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Restaurant, Walsall, and a good Saturday members. We have had to say goodbye to a
evening was enjoyed by all. A spritely George few of our Committee members in this photo,
Parker won the musical chairs and his award Les and Helen Cotton, Doug and Ann Heeley,
was a bulldog money box for his granddaughter. Pauline Horner, Geoff Green, Mary Fulwell, Jim
Adams, Lynn Davenport.
The club show venue
in those days was Into the new millennium and the club continues
St Agatha’s Church to put on a great show although now these were
Hall, Sparkbrook, held at Great Barr Leisure Centre, and now in
Birmingham. 2020 we hold our shows at Willenhall Youth &
Committee Community Centre in Willenhall.
meetings were
held at Gunbarrells The Committee are as ever fully dedicated to
Pub, Bristol Road, Bulldog Educational Seminars and with the
Birmingham. Health Testing that is held at our Open Shows.
As a club we are lucky that our Vet on call is
The club saw its fair share of Champions owned Thomas Bingham and he attends most of our
by various club members. Championship Show shows, always there to help our members out
status was granted to Birmingham by the Kennel with all their questions and health testing.
Club in the late 1980’s.
The club holds two shows every year, one of
So that brings us to the centenary of the those being a Championship Show biannually,
Birmingham. Good bulldogging into the 21st coming up with original ideas all the time.
century, especially you young ones, keep the
Birmingham Club going forward and flourishing, Our President, Barbara Darmanin, has served
and to us in the West Midlands it is unique. on the Committee for over 46 years and tool
over from the late Anne Heeley in 2016. In
Now moving forward through the 2016 the club elected two Vice Presidents,
long standing Committee members Sharon
next 25 years.
Bradshaw and Steve Parker.
by Claire Parker, Hon Secretary
In the 1990’s the club continued to prosper and Tony Darmanin was the secretary for well over
to look forward to the millennium show. This 10 years and in 2010 Lieza Handley, who at that
was held in West Bromwich and was judged by time had worked with Tony as the club Treasurer
Chiara Giuria from Italy, all the members were for 12 years took the helm. Treasurer was then
treated to lunch and a great day was had by taken over by Claire Parker.
everyone.
Our latest celebrations were for our 125th
Anniversary Championship Show which was
held at Tillington Hall Hotel, Stafford. We
started the weekend with an educational
day with Mrs Christina Chapman giving a
presentation on Conformation and Movement,
Mr Tony Darmanin presented the Bulldog Breed
Standard and Mrs Vicky Collins-Nattrass gave
a presentation on puppy rearing. These were
This picture was taken by life member John received well by all and many stayed over on
Darby in the year 2000 at West Bromwich, this the evening to enjoy a meal and drink with the
includes the Committee and some of the club Committee and friends.
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