The beginning of the "Happy Wanderers" go back to the late 1950's. Well over 30 years ago a group of friends who lived in Harrogate decided to form an entertainment group to give small concert parties throughout the Harrogate district. The group soon met with success and they found themselves entertaining many clubs and other groups.
As an opening number to each concert the group sang "The Happy Wanderer", a hit tune of the time, and they very quickly became known by that title.
The people entertained by the "Happy Wanderers" often wanted to show their gratitude for the performances, which were given free of charge and a number of donations were made to go towards the cost of putting on the concerts.
As the "Happy Wanderers" went round they soon noticed a gap in the provision of transport for the disabled and elderly to whom they gave a lot of their performances and so, in 1958 the HAPPY WANDERERS AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION was born, with the object of providing FREE transport for the elderly or handicapped persons in circumstances outside the scope of the National Health Service.
The HAPPY WANDERERS AMBULANCE ORGANISATION is a Registered Charity (Registered Charity No. 235857).