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About the Club
Morley Potholing Club came into existence in 1988
when a group of friends from the Morley area, who were all keen
on caving, decided to pool their resources to buy equipment. The
first field trip was a camping/caving weekend to Howstein Gorge
in Nidderdale on 17/18th September.
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The next step was to form
a club and encourage new members to join and the inaugural meeting
of the MPC was held on 23rd October 1988. From the 9 friends who met
together and formed the club, within just over a year the club had
grown to 18 members. |

The first motley crew
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Over the years membership has gradually increased and now stands
at about 30, with a high proportion of active cavers. In addition
to caving, club members participate in many other outdoor activities,
including climbing, walking, backpacking, cycling, photography (above
and below ground), origami!, cooking?, needlework (what! ok stop,
this is getting silly).
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The early history of the
club can be told through some of the first primitive news letters.
Unfortunately some have gone missing but most have been recovered
and restored and versions are available for viewing. In addition a
few of the more interesting and entertaining meets reports have also
been reproduced. Some involve a few scrapes that we have got into,
some offer humour at our expense whilst others we thought were simply
interesting. |
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If you don't have Adobe
Acrobat reader on your PC it can be downloaded from the Adobe site
for free and installed on your machine. |
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