{"id":4796,"date":"2020-06-28T12:15:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T11:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/?page_id=4796"},"modified":"2022-05-21T17:20:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T16:20:14","slug":"history-of-the-region","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/who-we-are\/history-of-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Important Dates for the Northwest England and the Isle of Man Soroptimists<\/h2>\n<p>1949 &#8211; North West England formed<\/p>\n<p>1975 &#8211; Formation of the Divisional Union of North West England and the Isle of Man<\/p>\n<p>1995 &#8211; Formation of the Northwest England &amp; the Isle of Man Region<\/p>\n<h3>Current Northwest Clubs<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2020\/06\/nw-area-graphic-2020.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4811 \" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2020\/06\/nw-area-graphic-2020-238x300.png\" alt=\"Map of Northwest England showing the location of all current clubs - 2020\" width=\"304\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2020\/06\/nw-area-graphic-2020-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/north-west-england-and-the-isle-of-man\/files\/2020\/06\/nw-area-graphic-2020.png 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 775px\" width=\"680\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\"><strong>Club<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"66\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\"><strong>Chartered<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"155\"><strong>Mother club<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" width=\"225\"><strong>Grandmother club<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Libertas\u00a0 e-Club<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">2022<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"155\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1936<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Manchester<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Blackpool &amp; District<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1961<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Fylde<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Manchester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Fylde<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1937<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Manchester<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Garstang<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1973<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Fylde<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Manchester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Grange-over-Sands<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1954<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Ulverston<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Morecambe &amp; Heysham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Lancaster<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1942<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Preston<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">tbc<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"155\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"155\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Pendleside<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1949<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Burnley<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Preston<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1939<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Manchester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Rishton &amp; Great Harwood<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1954<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Accrington<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Rossendale<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1947<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Burnley<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\">Windermere<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1982<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Kendal<\/td>\n<td width=\"155\">Morecambe &amp; Heysham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"40\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"204\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"155\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"155\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000\">Former Northwest Clubs<\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 1174px\" width=\"700\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Club<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Chartered<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"170\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Mother club<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"170\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Grandmother club<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Closed<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Accrington<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Amounderness<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">2016<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Barrow-in-Furness<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1966<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Morecambe &amp; Heysham<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Preston<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Bacup<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"332\">Merged with Rawtenstall to form Rossendale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Burnley<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1943<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Manchester<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Carnforth<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Chorley<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Clitheroe<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Colne<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"274\">Merged with Nelson to form Pendleside<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Darwen<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Douglas<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1952<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Fleetwood<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Fylde<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Fleetwood<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Haslingden<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Kendal<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Leyland<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1970<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Chorley<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Preston<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Morecambe and Heysham<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">1939<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Preston<\/td>\n<td width=\"150\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Nelson<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"274\">Merged with Colne to form Pendleside<\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Rawtenstall<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"332\">Merged with Bacup to form Rossendale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Ulverston<\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"150\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"50\">2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800080\">Regional Presidents<\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Year<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"220\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"220\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Club<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1946-47<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Edith Kenyon<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1947-48<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss K T Tomlinson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fylde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1948-49<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Dr K E Thompson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Morecambe &amp; Heysham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1949-50<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss D Hardy<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Preston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1950-51<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Anne Hayes<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1951-52<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss A B Hales<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fylde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1952-53<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs P A B McDonald<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Lancaster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1953-54<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs P Todd<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Clitheroe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1954-55<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs E M Parkington<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fleetwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1955-56<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss E G Ephraimson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Burnley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1956-57<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss H Savage<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Lancaster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1957-58<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss E A Yates<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Chorley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1958-59<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss A Cottom<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Ulverston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1959-60<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs F P Evans<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Burnley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1960-61<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs A E Rouse<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1961-62<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs E H Browne<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Grange-over-Sands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1962-63<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss F Makin<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fleetwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1963-64<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss J Stewart<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Chorley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1964-65<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs I M Rushton<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Rishton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1965-66<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss J D Coates<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Colne &amp; Nelson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1966-67<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss M Blackwood<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Burnley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1967-68<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Riley<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Rawtenstall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1968-69<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Dora Bloomer<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackpool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1969-70<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Vera Nield (Allen)<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fylde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1970-71<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Gwyneth Evers<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Morecambe &amp; Heysham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1971-72<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Nellie Cross<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Chorley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1972-73<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Edith Mortimer<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Grange-over-Sands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1973-74<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Barbara Pryce<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackpool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1974-75<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Marjery Robinson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fylde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1975-76<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Elsie Dickinson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Preston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1976-77<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Barbara Dening<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1977-78<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Doris Davies<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Colne &amp; Nelson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1978-79<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Jean Wilkinson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Haslingden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1979-80<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Margaret Parr<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fleetwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1980-81<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Hazel Woodward<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Garstang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1981-82<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Jo Clarke<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Kendal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1982-83<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Edith Mortimer<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Grange-over-Sands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1983-84<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Kathleen Hanson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Clitheroe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1984-85<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Sheila R Whipp<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Rawtenstall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1985-86<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Dorothy Carthy<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Colne &amp; Nelson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1986-87<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Dr Pamela Russo<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Rishton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1987-88<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Penny Ward<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Grange-over-Sands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1988-89<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Betty Brierley<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Burnley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1989-90<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Bettie Norwood<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Windermere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1990-91<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Jo Derbyshire<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackpool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1991-92<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss June Goodinson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Carnforth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1992-93<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Josie Caunce<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1993-94<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Miss Claire Bailey<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Garstang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1994-95<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Sue Sharkey<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Grange-over-Sands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1995-96<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Pat Hooton<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Burnley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1996-97<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Noreen Haselden<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Carnforth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1997-98<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Kath Jones<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Accrington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1998-99<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Dorothy Greenhalgh<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Chorley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">1999-00<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Maraline Foster<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fylde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2000-01<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Ruth Winterbottom<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Lancaster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2001-02<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Paddy Rouse<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Rishton &amp; Great Harwood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2002-03<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Tricia Coll<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2003-04<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Anne Quainoo<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Lancaster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2004-05<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Margaret Paterson<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Morecambe &amp; Heysham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2005-06<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Susan Biggs<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Pendleside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2006-07<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs June Gabbitas<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Grange-over-Sands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2007-08<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Linda Beddows<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Fylde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2008-09<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Marie Blacktop<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Blackburn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2009-10<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Sharon Greenhow<\/td>\n<td width=\"186\">Barrow-in-Furness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"79\">2010-11<\/td>\n<td width=\"197\">Mrs Judith Grocott<\/td>\n<td 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