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Coastaliers Youth Club

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From the Mitcham Youth Handbook of 1949

COASTALIERS YOUTH CLUB

At present the Club meets in Links Road School on Friday evenings with a keen mixed membership of young people over 15 years of age. During the forthcoming sessions its activities will be extended and fresh evenings opened. Indoor and outdoor games are organised and the Club takes part in the Leagues and other activities organised by the Youth Council. Dancing Classes and Physical Training are included in the winter programme and camping in the summer. Social activities are held regularly and the cultural activities are being gradually extended. There is a Club canteen.

Enquiries to the Leader: Mr. L. Soldinger, 70 Graham Road, Mitcham; or to the Club at the school on Friday evenings, 7.30 to 10.0 p.m.

Source: Local Studies Centre, Morden Library, Civic Centre, Morden.
Reference: L2 (369) MIT

Capstan Youth Club

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Youth Club that started meetings in Colliers Wood, as stated in the the Mitcham Youth Handbook of 1949

CAPSTAN YOUTH CLUB
A new but thriving mixed Youth Club meeting in the Institute, 155 High Street, Colliers Wood, Wednesdays (7.0 to 10.0 p.m.), alternate Saturdays (6.0 to 10.30 p.m.), and Sundays (5.30 to 10.0 p.m.).

The Club activities include cricket, netball, indoor games, swimming, camping, hiking, cycling, theatre visits, inter-club visits, discussions, etc.

The Club has a members’ committee to assist the Leader and is governed by a Management Committee formed by Colliers Wood Community Association to which the Club is affiliated. The Club also belongs to the London Union of Mixed Clubs and Girls’ Clubs.

Leaders: Mr. D. A. Reeve, 13 Harewood Road, S.W.19;
Mrs. G. E. Harrington, 56 Park Road, S.W.19.

In 1955 they moved to Mitcham Road, Tooting, as noted in the Streatham News of 25th February of that year.

Capstan Youth Club move.

Capstan Youth Club have moved into premises at Mitcham-road, Tooting, after an order to quit their original premises in the High-street, Colliers Wood. Eventually, members will make workshops in the basement for their hobbies.

The club moved into premises in Rose Avenue in 1955.

Streatham News – Friday 07 June 1957

The Capstan Youth Club is shown on this 1973 OS map.

1973 OS map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland, reuse CC-BY