Coming up trumps
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If Bill Farnorth ever decides to leave the R HA — which seems unlikely, since he's following in father's footsteps — he could become a professional conference organiser. How he has coped with tipper conferences these last 12 years and done his normal job (what's normal about being a RHA secretary?) is a mystery.
Arranging for speakers, who seldom have papers written in advance, organising exhibition space, briefing the press and meeting the hotel demands of the 300 delegates are but a few of his duties.
The extramural events for the delegates' wives take as much organisation. Fashion shows, tours, guest speakers who have to be handsome, witty, interesting and entertaining, and cocktail parties take up loads of time and energy. Yet Bill never fails.
This year, aided and abetted by other area secretaries, Tom Brattin, Deni le Conte, Brian Elliott, Ken Howe and Bill Morton, he aga came up trumps.
Even the banquet and ball was a roaring success, despit( having to compete with Volvo cabaret counter-attraction aloi the road.