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373 Michael CRUMP (1928-2008) (Inducted 1.7.1960 by his father on the same
day his father was installed as President; left October 1970 but rejoined in
1972 - see #445.) Building Construction. He was an Estimator and
Manager with the family building firm A J Crump & Sons Limited of Aston
Road, Dudley, which specialised in public works and community projects.
His father Leonard Crump (club member #228) and uncle Bert Crump
(member #252) were directors of the firm, which was founded by his
grandfather. He left the club on moving from Crumps to A H Guest Limited
of Amblecote, who took on similar types of work, such as schools, health
centres and office blocks. See entry #445 for more details.

374 Alan Donovan FOULKES (1923-2005 (Inducted 23.3.1961; President 1979-80; died 3.4.2005.)
Builders & plumbers merchants. Joint managing director, with his
younger brother John (club member #378), of Timmins & Foulkes Ltd,
builders merchants and ironmongers of King Street, Dudley and, for some
years, a showroom in Stone Street for bathroom suites and fireplaces.
Their father Jonathan Nichol Foulkes, (member #212) had been MD
before them. They joined the firm soon after the war and continued as
directors after their father died in 1970. They sold the century-old
business and premises in 1982. Alan and brother John were also directors
of Whittaker Bros. Limited, electrical contractors of Firs Street, Dudley
until 1995.
Alan was born and spent almost his entire home life in Kings Norton, Birmingham. He served
in the Royal Navy from 1944 to 1946, initially at Royal Naval Air Station St Merryn (HMS Vulture)
near Newquay, Cornwall, and then at sea with HMS Holm Sound as an Acting Sub Lieutenant.
The Holm Sound left England in November 1945 and sailed to Fremantle, Australia, returning in
April 1946 with over 5000 cases of tinned meats and other ‘Food for Britain’ generously donated
by the people of Western Australia and the City of Perth. Alan played golf and bridge, was a
member of Dudley Round Table and its President from 1969. He was an active freemason,
Master of Priory Lodge, Dudley in 1963 and later Senior Grand Warden of the Provincial Grand
Lodge of Worcestershire.

375 Leslie (‘Les’) Richard HARRISON (1928- ) (Inducted 23.3.1961; left 1973 - but rejoined in 1974.)
Newspaper Publishing. He was Managing Director of Herald Press, Priory Street, Dudley which
published the Dudley Herald. In 1971 these became part of Midland United Newspapers Ltd.
When Herald Press was taken over by West Midland Press in 1973 he left the company and the
Rotary club. However he rejoined the club a year later - see #463.

376 Dr Geoffrey (‘Geoff’) James SHAW (1926-1997) (Inducted 23.3.1961; left in early 1963.) Foundry
Equipment Distributing. He was manager, probably Director, of Fuel & Metallurgical Processes
Limited, metallurgical engineers, of 21 St James’s Road, Dudley. The firm was established in
1958 but became unprofitable and went into voluntary liquidation in June 1963. He soon
became Chief Designer for John Thompson Ordnance Co. at Ettingshall, then moved to John
Thompson Horseley Bridge Ltd of Tipton, heavy engineers. He was later a director of Shaw Logic
Engineering Ltd of Worcester with his younger son, and director of Refractory Concretes
(Contracting) Ltd of Evesham, run by both his sons. Shaw came to the area from Birmingham,
but lived in Hagley until 1970 before moving to Pershore.

377 Gerald Whitmore MUNDAY (1912-1991) (Inducted 23.3.1961; left c.1969.) Agriculture -
Farming. Owner of Church Farm, Swindon, South Staffordshire, which he operated as G W
Munday Ltd. He farmed at Church Farm from at least 1937, at Badger Heath Farm, Badger,
Shropshire from 1946, and had additional arable holdings near Bobbington. He sold Church