The Putney Club
The Putney Club is conveniently located on Upper Richmond Road just a few minutes walk from East Putney Tube.
The facilities include a large social bar area with a pool table and wide screen TV.
Adjacent to the main bar is a dedicated snooker room with 5 full size snooker tables.
The club is friendly and family orientated and encourages new members from the local community.
Regular entertainment is put on for the members and of course the members benefit from the very competatively priced bar.
There is a large garden at the rear of the club that is open for members and there is off road parking at the front of the club.
The Club was established on 30th March 1894 and was originally located at 4 Worple Terrace London.
Records show that the first Secretary was a Mr J Mount-Stephen.
The Club was relocated to Ruskie House on the outskirts of the village of Putney on 7th April 1894 and this is where it resides to this day .
Membership
The Putney Club welcomes new members to join the club and take advantage of the facilities.
Anyone intersted in joining should contact the Club Secretary to request an application form.
All applications have to be supported by a proposal by at least 2 existing members.
The Putney Club Function Room
The Putney Club has a recently refurbished function room on the first floor that can be accessed via its own separate entrance.
The Function Room is air conditioned, has a licensed bar, high built in stage, sprung wooden dance floor and an in-house sound system.
The buit in lighting system is suitable for a variety of uses
The facility is suitable for a wide range of events and occasions including:
- Wedding receptions and parties
- Private birthday parties or other celebrations
- Examinations
- Meetings and Conferences
- Dance Classes and Workshops
- Multi Activity space
For availability please refer to the Hall Hire page
Working Men's Clubs: History and Information
Working Men's Clubs are a formally organised type of private social club . They were initially founded in the nineteenth century in industrial areas of Great Britain, particularly the North of England with the aim of providing recreation and education for working class men and their families. Today there are over 3000 Working Men's clubs in the UK.
Despite the educational ambitions of the founders, most Working Men's clubs today are purely recreational in nature. Typically, clubs have at least one bar, snooker or pool tables, and many provide food. They will often provide entertainment such as housie, raffles, live music and comedy.
A Working Men's club is run as a non-profit making organisation by its members through a committee, usually elected annually. Each club has its own set of rules, which tend to be vigorously enforced. The committee will discipline members (common punishments being a warning, or a ban from the club for a set time period) for violations of the rules.
Despite the name, women are allowed to be full members in many clubs, and all clubs allow entry to women.
Non-members are not allowed entry unless signed in by a member.
Whilst all members must pay a small annual fee, the primary source of income comes from the sale of alcohol. A club will retain paid staff, such as barmen, stewards, caretakers and cleaners.
The Putney Club as most Clubs is affiliated to the Working Men's Club and Institute Union (more commonly known as the CIU). A member of one CIU affiliated club is entitled to use the facilities of all other CIU clubs, although they will only be entitled to vote in committee elections in clubs where they are full members. See C&IU for a list of clubs.
The CIU has two main purposes; to provide a voice at national level for Working Men's clubs, and to provide discounted products and services for member clubs.
Until 2004, the CIU ran its own brewery in Dunston, Tyne and Wear. This produced various ales and lagers under the Federation brand. The brewery and brands were sold to Scottish & Newcastle for £16.2M, although CIU affiliated clubs do still receive discounted beer. These discounts are largely passed on to the members and Federation beer will generally be cheaper than beer available in local pubs.
The CIU is affiliated to the Committee of Registered Clubs Associations or CORCA.