Lady Joyce Worsley, wife of Sir William William Worsley the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding is shown presenting the road race trophy to Derrick Richards at the tenth anniversary dinner at Loftus County Youth Club 16th July 1952. On the right is Thelma Mintoft who received an award for Music on behalf of her brother John. Sir William was the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding from 12th June 1951 to 15th June 1965. Sir William was asked to present awards at the tenth anniversary dinner as he had ten years previously on 16th July 1942, when he officially opened the Youth Club. In his address at the dinner he commented on the El Alamein spirit of the youth club at the opening ceremony: ”loyalty, courage and endurance and determination were the qualities needed in the formation and continuation of a youth club”.
Image courtesy of Loftus Youth Club.
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