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Newcastle Tropical Fish Society

Logo: contemporary Anglefish with club's initials set as cardinal points





Formed: 1970
Disbanded:  1979 approx.
Specialties:  all types of fish & Caiman
Meetings: Westmorland Road, Newcastle
Open Show: St John's Church Hall, West Gate Road.
Open Show Award Cards:    1st Place, Class Xot, 1976
Auctions: Westmorland Road, Newcastle
Members: Alf Clegg, Jack English, Mt L R Lawson, Terry Marshall
Additional Information:
I will always remember the A.O.S. non fish class Terry Marshall, a member, usually won with his four foot Caiman, theses were common and a license was not needed back then. Terry’s other show stopper were his 12cm red eye red swords, his feeding secret ‘Caiman crap’ only the strongest swords could out swim the Caiman! The show was judged by experienced hobbyists and shop keepers (the three Young brothers of  ‘Betta Aquaria, Byker’) the judge on the card shown is George Fenwick a Newcastle Guppy & Livebearer Society & FBAS member. This was another society that split up, 1976 saw half of the members going up the bank to Westgate Road, and, together with a few members from South Shields AS, formed Novocastrian Tropical Fish Club ‘Novos’. Newcastle Tropical Fish Society folded a few years later. Robbie Kirkup

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