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Richmond Duck Club formed around 1900 as a social club for working men and to enable an annual outing to be taken, usually to the seaside, in a time when the idea of planned recreation was in its infancy.
Duck Club Outing 1912
The story goes that the origins of the name ‘Duck Club’ may be attributed to the fact that during the annual excursion which was undertaken by open-top charabanc, each time the vehicle approached a low hanging branch or bridge everyone would need to ‘duck’.
Duck Club Outing 1959
Since those early days the Duck Club has maintained its social side, even retaining the annual excursion but has also evolved into a charitable organisation favouring children. To this end, funds are raised and events organised to benefit individuals and groups of children in the town.
Outings In The Past
Domino League Winners 1924
The Duck Club
By Tina McDonald
(From an article written by Jeff Edmondson)
An article originally published by Richmond & District Civic Society - The Richmond Review 2019.
The Richmond & District Civic Society have very kindly allowed us to make this article available for visitors to our Website, for which we thank them sincerely.
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