Club founder, John Aspinall (known as "Aspers" to his friends) was a conservationist and the stepson of Sir George Osborne.
John Aspinall | Neil Aspinall | John Aspinall (zoo owner) | Wayne N. Aspinall | Phillip Aspinall | John Thomas Walshman Aspinall | James Aspinall |
The official story behind the name Adana states that Donald Aspinall named the company after the city of Adana in Turkey, having served there during World War I.
Aspinall first had to find a way to move the materials from Eden to the site.
He has appeared in many television soaps and dramas including; Brookside as Roger Huntington (the husband of Heather Huntingdon played by Amanda Burton), A Touch of Frost, Soldier Soldier (on which he had a major role as Company Sergeant Major Michael Stubbs) and most recently in all 17 episodes of The Last Detective as Detective Inspector Aspinall.