Early days with the CRO
Recently the Red Rose Cave
and Pothole Club librarian has been sorting through the many items donated to
the library that still need cataloging and came across these original police requests
for cave rescue assistance, and a cartoon by Jim Eyre of an early CRO Practice
Rescue. These were hidden amongst two books of press cuttings collected by
Jim. As far as our librarian is aware
these have not been seen before or ever published. The date of the cartoon is
unknown but I appear in the cartoon as “Mixed up Melvin.” In those days I was
an active caver with the Red Rose and CRO, so I suspect this rescue practice
happened in the early 1960’s as well.
At that time the Red Rose
members in the CRO, were in what was then called the “Lancaster Team” and we
were called out when required by a policeman knocking at the door (with some
force I remember) at all times of the day and night. If we were not at home
then these slips of official paper was pushed through the doo, which we often
found on our return from the dales, only to have to return - unless of course
we had been located earlier, usually in the “Marton Arms”
Mel Wilkinson (RRCPC)
