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Journal No. 148 Volume 12 August 1973

CONTENTS

Page Editorial 295 Club News 295 Meets 296 From the Log 297 Letter to the Editor 298 Winter Trip by Derek Ford 299 Water Tracing Notes by W.I. Stanton 311 New Mendip Rescue Organisation Call-out Procedures 312 List of Members

Hon. Secretary: T.E. Reynolds, ‘Tudor Cottage’, Beryl Lane, Wells, BA5 3AD. Asst. Secretary: D.I. Gordon, 3 Townsend, , . Hon. Treasurer: A. Newport, 87 Bonnington Walk, Lockleaze, Bristol. Hut Administration: W.J. Ham, The Laurels, , Highbridge, . Cave Keys: J. Jones, 33A Dinaw Street, Nantmoel, Glamorgan. Journal Distribution: M. Hewins, 31 Badshot Park, Badshot Lea, Farnham, Surrey. Survey Sales: R.A. Philpott, 3 Kings Drive, Bristol 7. Publication Sales: P. Davies, ‘Copthalls’, West Hill, Wraxall, Bristol. General Sales: I. Jepson, 7 Shelley Road, Beechen Cliff, Bath. Editor: R.R. Kenney, ‘Yennek’, St. Mary’s Road, , , Somerset Upper Pitts Address: Cave Club, , Wells, Somerset, BA5 3AX.

Journal Price for non-members: 20p per issue. Postage 5p extra.

EDITORIAL

Some of you may wonder why it is that we print articles about caving in Canada. There are two reasons for this: - The first is that they are sent to us. The second and more serious one is that Derek Ford has been a Wessex member for many years. We are not exclusively a Mendip society, and we encourage our members to find caves wherever they can. However, one notes with some apprehension that Derek has become Spelunkerized. When he returns to Mendip are we likely to have a Peachy Sump in Swildons? Note the carbide in Plate 4 of his article.

CLUB NEWS

Access to caves

There have unfortunately been more complaints from local landowners about cavers. It is obviously difficult for the caving community to do very much to stop complaints completely since in a farmer's eyes anyone wandering across a field with a helmet on is a ‘caver’ whether he is a member of a club or not. But, in order to retain the goodwill of the local people (which is vital if we are to continue to enjoy the present access situation) Wessex members are asked to use their best endeavours to see that the following access procedures are followed for the caves in the neighbourhood of Upper Pitts

Eastwater Swallet - call at Eastwater Farm and ask permission before descending. There is a fee of 20p a head for crossing Mr. Gibbons' land to this cave and it MUST be paid.

Nine Barrows & Sludge Pit - ask Mr. Pattinson for permission before descending either of these caves since they are both on his land.

Swildons Hole - access to this is from Priddy Green. There is NO right of way across the fields from Upper Pitts to the cave. Always ask permission from Mr. Maine before descending and ALWAYS pay 5p a head. Priddy Parish Council have recently asked that in view of the deterioration of the grass near Maine's Barn cavers should park their cars elsewhere on The Green. The two places they suggest are:-

Long stays - on the Upper Green near the Church Short stays - between the road and the outermost boundary.

Agen Allwedd

Keys for this cave are now being handled by Alun Nutt, 42 Teynes, Coedeva, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP4 4TQ and people who hope to visit this cave should note the following:-

1. Formalities must be completed by parties at least four weeks before a proposed visit. 2. The following information is required: the name of the club, the name of the leader, the number in the party and the date of the proposed visit. All this information should be sent together with a £1 deposit. Two stamped addressed envelopes should also be sent. 3. The keys should be returned to Alun Nutt as soon as possible after a trip.

New members

We welcome the following new members:-

Paul Andrews, c/o 2 Carey's Close, , Somerset. Andrew M. Bliss, 125 Westwood Road, Tilehurst, Reading. Iain Buchanan, 61 Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks. Creassey R. Foster, Hillcrest, Tadhill, Leigh-on-Mendip, Bath. Paul L. Hadfield, Art. Tels. 49; Schl. Electronic Eng., Aborfield, Berks. Jonathan Mabbett, 36 Solent Road, Hill Head, Fareham, Hants.

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Alan Pearson, Wisteria Cottage, Colwell Road, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Pat Patterson, Fairmead Road, , Somerset. Mrs. Sheila Pitman (joint member) Lewis M„ Plant, 92 Elizabeth House, Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Reading, Berks. Stephen Wakefield, 40 Oldfield Road, Westbury, Wilts. John Wyatt, 9 Glyneway, Long Hanborough, Oxford.

Addresses Will all members please realize that changes of address must be notified to the Secretary as soon as possible.

Upper Pitts

Lockers are now available for rent at an annual charge of £1.

We would like to thank Keith Goverd and Dave Willis for their gifts of furniture and crockery.

Council of Southern Caving Clubs

The following motion put forward by the Wessex Cave Club was carried. A sub-committee has been formed to pursue these ideas for eventual presentation to the National Caving Association:-

"That the member clubs of this Council of Southern Caving Clubs will do all possible to assist education authorities and youth clubs with the use of Caving as an optional activity provided such caving follows the plan and philosophy outlined in the appendix to this Motion, and further that any L.E.A. or other service employee should only supervise such caving if he/or she is a regular praticising member of a caving club and the member clubs of this Council will gladly answer any query concerning a member of their club in this respect".

Appendix see Journal No. 146 Vol 12 April 1973.

Committee Nominations

A nomination slip is enclosed with this Journal. The post of Hon. Secretary will become vacant as Tim Reynolds wishes to remain Hon. Secretary of the Council of Southern Caving Clubs. Members will appreciate that his present dual role is too demanding. Richard Kenney is resigning as Editor, for it is traditional and wise to have a change at the end of each Volume.

Annual General Meeting This will be held at Priddy Village Hall at 3 pm on Saturday October 20th. The Dinner will be at 7.30 for 8 pm.

Ties and Badges

These will be on sale at the A.G.M.

MEETS

FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB

Friday September 7th Swildons Shatter Passage Saturday September 22nd South Wales

Friday trips meet at 7.30 p.m.

South Wales meet at Penwyllt 9-30 a.m.

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FROM THE LOG

5th May 1973 SWILDONS HOLE

Rich Gordon, Pete Moody and Jeff Price to Swildons 4 dig. Unfortunately the dig is now flooded for the duration.

12th May 1973 SWILDONS HOLE

Rich Barnacott, Ian Jepson, Rich Gordon and Ken Neill. Short dig at end of Abandon Hope. Getting muddier if that can be possible.

20th May 1973 SWILDONS HOLE

Dave and Rich Gordon and Paul Hadfield to Abandon Hope. Made quite good progress, but the dig is filling with water between digging trips which increases the stickiness of the mud.

