Skipman Posted 10 December , 2011 Share Posted 10 December , 2011 This is Aberfeldy's Comrades of the Great Wat Hut. Sadly now in a state of decay. It's very damp and used as a junk store. If only walls could talk. I don't know much about it. I believe it had a bar, and a billiard table. Do you have any photographs of your local hut? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 Well it's still got a billiard/snooker table light. Doesn't look like junk (folding table, chairs, light scaffolding components etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 Well it's still got a billiard/snooker table light. Doesn't look like junk (folding table, chairs, light scaffolding components etc). I suppose not junk. This building is part of the Town Hall and I think the Comrades building has just been used for storing various items. I believe the scaffolding belongs to a firm that is no longer trading. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 QUOTE: I believe the scaffolding belongs to a firm that is no longer trading. Perhaps a more legitimate target for scrap thieves than some they have used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 QUOTE: I believe the scaffolding belongs to a firm that is no longer trading. Perhaps a more legitimate target for scrap thieves than some they have used. It's probably worth more as is. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 Perhaps a more legitimate target for scrap thieves than some they have used. Wrong kind of metal Getting back to Comrades of the Great War.I believe that as time went on many parts were quietly absorbed into the RBL and who knows what happened to the huts. I think the nearest to where I am was probably in Ludlow but where it is, if still standing at all, there seems to be no public available record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 Thanks centurion. There is another building in a village 6 miles away, built by a Black Watch MM recipient. Will post photos when find them. It is still in use, and in good repair. There is also a small montage of 10 or so soldiers who fell in ww1. I think aluminium is probably quite acceptable to the criminal fraternity? Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Cross Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 My local Comrades of the Great War hut was opened in 1922 but was soon renamed as an Institute and has now evolved into a Social Club. I understood that this hut was a wooden structure but I may be wrong; it was gradually replaced and later extended as a brick building with a tile roof and no trace of the original can now be seen. I would love to find a photo of the hut but none has yet been traced. MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 December , 2011 Share Posted 11 December , 2011 Thanks Mike. I hope you find a photograph. you never know, there could be one hidden away somewhere. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Cross Posted 12 December , 2011 Share Posted 12 December , 2011 Skipman - can I maybe use your photos as part an appeal to find a photo of 'my' hut ? MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 12 December , 2011 Share Posted 12 December , 2011 Skipman - can I maybe use your photos as part an appeal to find a photo of 'my' hut ? MC Aye. No problem. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 12 December , 2011 Share Posted 12 December , 2011 Thanks centurion. There is another building in a village 6 miles away, built by a Black Watch MM recipient. Will post photos when find them. It is still in use, and in good repair. There is also a small montage of 10 or so soldiers who fell in ww1. I think aluminium is probably quite acceptable to the criminal fraternity? Cheers Mike I'll be amazed if it's aluminium. Most scaffolding is mild steel and it does get stolen - to sell on as scaffolding to dodgy building contractors not scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 12 December , 2011 Share Posted 12 December , 2011 I'll be amazed if it's aluminium. Most scaffolding is mild steel and it does get stolen - to sell on as scaffolding to dodgy building contractors not scrap. You might be right. Next time I am there, I will test it with a magnet. That's if it hasn't been nicked? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 12 December , 2011 Share Posted 12 December , 2011 No hut in Chelmsford: (For sale, 1920) The Gospel Hall, Moulsham Street, a freehold club and institute premises now occupied by The Comrades of the Great War, with adjoining cottage; Link to the information lodged in the Essex Record Office. https://secureweb1.e...sp?DocID=401003 CGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 12 December , 2011 Share Posted 12 December , 2011 Thanks CGM. I suppose rural areas like my own, needed more buildings, whereas larger communities could use existing buildings? I wonder if the men ever shared their experiences, or whether war talk was taboo? Here is a photograph of some of the Aberfeldy Comrades. I have a photograph of Acharn Comrades Hut(cannot find it at moment) . It was more a community hall, and I'm unsure if it was actually a Comrades of the Great War meeting place. There is this montage mounted on the wall of some of the fallen of Loch Tayside. One of these men is my wife's great uncle, Driver 96764 John L Fraser, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column,RFA . Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ander11 Posted 20 December , 2011 Share Posted 20 December , 2011 Hi Mike I found this ww 1 hut on google and I thought it might fit in with your thread. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/VhdrjeBRT4ivCySIgJtc4w I will try and see if there are any ww1 hut in use in my area cheer's Mike Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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