Globe 2019 SUMMER

I first came to know her well after we
shared a room at Steve Cheetham’s 60th
birthday party in Yorkshire. Over the
following years we enjoyed monthly
suppers after Globie meetings, regular
lunches, annual trips to the Brighton festival,
a rendezvous in Torino and several
significant birthday celebrations including Rosalie’s very memorable
70th birthday party in 2014.” - Hilary Clark
Betty Dawes 1929 - 2019
“Betty Dawes (nee Browning)
had been a Globetrotter
member since 1950. She
lived in Croydon and looked
after her aged parents. In
true Globies fashion she
invited members Phylis and
Len Dawes to stay with her when they visited London to come to meetings.
She also had a visit from a US member, Helen, who was coming
to the UK and Europe. Helen asked Betty to buy a scooter for her and
join her on her trip. Betty also met and became friends with Morphy
Richards (right) at the Globetrotter meetings. They spent several holidays
travelling together on their scooters. After the death of his wife,
Len continued to stay with Betty when visiting London to attend meetings.
In 1992 they married and Betty moved to Birchover, Derbyshire.
They came to Globetrotters meetings occasionally but had been unable
to travel far in recent years.
I had the privilege of taking Morphy to see Betty in the last couple of
years and enjoyed many hours of hearing about Globetrotters in the
past.” - Barbara Brooks
Summer/Autumn 2019
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