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they also enjoyed a happy 'end of the year' tea party. The Sale of Work and
Open Day was a great success and this, with the magnificent work of the Sewing
Corner and the weekly Whist Drive, helped to increase the funds of the Club.
The Club made a donation of £100 towards the cost of the Club, and the Annual
Meeting have decided to invest £500 in Edmonton Corporation Stock. There is
no doubt that the Club has had a very happy and successful year, especially in
the Games Section.
The Association would like to record its thanks and sincere appreciation
of the valuable work of the Management Committee, Officers and Voluntary Wardens.
Pymmes Park Club for Old People: During the year this Club has continued
to provide an important social centre in the southern part of the Borough,
and whilst its membership is predominantly male, it nevertheless enjoys the
company of a few ladies, who assist in tea-making. The Club organised an excellent
outing for its members, and with the help of Miss D.M. Oswald and a band
of lady helpers, a magnificent Christmas meal was enjoyed by all the members,
followed by a first class concert.
The Club has been one of the strong supporters of the Inter-Club matches
with William Preye Club and Lord Morrison Hall Club, and they have provided
great pleasure to the members of the three Clubs, and it is generally acknowledged
that "Pymmes Park" have had a very happy and successful year.
There is great satisfaction at the Club that the Edmonton Borough Council
have offered them new premises in the Park, and it is expected that the Club
will move in September. It is anticipated that this new Centre in the Park
will ultimately have a Work/Handicraft Section and a Medical Retirement Clinic
and once again Edmonton will have another Club and Centre worthy of its elder
citizens.
During the year, Her Worship the Mayor (Councillor Mrs. R. Smythe, J.P.),
launched an Appeal for Gifts and Donations towards furnishing the new Club and
this is being strongly supported by His Worship the Mayor (Councillor J.E.
Cooke, J.P.), the present Chairman of the Association and Chairman of the
Special Sub-Committee which is piloting the scheme.
It is with great pleasure that the Association record its thanks and
appreciation to the Management Committee, Officers and Voluntary Wardens of the
Club for their excellent services.
(xi) Foot Service
The Foot Service Clinics operated by the British Red Cross Society,
Edmonton, on alternate Mondays at William Preye Club and the Red Cross Headquarters,
continue to provide an essential and efficient service to the old
people who need urgent chiropody treatment. During the year under review,
the Foot Clinic gave no less than 2,998 treatments and a number of these cases
were brought to the Clinics by the Red Cross Ambulance.
It is imperative that old people with foot ailments should have early
treatment, and it is the courtesy and efficiency of this service which has
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