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Admission to the Club, which is open four days per week,
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., is by application to the Club Secretary
and the subscription is 6d. per week or 2d. per day. Dinners
may be purchased at the Troy Town Dinner Club (open to non-members)
on the premises. Afternoon tea is also available if
desired, and is very popular.
The U.G.S. Settlement have augmented their Old People's
Clubs during the past year and now have four Clubs. One is
held on Mondays, another is held on Tuesdays, and an extension
of the Dinner Club on Wednesdays includes a sketching class.
A fourth, held on Fridays, is mainly reserved for those of 75
years and over and for the physically handicapped. There are
good ramps in the building for the benefit of wheelchairs, it is
understood. The aged deaf also are made welcome at this club.
In addition there are at least 16 other very popular Clubs
for elderly people, open mainly one afternoon per week, in
various parts of the borough. New Members are welcomed at
most, although some have a "waiting list" mainly due to lack
of space.
King George VI Memorial Club
The Camberwell Old People's Welfare Association has
recently been asked to combine with Lambeth Old People's
Welfare Association, the Civic Authorities of both Boroughs and
the London Council of Social Service, to form an Ad Hoc Comittee
to consider the possibility of setting up a Club which
would cater specially for the needs of the elderly infirm and for
those who do not usually belong to an Old Folks Club.
The building would be set up and equipped by the King
George VI Memorial Foundation but the running costs would
have to be met locally.
A site has been found for this Club by the Camberwell
Borough Council and a very generous grant has been allocated
by the Council towards the running expenses. It is understood
that the Lambeth Borough Council have also made an allocation
of this nature.
The Ad Hoc Committee has had a number of meetings to
date and various plans are under consideration.
Dinner Clubs
There are now three Dinner Clubs in the Borough of
Camberwell. One, which is open five days per week, at the
U.G.S. Settlement, Staffordshire Street, S.E.15, served approximately
9,634 dinners during the past year.