Weston Workers Club History

On 17 Jun 1945, a meeting was held in the Weston School of Arts reading room for the purpose of starting a Workers Club in Weston. 

On 17 Jun 1945, a meeting was held in the Weston School of Arts reading room for the purpose of starting a Workers Club in Weston. 

On 26 Aug 1947, the Minister for Lands advised Kearsley Council that he had granted an application from the Weston Workers Club for a special lease of land near the Weston railway bridge as a site for club premises. 

Those premises were built and became a favourite recreational centre for adults in the town. Over the decades, Weston Workers Club continued to grow and in 1970, members helped celebrate the club's 25th Anniversary. On that occasion, Secretary-Manager George Robinson wrote a history of the club for a souvenir booklet.  To look back over the history of those first twenty-five years of Weston Workers Club, we have reproduced those pages. 

Weston NSW: Old photograph of Weston Workers Club. from the cover of a  souvenir booklet to commemorate the club's 25th Anniversary.
Weston NSW: Weston Workers Club First Women's Committee. Back: Lou Barker, Elsie Barrass, Meg Robinson, Janet Marriott, Liz Green. Front: Mabel Comerford, Tess Turner. Not available for the photograph were May Jarvis, Essie Farley and Roxie James.
Weston NSW: Weston Workers Club officers and directors who were in office at the time of the present club house: Standing, Jack Falk, R. Wells, Joe Falk, Jack Laverick. Seated: Wally Parsons, Jack Avis (Asst. Sec.), G. H. Robinson (Sec. Mgr.), Ken Murnane (President.), Jack Harper, Tom McLeod.
Weston NSW: Weston Workers' Club. Standing: R. Wells, M. Sampson, Geo. Rommell, P. Collins. Seated: J. Harper, Geo. Robinson (Sec-Manager), R.A. Wells (President), T. Harper, T.Dodds.