26th May 1973 SWILDONS HOLE

Pete, Rich and Dave Gordon and Aubrey. Ug! When we arrived at the dig it was found to be full of water. We tried bailing but after much effort we found that the water was flowing back in. We dug for a short time lying in water up to chest height. We abandoned hope of any progress and left. Exit from Sump 1 was without any lights; not as difficult as expected.

2nd June 1973 SWILDONS HOLS

A. Newport, P. Andrews, I. Jepson and T. Large (a visitor from a small and little known club) to Sidcot Passage Dig. This has suffered somewhat from previous parties "rabbiting", so all efforts were concentrated on enlarging working space. A "Kitbag and rope" spoil removed system is now in situ, which makes the site workable (just) by two people. With 4 available buckets proved faster. Carbide dumps are proliferating throughout the cave.

17th June 1973 SWILDONS HOLE

Paul Hadfield, Chris?, Rich Gordon and Pete Moody. Dug in 4 for a couple of hours. The dig has dried out well but progress was badly hampered towards the end by a very large boulder (floor?) which was uncovered.

June 1973

A. Mills, B. Quillim, R.R., Aubrey and Dave Gordon. AM and DG across the traverse at the top of the first pitch, AM to climb aven and DG to life line. AM climbed 50ft up and belayed rope to stalagmites. Decided not to climb further until the aven is pegged as it is too exposed. Descended aven and left rope belayed to stalagmite 50ft up.

A.M. 23rd June 1973 EASTWATER

M. Mills, B. Woodward, M. Webster, R. Mansfield, M. Jordan, Gay? and Dave Gordon to Primrose Pot. A very enjoyable prussik up the bottom two pitches the top pitch being free climbed. The squeeze is a trifle worrying on the way up but otherwise the trip poses no technical difficulty.

23rd June 1973 SWILDONS HOLE

Paul Hadfield, Rich Gordon and Pete Moody. This fine trip started with a bang in 4. We spent about half an hour excavating around the obstruction found in the dig on the 17th. We uncovered a very large flake of rock and after undermining it some chemical persuasion was used. We moved on to 7 after the bang and Paul managed to peg into the hole seen on the 16th, but after only a few feet it became a rift only 2ft high which rapidly tapered down to a few

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inches. The flood bypass in 7 was looked at next. While Paul explored possible extensions in the roof the Gordon/Moody digging team attacked a likely dig on the left-hand wall. A vertical mud bank 10ft high ended within about 6" of the roof. One could see over the mud for about 6ft to where the passage opened out. The dig went on two hours most of which time Rich was posed precariously on my shoulders or head with me trying to balance half way up the mud slope. After a considerable amount of thrutching Rich was able to enter a small chamber and Paul joined him. With no ones head to stand on and although a gallant attempt was made by them both to haul me up the mud slope it proved impossible for me to get into the new extension. The description that follows is therefore by Rich.

After failing to squeeze Mr. Moody into the chamber I explored a narrow tube which ascended at 60 degrees. I got to the top with the help of Paul's shoulders and head, at the top I found to my horror another tube descending at the same angle, but luckily ended in a choke after 15ft. Paul then climbed another 45 degrees bedding plane (with a draught) for 25ft but came back after claiming that the passage opened out considerably and could see on for another 25ft approx.. Because one light had practically gone out and two of us had headaches and the time was running on we returned via our dig in 4 in a fog of bang fumes in the 4 stream. It proves that there is a draught in the dig. We looked at the now fumeless dig - the boulder was no more. 9 hrs.

22nd June 1973 RHINO RIFT

A. Mills, G. Bolt. Object to complete the climb of the rift in the inlet passage. AM to 1st belay point 50ft up. GB to same. GB to lifeline AM. AM climbed a further 30ft to top of rift. GB joined AM at top of rift. The top of the rift has a continual draught. We think that it is from the surface - soil was seen in the roof. It is also very pretty, stal etc. "One or two bangs would open it to the surface thus making it a 200ft pitch - a Yorkshire pot".

A.M.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Richard,

I am sorry that Pete Cousins is upset by my use of the expression "oil-filled prismatic compass", and will try to be more careful in future.

Yours, Willie.

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WINTER TRIP

Derek Ford, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

The longest cave that we have discovered in Canada is Castleguard Cave. I think that it is also one of the most remarkable cave systems in the world. The reasons for this large claim may be seen in Figures 1 and 2, plan and elevation. The cave is very straight, marches underneath a high glacier-hung mountain, (Mt. Castleguard), and at the limit of exploration is striking out boldly for the centre of the greatest remaining ice mass in the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia Icefield. No other cave that is known penetrates so far beneath extant glaciers.

The cave is pretty much one single great river passage draining south eastwards from the Icefield. It has only one accessible entrance, the downstream end, which is at an altitude of 6,500 feet. It is now just a little more than seven miles in surveyed length and is 1020 feet deep (or 'high' since one enters at the bottom and climbs uphill). At this depth it has displaced the famous Carlsbad Caverns as 'third deepest cave in Anglo- America'. (We also found 'the deepest cave in Anglo-America', etc. but that's another story).

We began exploration in 1967 during the summer, which is the sensible time to explore alpine caves because at least it's warm outside and you don't have to contend with deep snow to get to the entrances. But we learned that this cave is prone to drastic and unpredictable flooding from sub-glacial meltwaters. The first half mile of it can sump completely and stay that way for three weeks at a time. We had a close shave that first summer and since then have hit it in the winters when flooding is improbable. In an expedition of April 1970 the mapping was pushed to the Y-fork at the NW end of the cave. The right-hand fork, Thompson's Terror, has been abandoned by even our hardest men due to desperately loose rock. The left- hand fork was pushed to the foot of a 30 vertical climb on stalagmite. In November of that year Michael Boon phantomed it, spending a week alone moving his gear up through the cave and finally doing the climb. It was something of a crazy effort, for this is the hardest cave in the Western Hemisphere, but also must impressive. I know of no other solo caving push that compares with it. At the top of his climb Boon reported a short passage to an ice blockage and side leads.

I waited for memories of the last one to fade away and then mounted another expedition in April of this year. Aims were to finish off exploration and mapping above Boon's climb, push a downstream lead from the middle of the cave, take photographs, and do a variety of scientific things. A large camp would be established at the entrance and a second, for seven men, three miles inside. Thirteen of us and a great heap of gear assembled in Banff on Friday 13th in a raging blizzard, not altogether a promising augury. But next day was clear and by noon we were 100 miles N and a helicopter had lifted us into the cave mouth, so saving an eleven-mile trek up glaciers neck-deep in snow.

