in the formation of
an amateur radio club in Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do
not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like
to invite anyone from your club to the following meeting of the MARTS on
Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs
local time. Please note this open invitation to members and friends old and
new.
On the evening of Friday 19th Oct! ober 2012 the MARTS will
be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who
has asked to meet the Club members and has offered to talk, informally, of
her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS,
throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982, Bill was active in
Amateur Radio and served as a long time President of the MARTS.
It
seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS will have this
opportunity for some of us to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's
life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's
history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
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Maidstone Radio Club was started in 1937. They were in Upper Fant Road. After the war they reformed and met at a now demolished school in London Road. In about 1952 a second Club was formed in Maidstone by G6NU and Des Mullen G3ABF. They met at premises in Union Street. Not the YMCA there though. The trail then went cold in my research after about 1956, which was the last report of any Maidstone club activity in RSGB Bulletin, Wireless World or Short Wave Magazine. A Maidstone club was reformed in 1962 at the YMCA in Union Street Maidstone. As Graham correctly notes Robbie G3ERY was chairman. There was a Scots guy who was Treasurer I remember. The original Maidstone club of 1937 had the call G3WM. It was never re-issued after the war. I managed to get it reissued in 2005. When I left Kent Bill Walker in Tunbridge Wells held the licence. He first joined the Maidstone club as a schoolboy in 1951? Other members were Jack (later) G4EMC, Dickie Bird G2BLU, Jack Warner G3ABZ and Dick G2BMP who later emigrated to VK. I can't remember his VK call off hand but I worked him several times and he visited the club in about 1985.?
73
Shaun
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On 4 Oct 2012, at 00:36, Graham Edy < gedy@...> wrote:
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Hi
I remember Bill G6NU, I often heard him on 160M in the 1970s. I know
I did contact him probably more than once, but without my logbooks I
cannot remember exactly when.? I also have vague recollections of
meeting Bill, but the man who would remember him well is Peter
Pickering G3ORP.? As many of you know the Maidstone club closed down
in the late 1950s and was restarted and became associated with the
YMCA with the help of Robbie Robertson G3ERY who died in 1976.? I
don't know if Bill Nutton was also involved also.? I think the club
was re-formed as the Maidstone YMCA Amateur Society in around
1962/3. I had a chat with Robbie's son Malcolm about when exactly
the club was re-established, however Malcolm passed away on 10th.
August.? Peter Pickering and Jack King G4EMC are the only people I
know who know what went on over 50 years ago.? The last time I
looked at the club web site it seemed to imply that the Maidstone
radio club has been in continuous existence since it was first
established in the 1930s, that is not true.
I will speak to Peter and see if he would like to come to the
meeting on the 19th. October, I should be more available then as
well.
Graham G4AXD
On 03/10/2012 10:53, Keith Anderson
wrote:
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John - G6IVP
asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following:
Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within
your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty
Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as
founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in
the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone.
Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some
members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to
the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October
2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs
local time. Please note this open invitation to members
and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th Oct! ober 2012 the MARTS
will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter,
Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members
and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS,
throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982,
Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time
President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS
will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and
others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with
Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
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Hi All
Shaun has sent the MP3 file of the Radio interview of Bill Nutton G6NU to me via "YouSendIt". I have now listened to it and it is most interesting and well worth a listen if you remember Bill.
73s Graham G4AXD
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Hi Keith, ? Yes, Fred replied to a mail to the MARTS web site.? I¡¯ll post a mini DVD to him this morning. ? Thanks for your help.? ? 73 ? Shaun ?
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Sent: 06 October 2012 00:00
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Subject: Re: [g3trf] MARTS G6NU Meeting? ? Hi Shaun Further to my previous message, I spoke with Fred Day who I understand that you have already been in contact. Fred stated that arrangements have been made for you to send the file direct to him. If this is the case, I will leave you to discuss the arrangements with him. ? On 5 Oct 2012, at 17:39, G3ZSU wrote:
? Hi, ? If MARTS are interested I have an mp3 file of Bill Nutton telling some stories about his early years which was broadcast on BBC Radio Kent (or it might even have been Radio Medway at that time) in 1980 I believe. ? The file is about 28 minutes long and just over 28Mb in size.? Let me know asap if they need it.? It is too big to attach to e-mail and so will have to go in the post or will have to do some sort of FTP for it.?? That will be a challenge here with net upload speeds of around 40 ¨C 50 Kbps. ? The club Bill was involved in in Maidstone was the ¡°other¡± club that didn¡¯t become MYMCA.? The information was on the club web site.? I did quite a bit of research about it.? I handed all the web documents over when I left the area.? Whoever has them now should able to follow it through. ? 73 ? Shaun G3ZSU? g3zsu [AT] ? ? ? ? ? John - G6IVP asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following: Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs local time. Please note this open invitation to members and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th October 2012 the MARTS will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS, throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982, Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman ?
