Rotary District 1100

THE HISTORY OF DISTRICT1100, England

A Part of Our History of Rotary in Europe

Prepared by the district and not verified by Rotary Global History

The clubs in District 1100 owe their origin to the Edinburgh Club which helped to sponsor the Bristol Club in 1917, in what was then District 4.

Bristol soon made its mark with a "shop" raising over £170,000, half the cost of a new cruiser for the Royal Navy. 'Star' cashiers included the Duchess of Beaufort and the music hall artist, Miss Vesta Tilley.

3 years later the Gloucester Club was founded, followed soon afterwards by Stroud and Cheltenham.

In 1920, this became District 5.

During these early days many clubs were started which are now in other districts.

In 1923 the handful of clubs in Somerset. Gloucestershire, Hereford and North Wiltshire were again re-numbered to form District 10.

District 1100 was one of the 6 RIBI districts originally comprising District 10 which in turn, was responsible for one of the biggest community service projects of that period.

Here are the details -

A proposal to open a Rotary Boys House at Weston-super-Mare was made at District level in February 1923. By May, this large house in South Road had been purchased by money raised by the Clubs of District 10, and opened for holidays for socially disadvantaged children aged between 9 and 14 from Bristol and the Midlands. A per capita levy of 2/6d was made by each Rotarian member of the District. The House was a splendid example of service to the community, and continued until 1976 , when inflation, social changes and legislation and the need for extensive repairs made it impossible to continue its work. In all, almost 30,000 boys benefited from holidays from the scheme. The proceeds from the sale of the House are now held by the Rotary Holidays for Children Trust, administered by one Trustee from each of the original participating Districts (now known as 1060, 1100, 1170, 1200, 1210 and 1290).

On June 18, 1928, Paul Harris on a tour of Britain visited Bristol for a lunch meeting attended by Rotarians from the District and beyond. After his talk, Paul Harris was presented with a souvenir set of six novels written by Eden Phillpotts, one of which was autographed by the author.

Harris was back in the District on June 5, 1934 when he spoke to over 150 Rotarians from 11 clubs who travelled to Cheltenham to hear him. After this meeting, he was presented with a scroll and a watercolour of a Cotswold scene which had been painted by the wife of Scott Langley, an RIBI Director and Cheltenham member.

These can now be seen in the Paul Harris office in R.I. Centre, Evanston.

The District remained as 10 until 1957 when 100 was added to the number and 10 became 110.

Then in 1991 an extra zero was added to all district numbers so that 110 became 1100 which is its present number. It now has over 2000 members in some 64 clubs.

The District has produced three Presidents of RIBI from the present group of clubs, Derek Langford in 1983/4, David Liddiatt in 2001/2, and Ian Thomson 2008/9 but there have been others from clubs which have since become allocated to other Districts.

The development of the District and the parentage of the various clubs can be seen in the accompanying family tree.

CHART 1 DISTRICT 1100 – COMPLETE FAMILY TREE @ SEPT 2008

(NOTE:- THE ROTARY CLUB OF BRISTOL FAMILY TREE IS SHOWN ON CHART 2)

Mother / Daughters / Grand-Daughters / Great Grand-Daughter / Great Great Grand-Daughters 1912 - Edinburgh :- 1917 –Cardiff now in D1150 1921- Newport (Gwent) :- et al. in D 1150 1951-Monmouth :- Now in D1100 1963-Chepstow Now in D1100

1912- Edinburgh :- 1917 – Bristol now in D1100 :- Chart 1 for offspring

 	  	1924-Worcester (8) :-

Now in D1100

-

-

-

1947-Malvern :-

-

-

1968- Worcester South :-

1990- Worcester Wychavon

2008 – Worcester Virgonia

All in D1100 1955-Ledbury

1978-Upton-on-Severn(11)

1987-Colwall (5)

1982-Worcester Severn

0

All in D1100

1922 –Wolverhampton now in D 1210 1925 – Royal Lemington Spa:- now in D1060 1928-Stratford-On-Avon :- now in D1060 1948-Evesham :- Now in D1100 1966- Pershore (1) now in D1100

KEY TO REFERENCES IN CHARTS 1 and 2.

