HOW WE BEGAN
One man had an idea ...
Luath Grant Ferguson, Warden, Yateley Centre 1978-83, organised an evening adult education course called “A Study of Yateley” in September 1979. Covering every aspect of Yateley from geology through history to zoology, the course tutors Luath drew together were chiefly local people with expert knowledge or passionate
hobbies.
Most of the students became ‘hooked’ and, together with many of the lecturers, formed The Yateley Study Group in the summer of 1980. The Study Group then ran a condensed 6-week course at Yateley Centre in September 1980, to attract new members. By November the Group had decided to adopt the model constitution of
the Civic Trust and, on 15 January 1981, The Yateley Society came into being.

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