We had a cup of tea, assured each other that we were all lousily unfit and feeling the altitude, then started to sherpa the underground gear through the first obstacles. These are soon encountered. 300 feet inside the cave a 30-feet pitch leads to half a mile of crawling. For the first 900 feet most of it is flat-out going on an ice floor, the remains of last summer's floods frozen solid. Then gently uphill on hands and knees over boulders, ("Don't go up there! It's Boon's Blunder, 2000 feet to a vertical sump".) whilst the ice stalactites thin out and then it's undecorated flood passage and depressing. The temperature has soared to 32°F this far into the cave and the first of three deep pools is encountered. We dumped the gear and retreated, having achieved the target for the day.

Back at the entrance we had steak and Castleguard Cocktails, (one tbs orange jelly powder, one cup boiling water, two shots over proof rum, sugar to taste if you've any taste buds left after the first trial sip) and we spread our sleeping bags on flood sand alongside the great snowdrift at the cave mouth. It was +1°F.

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Figure 1. The Environs of the Cave

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We started on the main trip at 10 a.m. next day. 13 people to carry to the middle of the cave, 7 of them to stay. We took a long time getting through the pools, switching three pairs of waders back and forth for it doesn't pay to get wet since the cave is nowhere warmer than 37°F. Then it's up a four feet high bedding plane tube until a vadose trench appears in the floor and at last one is through the low-roofed b.... flood zone. From there on there's standing room almost all the way. Some good helictites appear and the going is easy for half a mile until the whole thing ends in an 80 feet pitch downwards.

Getting all the people and gear down took a long while. It's a fine shaft, formed by water flowing straight up, and one lingers on the ladder. At the bottom a short crawl with a gale blowing through leads to the peachiest piece of cave, the Subway. This is a superb elliptical phreatic tube, 14 x 12 feet in cross-section, climbing gently and as straight as a die for 500 yards. Then the passage wriggles a bit through the first of the beautiful grottoes that the cave contains, there’s a last bit of flat sand floor to walk upon, then a squirm alongside a canted slab signifies the start of the crunch part of the day's work, First Fissure. It was 7 pm.

First Fissure is a vadose trench 20-40 feet deep beneath a small roof tube. It's 1-1/4 miles long and going uphill all the way. It is a classic problem in fissure caving with a lot of work scuttling with feet on sloping muddy ledges in the two walls, some back-and-foot work, and potholes to climb down and back up, chockstone climbs or squeezes to avoid them, on and on. There's lots to look at; the roof is finely decorated with calcite tracery, there's gypsum and hydromagnesite sprouting from tottering banks of varved clays, patches of blue mineralisation that we have not identified. But it goes on and on and is never easy.

I had made a tactical mistake, allowing myself to become one of the four cavers at the back of the line designing the photographic programme as we went. The hard men had gone on ahead. In the middle were three guests, National Parks officers come to see the sights. 100 yards up First Fissure they'd had enough and turned back, escorted by Charlie Brown who was to run a meteorological programme at the entrance. The hard men were out of earshot, of course. That left four, one a girl, carrying the baggage of eight. I had two side packs, one backpack on my back, another in my hand and a damned great kitbag. The other three were comparably laden and the fun had only just begun.

I was the only one of this party who'd been up First Fissure before. Over the next six hours I kept finding new features each of which, (I recollected from 1970), signified that it was just a couple of hundred feet to the end of the Fissure. My speleological competence began to be called into question by my companions. At 2 a.m. I was dropping in a wedged heap every ten yards to rest. Nobody overtook me. In fact, we picked up a straggler from in front - and his bags. We got out of the Fissure and into camp shortly after 3 a.m., too knackered to consume more than cups of muddy water.

The hard men got us up at 8 a.m. Plans had originally called for three hard men and four scientists all to go to the limit of exploration and start work there. But two of us scientists had been amongst last night's 4x8 bag matrix and were shattered. Another ripped his scalp on a stalactite and bled colourfully into the coffee. A majority opinion was that the science could just as well start at the 200 Feet Aven. Very lightly laden, the three hard men set out. We trailed after with cameras and sampling gear. Soon, the one hard man who had also been caught up in the matrix came back and went to bed.

The middle of the cave, called "Grottoes" and "Holes-in-the-Floor" in Figure 2, is superb country. The Grottoes are a string of varied phreatic passages which climb gently up a sandstone (neptunian) dike to the head of First Fissure. Holes-in-the-Floor is phreatic gunbarrel about 18 feet in diameter, straight and climbing gently to the NW. In the floor a vadose trench 40 feet deep has been incised. Later the trench and floor of the tube were infilled with varved clay, (a Wurm glacial effect). The clay has since been sapped out at many points so that one has to scuttle around the steep sides of a series of mud hoppers, hoping not to fall through the holes at the bottom. "It's a fun passage" the hard men said.

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Figure 4. The Subway

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Figure 5. Characteristic going in First Fissure

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Figure 6. Holes-in-the-Floor

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Figure 7. Conversation piece.

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Figure 8. Cave Pearls

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These passages are profusely and beautifully decorated with stalactites stalagmites, erratics, flowstone and cave pearls. All are active and of a gleaming purity that I've only seen matched once before, at in its pristine condition. (Cave scientists may note that these deposits are of late-glacial and post- glacial age, when the only sources of precipitating waters have been the soles of permanent snowfields and glaciers). The erratics are all extended in the downwind direction of summer airflow, suggesting that the summer is the time of maximum growth. There are many hundreds of pearls, ranging in size from buckshot up to whoppers an inch in diameter and perfectly spherical. We photographed, took water samples and specimens of ancient stalagmite and returned to camp at midnight for more steak, freeze-dried this time. It does pretty well if you soak it for 12 hours, which is 11½ more than the manufacturers recommend.

An hour later the hard men got back, Peter Thompson of Bradford and Julian Coward of London. Refreshed and lightly laden, they had gone up Second Fissure in four hours that morning. It's much the same as the First, technically a bit easier but steeper. Mike Boon had left a fixed rope on his solo climb and they prussiked up. At the top was another phreatic tube, high, wide and handsomely decorated with fresh erratics for a length of 3,400 feet. Then it was terminated abruptly by a blank wall of ice. Thompson has seen every kind of cave ice that we’ve found in the Rockies (and there are many kinds) but this was something new. It was opaque and very coarsely crystalline and supported a limestone block within it. From the description (we have no samples) I have little doubt that it is glacier ice from the base of the Columbia Icefield, intruded into the cave. When the survey data were computed it was found that Thompson and Coward were beneath 1100 feet of glacier as they stood at the end of Glacier Passage.