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Hi Shaun
Further to my previous message, I spoke with Fred Day who I understand that you have already been in contact. Fred stated that arrangements have been made for you to send the file direct to him. If this is the case, I will leave you to discuss the arrangements with him.
73
Keith - 2E0KJA
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Hi, ? If MARTS are interested I have an mp3 file of Bill Nutton telling some stories about his early years which was broadcast on BBC Radio Kent (or it might even have been Radio Medway at that time) in 1980 I believe. ? The file is about 28 minutes long and just over 28Mb in size.? Let me know asap if they need it.? It is too big to attach to e-mail and so will have to go in the post or will have to do some sort of FTP for it.?? That will be a challenge here with net upload speeds of around 40 ¨C 50 Kbps. ? The club Bill was involved in in Maidstone was the ¡°other¡± club that didn¡¯t become MYMCA.? The information was on the club web site.? I did quite a bit of research about it.? I handed all the web documents over when I left the area.? Whoever has them now should able to follow it through. ? 73 ? Shaun G3ZSU? g3zsu [AT] ? ? ? From: g3trf@... [mailto:g3trf@...] On Behalf Of Keith Anderson
Sent: 03 October 2012 10:54
To: g3trf@...
Subject: [g3trf] MARTS G6NU Meeting ? ? John - G6IVP asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following: Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs local time. Please note this open invitation to members and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th October 2012 the MARTS will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS, throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982, Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
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Hope and Aid Convoy Friday
Hi all quick reminder next fri the 12th, the next Hope and Aid Convoy departs for Kosovo.
We have approx 3 trucks to fit radios to.
10 am at Maidstone Services, Truck Car Park
Hi-vis Vests Essental
Ian
2E0IJH
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Hello Shaun
Please hold that thought !. I will be seeing John @Marts tonight. Will mention the mp3 file. I will get back to you to with his feedback and perhaps arrange something re taking delivery of the file.
Thanks
73
Keith - 2E0KJA
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Hi, ? If MARTS are interested I have an mp3 file of Bill Nutton telling some stories about his early years which was broadcast on BBC Radio Kent (or it might even have been Radio Medway at that time) in 1980 I believe. ? The file is about 28 minutes long and just over 28Mb in size.? Let me know asap if they need it.? It is too big to attach to e-mail and so will have to go in the post or will have to do some sort of FTP for it.?? That will be a challenge here with net upload speeds of around 40 ¨C 50 Kbps. ? The club Bill was involved in in Maidstone was the ¡°other¡± club that didn¡¯t become MYMCA.? The information was on the club web site.? I did quite a bit of research about it.? I handed all the web documents over when I left the area.? Whoever has them now should able to follow it through. ? 73 ? Shaun G3ZSU? g3zsu [AT] ? ? ? From: g3trf@... [mailto:g3trf@...] On Behalf Of Keith Anderson
Sent: 03 October 2012 10:54
To: g3trf@...
Subject: [g3trf] MARTS G6NU Meeting ? ? John - G6IVP asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following: Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs local time. Please note this open invitation to members and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th October 2012 the MARTS will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS, throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982, Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
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Hi Shaun
All I know about Bill's early years is that he was a radio operator
during WW1, G3ORP was the source of that information.
For sending large files I use "You Send It":
The basic service allows you to send files without having to pay
them any money (although they would like you to!)
Graham G4AXD
P.S. You can send the file to me using "You Send IT" as practice.
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Hi,
?
If MARTS are
interested I have an mp3 file of Bill Nutton telling
some stories about his early years which was broadcast
on BBC Radio Kent (or it might even have been Radio
Medway at that time) in 1980 I believe.
?
The file is
about 28 minutes long and just over 28Mb in size.? Let
me know asap if they need it.? It is too big to attach
to e-mail and so will have to go in the post or will
have to do some sort of FTP for it.?? That will be a
challenge here with net upload speeds of around 40 ¨C
50 Kbps.
?
The club Bill
was involved in in Maidstone was the ¡°other¡± club that
didn¡¯t become MYMCA.? The information was on the club
web site.? I did quite a bit of research about it.? I
handed all the web documents over when I left the
area.? Whoever has them now should able to follow it
through.
?
73
?
Shaun
G3ZSU? g3zsu
[AT] btopenworld.com
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John - G6IVP asked
me to advise everyone at MYARS of the
following:
Dear
MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some
members, within your club, who knew William
(Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a
founder member of the MARTS. As well as founding
the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in
the formation of an amateur radio club in
Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do
not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from
your club to the following meeting of the MARTS
on Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH
(Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs local time.
