The Cookham Social Club Station Hill, Cookham, Berkshire SL6 9JF Tel: 01628 810447

LOCATION
Cookham Social Club is located in the heart of Cookham Rise opposite the railway station.

HISTORY
It was founded in 1891 as a reading club and was then located in a house in Lower Road. The current building was built in 1901 on the death of Queen Victoria. It was built and owned by Mr Pinder-Brown. The Pinder-Brown’s were a family well known in Cookham. In 1947 the building was offered for sale to the Social Club by Mr Pinder-Brown. It was then a Working Men’s Club and Reading Rooms and not open to women. In the late 1960’s it changed its name to the Cookham Social Club, there were still no women members, but they were now allowed onto the premises as guests.

MEMBERSHIP
The Cookham Social Club is a members club and is open to all. The 2007 rates per annum are as follows, they are payable for January - December:

OPENING TIMES
The Club is open daily from 12.00pm – 3.00pm and from 7.00pm – 11.00pm apart from Sundays when it closes at 10.30pm.

FACILITIES
Darts, a pool table, table tennis, cribbage, shove halfpenny and dominoes are all available and there are club tournaments for all these. For darts, pool and table tennis there are also games against outside groups. There is also a big screen TV. Upstairs there is a room that can be hired although it is currently used on all weekday evenings and is only free on Friday and weekends. It contains a bar and the carpet can be taken up for dancing if required.

ENTERTAINMENT
There is varied entertainment about every six weeks. This takes place in several forms, there is a Quiz Night around 2- 3 times a year. Different types of bands are invited to play, these have included Glam Rock, R & B, Irish and Country and Western. There is the occasional disco. About twice a year a race night is held.

The Social Club in the Early 20th Century	The Social Club in 1999

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