This was a pretty impressive end for any cave but Castleguard doesn't give up. In winter conditions a very strong and constant draught blows from the entrance throughout the cave. It was still there at Boon's Climb but was gone at the ice blockage. They found that it turned south down a small side passage. This quickly brought them to the top of a pitch estimated to be 100 feet deep and very nasty because of loose debris. The draught blows down it, the damn cave goes on. They had no tackle so we’ll have to have another winter trip.

Next morning we rose in high spirits and I learned a new, American, verse of "Dogs on the beaches". The hard men set off to push a small rift near the camp. It takes a little stream down. We know that 300-800 feet below Castleguard Cave is a second cave, comparably long and active. It feeds to the Big Springs, (400 c.f.s., T=32°F, pH=8.95, CaCo3=18.5 ppm and saturated!) - but we have been unable to gain access. Perhaps the rift would take us in.

We scientists set off to photograph and sample our way out of the cave. First Fissure is a lot easier going downhill with comparatively little kit and a cast-iron excuse to stop frequently for pictures and collections. We lingered at the Waterfall. Here a jagged vadose shaft soars up until lost to sight more than 100 feet overhead. At its foot a flowstone dome 15 feet high has been neatly sectioned to the base by the falling water. We sampled it. Then it was back down the Subway, the four of us spaced out 30 yards apart, each with a flashgun. "Shoot! - Forward March! - Halt! - Shoot!" and so on till the depth of focus in the tunnel made one dizzy. At 10 p.m. I took the last picture of the last man hauling himself over the top of the 80 feet pitch. It only remained to fall the last mile down and out of the cave. The waders were missing at the frigid pools but at this stage we didn't care. We were all tall men and by use of tiptoes just kept our essentials above the icy shock. At 1 a.m. we were out, after 62 hours underground. The surface party set about cooking us some steak, which went well with the cognac.

The hard men were out at 8 a.m. They had abandoned their rift when it became a very tight thrutch downwards. We bequeath it to the second generation of Castleguardians.

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We sat in the sun admiring the tremendous mountain walls of these parts, then slipped into the cave to photograph bubbles in the pools of ice. They looked like the cities of far out science fiction or aurora curving across a sky. Next day the helicopter came. Three of us left the others waiting for it, put on cross- country skis and headed out. Four miles of gentle climbing brought us to the top of the Saskatchewan Glacier, still deep in untracked snow. For three miles we schussed down it, hardly needing to pole or turn. Then sat up on a morainic flat and thumbed down the helicopter for a ride out to the road, and the 90 miles away. It's a tough life in the Canadian Rockies!

I will finish with a problem: on all four of our winter trips there has been a strong and constant draught, (67 cfs), blowing into the cave and throughout it, ascending at least 1000 feet. It blows in even at high sun in April when the outside air temperature may be 35°F. whilst 100 feet inside the cave it is only 24°F. The only exit that we know for this powerful air-stream is into the base of a glacier that is 1100 feet thick. Why does the draught blow and where does it blow to?

June 10th 1973

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WATER TRACING NOTES

W.I. Stanton

Early in June the Bristol River Authority, looking into the consequences of proposed farm development near the Rock Swallet - Easter Hole line of Swallets near Hillgrove, attempted to re-test the proved lines of flow from Whitsun Hole to the Biddlecombe springs. This time the sampling included the Biddlecombe Borehole, which is the main water source of the Mendip Hospital at Wells. Water tracers everywhere will recall that in Tim Atkinson’s 1969 test spores from Whitsun Hole reached Biddlecombe West and Watchets springs in only 4 hours under normal winter conditions when the swallet stream was quite large, and also reached Hole and Rising much later.

In the present test the stream was very low indeed, flowing at roughly half a gallon per minute, about the absolute minimum for testing. 50ml of Rhodamine WT were added to it, and all the Biddlecombe springs and the borehole were sampled at hourly intervals for 6 hours and then at longer intervals until 31 hours after input.

No dye was recovered from the borehole or from any spring. It seems unlikely that too little dye was used, or that sampling time was too short, in which case it may be suspected that the Whitsun Hole - Biddlecombe flow line does not operate under very low stage conditions. This flow line could diverge from the main stream well above the bottom of Whitsun Hole, for the cave is 48' deep and Watchets Spring is only about 70' lower than the cave entrance. Perhaps at low stage the stream simply does not cover the opening leading to Biddlecombe. A good case of discrete channel flow unconnected with the water table, if so.

In a later test with Somerset River Authority, Hansdown Swallet and/or the adjacent artificial sinks were proved to Saint Andrew's Well in 20 hours, and , the current Wessex dig, was proved to the same spring in 44 hours, both with Rhodamine WT.

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NEW MENDIP RESCUE ORGANIZATION CALL-OUT PROCEDURES

In preparation for the re-organization of local government in the district, the are revising their administration on Mendip. The following call-out procedures will be necessary after August 1973.

CAVERS REQUIRING M.R.O. SERVICES SHOULD GO TO THE NEAREST TELEPHONE, DIAL 999 AND ASK FOR CAVE RESCUE VIA WELLS POLICE (TEL: 73481) DURING DAYTIMES AND POLICE (TEL: 2211) DURING NIGHTS, INFORMANTS SHOULD STAY AT THE PHONE UNTIL CONTACTED BY A M.R.O. WARDEN.

THE POLICE WILL RECORD BASIC DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT, INCLUDING THE INFORMANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, THEN WILL USE THE CALL-OUT LIST TO CONTACT THE FIRST WARDEN AVAILABLE. THE WARDEN WILL CONTACT THE INFORMANT DIRECT, THEN RAISE A RESCUE PARTY WITH EQUIPMENT.

The last part is unchanged, of course, and it is the method of getting through to the Police that is different. Should you still get in touch with Wells Police direct, you will be all right during the period that their switchboard is manned; but, at night, you will get an answering service requesting you to phone Frome Police - thus, you will have wasted money and valuable time! Please remember to give clear instructions as to the location and nature of an incident.

MENDIP RESCUE ORGANIZATION July 1973

WARDENS LIST

Telephones Day Night C.H. Kenney, Springfield, Tor Hole, , Bristol 298151 Chewton Mendip 346 Bath, BA3 4LS.

