Coventry W.M.C.

Thought to be the oldest working men's club in the country, Coventry WMC closed on August 2nd 2008 with £26,000 debt.

Ruth Cherrington has written an obituary of the club at her site clubhistorians

More images of Coventry WMC here

AN EXAMPLE TO EVERY MEMBER

CIU branch: West Yorkshire | CIU clubs: 59
Branch Secretary: George Dawson



BD2
Eccleshill WMC



BD3
Bradford East Ward Labour Club





BD4
Dudley Hill & Tong Socialist Club







East Bowling ILP Club





East Bowling Unity Club





Laisterdyke Cricket & Athletic Club



Laisterdyke WMC





Tyersal Residents Association Community Centre



BD5
Little Horton Social Cycling Club





Little Horton Unity Club & Institute



West Bowling WMC





Wibsey WMC





BD7
Great Horton WMC





BD8
Fairweather Green WMC



Lilycroft Club



Manningham Ward Labour Club





Whetley Lane Club



BD10
Idle WMC







BD11
Birkenshaw Liberal Club





BD12
Morley Carr WMC





Salt Horn WMC



BD13
Clayton Heights WMC







BD16
Bingley & District WMC



Cottingley WMC





BD17
Baildon Woodbottom WMC





Copper Beech Club



BD18
Caroline Street Social Club



BD20
Crosshills Social Club



BD21
Keighley Amalgamated Engineers Club



BD22
Bocking WMC





BD23
Carleton WMC



Skipton WMC





White Rose Club (Skipton)





HX1
Arden Road Social Club



King Cross WMC





HX2
Greystones Social Club



Illingworth Liberal Club





Pellon Social Club





HX3
Claremont Club



Lee Mount Club



Northowram Conservative Club





Siddal Cricket & Athletic Club



Siddal Ex-Servicemen’s Club





Southowram Social Club





Stone Chair Variety Club





HX4
Greetland Social Club





HX5
Bankfield Social Club





Elland WMC







HX6
Sowerby Bridge WMC



HX7
Midgehole WMC





Mytholmroyd WMC



The Pennine Club



HD6
Hove Edge Bowling & WMC





Thornhill Briggs WMC



LS29
High Royds Sports & Social Club



OL14
Bridge End WMC



Todmorden Social Club





Initial research for a forthcoming project: mapping West Yorkshire CIU clubs.

All images in this post gathered from online sources.
All images in this post copyright their respective photographers.

Special mention to Betty Longbottom for her exhaustive set of images at geograph.