The building illustrated was opened in November, 1925. It stands on a freehold site which was purchased for £650, the total cost of the site including fencing, road making, etc., being about £1,580. The building itself cost about £6,000 and the furniture and equipment about £1,130. The whole of this expenditure was met from the Miners’ Welfare Fund by means of an allocation of £8,710 (to which reference was made in paragraph 15 of the Third Report).

The accommodation comprises on the ground floor a billiard room with three tables, a large reading room and library, three committee or games rooms capable of conversson (by removable partitions) into a small hall about 38 feet long by 17 feet wide), a kitchen, etc., and quarters for the caretaker; on the upper floor is a large well-lighted hall, with a stage, providing seating for 550 persons, fitted with a spring floor for dancing, together with a committee or service room connected with the kitchen by a lift,