W.I. Stanton, Kites Croft, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Wells. Bath 27541 Priddy 328

D.J. Irwin, Townsend Cottage, Priddy, Wells, Somerset. Bristol 693831 Ext. 161 Priddy 369

Alan Thomas, Allen’s House, Priddy, Wells, Somerset. Weston-s-Mare Priddy 269 32171 Bob Craig, 31 Cranbrook Road, Bristol, BS6 7BL. Avonmouth 3641 Ext. Bristol 46669 334 Roy Bennett, 8 Radnor Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. Avonmouth 3631 Bristol 627813

O.C. Lloyd, Withey House, Withey Close West, Bristol, Bristol 24161 Dept. of Bristol 683229 BS9 3SX. Pathology or 294655 out of hours P. Davies, Copthalls, West Hill, Wraxall, Bristol. 2009 Nailsea 3321

J.D. Hanwell, 50 Wells Road, , Wells, Wells 78799 Ext. 46 Wells 78920 (neighbour) Somerset.

T.E. Reynolds, 40 Wells Road, Wookey Hole, Wells, Bristol 298151 St. Cuthberts 4143 Somerset.

F.J. Davies, Camp V, Withy La., Neighbourne, , 3362 2387' Bath, BA3 5BQ. (Police Station)

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P. Allen, 21 Godwin Drive, Nailsea, Bristol. Bristol 20456 Ext. 9.

P. Franklin, 12 Avon Way, Dryhill, Portishead. Avonmouth 5661 Ext. Portishead 2497 50 (neighbour)

B. Prewer, East View, West Horrington, Wells, Somerset Wells 72081 Ext. 35 Wells 73757

J. Chapman, Mendip House, Barrows Road, Cheddar, Cheddar 742463 (Police Cheddar 742463 (Police Som. Station) Station)

F.W. Frost, 71 Hazelbury Road, Bristol, BS4 9ES. Whitchurch 2022 Whitchurch 2022

T.H. Stanbury, 31 Belvoir Road, Bristol, BS5 6DQ Whitchurch 6110 Bristol 43292

MEDICAL WARDENS

Day Night Dr. S. Cannicott, The Gables, Round Oak Road-, Cheddar, Wells 72211 Cheddar 742488 Som. Mells 261 Mells 230 Pr. D.M.M. Thomson, Pinkacre, Leigh-on-Mendip, Bath.

Dr. R. Pyke, 20 Owen Grove, Bristol, BS9 4EH. Bristol 25001 Bristol 621758

Dr. M.E. Glanvill, Jocelyn House, Ghard. Somerset. Chard 3380 Chard 3348

Dr. R. Everton, 46 Chapel Road. Lawrence Weston, Avonmouth 2131 Avonmouth 2131 Bristol.

CLUB CONTACTS FOR OTHER RESCUERS

Bristol Exploration Club D. Turner Warminster 2611 Stratton-on-Fosse 492

Shepton Mallet C.C. B. Mehew Bath 6941 Bath 5410

Wessex Cave Club H. Pearson Bristol 32211 Whitchurch 3071

West London C.C. K. Gregory Bristol 655387

Ordnance Survey C.M.G. G. Griffiths Southampton 775555 Southampton 773481

Border Caving Group E. Catherine Camberley 65222 Aldershot 20921

Mendip Caving Group W. Jones 97-45555 01-689-1529

USEFUL MENDIP NUMBERS

The Belfry (M.R.O. Store) Priddy 72126

Hunter’s Lodge Inn R. Dors Wells 72275

Border C.G. & Cerberus S.S. Cottage Oakhill 484

Outdoor Activities Centre T.Elkin 486 (Home: Churchill 424)

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Priddy Green Call Box Priddy 320

New Inn, Priddy F. Owen Priddy 465

Manor Farm, Priddy R.J. Main Priddy 214

Eastwater Farm, Priddy I.R.Gibbons Priddy 283

Stirrup Cup, Nordrach J.E. Fry Blagdon 486

Longwood Grange (Farm) R.S. Trim Cheddar 742513

Burrington Cafe Blagdon 227

Bristol Avon. River Authority Bath 27541

Bristol Water Works Company Freefone 981 (Emergencies) Shepton Mallet 2788 (Southern Division)

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Frome Divisions All stations Chippenham Division; Headquarters 2211 Communications Headquarters 4455 **** Wells Station 73481 Officer 22022 Corsham St. 712172 Shepton Mt. Station 2387

Weston-s-Mare Divisions Headquarters 25411 J.D. Hanwell Station 249 Hon. Sec. and Treasurer Cheddar Station 742463 Mendip Rescue Organization, Clevedon Station 3461 50 Wells Road, Wookey Hole, Wells, BA5 1DN Bath Divisions Somerset. Headquarters 63451

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WESSEX CAVE CLUB List of Members as at June 1973

Alder J.C.H. 43 Rowlands Crescent, SOLIHULL, West Midlands. Andrews P.J.A. c/o 2 Careys Close, CLEVEDON, Somerset. Ansell G.O.S. 21 Mosely Road, Naphill, HIGH WYCOMBE, Bucks. Atkinson T.C. 1 Carlingcott, Peasedown St. John, Nr. BATH, Somerset. Attwood H.C. 155 Goddard Avenue, SWINDON, Wilts. Audsley A.R. 60 Conifer Crest, Wash Common, NEWBURY, Berks.

Bacon D.A. 15 Larkdale Street, Forrest Road West, NOTTINGHAM. Balcombe F.G. 143 Newgate Street Road, Goffs Oak, WALTHAM CROSS, Herts. Barber K.G. 4 Catsash, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset. Barratt R.M. 39A Oaken Grove, MAIDENHEAD, Berks. Barrington N.R. ‘The Oak House’, The Square, AXBRIDGE, Somerset. Barton Dr. M. ‘Farlea’, Holcombe, Nr. BATH, Somerset. Bate K.W. 98 Hill Morton Road, Four Oak’s, SUTTON COLDFIELD, Warwicks. Beauchamp C.A. 65 Coombe Lane, Raynes Park, LONDON SW20. Benham J.A. 90 Elsden Road, WELLINGBOROUGH, Northants. Bignell R. Dept. of Geography, McMaster University, HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA. Bliss A.M. 125 Westwood Road, Tilehurst, READING, RG3 6LH. Blundell P.R. 66 Bromley Heath Road, Downend, BRISTOL. Bolt G. 18 Court, Berkeley Down, FROME, Somerset. Booth P.M. 35 Cairns Road, Crosspool, SHEFFIELD 10. Borrett R. 15 Chandler Close, Bampton, OXFORD. Bryant Mr. & Mrs. T.C. Glyncoed, Victoria Road, Maesycwmmer, HENGOED, Glam. Buchanan I. 61 Rogers Lane, STOKE POGES, Bucks. Burleton A.S. 27 Doncaster Road, Southmead, BRISTOL. Burnett J.M. The Bungalow, 1 New Ridley, Stockfield, NORTHUMBERLAND. Burt P.E. 66 Roundwood Lane, HARPENDEN, Herts. Busby H. 47 The Sands, WILTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD, Oxon, OX7 6ER.

