Radio London: The Knees Club 40th Anniversary Page 1

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Current Knees Club Vice-President Bud Ballou and Club Founder Mary Payne unveil a specially-commissioned statue to commemorate the Knees Club's 40th birthday, January 2006.

Although from Radio Caroline, Bud was chosen as our new Vice-President because of his affinitknee with patellae. Living in San Kneeago, he keeps his proudknee on kneesplay all year round.

Our President is Ray Ennis from the Swinging Blue Jeans, who took over the role from the late TW, handing his Vice-Presidency to Bud.

All Radio London DJs were automatically given club membership. Some missed it by joining Radio London after the club closed in 1967, although Ian Damon and Lorne King have been awarded belated membership.

Club Officials from 1966 are Mozz Birchell (née Walker), Jenny Royal (née Mance), Lynn Boyd-Leslie (née Belcher) and a recent and welcome addition is Pauline Miller.

Knees Club Membership Numbers – Big L
Dave Cash	10	Mark Roman	15	Pete Drummond	37
Tony Windsor	11	Mike Lennox	16	Alan West	78
Dave Dennis	12	John Edward	17	Chris Denning	211
Earl Richmond	13	Paul Kaye	18	Keith Skues	235
Ed Stewart	14	Duncan Johnson	19	Graham Gill	236
Kenny Everett	33	Pete Brady	34	Willy Walker	271
Tony Blackburn	274	Mich	275	Norman St John	333
Bill Hearne	334	Ian Damon	283	Lorne King	388

Kneecent Additions! These are our most recent honorary club members to pass the induction ceremoknee

Steve Young (Caroline South) #387	Lorne King (Radio London) #388


Gord Cruse (Caroline South and North) #389	*John Platt (the man who discovered and introduced us to the wonderful USS Density* crew) #390**

Bee cartoon by Mary Payne

Bumblebees' Knees
by Rusty Douch

Each time I sit in my garden
I wonder about bumblebees
They have big fat wobbly bodies
And hanging below are their knees

They fly from flower to flower
Then disappear somewhere inside
They come out all covered in pollen
I wish one would give me a ride

We'd fly off to far distant gardens
And to wherever bumblebees go
I'd wave to my neighbours below us
And to people I don't even know

Before it got dark we would fly home
Over houses and gardens and trees
Then I'd spend the evening wondering
Do bumblebees really have knees?

Rusty, a former member of Fab 40 group The Foresters (see Fab 40 for 051265), has kindknee allowed us to reproduce his ode to bumblebees' knees. Rusty says he wishes we'd met in the Sixties as he would have loved to have been a KC member. The answer to 'Do bumblebees really have knees?' can be found here!

See Page 2 for a full list of famous KC members and a diary of 1966/7