45 Years of Service – a great achievement!

COG Lions were founded in 1978. Local Government Reorganisation had taken  place in 1974 and suddenly the area became Tandridge. Local folk of course immediately thought just of Tandridge Village, so it was decided we needed to call the Club, Caterham, Oxted & Godstone Lions Club, COGs for short. COGS also signified we were a small ‘cog’ in the bigger wheel of Lions Clubs International. A year after the Club formed a young bank auditor called Tony Gordon joined us. At a recent Monthly Business Meeting, Lion President Rita Reissland had the pleasure of presenting Lion Tony with his 45^th year membership chevron. Tony is only one of four members with over forty years’ service, so he joins a unique group.