Camburn E. 10 Beach Road East, SHEAD, Bristol. Candlin P.P. 14 Brookfield Way, Olton, SOLIHULL, Warwicks. Casteret N. Castel Mourlon, St. Caudens, GARONNE, FRANCE. Causer Mr. & Mrs. D.J. Croft House, Clapton, , Somerset. Chard T.H. c/o The Earth Science Dept., The Open University, Walton Hall, Walton, BLETCHLEY, Bucks. Charles P.H. 26 Eastgate, Hallaton, MARKET HARBOROUGH, Leics. Church J.R. 6 Marshfield Way, Fairfield Park, BATH, BA1 6HA. Clarke A. 8 Cogsall Road, Stockwood, BRISTOL 4. Cleave F/O & Mrs. N.H. Stream Cottage, The Street, Crudwell, MALMSBURY, Wilts. Cobbett J.S. c/o The Shell Co. of Qatar Ltd., P.O. Box 47, DOHA, QATAR, ARABIAN GULF. Collins Mrs. R.S. Lavender Cottage, , Bristol. Cooper Dr. N. ‘Westover’, , Nr. AXBRIDGE, Somerset. Cornwall Mr. & Mrs. J. 26 Russell Road, Fishponds, BRISTOL. Cousins Mr. & Mrs. P.R. 25 Garrick Close, Lichfield, Staffs. Crabtree S.W. 18 Beamslet Mount, LEEDS 6. Crook B.A. The Laurels, TIMSBURY, Bath, Somerset. Cullimore M.D.A. Beaulieu, Blind Lane, BLACKWELL HEATH, Bucks. Cullingford Rev. C.H.D. The Staithe, BECCLES, Suffolk.

Dainty C.D. 61 Clarence Road, Four Oaks, SUTTON COLDFIELD, Warwicks. Dare H. 2 Sonia Court, Gaytoe Road, HARROW, Middx. Darke R. 303-2336 York Avenue, VANCOUVER 9, British Columbia, CANADA. Darville Mr. & Mrs. J.M. The Union, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2TU. Davies C.W. Hillcroft, Woodborough Road, WINSCOMBE, Somerset. Davies E. Hillcroft, Woodborough Road, WINSCOMBE, Somerset.

Davies F.J. Camp V, Withey Lane, Neighbourne, OAKHILL, Somerset. Davies Mr. & Mrs. P. ‘Copthalls’, West Hill, WRAXHALL, Bristol, BS19 1PN. Davies Dr. R.E. 7053 McCallum Street, PHILADELPHIA, Pa 19119, USA. Dawe K.R. Birch Lodge, Much Birch, HEREFORD. Devenish Mr. & Mrs. L.W.E. ‘Washingpool’ Chilcote, East Horrington, WELLS, Somerset. Dingle A.E. 32 Lillian Road, Barnes, LONDON, SW 13. Dolman J. Geophysics Dept., School of Physics, The University, NEWCASTLE, NE1 7RU. Drake R. 1 Sandholme Close, Downend, BRISTOL. Drew Dr. D.P. 87 Rail Park, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, . Dubois D.A. ‘Holly Cottage’, Edwin Road, West Horsley, SURREY. Duck J.W. Stoberry Cres., WELLS, Somerset. Durham S.J.C. 9 Tunbridge Close, , Somerset.

Edwards W. 91 Rookery Road, Knowle, BRISTOL 4. Evans D.G. 17 Madera Road, MTCHAM, Surrey. Evans M.H. 17 Litchard Terrace, BRIDGEND, Glam. Everett D.G. 133 Galpin Road, Thornton Heath, SURREY.

Faulkner J.P. 83 Parkfield Road, Pucklechurch, BRISTOL. Ferguson S.A. Flat 2, 25 Balcombe Road, HORLEY, Surrey. Fincham A. Dept. of Biochemistry, University of West Indies, Mona, KINGSTON 7, JAMAICA. Foord Mr. & Mrs. R.E. 7 Cranford Drive, HAYES, Middlesex. Ford Dr. & Mrs. D.C. Dept. of Geography, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONTARIO, CANADA. Foster C.R. Hillcrest, Tadhill, LEIGH on MENDIP, Bath, BA3 5QT. Fox J.W. ‘Brookside’ Martins Moss, Smallwood, Nr. SANDBACH, Cheshire. Francis N. 7 Southbourne Road, WALLASEY, Cheshire. Frost Mr. & Mrs. F.W. 71 Hazelbury Road, Knowle, BRISTOL 4.

Gabb M.L. 42 Grange Avenue, Hanham, BRISTOL, BS15 3PF. Gallagher J. 34 Apsley Road, Clifton, BRISTOL 8. Gibbs P.D. 40 Hollywood Road, Brislington, BRISTOL 4. Gilbert Mrs J. c/o School of Education, University of South Pacific, SUVA, FIJI. Gledhill C.J. Queensmere House, Queensmere Road, WIMBLEDON, London SW19 5NN. Glennie Brig. E.A. Seaton House, Shrublands Road, BERKHAMSTEAD, Herts. Goldsworthy B. 19 Harbury Road, Henleaze, Bristol, BS9 4PN. Gordan Mr. & Mrs. D.I. 3 Townsend, East Harptree, BRISTOL. Gordan R.N. Yew Tree Farm, , Bristol. Gosling J.G. 72 Marston Gardens, LUTON, Bedfordshire. Goverd Mr. & Mrs. K.A. 6 Bloomfield Ave., Timsbury, BATH, Somerset. Graber C.C. 301 East Fourth Street, Ontario, CALIFORNIA 91764, USA. Graham A.C. 4 Lymington Close, Norbury, LONDON SW 16. Green Mr. & Mrs. A.J. 12 Keyford Terrace, FROME, Somerset. Gulley A.M. 23 Pennycrofts Court, Corporation Street, STAFFORD.

Hadfield P.L. Art. Tels. 49., School of Electronic Engineering, ABORFIELD, Bucks. Ham W.J. 'The Laurels', East Brent, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset. Hamilton N.J. Moonrakers, , Somerset, BS18 6JP. Hansford Mr. & Mrs. B. 19 Moss Road, Wimnall, WINCHESTER, Hants. Hanwell Mr. & Mrs. J.D. ‘Chaumbey’, 50 Wells Road, Wookey Hole, WELLS, Somerset. Hardcastle M.E. 42 Canynge Road, Clifton, BRISTOL 8. Hardwick D. 8 Ray Lea Close, MAIDENHEAD, Berks., SL6 8QN. Harper R.C. Kitchener House, 6 Gordon Terrace, Newington, EDINBURGH 16. Harris C.W. Monterye Lodge, WELLS, Somerset. Harrison W.G. 12 Medway Drive, , BRISTOL. Hawkes Mr. & Mrs. C.J. Bishops Cottage, Longland Lane, Old Ditch, WESTBURY-sub-MENDIP, Som. Hebditch W.J. New Cross Fruit Farm, , SOMERSET. Hendy P. 5 Tring Avenue, Ealing Common, LONDON W5. Hensler E. 'Gilead Balm', 12 Knighton Close, Woodford Green, ESSEX.