Please note this open invitation to members and
friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th October 2012 the
MARTS will be privileged to welcome Bill
Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who
has asked to meet the Club members and has
offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you ma! y know, from the beginnings of the
MARTS, throughout until his death 30 years ago
early in 1982, Bill was active in Amateur Radio
and served as a long time President of the
MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the
MARTS will have this opportunity for some of us
to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's
life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of
his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
|
Hi, ? If MARTS are interested I have an mp3 file of Bill Nutton telling some stories about his early years which was broadcast on BBC Radio Kent (or it might even have been Radio Medway at that time) in 1980 I believe. ? The file is about 28 minutes long and just over 28Mb in size.? Let me know asap if they need it.? It is too big to attach to e-mail and so will have to go in the post or will have to do some sort of FTP for it.?? That will be a challenge here with net upload speeds of around 40 ¨C 50 Kbps. ? The club Bill was involved in in Maidstone was the ¡°other¡± club that didn¡¯t become MYMCA.? The information was on the club web site.? I did quite a bit of research about it.? I handed all the web documents over when I left the area.? Whoever has them now should able to follow it through. ? 73 ? Shaun G3ZSU? g3zsu [AT] btopenworld.com ? ? ?
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From: g3trf@... [mailto:g3trf@...] On Behalf Of Keith Anderson
Sent: 03 October 2012 10:54
To: g3trf@...
Subject: [g3trf] MARTS G6NU Meeting? ? John - G6IVP asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following: Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs local time. Please note this open invitation to members and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th October 2012 the MARTS will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS, throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982, Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
|
Hi
I remember Bill G6NU, I often heard him on 160M in the 1970s. I know
I did contact him probably more than once, but without my logbooks I
cannot remember exactly when.? I also have vague recollections of
meeting Bill, but the man who would remember him well is Peter
Pickering G3ORP.? As many of you know the Maidstone club closed down
in the late 1950s and was restarted and became associated with the
YMCA with the help of Robbie Robertson G3ERY who died in 1976.? I
don't know if Bill Nutton was also involved also.? I think the club
was re-formed as the Maidstone YMCA Amateur Society in around
1962/3. I had a chat with Robbie's son Malcolm about when exactly
the club was re-established, however Malcolm passed away on 10th.
August.? Peter Pickering and Jack King G4EMC are the only people I
know who know what went on over 50 years ago.? The last time I
looked at the club web site it seemed to imply that the Maidstone
radio club has been in continuous existence since it was first
established in the 1930s, that is not true.
I will speak to Peter and see if he would like to come to the
meeting on the 19th. October, I should be more available then as
well.
Graham G4AXD
On 03/10/2012 10:53, Keith Anderson
wrote:
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John - G6IVP
asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following:
Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within
your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty
Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as
founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in
the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone.
Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some
members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to
the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October
2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs
local time. Please note this open invitation to members
and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th Oct! ober 2012 the MARTS
will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter,
Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members
and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS,
throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982,
Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time
President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS
will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and
others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with
Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
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John - G6IVP asked me to advise everyone at MYARS of the following:
Dear MYARS Friends,
It occurred to me that there may be some members, within your club, who knew William (Bill) Nutton G6NU "Naughty Uncle" who was a founder member of the MARTS. As well as founding the MARTS, I believe that Bill played a part in the formation of an amateur radio club in Maidstone. Whether or not this became MYARS I do not know but some members may be interested.
I would therefore like to invite anyone from your club to the following meeting of the MARTS on Friday 19 October 2012 at the MARTS QTH (Tunbury Hall) open at 19:30 hrs local time. Please note this open invitation to members and friends old and new.
On the evening of Friday 19th October 2012 the MARTS will be privileged to welcome Bill Nutton's granddaughter, Ms Elaine Nutton, who has asked to meet the Club members and has offered to talk, informally, of her Grandfather.
As you may know, from the beginnings of the MARTS, throughout until his death 30 years ago early in 1982, Bill was active in Amateur Radio and served as a long time President of the MARTS.
It seems appropriate that, in its 90th year, the MARTS will have this opportunity for some of us to reminisce and others to learn about G6NU's life and to share, with Elaine, what we know of his part in the Club's history.
73 - John Burton G6IVP - MARTS Chairman
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Subject: RSGB website outage
Date: 24 September 2012 17:32:07 GMT+01:00
Dear club contact,
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Their is a serious technical issue with the internet service provider?affecting the RSGB website. Attempts to resolve this today have been unsuccessful, though efforts are continuing and it is hoped to get this fixed as early as possible tomorrow.
