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took over the position of Hon Treasurer, from his brother Bob, and
in that capacity gave many years loyal service to the Club. Harry along
with Fred Rogers joined the Club on 28th October 1929.
All of these men were in the prime of their life in the immediate
pre-war years, and a study of the records and accounts of the time, shoe
Sefton were actively involved inthe promotion of, and the participation
in athletics as at any other time in their history.
Another chapter was drawing to a close, but we cannot allow that
to happen until special mention has been made of the most prominent and
influential Seftonain of the inter-war years.
Mr Harry Goldbourn was our from 1018 until his death in 1940. A
truly remarkable record. If ever the term "father figure" was
aptly applied, it certainly was in Harry Goldborns case. In his years
connected with athletics, he seems to have performed enough duties for
two normal men, for his sphere of influence and commitment extended
beyond ordinary club limits. District Committees benefited from his
involvement, and he was ever ready and willing to attend Sports Meetings
held by Schools and Colleges. During the perusal of Club papers, the
author has observed references to "Mr Goldbourn's apologies for
absences because of his commitment to another meeting", only to see
his late arrival noted; "he came along because the other meeting
had finished early".
In the 100th year, it seems fitting to close this chapter in the
year 1939, exactly halfway!.
As our Centenary Dinner approaches, what could be more apt than
to reproduce here, the account, as it appeared in the Liverpool Echo,
in 1939, our Golden Jubilee Dinner which describes the then younger
generation, "anxious to hear what the veterans of 89 had to
say". If good fortune favours us we hope to have the younger
generation of 89 hanging on to the word of the veterans of 1939.
JUBILEE AND COMING-OF-AGE
" There was more than the usual speech making at
Sefton Harrier's Golden Jubilee Dinner on Saturday evening last, but in
the special circumstances this was quite understandable and quite as it
should have been. The men who founded Sefton Harriers fifty years ago, and
who were
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