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The Perishers, dejected once again
Now that the Clarion Cycling Club has dropped socialism from its constitution for being ‘divisive,’ NICK MATTHEWS considers the group’s history – and suspects the spirit of fellowship cannot be so easily banished

I FIRST met the late Denis Pye at a Raymond Williams Foundation event at Wortley Hall. 

He was busy encouraging those who were not members to buy shares in the hall.  

When he found out we had a mutual interest in co-operative ownership, we fell into conversation about the issues and challenges of owning assets for the movement. 

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