75th Aniversary Dinner Dance

On Friday 12th March Northallerton Young farmers celebrated their 75th Anniversary with a dinner dance at The Golden Lion Hotel, Northallerton. Past and present members, which included two founder members, Arthur Foster and Mary Phillips, were among the 205 guests who attended the celebration.

The MC for the evening was Jimmy Hill who has been involved with the club for many years with Sir Ben Gill, the former NFU president as our guest speaker. Speeches were also made by Kevin Baker, the club’s president on the history of Northallerton Young Farmers Club and Paul Laverick, the club’s chairman gave a more up to date account of the club’s activities. The toast to the guests was proposed by Brian Phillips and accepted by Don Farndale.

Many happy memories were relived browsing through old memorabilia through to modern digital photographs. The whole evening was enjoyed by everyone, with great food and music and the opportunity to catch up with old friends.




Cutting the cake are Kevin Baker (President) and Kathryn Laverick (Secretary)


The present members pose for a picture


Ann Phillips (past member) and her son Paul Phillips (current member) looking at old photos

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