Leisure

Click on the images below to see more photos and find out how villagers enjoyed their leisure time in days gone by.

Whist and Pub Teams

Click on the photos for names and details. See also Royal George Pool Teams

Village Whist Team, mid 1950s Source: Spread Eagle
Woolpack Skittles Team, c1958. Source: Spread Eagle/skittles_c1958
Royal George Skittles Team, early 1950s. Source: Kevin Gibson

Scouts and Youth Clubs

Village Scout Troupe 1949 (click for names). Source: Eileen Watts

Irene Beadsworth recalls approaching Dr Harry Voss in the 1950s to ask if he would consider running a youth club at his home in The Nook off Corby Road. Dr Voss said yes, and the teenagers went along to enjoy crafts, sewing, country dancing and other activities.

Mary and John Freestone also used to run a Youth Club in the cellar. beneath Bury House.

The village lads used to play snooker in the bottom room of the Clothing Factory on Rockingham Road

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