Hewins Mr. & Mrs. M. 31 Badshot Park, Badshot Lea, FARNHAM, Surrey. Hindle W.R. 371 Heath Road South, Northfield, BIRMINGHAM 31. Hobbis C.R. 16 Ilford Court, Wiltshire Close, Galmington, , Somerset. Hobday F.J. 28 Haywards Road, Haywards Heath, SUSSEX. Holland L. I.E.A. Cidade Universitaria, CX Postal 11049, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. Hooper J.H.D. 34 Richmond Road, STAINES, Middlesex. Howes S/Lt. S.T. H.M.S. Rothesay, B.F.P.O. Ships. Hucker F.C. Penniless Porch, WELLS, Somerset. Hurworth A. 70 Melton Green, West Melton, Wath on Dearne, ROTHERHAM, Yorks.

Iles Mr. & Mrs. C.J. Corner Cottage, Bussex, , BRIDGEWATER, Somerset. Ingle-Smith D. c/o The Geography Department, The University, BRISTOL 8.

James K.D. 5 Baytree Road, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, Somerset. Jarratt R.A. Alwyn Cottage, Station Road, , Bristol, BS19 5OY. Jenkins M.G. Pengelly Hill, DRYM, Nr. Leedstown, HAYLE, Cornwall. Jepson I. 7 Shelley Road, Beechen Cliff, BATH, Somerset. Jones B.W. 8 Medway Court, Whalebone Lane, Becontree Heath, DAGENHAM, Essex. Jones Mr. & Mrs. J.H. 33A Dinham Street, NANTYMOEL, Glamorgan.

Kenney Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Springfield, Tor Hole, CHEWTON MENDIP, Bath, BA3 4IS. Kenney R.R. Yennek, St. Mary's Road, Meare, GLASTONBURY, Somerset. King A.R. 29 Pembroke Road, Clifton, BRISTOL, BS8 3BE. Kinsman Prof. D.J. Dept. of Geological Sciences, Princetown University, Princetown, NEW JERSEY 08540, USA. Kitcher J. Cotland House, Fulbrook, BURFORD, Oxon.

Ladd N.J. Windyash, Barton St. David, SOMERTON, Somerset. Lamb Rev. P.F.C. The Rectory, Mells, FROME, Somerset. Lane Mr. & Mrs. M.J. 36 Londesborough Road, Market Weighton, Yorks. Lascelles R. 5 Stenton Close, ABINGDON, Berks. Law R.D. Cheddar Road Farm, AXBRIDGE, Somerset. Lauder Com. P.B. Brook House, , BRISTOL. Lawder Mr. & Mrs. R.E. 2 Rosedale Corner, Lower Camden, CHISELHURST, Kent. Lawrence A.J. 4 Guildersfield, Hill Farm Road, TAPLOW, Bucks. Lewis R.G. 17 Oak Road, Horfield, BRISTOL 7. Lloyd Dr. O.C. Withey House, Withey Close West, BRISTOL 9. Lyons T.J. 106 Newbridge Hill, BATH, Somerset.

Mabbett J.E. 36 Solent Road, Hill Head, FAREHAM, Hants. MacGregor R.A. 12 Meadow Way, Theale, READING, RG7 4AX. Makins B.R. 15 Santon Downham, Brandon, Suffolk. Manuel D. P.O. Box N 4248., NASSAU, New Providence, BAHAMAS. Marking R.C. 57 Ash Hayes Drive, Nailsea, BRISTOL, BS19 2LH. Meade-King S.G. 5 Worcester Crescent, Clifton, BRISTOL 8. Metcalfe I. Mount Pleasant Farm, Oxenhope, KEIGHLY, Yorks. Miell J. 167 Goldcroft, YEOVIL, Somerset. Mills A.D. 18 Winscombe Court, Berkley Down, FROME, Somerset. Mills R.A. 5 Warren Close, Chandlers Ford, EASTLEIGH, SO5 2JC. Milton B.L. Hazledene, Clutton Hill, Clutton, BRISTOL, BS18 4QF. Moody P.D. 20 Falcon Close, Westbury-on-Trim, BRISTOL. Morland F. Montgomery House, Alexandra Park, MANCHESTER, M16 8PH. Morris Mr. & Mrs. W.A. 1 Gillian Avenue, ST. ALBANS, Herts. Moss C.H. 5 The Terrace, H.M. Dockyard, CHATHAM, Kent. Mulvey Mr. & Mrs.C.J. ‘Copperfields’, Buttsfield Lane, East Hoathley, SUSSEX. Murrell Mr. & Mrs. H. ‘Gelli Ber’, Castleton, CARDIFF. Murrell Miss S.G. ‘Gelli Ber’, Castleton, CARDIFF.

Neill K. 7 Bedwyn Close, SWINDON, Wilts. Newport A.D. 87 Bonnington Walkm Lockleaze, BRISTOL. Newson M.D. ‘Setterfields’, Christmas Common, Watlington, OXON.

O’Connor M.R. 639A Dorchester Road, Broadway, WEYMOUTH, Dorset. Oldham Mr. & Mrs. A.D. 17 Freemantle Road, Eastville, BRISTOL 5.

