Club History

The club was formed in June 1955 as the Aldershot Camera & Cine Club. The initial membership was 25 and the first Chairman was Jim O'Farrell. Membership cost £2.00 per year. The club did not have any premises at this time so meetings were held at members houses in Aldershot.

In 1957, the club had found a regular meeting place. This was the Red Cross Hall in Aldershot. This year also saw our currently longest serving member join. This was Mike Hammersley. He is still active in the club today and some of his work in displayed on this site.

In January 1965 the club moved to a room in Aldershot Public Library. At this time the cine section was very active in film production.

June 1967 saw the club on the move again. This time to premises in Laburnum Road, Aldershot. Around this time, Sylvia Nash began reporting the activities of the club in the Aldershot & Farnham Herald weekly newspaper. To out eternal gratitude, she still does this today even though she has formally retired from the newspaper.

In the early 1970's, the club faced serious problems. Membership declined, the club room was unsatisfactory and the future looked bleak.  The club rode these difficulties helped by a decision to meet alternatively in Aldershot and at Church House in Farnham. At the same time, the name of the club was changed its present on of Aldershot & Farnham Camera Club.

In 1979, Tony Fisher was elected as Club Treasurer. He remained in this role untl 2006.

During the 1980's the club ran with reasonable success.. however, the club room was proving not entirely satisfactory and after much searching a move was made to the present hall was made in 1992.

Now in the next Millennium, the challenge of new technology is providing the club members with new challenges. The advent of Digital Technology to the Photographic Art and increased use of the Internet (without which you, will not be reading this...) we can hope that more people take in interest in Photography as a hobby & art form.

We moved venue once again in May 2001. We now meet at the Hale Institute in Upper Hale, Farnham on Wednesdays at 7:45pm.