Presentation evening at Brindley Village Club, Cannock Chase

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Date:1950 - 1952 (c.)

Description:A darts and football presentation at Brindley Village Club. Brindley Village Working Men's Club and Concert Hall was formally opened in 1926. It supported many different social events and was especially busy during the summer months; dances were particularly popular. The club was closed and demolished in 1956.

Originally built in 1916 as a Military Hospital to serve both Brocton and Rugeley army training camps, the hospital had twelve wards with a total of one thousand beds and served the camps for the remainder of the war, as well as housing convalescing soldiers from France. It continued to be used as a hospital until 1924. The buildings were then acquired by the Coal Board and they were available to rent for local miners and their families from December 1924. The site became known as 'Brindley Village'.

The 'village' had its own school and working men's club and survived until the early 1955, when the last of the inhabitants were moved to a new council-built housing estate on the outskirts of Hednesford.

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Donor ref:P2022.008.0045 (37/48196)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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