I became a member at about age 15 untill October 1954 when we departed for Australia. We were given an official send off with the whole band calling at our place on our wedding day to bid us farewell. After our children were a little older in the mid seventies, I enrolled to do a simle course in elementary electronics by correspondence. Since then, I have dabbled a little in electronics. In the late sixties I was a member of the Dutch Billiard club, and in fact made two Dutch tables for them as at the time they were not commercially available.
Dutch tables have no pockets.
At present I play social pool three times a week at our recreation hall in the village, as shown in the picture, and play indoor bowls at least once a week. My biggest and most enjoyable hobby came about after my retirement in 1989, when we started to get the travel bug. Over a period of about 8 years I have converted three different vehicles into motor campers as shown on the Photo's below. We have traveled extensively in these 3 campers for about 9 years. The total distance would be in excess of 100,000.