Anyone been a member of a social group like "Round Table" in the UK, (Buffaloes equivalent in USA)?.

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Has anyone on the forum been a member of a social organisation like "Round Table" in the UK, (apparently an organisation called Buffaloes in the USA)?

I joined Round Table in 1992, when approaching the age you used to get chucked out, (forty years of age), but helpfully the age limit was raised to forty five, and even then a lot of groups, or "Tables" has social groups and meetings for those leaving to enjoy.

It was a group to raise money for charity certainly, and some amazingly good work was done in that regard, but above all else the social side took precedence I feel, and if you were moving area for a new job there was suddenly an easy and great way to make friends in the new locality.

Although the group was for youngish men, there was a sister organisation called "Ladies Circle" doing similar at work for partners and wives, or just young women needing to make friends.

My first encounters with the group were in East Yorkshire, and I witnessed the hugely successful and enjoyable dinner dances, where the dance floor was filled the moment the music came on, and this was so refreshing and great fun, so when I moved to Southern England I made contact with a !local group and was made very welcome.

Anyone here had similarly great experiences, with whatever social groups out there?
 

Never heard of the Buffaloes.

We have The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Moose, the Kiwani's, and the Shriners. Pretty sure there's a few more but I can't remember the names.

I've never been a member.
 

Murrmurr said:
Never heard of the Buffaloes.
We have The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Moose, the Kiwani's, and the Shriners. Pretty sure there's a few more but I can't remember the names.
I've never been a member.
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I could have the name mixed up, as this organisation using that name appears to be UK based:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Antediluvian_Order_of_Buffaloes

The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is one of the largest fraternal organisations in the United Kingdom.[1] The order started in 1822 and is known as the Buffs to members.

The RAOB organisation aids members, their families, dependents of former members and other charitable organisations.

The Order's motto is "No Man Is At All Times Wise"
 
Murrmurr said:
Never heard of the Buffaloes.

We have The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Moose, the Kiwani's, and the Shriners. Pretty sure there's a few more but I can't remember the names.

I've never been a member.
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Ever heard of Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes? The Flintstones?

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If interested, you can sign up here, Mur.

You may even want to run for Grand Poobah of the Loyal Order! LOL!

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Edited to add (again) image of Fred and Barney with their Buffalo Lodge hats on.
 
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grahamg said:
I could have the name mixed up, as this organisation using that name appears to be UK based:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Antediluvian_Order_of_Buffaloes

The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is one of the largest fraternal organisations in the United Kingdom.[1] The order started in 1822 and is known as the Buffs to members.

The RAOB organisation aids members, their families, dependents of former members and other charitable organisations.

The Order's motto is "No Man Is At All Times Wise"
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That's a cool motto. The men's organizations here also focus on charities. The Shriners main focus is providing free medical services to the poor - historically for "crippled children" in particular - and in fact opened their own hospitals and medical centers.

Some of them have off-shoot clubs for their wives who also do charitable works, mainly for children, young mothers, and the elderly, and originally they mainly provided stuff like home made clothes, quilts, and food...domestic needs. I'm sure they've branched out over the years.
 
Murrmurr said:
That's a cool motto. The men's organizations here also focus on charities. The Shriners main focus is providing free medical services to the poor - historically for "crippled children" in particular - and in fact opened their own hospitals and medical centers.
Some of them have off-shoot clubs for their wives who also do charitable works, mainly for children, young mothers, and the elderly, and originally they mainly provided stuff like home made clothes, quilts, and food...domestic needs. I'm sure they've branched out over the years.
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Here is their pitch to potential members info:

https://www.raobgle.org.uk/#want-to-join
 
Jeweltea said:
Membership in these types of clubs has been declining for a long time, at least in the U.S. I know the Elks has been losing members for many years. Young people do not want to join and old members are getting too frail or dying.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90350407/the-death-and-unlikely-rebirth-of-the-american-social-club
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I believe its a similar picture here, and this was the case when I was a member of "Round Table" twenty odd years ago, but the "Aims and Objects of RTBI", (five high minded statements I can probably still recite, as we were expected to learn to do, in front of our new friends when we joined), probably still attract "like minded people" and the organisation included the maxim "Adopt, Adapt, Improve" to remind us all to try to be forward thinking too.
 

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