With the death of Winifred
Brown on 3rd June, Paisley Colour has lost one of its
longest
serving and faithful members.
Winifred joined
the Club in
1959 and during the following 51 years rarely missed a meeting.
She served as a Council Member and acted as
Competition Secretary for a number of years (1977-81), before becoming
Vice-President and finally President during 1980-82, the first female
President
of the Club. The highlight of her
presidency was being presented with the PAGB Slide Championship Trophy
in 1981,
the first time it had been won by a Scottish Club.
Her
greatest contribution to
the Club was her commitment to the Paisley International Exhibition
which she
served for 26 years, much longer than any other individual.
During this time she acted as Chairman of the
Natural History Section for 18 years. For
the final 9 years of the Exhibition she combined
the role of Nature
Chair with joint overall chairmanship. This
involved
a
lot
of
painstaking
work
throughout
the
year and particularly during
November, December and January. One
aspect that gave her great satisfaction and reward for all the tedious
administrative work, was taking the Natural History Exhibition around
photographic clubs and nature organisations and having it so well
received by
appreciative audiences.
Equally
important, however, was
her full participation in every Club activity and venture to which she
gave generously
of her time. Her contribution to the
club will be sadly missed, but equally missed will be her presence at
weekly
meetings.
Both
sides of Winifred’s
family had a long and illustrious history in farming, particularly
Clydesdale
horse breeding, something she was extremely proud of. She was
regarded as the matriarch of the
family, keeping in touch with members
here in the UK as well as those who in Australia and North America, and
being
involved in regular reunions.
Winifred’s
remarkable
empathy
with
young
people
went
far
beyond
her teaching background. She
was
dedicated to the (Girl) Guide
Movement, including being Brown Owl of the 1st Bishopton
Brownie
pack from 1949 until 1977 when she was the proud recipient of the
Queen’s
Jubilee Medal for her commitment to Guiding. She
subsequently
held
various
administrative
roles
and
in
2008
received the Guide Service Award for 50 years service
within the
Movement, one of the first in the country to do so. She was very modest
about
these awards, never broadcasting about them, but within herself she
felt deeply
honoured to have been recognised in these ways.
Having
lived in Bishopton all
her life, she had a keen interest in the local community and Bishopton
Lawn
Tennis Club may well not have survived, had it not been for her
generosity. In appreciation, the Club
organises the annual
Miss Brown Tournament, with trophies donated in her name.
Despite
the fact that at
times in her life she suffered various medical problems, she never
complained
and simply carried on doing the things in life she enjoyed most.
She
was
a great lady and will
be sadly missed by all who knew her.
Summer
Assignment
and
Anderson
Quiach 2010
The
members
voted
for
the
following
seven
themes
for
the
Summer
Assignment.
Big Skies
Patterns
Close to Nature
Movement
Weird and Wonderful
A Predominant Colour
Abandoned
Images
must
be
taken
between
May
1st
and
September
30th
2010. Entries will consist of up to four
images, one from any four of the seven themes.
Anderson Quaich
2010
The theme for
the Anderson Quaich
competition is Sunrise or Sunset
Club members can have their own individual gallery of
up to 12 images for a payment of £10 per year, (September to August).
Keep your gallery fresh by changing the images periodically during the
year. Submissions should be submitted to the Web Manager by e-mail or
on a CD. See instructions below for preparation of images.
Preparing
your
images.
Import
the
image into Photoshop and make any necessary
adjustments.
Click on “Image”
in the top menu, then click on “Image
Size”
Ensure all the
boxes at the bottom left are ticked by
clicking on “Resample Image”
Set resolution to
72 pixels/inch.
For HORIZONTAL
images, set width to 500 pixels.
Alternatively for
VERTICAL images, set height to 400
pixels.
Now click on
“File” in the top menu and select “Save
for the Web”
Select “Optimised”
tab at top of screen.
Ensure it is saved
as a jpeg and adjust the
compression by clicking on the arrow inside the “Quality” box.
An adjustable
slider will appear and by moving this,
the file size at the bottom left of the screen will alter.
Adjust to give a
file size of around 100 kb and click
on SAVE and save to a folder.
Give each image a
caption – the shorter the better.
Put your images on
a CD and give it to David Dalziel
with a completed submission form.
A maximum of 12
images can be posted – a look at some
of the galleries will give an idea of balancing horizontal and upright
images to look good on the thumbs page.
If
you cannot prepare your own digital files, there
are several members willing to scan them for you. Please
ask
Robert
Fulton
for
details.