KNOTTINGLEY
IN 1967
20th April 1967
EXTENSION TO KNOTTINGLEY'S ONLY MALE CLUB
The
new £5,500 extension to Foundry Lane Working Men’s Club, Knottingley,
the only remaining all-male club in the town, was opened by the chairman
of K.U.D.C., Councillor W. Sarvent, on Thursday.
At
the opening were representatives of John Smith’s Brewery, and the
architect Mr. E.B. Croft, with his assistant, Mr. B.J. Lee. Councillor
Sarvent presented Mr. Tom Cowling, aged 86, who is the oldest member of
the club, with £1.
The
extensions include a new television room, formerly part of the stewards
cottage. The interior walls of the cottage have been removed making one
extra long room, at the end of which there is a new cloakroom. In the tap
room, a new stone effect bar with roller type shutters, has been erected.
The new bar in the best room is made of leather. What was formerly the
snug has been turned into a storeroom.
Central
heating has been installed throughout the building and all the floors have
been retiled. Every room has been re-decorated, and new curtains have been
hung at the windows.
New
toilets have been built on at the back of the building and the car park
re-surfaced. The steward is Mr. E.B. Richards who now lives in another
cottage across the road from the club. The club secretary Mr. N. Bryan
says he knows the club is the only all-male club in Knottingley, and
thinks it may be the only one within 20 miles of the town.
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