Taverners urge ladies to merge

Statue: Heyhoe Flint

THE Lord’s Taveners have provoked a battle of the sexes by scrapping the stand-alone Lady Taverners.
New chairman Tim Luckhurst sent a letter to all members with his proposals for the way-ahead for the charity. And that included amalgamating the ladies with the men.
Horrified Lady Taverners have reacted with disbelief, especially as the move comes just when their most venerated member, former life president Rachael Hayhoe Flint, is having a statue erected in her honour.
One lady member wrote: “After all these years of loyalty and dedicat...

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