Coalville, Welfare Centre c.1965
Photo ref:
C432046
Photo ref:
C432046
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Memories of Coalville, Welfare Centre c1965
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The Miner's Welfare (as it was known locally) gave a home to a wide variety of local activities. As a young teenager I attended weekly ballroom dancing classes on a Saturday morning,and an annual family pilgrimage to the Coalville Amateur Operatic Society musical was much enjoyed. The town lost a much loved and valuable institution when it burned down. I believe it was arson.
Used to come here nearly every Saturday in the seventies with my mum and dad. They'd get slightly drunk and we'd walk home to Whitwick and get fish and chips from 'The Wise Plaice' and play I spy! Happy days! Then I grew up and left! I got bored stiff with the place as a young adult. It seems a lot more lively now.
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