THERE were Berrys in bulk at a recent Lions Club of Bathurst dinner meeting.
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Guest speaker Cliff Berry gave a talk on the Berry family and how Berry Park, on Lions Club Drive just off the Great Western Highway, got its name.
Three generations of the Berry family attended the talk.
Cliff Berry's grandfather William Henry Berry was born in the Bathurst district in 1869, died in 1953 and is buried with his wife Mary at the Yetholme Cemetery.
A farmer, road builder and Family General Store owner at Yetholme, he spent 30 years with the Turon Shire.
He was shire president, deputy president and, from 1914-1944, a councillor.
The park was designated to him in 1935 as recognition of his service to the shire.
Cliff Berry thanked the Lions Club of Bathurst for taking on the park as a Lions project, presenting the park to the public as a well-maintained area.
"It is a very popular space for the public and travellers as it is a designated rest area in The Camps Book of Australia," Lions Club of Bathurst immediate past president Dominic Chircop said.
"Cliff Berry gave a special thank you to Peter Varman, who took this project to heart and has been instrumental, along with other members, in keeping the park in such great condition.
It is a very popular space for the public and travellers as it is a designated rest area
"He also thanked John Hay for the new signage."
Mr Chircop said when the Lions Club of Bathurst took the project on from the council, the park "was just a paddock and being used as a dumping ground".
"Now, once a month, the Macquarie Lions use the park for the Riverside Market," he said.
After his presentation, Mr Berry was presented with a Lions Club of Bathurst banner and pen by club president Merryl David.
The Lions Club of Bathurst is well-known for owning and maintaining the six flagpoles at Evans Bridge on the Great Western Highway, where particular flags are flown to commemorate important days through the year.
The club recently flew the rainbow flag to show its support for inclusion in the Bathurst community.
"At our club, everyone is welcome, it's inclusive, and we're proud of it," the club's Paul Haysom said.
