When originally asked to provide a title for my presentation I suggested 'A Tale of 7 Cs' but, on reflection the above is more suitable. I'm going to tell you a little about myself and of my journey to where I am today and I will say what the 7 Cs are.Like others who have already spoken today - our honoured guest, Simon Warwick, and my successor as President, Roger Key - I am I'm afraid not a true Yorkshireman. I was born in Chesterfield (the first C), Derbyshire but very soon moved into Yorkshire where I grew up in an area of south Sheffield called Totley and on Chatsworth (the second C) Road, an excellent sledging track in winter. It was here that my earliest wildlife memories were formed and I returned to my childhood haunts for the first time ina long time in July 2011. The place looks very much as it did fifty years ago and the house I lived in is still there. The present occupants were kind enough to let me take a few photographs.
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