A Year of Chan ge Well it cert ainly has been an exciti ng y ear! Change has b een in the air with Brexit, a ne w Pri me Mini ster and n ew US Pre sid ent. You ma y r em ember th ere was a ref ere ndum in the Summ er – no not th at o ne – about t he tr adi ng n ame of the CTC whic h is n ow Cycli ng UK. Read t he s ecr eta ry’s re port for more d etails but let’s ju st sa y th at as far as t his club is con cer ned we re main Black burn & Distri ct CTC! But ch ange has co me to t his magazine as Helen Daws on -Sm ith has st epp ed d ow n as Edit or aft er ei ght yea rs. T han ks aga in to Hel en for all her hard work over the yea rs – we ha ve ga ined a n ew appr ecia tion for j ust how much effo rt it ta kes ! Ta ndem St yle Ta nde ms s eem to me more and mo re p opul ar at t he moment and ce rta inly are in ou r Club. So it is appr opriate th at your magazine is no w edit ed in ta nde m by Anne Stott and Rich ard John. Anne is in t he dri ver’s s eat ste ering the cou rse and Richard i s pr ovi ding the w att age f rom t he b ack seat . Cl ub S piri t One t hing that nev er s eems to chan ge, h ow ev er, is the spi rit a nd enth usia sm for cy cling and for the CT C sh own by our mem ber s. This has ag ain been in evid ence at Club e ven ts b oth on a nd o ff the bike – many of whi ch y ou c an r ead abo ut in t his ed itio n. T he k eys tone of o ur cl ub will al ways be the Sun day Club Run a nd y ou will fin d the all -im porta nt ru ns list for Janua ry to July in t he cen tre pages. This Yea r’s Mag azin e In t his year’s mag azin e you will fi nd all the l atest Cl ub news, i nclu ding anoth er ex cell ent Ann ual Report fro m the Club Sec ret ary. In t he to uring se ction you will b e tr ans port ed and in spi red by r epo rts fr om Britai n, E uro pe a nd e ven f arther afi eld. We ha ve al so i ncl uded a f un s ect ion to (h opef ully!) ke ep y ou e nter tain ed. Thank You Many tha nks go to all who h ave con trib uted to t his y ear’s is sue. T hanks also must go to our adv erti sers – bo th o ld a nd n ew – that make t he mag azi ne p oss ibl e. In c om pilin g this editi on, we h ave been in spir ed by lo oking th rough all pr evi ous ver sions of t he cl ub maga zin e, ri ght back to t he f irs t one in 198 2. Anne has put t ogeth er a brief hi sto ry o f the ed itor s and fro nt co vers ov er the yea rs, so th at is our f irst artic le .. ..... We ho pe y ou e njoy this ye ar's mag azi ne. Hap py & Safe Cycli ng in 2017 Anne & Rich ard 1 A Br ief History of the Club Magaz ine Covers and Ed ito ri als by Anne Stott The id ea to produ ce a cl ub magaz ine fir st ca me fro m Jimm y Booc ock, who was a mast er pr int er and de dica ted cyc lis t. He asked t he lo cal b ike sho ps to spo nsor th e maga zin e to cov er t he c osts. One of t he a dve rtis ements in t he fir st maga zine was fo r Ew ood Bikes – a nd y ou will still find their ad vert in t his edi tion of our magazin e on pag e 4! The fir st cl ub mag was print ed in Oct ober 1982 and the fo unders were J ohn Dewhur st, Ken Hartl ey and Ji mm y hi mself. The first fro nt co ver was a bl ack -and-white pri nt of c lub memb ers mee ting und er the ar ch at Whalle y Abbey We st Gate for the Sunday cl ub r un, whi ch Ken Hartl ey h ad ta ken yea rs a go. The mag com pri sed of 10 pa ges, t he fir st pa ge w as the ru ns li st and soc ial pr ogramm e, a nd t he r est was ma inly to uri ng a rtic les plu s the ad vert ise men ts. There were 4 editi ons a year, Spri ng, Summ er, Autu mn, and Winte r. The fir st e dito rials were written in 1988 by the sec ret ary at th at ti me, David Brayl ey -Will mett s and th en l ate r, in 1 994, Sam Bid well to ok o ver t he t ask until t he A utu mn of 1995. In 1989 cart oon sket ches on a colo ured backgr ound wer e int roduced to r epl ace the Wh all ey West Gate f ront cov er, an d the ru ns lis ts a nd so cial pr ogr am were pri nted in th e middl e, so you co uld pull the m out for yo ur o wn u se. In 19 92 the fro nt co ver c han ged ag ain to bla ck-an d-w hite pri nts of club rid ers on t our in the Alp s. This on ly l ast ed f or t he y ear' s fo ur e diti ons. Fr om 1993 until 200 2, t he fro nt co vers were sketc hes fro m chi ldr en, and our go od fri end Geoff Ma tth ew s. Bar bara Bell to ok o ver t he mag azi ne in t he s umm er o f 1 995, and th e ed ito rial slot sw itc hed back and fo rth bet ween “ Barba ra' s Bee Stin g” a nd T ony's “Ti ger Spo t”. Th ere were mo re cha nges when I an Stott t ook over the mag azi ne a nd the edito rial i n 20 02. He c han ged t he c over back to t he o rigi nal – Ken’s bl ack -an d-white pri nt of Whal ley Abb ey West Gate. At the sa me time , Chris E dmund son t ook ov er writi ng th e ra cing r eport secti on fr om Ken Har tley who h ad d one such a s ple ndid job of it ev er sin ce the club mag sta rte d. 2 We mov ed with t he ti mes and in 20 05, when I an Y ates desi gned a new fr ont c over fo r us, it was more mode rn feat uring fo ur c olo ured pho togr aph s. It s howed members ra cing, to urin g, ca mpin g, and ridi ng on a Sund ay club ru n, a nd boa sted the club l ogo i n ce ntr e. It sp orted ev ery thing our club repre sent s. At t his t im e, Dave Collin ge to ok ove r Chris 's racing re port secti on, and co ntin ued doi ng a gr eat job unt il 2 007, when Ian to ok the ra ce r epo rt o ver again. In 2007 we went down to tw o ed itio ns. I an h avi ng d one the mag f or 7 y ear s, w as r eady for a chan ge and so in April 2 008, Helen Dawson bec am e the ne w editor of t he club maga zin e. The raci ng r epo rt was re pla ced by n ew s sni ppets and Helen wr ote her gr eat edit orials for the next 8 y ear s. We co nti nued havi ng t wo magaz ines (Spri ng an d Autu mn ) until 201 2, wh en t here was anot her big cha nge. In July 201 2, in ste ad of a sec ond cl ub mag, we c reated a col our le aflet fe atu ring a n ew design - thr ee boys in b lue lo oki ng t ow ar ds P en-y-Gent with our wing ed whe el an d in spi ring words acro ss the fr ont.