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moh
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I have asked Stanley to put a photo of a RAOB trip from Earby - I guess quite a few of you - especially Nolic - will recognise people on there.
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HerbSG
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Posted - 10/04/2011 : 21:12
That pic will indeed be a "racey pic" if you really meant a buff trip!
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Stanley
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 04:08
Moh sent two pics, not sure where she wanted her wedding pic so here it is
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 04:11
Here's the Buffs oic
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Another
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 07:14
Moh, sorry, bit early for me as I was in Barlick up to 1960. Nolic
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marilyn
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 08:53
What is a buff trip?
Are you in the photo, Moh? (are you the adult?)
The picture amuses me a bit, because all the children seem to be dressed like scaled down adults...if it wasn't for their young faces, one would think they were tiny adults.
Love the wedding photo...you both look great....and Fred is quite the dashing young man.
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 09:25
"The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is a Fraternal, Benevolent and Social Organisation in the United Kingdom. It is open to any male over the age of 18, provided he is a "true and loyal supporter of the British Crown and Constitution" and he "enters of his own free will and consent". The organisation aids members, their families, those left behind by deceased brethren (Widows/Orphans) and other charitable organisations." Wkipedia
My dad was a member and referred to the organisation as a poor mans Masons. I assume the trip is for children of "Buff's" members. Nolic
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panbiker
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 09:27
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marilyn wrote:
What is a buff trip?
Depends how you interpret it Maz.
Here is the organisation behind the truncated name.
What Herb was getting at was the use of "buff "as meaning naked as used in "In the buff". Is it not used in Oz?
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moh
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 09:29
Children of the Buffs plus other children - many of them lived on the Ranch. I am on - but not an adult - well almost not!! In fact looking at it there is not an adult on there - the girl on the left is my friend Carol Hackenly (who has lived in NZ for many years) - she was always taller than the rest of us.
Edited by - moh on 11/04/2011 09:31:41 AM
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tripps
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 09:48
Heres an interesting link to an item currently on ebay. Perhaps there is a connection to someone on the photo?
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Tizer
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 11:41
[*Click for larger image] I'll take this opportunity to post this photo of a group including my Uncle George at an RAOB lodge in the early 1950s. I have no further information but he was born, brought up and lived in Blackburn so I assume it might be there. I can't make out the word just above `Lodge' in the photo. Look at the ones in fancy dress!
Edited by - Tizer on 11/04/2011 11:42:42
Edited by - Tizer on 11/04/2011 11:43:29
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panbiker
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 13:04
Tiz, I enlarged the pic and looked at it as a negative image. The sign seems to read Robert Yates Lodge.
A quick search on Google takes you here, to the RAOB Chorley Branch and Alma Lodge with which it amalgamated in 1986.
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Callunna
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 15:44
While we're on the subject, here's a pic of my grandfather, William Greenwood, who was a great Buffs man. He was a member of the Heather Lodge in Barlick and was said to be chuffed when my parents named me Heather.
My mother tells the story of how she visited her first pub when she was only 2 weeks old - my granddad took her on the bus up to what is now the Fanny Grey as they were having a meeting and it seems he was babysitting that day...
BTW: the image is courtesy of Gus who did a marvellous job colouring an old B&W shot.
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Posted - 11/04/2011 : 19:57
Ian, well done! Thanks for teasing out the `Robert Yates Lodge' and the web pages about it. I looked at the page and then clicked on the link to `Details' which gives the addresses of the Secretary and the Meeting Place. They meet at Furthergate Working Mens Club on Cherry Street, Blackburn which is interesting if they met there in the 1950s because my Uncle George had a link with Furthergate - he worked for some years as a lorry driver for the pop firm Scholes Rostron which was at Bottomgate just along from Furthergate and Grandma lived in an old cottage next to the factory (it was rented from the company). Curiously, the Secretary's address is on the other side of Blackburn but only a couple of streets from where my grandfather (i.e. George's father) was born.
Heather, a wonderful picture of your grandfather - and a great job done by Gus!
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Posted - 12/04/2011 : 05:03
The use of rituals and regalia in workers friendly societies was very common and it's quite accurate to describe them as the 'Poor Man's Masons' because Masonic ritual was the origin of many of their practices. The great period for them was when Trades Unions were made illegal by the Combintation Acts in the 18th century. As well as the Buffs Barlick had the Foresters, the Oddfellows, the Barnoldswick Friendly Society and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Many of them financed building and house purchase and grew so much they became the Building Societies. A wonderful history and still with us today. Look at 'Club Row' at Townhead, built by the Barlick Friendly Society and not the Quakers as many believe.
A little known fact is that quite a few of the old societies, when given the opportunity to convert to official Friendly Societies declined the offer and opted to become 'Tontines'. This meant that the membership was closed and the last survivor took all the assets. I know of one like this in Todmorden but they are usually kept very quiet!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine
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tripps
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Posted - 12/04/2011 : 08:43
Does anyone know why the "entry level" medal or jewel for the Buffs is called the kangaroo? I know there are lodges world wide, but populated by British expats. Is there a similar organisation in Australia?
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Buff Trip early 1950's