   * Bredon Hill was the joint daughter of Tewkesbury and Pershore
   * Bristol E. Avon was the joint daughter of Kingswood and Fishponds & Downend
   * Cheltenham Cleeve Vale and Sunrise were joint daughters of Cheltenham and Cheltenham North
   * Cirencester was the joint daughter of Gloucester and Cheltenham
   * Colwall was the joint daughter of Malvern and Ledbury
   * Stroud was the joint daughter of Bristol and Gloucester
   * Swindon’s parentage is not certain but was certainly influenced by visits to Bristol & Bath clubs, pre 1926, by T. Harold Smith.
   * Worcester’s parentage is not known but may have been as result of British Association of Rotary Clubs.
   * Severn Vale is a joint daughter of Cotswold Tyndale, Dursley, Stroud and Stonehouse
   * Nailsworth is also a joint daughter of Severn Vale.
   * Upton on Severn was wound up in 2006/2007 but may well be re-chartered

Updated on 12th September 2008

Originals held by I.A.M. Beattie (RC of Bristol) and transcribed from RIBI master held by Geoffrey Croom-Johnson.

FAMILY TREE OF ROTARY CLUB OF BRISTOL IN ROTARY DISTRICT 1100

MOTHER / Daughters / Grand-Daughters / Great Grand-Daughters / Great Great Grand-Daughter / Great Great Great Grand-Daughter

 	1920-Gloucester :-

D1100 1921-Stroud (6) :-

-

1929-Cirencester (4) :-

1950-Ross on Wye :-

1971-Gloucester North

1977-Newent & District

1983-Gloucester Severn

2007- Nailsworth (10) 1952-Dursley :-

-

1980-Stonehouse

1965-N.Cotswold :-

1967-S.Cotswold

1958-Royal Forest of Dean

-

-

- 1971-Thornbury 1984-Cotswold Tyndale :-

-

1990-Chipping Campden

-

- - 2002 -Severn Vale(9)

 	1920- Torquay

Now D1170 NA

 	1921-.Plymouth

Now D1290 NA

 	1921-Bath :-

Now D1200

-

1926 - Swindon (7) :-

1949 - Chippenham :-

D1200 1966- N.Wiltshire :-

1975- Wooton Bassett :-

1978- Thamesdown

1990- Swindon Old Town

1965 – Marlboro Dist. 1986 - Cricklade & District

2002 - Wootton Bassett Tn.

 	1921-Cheltenham :-

Now D1100 1930 - Hereford :-

1948 - Tewkesbury :-

1972-Cheltenham Nth :-

-

1949-Leominster

1981-Hereford Wye

1986-Bredon Hill (1)

1980-Cheltenham Cleeve 3)

1994-Cheltenham Sunrise (3)

 	1921- Stroud (6) :-

Now D1100 See above for details Of the Stroud family

 	1921-Weston-S-Mare

Now D1200 NA

 	1922-Truro

Now D1290 NA BRISTOL *

1917 1922-.Exeter Now D1170 NA

 	1922-.Newton Abbot

Now D1170 NA

 	1922-Yeovil

now D1200 NA

 	1922- St.Austell

Now D1290 NA

 	1925- Frome

Now D1200 NA

 	1934-Bridgwater

Now D1200 NA

 	1937-Clevedon :-

Now D1100

-

1977- Nailsea :-

1979- Portishead

1991-ClevedonYeo 1995-Yatton

1939- Kingswood :-

Now D1100 1957-Chipping Sodbury

1983- Bristol E.Avon (2)

 	1946- Glastonbury St.

Now D1200 NA

 	1953- Bristol South

Now D1100 -

 	1954- Keynsham :-

Now D1100 1984- Keynsham Chew Vale 1960- Avonmouth

Now D1100 1981- Bristol Severnside :- 1997-Bristol Aztec

 	1963- Fishponds

& Downend

Now D1100 1983- Bristol E.Avon (2) :- 1991-Yate & District

 	1968- Clifton

Now D1100 -

 	1989- Bristol B’fast

Now D1100 2008 – Bristol Bridge

Originals held by I.A.M. Beattie (RC of Bristol) and transcribed from RIBI master held by PDG Geoffrey Croom-Johnson, Bristol (Tel:- 0117 9500311)

acknowledgements to author noted above

posted by RGHF Webmaster Greg Barlow. September 2008

SOURCE http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/districts/districts/1100.htm