Chatterbox 1211 - Rotary Club of Belper

Margaret Naylor
Died 23rd October aged 91
Margaret was the wife of Eric Naylor, a Paul
Harris Fellow and a Past President of this Club.
As you will remember, Eric died earlier this year on
24th July and those of you who were at his funeral
will remember that Margaret was then in a very frail
state. She will be remembered most for her cheerful
disposition and gentle nature and for her support of
Eric throughout his career and Rotary service.
Eric and Margaret began their married life in Eastwood and then moved to
Goatham where they lived for several years before moving to Duffield. At one time
in her life Margaret lived next door to a friend of D H Lawrence. She worked for
several years for the Crippled Guild, a government department which helped the
disabled.
On the back of the order of service at Margaret’s funeral was a very good
likeness of Margaret which Eric had drawn many years ago. Next to the drawing he
had written, “I think she is the sweetest person that ever the sun shone on.”
Ten Pin Bowling
17
Chris Lowe
M iraculously, the club had managed to get through to the second round in this
District Competition and we had been drawn to play neighbours Wirksworth
at Chesterfield on Tuesday 29th November. The party chauffeured by Graham
completely over-estimated the time to travel to the Bowling Alley and arrived in
good time to see the very high standard of play on some of the lanes. Initially
demoralised, we were relieved to find that they were not the Wirksworth Team
warming up!
With both teams eventually assembled, we kicked off (or what ever you do to
start a bowls match) and for a while it looked as though we might be in with a
chance. The good players were performing reasonably well and the passengers
gradually improved with a combination of beginners’ luck and practice. Half way
through, we were down but hoped to make a recovery. Unfortunately, most of us
had peaked and we finished the match truly defeated; I can’t give you the scores,
for some reason Nick has gone into hiding.
John Scotney
Action photograph on page 19.