Sports and Social Activities
| The company had a sports ground in Cannock Road,
Wolverhampton, which had a large pavilion, sports pitches,
lawns, and flower beds. The pavilion was normally divided
into three sections with movable partitions. The end
sections were changing rooms for men and women, and outside
was a wide veranda, below which people could sit and view
the sports pitches. The partitions were sometimes removed to
leave a large space that was used for dances, whist drives,
and teas etc. In the middle of the pavilion, in a deep
recess was a well-equipped kitchen that could supply food
and drink for every occasion. |
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The pavilion, the lawns, and flower
beds. |
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The interior of the pavilion with
tables laid for tea. |
| There was a works' football team that played in the
local works' league and was very successful. There was also
a hockey team, a bowls team, tennis teams, cricket teams,
swimming teams, netball teams, a cycle team, snooker and
billiards competitions, darts and dominoes competitions,
fishing competitions, and table tennis competitions. |
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A view of a football game in progress
on the football pitch, which was next to the hockey pitch. |
The extremely successful 1922 works'
football team. Back row left to right: H. Turner (Chairman),
H. Barnett, R. Barnett, Harold Rogers, Joe Burgess, Bert
Dance, Harry Weaver (Hon. Secretary), Clarence Larner, and
Arthur Adey (Trainer). Middle row left to right: Harry
Billson, Frank Dodd, and Joe Jones. Front Row left to right:
Frank Payne, George Miles, Tom Rogers, Frank Bentley, and
Bert Aris. |
| Manders' welfare club committee had monthly meetings at
the John Street Staff Canteen. They organised sporting
competitions, dances (via the dance sub-committee), annual
works' outings, the children's Christmas party, the
photographic club, and drama productions. The old pavilion
was rebuilt in 1958. The new building opened in May of that
year. |
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