ALLENSMORE Young Farmers recently celebrated their 70th year with an afternoon tea party. Present club members laid out a splendid tea for previous club officers and members, who were able to look through photographs and Herefordshire County Year books. Derek Powell, one of the earliest club chairmen helped present chairman Tiffany Buchanan to cut the anniversary cake (decorated by another previous chairman Nicky Hoskins, nee Burman), watched over by the present president, Barbara Garlick. Many of Allensmore YFC members have moved on to excellent positions and a very special photograph was taken of two members recently honoured by the Queen - Jim Lawrence with his MBE and Becky Wall with her BEM. Pateshall Hall was full of people connected to Allensmore Young Farmers Club - a wonderful compliment to a surviving club. New members are always welcome and can contact Tiffany on 07854 438804 for further details of meetings and events.

The photograph of the club chairmen include Derek Powell (1946), Philip Skyrme (1954), Jim Lawrence (1959), Adrian Powell (1988), Bob Lawrence (1989), Charles Wall (1990), John Cotterell (1991), Karen Pugh (1996), Nicky Burman (1998), Russell Pugh (2003), Luke Williams (2005) and present chairman, Tiffany Buchanan.