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In MeMorIaM Our sympathy to the family and
friends of the following members of
the Bulldog community.
by Steve Parker

Les Aspin (Scarthwaite) Norman Davis
Les was a well (Ocobo)
known judge and We lost this charismatic
judged many gentleman this year.
breeds including Norman and Pat have
our own. Les was owned and bred Bulldogs
also President of for 50 plus years and
The Blackpool and in that time have made
Fylde Bulldog Club, up as many champions.
a position he held for Norman started his
over 20 years. judging in career in 1975
and was always one
Pat Dellar (Merriveen)
to pass on his knowledge of the breed to others
Pat was a highly
and although in the last few months he could not
regarded lady in attend shows he did this through his Facebook
the Bulldog world.
group. The out pouring of love and condolences
I did not know her
for Norman was totally amazing and showed what
personally but I know
a stamp he had left on the Bulldog World.
by the outpouring of
love for this lady, it Lynn Manns (Lynmans)
proved to me what a well respected person she Lynn got her first
was. Bulldog in 1974. In 1975
Moreno Maltagliati she won best puppy in
show at the Incorporated’s
A fantastic
Centenary show and the
ambassador for the
rest they say is history.
breed who lost his
With her husband Peter
life to the Corona
virus. Known to many she bred and showed
many champions under
as the “Guru” we
the Lynmans affix: Living
heard the devastating
Legend, Stringfellow, Special delivery, Adonis, to
news that we lost the
name just a few.
“master” that was
Moreno. Dawn Mantle-Halley
(Dawnstar)
Bob Haydock
Dawn was a lovely
(Cabinteely)
knowledgeable lady who
Bob was a
came into bulldogs after
Committee member
being firstly involved
and an officer on with the Dobermann
both the Manchester
and English Mastiffs.
Bulldog Club and the She bred champions
British Bulldog club
with Creme de la Creme being one of note. She
for many years, in
had also been involved with both the Northern and
the later years being Rochdale Bulldog Clubs
Honorary Vice President.

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