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Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
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73 Keith - G4JED
RSGB Region 12 DRM - Kent??
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Hi
I am getting emails from friends on Facebook of the form
@yahoo.com. The emails are not from my friends but are
some kind of scam, I just delete them.? This might have been due
to a large number of Facebook details falling into the hands of
hackers, the same hackers may have compromised Yahoo as well.?
These kinds of things were almost unheard of 20 years ago, you
just don't know what might happen these days.
Graham
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We have identified a problem with the addition of new members to the group; the initial confirmation message sent to new members needs to be rplied to or the new member will not be activated!? This confirmation message very often ends up in the recipients SPAM folder for one reason or another, rendering the new member inactive.? From what i understand this is not the case here as it involves already active members, which has also happened in the past.? I am not sure if this is some kind of hacking or just one of the many Gremlins in the system.? We await the response from the help team.
Trevor
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From: ijhspark
Sent: 09/18/12 10:37 PM
To: g3trf@...
Subject: [g3trf] Posting Problems
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There seems to be a issue with the group that some people are getting a error message when they try to post messages to the group.
I have raised a service ticket with yahoo
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There seems to be a issue with the group that some people are getting a error message when they try to post messages to the group.
I have raised a service ticket with yahoo
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Subject: RSGB MONTHLY NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 2012
Date: 11 September 2012 16:06:37 GMT+01:00
Dear club contact, attached is a soft copy of the RSGB Newsletter and Diary pages for October.
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73 Keith - G4JED
RSGB Region 12 DRM - Kent
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Subject: MKARS AT BLETCHLEY PARK
Date: 11 September 2012 16:00:42 GMT+01:00
Dear all, some of you might have heard about the Milton Keynes ARS being asked to vacate their club meeting venue at Bletchley Park, and that reportedly?this came about owing to arrangements with the RSGB and the NRC.
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I have today received a communication from our RSGB General Manager, who reports that this move was part of a strategic review by the Bletchley Park Trust, the result of which MKARS and other societies that use BP facilities have been asked to relocate, and that this decision was not connected to the RSGB or NRC operation, which continues with the support of many MKARS club members.
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The GM states that the advent of the NRC had no bearing on the MKARS being asked to move, or of any dispute regarding callsigns. He confirms that the NRC uses the special call GB3RS while GB2BP is registered through Ofcom to the MKARS.
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It would appear much of this conjecture arose this past Sunday on 40m, but the operator of GB2BP at the time?did stress it was a matter outside of the RSGB. I trust that the above clarifies the position, and whilst an upheaval for the Milton Keynes club, is something all clubs have to manage from time to time.
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Best 73
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Keith - G4JED
RSGB Region 12 DRM - Kent?????
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So very sorry to hear of the passing of a great person, he was our guiding light at the radio club, he will be sadly missed,I have spoken to? his daughter Janet ? Eric M0DHM ?
From: PAUL AUSTIN To: "g3trf@..." <g3trf@...> Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012, 17:15 Subject: Re: [g3trf] Alan Swanborough
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Very Sad, a great guy and remeber him from my first days at joining the club when I was very young. work permitting I hope to make the funeral.
From: Nick Parnell
To: g3trf@...
Sent: Friday, 7
September 2012, 18:46
Subject: Re: [g3trf] Alan Swanborough
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I was very sorry to hear the sad news of Alan. I've known him so long and he has been a part of the maidstone radio club for as long as i can remember. He will be sadly missed.
Kind regards
Nick G4ZXI
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Alan Swamborough's daughters Janet & Patsy Sadly annonce that their Father Passed away on Sunday the 2nd of September at the Heart of Kent Hospice, After a Long Battle with prostrate Cancer.
The Funeral will be on Friday the 21st September at 3.30pm at Vinters Park Cremartorium
All his Friends are Welcome.
Flowers to Albany Funeral Directors Loose or Donations to Heart of kent Hospice welcome.
Ian?
2E0IJH
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Hi all? Very sorry to here about Alan please send my condolences to his two daughters ,sadly I'm on holiday in Devon but will be thinking of him .I have known him a long time he will be sadly missed rgds Henry &carole 2e0IAK?
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On 7 Sep 2012, at 15:29, "ian hope" < ian@...> wrote:
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Alan Swamborough's daughters Janet & Patsy Sadly annonce that their Father Passed away on Sunday the 2nd of September at the Heart of Kent Hospice, After a Long Battle with prostrate Cancer.
The Funeral will be on Friday the 21st September at 3.30pm at Vinters Park Cremartorium
All his Friends are Welcome.
Flowers to Albany Funeral Directors Loose or Donations to Heart of kent Hospice welcome.
Ian?
2E0IJH
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