At The Society 2025 AGM, long-standing member David Crouch stood down as a trustee. His resignation letter was read out to members:
At the AGM on 6 th October, I come up for renewal as a Trustee of Wisbech Society. I have decided that I do not wish to stand for re-election.
My wife and I joined the Society in 2002, following on from my father who was a Life Member. I became a Trustee in 2011 and took over as Treasurer from Mike Theobald in 2013 passing on that role to Daljit Roy in 2024.
Over those years I am proud to have been involved in many major projects completed by the Society such as the leasing of the Cemetery and Chapel for 30 years from FDC and the restoration of the Chapel to be the Society’s headquarters, using Heritage Lottery funding; the improvement of the White Hart façade on North Brink; the inception and organisation of the HLF funded High Street Project; the provision of the 5 information boards inside St Peter’s Church; the addition of several blue plaques and many more projects to support my home town of Wisbech.
I shall of course remain a Society member and will support you in any way I can. I wish the Wisbech Society success for the future as it moves towards its centenary in 2039!
With best wishes
David Crouch
He was thanked for all his hard work and dedication throughout his time as a trustee.
David was brought up in Leverington and attended Wisbech Grammar School. He left Wisbech in 1962 to study Civil Engineering at Sheffield University and after graduation worked on major construction projects around the UK. He and Tricia (nee White from Emneth) and their young family lived in the Middle East for 6 years, before returning to the UK, at Newton, when David became Managing Director of a major British International contractor.
From 1992 to retirement, David was majority shareholder of a medium sized local contractor. His local interests also saw him as a trustee of Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House where he played a major role in the funding and implementation of the Reunification Project. He was also Honorary Project Director of the Centenary Green and Lambert's Walk projects and Team Leader for Phase II of the General Cemetery development.
Image shows David and Chairman, Ray Johnson, meeting HRH Prince Charles in 2018
