The 'STUTE' - 100 Year History Booklet - - Today is
The Social Institute was founded at the end of the 19th
century to cater for the social needs of the young men of Earl Shilton.
Reconstituted in 1977 as a charity, it now serves as a
social centre for the whole village and the surrounding area.
The society has now reached a remarkable point in its history. 100 years of service.
This small booklet, designed & produced jointly by Secretary Julia Pittham & Webmaster Brannon Cope,
was well received by visitors to the Open Weekend, held on 12th & 13th of September 2009.
There are still a few copies left and are available for purchase at £1.00 each.
Just call in anytime between 5:00pm & 10:00pm Monday to Friday.
As the title suggests the booklet is only a very brief representation of the 100 years of activities at the Institute.
The History tab at the top of the page will take visitors to more pages of Institute history.
As an example of the booklet's content, page 3 quotes from the 1908 fundraising pamphlet and the earliest surviving minute book
of 1905, setting out the reasons why the Management Committee decided to build a new Institute.
- From the 1908 fund raising Bazaar Pamphlet :-
‘The Earl Shilton Social Institute which has been in existence 7½ years, is carried on in premises which are not convenient as could be wished.
If a more suitable building was obtained it would undoubtedly tend to the better working of the Institute as a whole, and also to the comfort of each individual
member’.
From the 1905 Minute Book - Since the landlord of the premises occupied at the time, was intent on raising the annual rent to £32 a year, it was decided -‘unanimously that we try to obtain
a suitable piece of land and build a new institute’.
Despite the small size there are 21 photographs depicting the activities and 20 brief articles set out in the booklet.
In association with the National Heritage Open Days,
the Institute held the Open Weekend on Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th of September, 2009.
Many ex-members, local people and interested parties visited the Institute to see what had been 'going on'
over the last 100 years.
To view images from the Open Weekend, click
here.
