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Gateshead Aquarist Society
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Formed: 1983?      
Disbanded: Yes -1990s
Specialties: tropical fish, killies, livebearers, coldwater, showing, breeding, 
Meetings: Alternate Thursdays, Royal Air Force Association Club & The Gloucester, High Street West, Gateshead
Open Show: Gateshead Leisure Centre, Alexandra Road, Gateshead, Carr Hill Primary School, Elgin Road, Felling.
Open Show Award Cards: 1st Place, 1994
Auctions: none
Members: Craig Barrow, Janice Barrow, Keith Barrow, Paul Barrow,  Albert Bell, Tommy Ferry, Tom Gray, Brian Hannah,  Gordon Learoyd, John McCutcheon, Alan Richardson, Trevor Laverick, Doreen Walters, George Walters.
Additional Information: Formed by members of Foresters AS after it closed. One of the first clubs to introduce American Darters into this country (imported by Brian Hannah).
GAS ran an open show every year, this is the schedule for the 1986 event. There were 34 classes, all winners receiving a trophy, and trophy for best exhibitor and best in show.
Gateshead held shows in the Gateshead Leisure Centre Sports Hall, a large well lit venue. Half-way through or 2nd show, Brian Hannah pointed out that one of the judges had not moved for a very long time. On investigating, he found the judge sound a sleep sitting upright; a quick nudge of the chair brought him back to life, and constant vigilance stopped this situation re-occurring. Paul Barrow
Shown below is GAS's tableau at the last BAF (1985) at Belle Vue, Manchester. It consisted of a wooden box covered in stone wallpaper. The two cheeky-chappies were junior members of the club, Keith & Craig Barrow.

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