Roaches flashback

By Dave Shotton

From Dave Shotton & Emily Pitts

To warm you up for the Roaches meet, here’s a memory from the archives. This photo comes from Len Stubbs’s collection although the photographer is unknown. The note on the back indicates it shows Bernard Wright on Pedestal Route (foreground) at the Roaches in January 1958. The other climber in the background (on Black and Tans by the look of it) is also unidentified.

Bernard Wright was a KMC member from 1951 until 1969; his wife was Dorothy Wright, a member from 1951 until her death in 1992). It appears that Dorothy was much more active in the club. An obituary notice for Dorothy by Ken Beetham appeared in the October 1992 Newsletter, and a brief one for Bernard by Alan (L) Jones in the January 2012 one.