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Overseas Overseas branches branches - - - - Don Don Baldry
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In the early days of the Lighthouse Club, back in the no street lighting ‘50s, (whence came our name - St. Mary’s
Light, Whitley Bay gave our somewhat mellow founders their illumination) the main purpose of the Club was
networking. That purpose was underlined by our declared aim: The furtherance of
Good Fellowship among construction people.
As we know, the Club developed very rapidly, branches were formed throughout
the U.K. and Ireland and in 1962 the Lighthouse Club Benevolent Fund received
official charitable status. And the Club began to spread it’s wings, in those times via
BOAC and their Comet jet flights to the far east.
Although our Lighthouse was adopted in the Netherlands very early on, theirs is a
somewhat elite organisation. The first mirror image of our U.K. set up was formed in
Hong Kong by the expat community, they too combined networking and charity. Now, more than twenty five years
later, Hong Kong, with over 1,000 members and a very active benevolent fund, is the hub for our ten branches in
the Asia/Pacific region and maintains close links with branches in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. In all there are well over
4,000 members in these far flung centres of ‘Good fellowship’.
Most of these branches organise monthly get-togethers, and for any member newly arrived in the locality these
are a very useful source of friendship and local contacts. Monthly get-togethers are generally well attended, not
surprising since, for instance, one venue in Kuala Lumpur was voted ‘Best Pub in Malaysia’ and the Dubai Offshore
Sailing Club can’t be a bad destination for a night out!
There are, of course, much grander events. Earlier this year, Hong Kong’s International Gathering brought
together 200 members from Asia/Pacific, the Gulf and U.K. all of whom enjoyed a great evening which raised
HK$25,000 for their Benevolent Fund.
Hong Kong, Saigon; Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur; five decades on the friendship, fellowship and common
interests of our Club’s founders that continue to enjoy wherever our lighthouse shines. It’s a brilliant light.
See overseas branches here
As the publisher of CONTRACTORS WORLD magazines, Roger Lindley is pleased to promote the aims,
objectives and benefits of the Lighthouse Club around the world. Travelling around the world for over 30 years, I
have been privileged to visit many job sites of every description. I also came to appreciate the camaraderie that
makes being away from home more bearable - in my case just a few weeks. For many in the industry, many years.
The construction industry worldwide is like one big club - people move from project to project, contractor to
contractor The membership does not change, just the business card. This is why the Lighthouse Club can be a
unifying organisation enabling like-minded people to get together and share experiences, while helping raise vitally
needed funds for those locally who suffer hardship as a result an accident in the construction industry.
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