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St. Anselm's "Over Sixties" Club:
This Club increased its membership in 1964. Approximately 200 members were on
the register in 1964 with an average attendance of 150 at each Tuesday meeting. Because
of lack of space, there had to be a waiting list for membership of this Club. The Club
continued to be a most popular rendezvous on Tuesday afternoons with members of all
denominations, although maintained by the Southall Section of the Catholic Women's
League.
During the year there were three free outings to the seaside, a visit to a pantomime,
a birthday party, and a Christmas party.
Entertainment was provided each week, birthdays were celebrated with a card and
small gift, and sick members were visited.
The Silver Threads Group:
This Club had a membership of 150, meeting once a week on Thursdays at the Community
Centre, with an average attendance of 86. The Club is a social one, and entertainment
was provided for the members each week. There were three coach outings, a birthday
party, a Christmas party and a harvest festival also arranged.
The Darby and Joan Club:
This Club met weekly and had a membership in 1964 of 80, with an average attendance
at each meeting of about 70. The meetings were social, entertainment being provided and
refreshments. A summer outing, a free luncheon, and a Christmas party, including a
monetary gift for each member, were arranged.
The Allenby Old Age Pensioners Club:
This Club met weekly on Wednesdays, had a membership of 135, with an average
attendance of over 100. The Club is social, and entertainment and refreshments were
provided at each meeting. Five seaside outings were arranged by this Club, the organiser
of which takes a special pride in the fact that the Club is entirely self-supporting, and that
a small orchestra has been formed by members of the Club.
The United Old Folks Club:
The average attendance at this Club was 170-200. Meetings were once a week on
Mondays and these were social with entertainment provided. The members had several
free outings to the seaside, including one special visit to the country for the elderly housebound.
At each outing, a gift of five shillings was given to each member, and on one
occasion, a High Tea was provided. There was also an Easter Gift of five shillings to every
member, and during the year two evening outings were arranged to Twickenham and
district, where an entertainment was given and refreshments provided. A Christmas party
was held, including a gift for each member of ten shillings and gifts of food, including a
voucher for a Christmas fowl. Christmas parcels and gifts for the sick were also provided
from this Club, and a free pantomime outing.
St. John's Church Old Folks Club:
This is a social Club, having 70 members and providing entertainments and outings.
The average attendance at the weekly meetings was 56. This club has grown considerably
during the year.
Other Services:
A service for the provision of cheap laundry and a cheap boot and shoe repair service
are available for Old Age Pensioners. The North Thames Gas Board offers a free service
of inspection of the gas appliances and service pipes in houses of Old Age Pensioners living
alone. The reason for this is to reduce the risk of gas poisoning, a frequent cause of home
accidents and fatalities in old people. The offer includes, if the financial circumstances
warrant this, free replacement of faulty pipes and the free repair of faulty appliances. To
take advantage of this offer, lists of old people living alone are submitted from the Public
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