I didn't realise that Camell Lairds workers helped to subscribe to (the buying of the land and the building of the new club?) by having money stopped out of their wages each week for it
we are the members of the s b c everybody knows we know are manners how to spend are tanners we are respected wherever we may go andwhen we travel on a railway line we open our windows wide we know how to stamp our feet icilyisight down our street we our the shaftsebury boys.
I was involved in the Judo at the shafts for many years and helped neil mcadam,who was the main sensi there, also was very keen on the Kendo sessions Neil ran there I also went for quite a few years at the mendip rd site helpng dave rogers, in the dojo,,, and for my sins ran a fishing club myself, "my" kids winning many competitions along the way... and many years later helped instruct the youths with Joe waterhouse... went back many moons later as a volunteer, also...
without the help and support of the many volunteers from Lairds, over many decades the Shafte would never have been the success it has been....I remember loads of the guys with fondness and am grateful for their support........
We live in Mendip Road and my daughter does Taekwondo in the Shaftes and loves it, Mr Kelly and Mr Carr are great instructors and at £1.50 a session you can't ask for more.
