Fraternally Yours landmark
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The Fraternally Yours Tent of Bristol reached a landmark on Monday 11th February 2008 at the Civil Service Sports Club. To celebrate the 100th meeting, Grand Sheik Peter Andrews presented a programme of shorts. He reports, "We showed, amongst others, The Music Box and Helpmates and the audience roared with laughter." The thirty-strong audience, including half a dozen Saps at Sea Tent members, led by Roger Robinson, thoroughly enjoyed this very special evening. There was a surprise for Peter when he received a framed drawing of Laurel and Hardy, presented by tent member Ken Harding in recognition for arranging all the previous ninety-nine meetings and for services to the tent. Roger says, "Peter has been present for all but one of these Bristol meetings and it was most appropriate that his hard work and enthusiasm was recognised by some of his members when he was presented with the original caricature of Laurel and Hardy. Peter is to be commended for doing such a brilliant job in the West Country." Peter recalls that he spotted a news article in the local Evening Post in August 1992 by Grand Sheik Steve Gore about a new Laurel Hardy society being formed in Bristol. He remembers the first Fraternally Yours Tent meeting, on a dark night on 8th November, 1992, in Master's snooker hall on Gloucester Road. In 1993 the tent changed its meeting place to the Showboat pub, and in 1996 it moved to the Memorial Stadium on Filton Avenue. This was the same year that Steve handed over the reins to Peter and Peter has been sheiking ever since. In October 2002 the tent moved to its current venue, the Bristol Civil Service Sports Club on Filton Avenue. |
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