Tinsley Working Man’s Club, Sheffield Rd, Tinsley

[Lysanderix]

Tinsley Rolling Mills would regularly allow a man to the Clubs back entrance for jugs of beer on hot Summer afternoons……..all of which stopped when orange flavoured saline drink was provided by the Company after a few workers were breathalysed on their way home at the end of the 6 to 2 shift.

.The local BISAKTA union branch had their annual dinner there ,when Tinsley Directors and senior staff were guests of honour . That apart, I know nothing about the Club. I wonder does anyone know any more?

[Ponytail]

Tinsley and District Working Men's Club and Institute Ltd, 313 Sheffield Road. 1958.

s06846   From a photograph in a souvenir booklet taken 1958. 

 

General View of Tinsley and District Working Men's Club and Institute Ltd, Sheffield Road, from a photograph in a souvenir booklet taken 1929. s06853

Following images from photographs in a souvenir booklet taken 1929. 

Concert Room and Bar Staff. s06845  

Billiard Room. s06847

Secretary's Office. s06848

Corner of the Committee Room. s06849

Bar Exterior, Concert Room View. s06850

Interior of bar from Concert Room. s06851

Bar Room. s06852

 

 

[Lysanderix]

Thanks, Ponytail. Quite a splendid place!

[Ponytail]

1929 not your era though, unfortunately. Was any of the interior from 1929 still there in the 1960's?

[Lysanderix]

I seldom went in….only to the Union dinner. I can’t remember any details of the interior. Obviously, the main building had been rebuilt in a more modern style. ……which is interesting as money was tight in the 1930s and post War there were building restrictions!