Wessex Cave Club

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Upper Pitts, Eastwater Lane, Priddy BA5 3AX Wells (Somerset)

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The Wessex Cave Club was officially formed on November 4th 1934, following an earlier foundation meeting held at Ashley House, Croscombe, near Wells. The founder members were Messrs. C.W. Harris, J.W. Duck, H. Murrel, N. Clark and K. Griffin. The late H.E. Balch, MA FSA, pioneer of cave exploration on the Mendip's, became the Club's first president; November 4th 1934 being his 65th birthday.

The Wessex is proud that many of the older members have held their membership for more than fifty years and still take an active role in the Club's affairs. The Club is large, but its greatest strength lies in the balance of older and younger members since the best traditions of caving stem from the continuity of enthusiasm, skills and developments handed on by each generation to its successors. Inevitably, the energetic business of caving sees a fairly rapid turnover of really active participants. It is only within a club with a foundation and structure like that of the Wessex that future generations will be able to go underground in the manner envisaged by the pioneer explorers. They, after all, enjoyed their caving, and hoped that those who followed would pursue and develop the sport likewise. This will remain the uppermost aim of the Wessex Cave Club.



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