Notts DA

Centenary Celebration 2010

Following extensive research by the Camping & Caravanning Clubs own archivist, it has
been established beyond doubt that Notts D.A. was originally formed in the year 1910.

The following historical data has been formally accepted as a true record of our birth and early history. The documentation which authenticated the actual birth date was found posted in a copy
of the Amateur Camping Club Monthly Magazine (an original name of our Club) dated March 1910
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1907 saw the emergence of Birmingham D.A. the first to be formed and two others joined them
9 months later in March 1908  - Metropolitan D.A. and North Midlands D.A. Campers within Nottingham were included within the North Mids organisation.  However 2 years later on February 19th 1910 a Nottingham District Committee discussed the prospects of separating themselves
from North Mids D.A. This led to them formally requesting of the National Council that
a separate District Association for Nottingham be formed. 

In the notes of the March Magazine of 1910 lies the evidence that the Council did discuss and
sanction the formation of Nottingham D.A.

6 years later in 1916, after the war and with the Club's permission there was a formal joining
of both the Nottingham DA and the East Midlands DA.

In 1919 our Club changed it's name to "The Camping Club of Great Britain & Ireland".

In 1923 a request was made to the National Council and permission was granted to form the
District Association for the joint Counties of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire,
but according to official records Derbyshire D.A. took the decision to remain on its own,
leaving the Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire D.A. to join forces and their first AGM was
then held in  June of that year at Barrow 0n Soar.

In 1950 Derbyshire D.A. was once again amalgamated with Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire,
to form Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire D.A.

In 1957 Derbyshire D.A. once again broke away, leaving Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire D.A.
as a separate unit once more.

In December 1959 Leicestershire decided to become a separate DA and sought permission from
Club Council. The permission was granted in February 1960 leaving Nottinghamshire District Association as once again a force in its own right and the first AGM of our second coming was
held at the Social Guild House, Nottingham on October 22nd 1960.

So to reiterate and to offer formal announcement; it has now been established from Club's
Archivists records that Nottinghamshire D.A. existed from 1910, was joined by other D.A.'s at
various times during the next 50 years but was, in March 1910, identified as an individual D.A. and
will therefore officially celebrate its Centenary in 2010.

Historical details courtesy of Mr Ernest Dakin (NDA President)