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Heanor Welfare
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Ripley & Heanor News
5th Oct 1923
Loscoe Miners Welfare
Club and Institute Officially Opened

Ripley & Heanor News
12 Oct 1923
Marehay Miners Welfare opened

Ripley & Heanor News
21st Aug 1925
Heanor Miner’s Welfare
Opening of institute and grounds last night
Costing over £5,000, Heanor miner’s Welfare Institute and grounds were officially opened last evening (Thursday) in the presence of a large gathering. The opening followed a luncheon in the Institute, and was performed by Mr. Robert Claytor, manager of Shipley Collieries, who was supported by Mr. Frank Hodges, Mr. Frank Hall, Mr. Henry Hicken, etc.
The Institute is beautifully situated, standing well back from and fronting the main road from Heanor to Ilkeston, and is but a few minutes walk from Heanor and Marlpool. The design is pleasing and artistic, being an entire change from many of the other institutes in the locality. It is undoubtedly one of the best in the Midlands, reflecting the greatest credit on the architect. Mr. Fred Bamber, and builder Mr. Wootton. With one exception all the rooms are on the ground floor, the only upstairs room being the lecture hall, which is placed over the entrance bar and lounge in the centre of the building. Leading from the lecture room is a prettily designed balcony, which greatly adds to the beauty of the structure.
The apportionment from the welfare funds to Heanor and Marlpool was £5,320, and this amount has been expended as follows: Cost of building, £3,000; acres of land costing £1,000; laying out of grounds and making roads £750; furnishing, £350; central heating, £254 16s 0d; two billiard tables, £180; and electric lighting £100.
The accommodation follows that of other welfare institutes, and consists of a commodious entrance bar and lounge, a large, well-lighted and beautifully appointed Billiards room, smoke room, committee room, snug, reading room, and lecture hall. Membership is extended to wives and daughters of mine workers and their quarters are at the Heanor side of the building, and consist of a spacious sitting room, dressing room, and up-to-date lavatory accommodation. The caretaker’s quarters at the rear consist of living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, and a bathroom.
The adjoining grounds, now being laid out are extensive, and on the Shipley side, there will be four tennis courts and a bowling green. The cricket ground will be in front of the Institute, and on the Heanor side it is intended to lay out a children’s corner, with swings, sandpits, etc. The space between the tennis courts and the institute will be planted with shrubs and flowers.
The management of the institute is in the hands of a committee of six representatives of the owners and six of the men, with Mr. E. Wheldon, surveyor to the Shipley Collieries, as chairman, and Mr. A. E. Hart as secretary. The owner’s representatives are Mr. R. Claytor (manager Shipley Collieries), Mr. Frank Woodhead (assistant manager), Mr. Luther Wright (under-manager Coppice pit), Mr. Albt Hicking (under-manager Waterloo pit), and Messrs Arthur Fretwell and C. Beedham (two deputies). The men’s representatives on the committee are Messrs Geo. Farndon, P. M. Smith, J. Baker, T. Bestwick, Ed. Musson, and T. Holmes.
The trustees are Messrs Robt Claytor and E. Wheldon (owners) and Messrs P. M. Smith and J. Baker (men).
The terms of subscription are: Colliery workers, 4/4 per annum; non-colliery workers 8/-; and hon. Members, 10/6 While membership is open to ladies, only the wives, daughters, or relatives of colliery working members are eligible, and their subscription is 6d. Per annum. A change from some other institutes is the fact the drink is allowed to be served in the ladies room, but no drink is to be served in the reading room.
One of the chief desires of the committee is that the Institute shall be run on strictly non-sectarian and non-political lines, and a broad outlook is shown by the fact that the place will be open on Sundays, but no billiards or games are to be played. While boys are admitted to membership, a pleasing feature is a separate entrance for juveniles, thereby excluding them from the bar.
Central heating is adopted throughout and the outstanding features in the whole building are the comfortable well-lighted rooms and the splendid lavatory accommodation. Noticeable in the latter are the two large bath pools, lined with white glazed bricks, which take the place of ordinary baths.

Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser
19th March 1926
Langley Mill Miners Welfare
Official Opening

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