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A Home Chiropody Service is also run by the Association, on the first three Thursdays in the month.
Bookings to be made with the Secretary, Old People's Welfare Association. A charge of 2/- is made.
Clubs.—There are three W.V.S. "Darby and Joan" Clubs:—
(1) at 7, Wyndham Place, W.l, on Wednesdays, 2.30 to 4.30 p.m.
(2) at 7, Wyndham Place, W.l, on Thursdays, 2.30 to 4.30 p.m.
(3) at 139A, Cleveland Street, W.l, on Tuesdays, 2.30 to 4.30 p.m.
Other "Darby and Joan" Clubs are:—
(4) The Liberal Jewish Women's Club, St. John's Wood Road, N.W.8 (for old people of all
denominations) on Wednesdays, 2.30 to 4.00 p.m.
(5) The "Inner Wheel" Club on Fridays, 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. in Christ Church Hall, Shroton Street,
N.W.I.
(6) The Fourth Feathers Club, 28, Mulready Street, Church Street, N.W.8, on Thursdays, 2.30 to
4.30 p.m. This Club is open during the mornings from Monday to Friday between 9.30 a.m.
and 12.30 p.m. as a reading and games room.
(7) The Barrow Hill Club. Alternate Thursdays, 2.30 to 4.30 p.m.
The women's organisations of Churches in the Borough have large numbers of old age pensioners
among their members.
Women's Voluntary Services, 196, Alarylebone Road, 2V.IF.1. (Tel. : WEL. 8977).
Citizen's Advice Bureau, 196, Marylebone Road, N.W.I. (Tel. : WEL. 8614).
The Wireless for the Bedridden Society, 55A, Welbeck Street, W.l. (Tel. : WEL. 0949).—Wireless
sets can be installed on loan to bedridden or housebound persons, and maintenance paid if necessary.
Applications must be backed by some person or agency who has investigated the applicant's financial
position.
Family Welfare Association, 8, Kensington Park Road, IF.11. (Tel. : PAR. 6683).
Sailors' Soldiers' and Airmen's Families Association (S.S.A.F.A.), Room 103, Town Hall, St.
Marylebone, W.l. (Tel. : WEL. 7766, Ext. 97).—Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10.00 a.m. to
12.30 p.m.
Salvation Army Headquarters, 236, Portman Buildings, Lisson Grove, N.W.I. (Tel. : PAD. 8553).
Church Army, 55, Bryanston Street, W.l. (Tel. : PAD. 9211).
British Red Cross Society, 106, Crawford Street, W.l. (Tel. : WEL. 3416).
HOMES.
St. Marylebone Almshouses, St. John's Wood Terrace, iV.W.8. (Tel. : PRI. 0696).—For St. Marylebone
residents of either sex, aged 65 or over and still able-bodied. Applications to the Secretary.
Christian Union Almshouses, 21, Crawford Place, W.l. (Tel. : PAD. 7579).—This is a Church of
England charity. Applications to the Secretary.
Church Army Home for Men, 187, Marylebone Road, N. W. 1. (Tel. : PAD. 6649).—This Home has
some beds for old men. Apply Secretary.
Church Army Lodging House for Women, 10, Daventry Street, AMF.l. (Tel. : PAD. 4855).—Elderly
able-bodied women, still at work, can be admitted, although the hostel is not specially for the aged.
The Ladies' Home, 41, Abbey Road, iV.W.8.—For elderly ladies in reduced circumstances.
Newstead, 17-19, Greville Place, AT.IF.6.—(Tel. : MAI. 5711). Maintained by the St. Marylebone
Old People's Homes, Ltd., for the aged of either sex in need of care and attention.
CINEMAS.
The following local cinemas admit old age pensioners for 9d. on weekdays (excluding Saturdays)
up to 3 p.m.:—
The Gaumont, Edgware Road.
The Odeon, Edgware Road.
The Regal, Harrow Road.