History of the Club
The Club originally started in Beacon Street then Bird Street in smaller premisses. The Club's membership increased and within a couple of years, membership of the Club was nearing 150 members.
In 1947 the Club found new premises on Birmingham Road which it could move to, if it was to expand. At the Annual General Meeting it was decided that the Club was to move. In December that year, the Club moved, to where it currently is at now, 85 Birmingham Road.
The Club was a small vicarage but with plenty of potential for expansion. As member numbers increased, the financial position was good and over the years it has expanded to its current size.
In 1969 the Club had major extensions built to it to expand the premises. There were two stages to the expansions. You can see from the diagram below the original premises, the first expansion and the second expansion to the Club.
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By doing this, it put the Club in a tight financial situation, but with membership numbers increasing, the future looked good for the Club. A newspaper cutting from march 1970 can be seen below. (click on image for a larger view(opens new window)
Nothing since then has happened majorly to the Club until 2006. In February of that year, the Clubs committee called an EGM (Emergency General Meeting) which requires as many members as possible to attend. The committee has proposed that the club borrow £65,000.00 to complete a major refurbishment of the club over the summer months. This was agreed and work started in April of that year. Work was carried out by Harris Brothers who are based in Bristol. July 2006 saw this completion and on 26th August 2006, the club held a formal official reopening of the club. Please come and visit, we would love your company to enjoy the new premises!
