Powser Heritage

In the early 1970’s a group of locals from the Peels Arms in Padfield near Glossop, decided to walk amongst the local hills on Sunday morning in the local Peak District area.  They met early enough to make the most of their time on the hill, but always made sure to return to the Peels for a lunch time pint.

From these modest beginnings the heart of the Powsers began to slowly beat.  Their enthusiasm soon encouraged other like minded free spirits to turn out and share the banter. 

Gradually a wider interest in the mountain scene emerged and stories of wild mountains and epic adventures in far away places of North Wales, the Lakes and even across the border to Scotland, began to be told in the bar at the Peels.

Weekends away became popular and  it was obvious that a club had been born and needed a name.  So, in keeping with the Peel’s tradition of creating legend from the reality of a pint pot, the Powsers Mountaineering Club was created in the autumn of 1983.

Powser  -  the name given, in jest, to one who wears a dressing gown on the Dungheon Ghyll campsite in the Lake District. 

Those amongst you who are not familiar with the broad Glossop dialect, or perhaps like to be precise with their pronunciation of unusual English words, will recognise the similarity of the word ’Powser’ to ‘Poser’.  Be assured that the similarity not only stops here, but ended years ago on the same campsite.

We are grateful to the founder members and proud to uphold the traditions established by them in these early days. 

 

POWSERS MOUNTAINEERING CLUB

GLOSSOP ENGLAND