The 'STUTE' - Photographs - Today is
The Social Institute.
The Social Institute, Station Road. This was opened in 1909. It was a base to encourage youngsters to get involved
in sporting activities such as cricket, football, rifle-range, chess club, skittles and billiards. It was also a
concert venue. It still functions today as the Stute Community Centre, thanks to the efforts of local people to keep it
open. To the left of this photograph older residents will remember a coffee shop, which provided somewhere for the
young men to gossip and a place to meet, play cards and chat. There were other such coffee shops elsewhere in the town.
Earl Shilton Scenes. (1920's)