ABSTRACT
Having kept a diary of the club work in Berrocfield it is not hard to recapture our feelings as we began the first official club year. We had formed an advisory committee, small in number, but composed of those we knew to be sympathetic to young people and influential in village life. These were the village school headmaster and his wife, the local doctor, the vicar, the local policeman, two members from the previous committee, a local rural district councillor and a representative of the Women's Institute. We also appointed a members’ committee. This was not because we had any tendencies towards autocratic rule, but simply because a democratic election was not feasible. The group would not listen long enough to have procedures explained and any election, to be fair to differing ages, sexes and areas of the village would have to be done by a complex arrangement.
