Community buildings and organisations

Further articles will be added to this section.

So far, the following are available:

• Bowburn Community Centre

  • A brief history of Bowburn Community Centre

  • Bowburn Community Centre today (website not currently available)

• Bowburn Colliery Welfare Scheme – First 36 years

• Crowtrees WM Club:

  • Bowburn Workmen’s Club closed - 1912

  • Crow Trees Workmen’s Club wins appeal - 1913

  • Early extracts from Club minutes

  • Fire at Crowtrees Workmen’s Club 1923

• Crown Cinema and Crown Bingo Hall

  • The local cinema – Article from Bowburn Interchange

  • Picture Houses / Cinema / Bingo Hall – snippets

• D.J. Evans Youth Club

  • Bowburn Youth Project today

  • Some dates in the history of Bowburn youth clubs

• Bowburn Girls Club (1936-1941) – A brief history

• Bowburn Playgroup (1973-2003) – A short history