| Working Mens Clubs/ Constitutional Clubs. 22:07 - Jan 15 with 5589 views | Discodroids |
Those of a certain age on here will remember these places dotted in their legion all over the UK.
Working class peoples living in their concrete esso parrafin asphalt jungle council gaffs and prefabs could get together to escape the 24/7 knuckle duster of life and the slow motion riot of the 238 bus to the local injection moulding factory for their 8-4 shift , and have a few pints of Long life and a double diamond in the local labour/conservative/lib dem club .
I remember the East ham working mens club, ( now a block of flats) , Blokes in pringles and wexmans at the bar, Their women at the tables knocking back skol white top while the club secretary in his knock off Eton Rifle regimental blazer badge sculpted in bullion wire with hand-finished embroidery , was flogging raffle tickets for a beano to Thorpe bay to a pissed up joyus crowd. An organic collective of people who share a bond.
The word 'community' to me has been rendered down over the years i distilled into a saline nothingness.. imo Working mens clubs are at the heart of the 'community'. To me 'Community' means shared values and a shared background where we were spawned from, those shared hardships , those shared parameters of living in a gilded cage of the working class area you grew up in. Like our Grandads, nans, mothers and fathers that put the slog in during the week and then came together for a piss up at the weekend at the local working mans club.
Most of them are gone now. Flats, chicken shops and fu cking paddy powers with electronic roulette wheels have taken their place. Evil.
Well, today i joined one. These Dojo's of working class culture for good or bad are dying out.
I'd love to know who is a member of one on here. We should support them. I come from the East end so i don't know if they were as popular in west london as they were in the east..
I hope they are/were.
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| Working Mens Clubs/ Constitutional Clubs. on 21:47 - Jan 17 with 151 views | perpignanR |
| Working Mens Clubs/ Constitutional Clubs. on 13:01 - Jan 17 by W13R |
Was the Welsh Club also known as the Gwalia? |
Yes it was. They played in the Harlesden & district Sunday league along with the Legionaires club from Willesden. |  | | |
| Working Mens Clubs/ Constitutional Clubs. on 22:06 - Jan 17 with 99 views | paulparker |
Great thread DD it’s bought up some loverly memories of being with my Dad and Grandad when they used to go to the British Legion in Greenford
Saturday nights my grandad would do his best Tony Bennett impression and sing about 4 or 5 numbers whilst some old dear played the old Joanna in the background
Being a lad I would wait for a few of the old boys to comeback from Rangers so I could steal a look at their programme whilst everyone in the family got legless
Sundays would be drinking until 2pm, then it was fags put out, pints supped so everyone could stand for the national anthem , halcyon days indeed
Living in Northampton we do have quite a few working man’s clubs still going the one near me closed though after covid, massive gaff it was, such a shame as it’s still vacant |  |
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