Leslie Aplin, treasurer of Exeter branch from 1950- 1963, then treasurer of Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton branch til 1978. He was then elected president and continued as treasurer and organiser of the Exmouth Display Centre until ill-health forced him to retire in 1988. Mr Aplin was awarded a Gold badge in 1973 and was elected an honorary life governor of the Institution in 1986..