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| The recorded minutes of the meetings from 1939 – 1949 are unfortunately misplaced. It would appear that the official name of the club became Padeswood and Buckley at some time during this period.
The war years saw membership fall and it was recorded at the AGM of 1949 that only 23 members had enrolled at a fee of 5/-. No mention is made of any Lady members, but at the monthly meeting of 9th May 1950, it was decided to approach the Ladies with the intention of re-forming the Ladies’ section. A special meeting on 19th May 1950 saw the re-formation of the Ladies section with its own committee. The first Lady Captain was Mrs. Lewis and the first Lady Secretary Mrs. O Wood.
In 1954 the club acquired a new clubhouse. Although the facilities were far from palatial, this was an immense improvement on what had gone before.
The new clubhouse was a wooden building that had been used as a contractor’s office in the building of the Woodhead railway tunnel.
It was bought for £100 and transported by lorry to the club.
Pictured below is Arthur Joseph teeing off outside the new clubhouse.
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