Padfield M. 150 Bath Road, Keynsham, BRISTOL. Palfree P.A.K. 10 Maynard Terrace, CLUTTON, Nr. Bristol. Parkes J.G. Woodcote, Wood Lane, Parkgate, WIRRAL, Cheshire. Parkhouse J. 4 The Serpentine, LYTHAM St. ANNES, Lancs., FX8 5NW. Patterson P.G. 43 Fairmead Road, YEOVIL, Somerset. Pearce Dr. R.A.J. No. 3 Rodwell Hall, St. Thomas Road, TROWBRIDGE, Wilts. Pearson A. Wisteria Cottage, Colwell Road, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Pearson Mr. & Mrs. H.A. 129 East Dundry Road, Bridge Farm Estate, Whitchurch, BRISTOL. Peet C. Bertham Hall, Cartwright Gardens, LONDON WC 1. Penge J. 4 Chelmer Grove, Keynsham, BRISTOL. Phillips J. Vaynor, 44 Rockfield Road, Kells, Co, MEATH, EIRE. Phillpott J. 31 Ashmole Road, ABINGDON, Berks. Philpott R.A. 3 Kings Drive, Bishopston, BRISTOL 7. Pick S.J. 80 Letchworth Road, LEICESTER. Pickford G. Bottany Farm, Warminster, Wilts. Picknett Dr. R.G. Suilven, 28 Potters Way, Laverstock, SALISBURY, Wilts. Pickstone C. 92 Carisbrooke Way, CYNCOED, CARDIFF. Pilkington G. 7 Springfield Road, NELSON, Lancs. Pitman Mr. & Mrs. B.J. 16 Penylan Road, Roath, CARDIFF. Plant L.M. 92 Elizabeth House, Bosbrook Road, Caversham, READING. Prewer B.E. East View, West Horrington, WELLS, Somerset. Pullin T.A. Campari, Court Road, Oldland Common, BRISTOL. Pyke Dr. R. 20 Owen Grove, Henleaze, BRISTOL 7.

Quilliam B. 23 Mary Green, Abbey Road, LONDON NW8.

Reynolds G.F. 16 Sheep Street, WELLINGBOROUGH, Northants. Reynolds Mrs. R. Ashlea, 40 Wells Road, WOOKEY HOLE, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1DN. Reynolds T.E. Ashlea, 40 Wells Road, WOOKEY HOLE, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1DN. Rigg Mr. & Mrs. A.J. 76 Beechwood, YEOVIL, Somerset. Roberts G.A. c/o Computer Department, SW Gas Board, Sydney Wharf, BATH. Robinson R. West Lodge, Seaton Avenue, HYTHE, Kent. Rogers Dr. A. Dept. of Physiology, The University, BRISTOL 8.

Sabide R.J. 1 Yeomans Close, Stoke Bishop, BRISTOL, BS9 1DH. Salmon B. The Vicarage, WINSCOMBE, Somerset. Sanderson K.A. 8 Hyd Hill, Shelf, Nr. HALIFAX, Yorks. Sealy Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Hillgrove Farm, Green Ore, WELLS, Somerset. Search R.A. 29 Oxford Road, Burford, OXON. Shapland R.H.B. 30 Bidbury Crescent, Henleaze, BRISTOL. Sharpe T.J. 52 St. Matthews Road, Cotham, BRISTOL 6. Shaw Commdr. T.R. Gateways, 11 Bewley Lane, LAYCOCK, WILTS. Simmons Flt. Lt. M.G. 41 Berwick Road, SHREWSBURY, Salop. Smart J.A. 10 Omerod Road, Stoke Bishop, BRISTOL 9. Smith P.H. Mount Pleasant Farm, , AXBRIDGE, Somerset. Stanbury T.H. 31 Belvoir Road, St. Andrews, BRISTOL 6. Stanton Dr. & Mrs. W.I. Kites Croft, WestbuRy-sub-Mendip, WELLS, Somerset. Staynings Mr. & Mrs. R.J. 8 Fanshawe Road, Hengrove, BRISTOL 4. Stead Mr. & Mrs. D. 21 Francis Road, Horndean, PORTSMOUTH, Hants. Stevens G. 4 Kingston Avenue, Acklam, MIDDLEBOROUGH, Teeside. Stevenson R. 54 Bifield Road, Stockwood, BRISTOL, BS14 8TJ.

Stuckey J.W. 24 Bough Gardens, Downend, BRISTOL. Surrall A.J. 15 Knottesford Close, STUDLEY, Warwicks.

Tanner D.B. 2174 Bartlett Avenue, Victoria, BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA. Taylor N.P. Whidden Farm, Chilcote, East Horrington, WELLS, Somerset. Thomas J.A. 13 Hale Reeds, Heath End, Farnham, SURREY. Thompson A.J. 21 Shaftesbury Road, Oldfield Park, BATH, Somerset. Thompson M.M. c/o J.W. Ward & Sons, Albion Chambers, Small Street, BRISTOL, BS1 1DU. Thomson Dr. D.M.M. Pinkacre, Leigh-on-Mendip, Nr. BATH, Somerset. Thorne S. 58 Rosewall Road, Maybush, SOUTHAMPTON. Tomkinson G. Hillside, Brookfield, WIGTON, Cumberland. Tooth Mr. & Mrs. P.J. 75 Talbot Road, Knowle, BRISTOL BS4 2NP. Tratman Dr. E.K. Penrose Cottage, BURRINGTON, Nr. Bristol. Trickey A.J. Stanleaze, Brockley Way, Brockley, Backwell, BRISTOL. Tringham D.A. Silverdale, Staunton-on-Wye, HEREFORD. Tuck Mr. & Mrs. N.W. 48 Wiston Park, Fairwater, CWMBRAN, Mon. Tucknott O.G. Middle Way, East Horrington, WELLS, Somerset. Tudgay Mr. & Mrs. G. 23 Clifton Wood Road, Clifton, BRISTOL 8.

Vanderplank L.A. 51 Cambridge Road, CLEVEDON, Somerset. Vanderplank R.J.R. 51 Cambridge Road, CLEVEDON, Somerset. Venn J. 7 Cooks Folly Road, Sneyn Park, BRISTOL.

Wallis Dr. F.S. The Museum, Wells, Somerset. Warburton D. Little Truck Mill, Oreton, CLEOBURY MORTIMER, Salop. Warwick Dr. G.T. 47 Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, BIRMINGHAM 29. Watson C.T.C. Hillsborough Lawn, Cranham Road, CHELTENHAM, Glos. Wedgwood Sir J. White House, Clare, SUFFOLK. West Mr. & Mrs. R.M. 10 Silver Street, WELLS, Somerset. Weston P.L. 12 Hampton Road, Redland, BRISTOL6. Wigmore J.R. Post Office Stores, Bran End, DUNMORE, Essex. Wilkinson B. 421 Middleton Road, CARSHALTON, Surrey. Willcocks Mr. & Mrs. W.J. 3 Westview Drive, Twyford, BERKS. Willis Mrs. B.M. Flat 2, 40 Altenburg Gardens, LONDON SW 11. Willis D.A. Flat 2, 40 Altenburg Gardens, LONDON SW 11. Winter P.J. 17 Dennar Park, Hengrove, BRISTOL, BS14 9BY. Witcombe R.G. 39 Whitstone Road, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset. Wyatt J. 9 Glyne Way, LONG HANBOROUGH, Oxfordshire.

Young D. 2 Conbar Avenue, RUSTINGTON, Sussex.