hi folks i need all hands to the pump please....this coming october sees the 150th birthday of the unity club ...original one that was on the corner of summer lane and new summer st demolished and the new one is now in new summer st..some of you will know prof the owner from the forum meet ups we held at the stag pub when he was landlord there...he intends to put on a bit of do in october to celebrate a club that did so much for the poor and destitute of that area and of course is still serving the community today...what i am trying to do is find out the exact date in october 1868 of when it first opened as a date would help in planning the celebrations...i have already asked mike to search the newspapers for any info but so far he cant find any that give the info i am after....if anyone can help with any newspaper articles from any year really that would be great as i need some background info into exactly what the club did although we do have an idea...thanks folks for any help and here are the 3 photos i have of the old unity club of course if anyone has anymore floating about would love to see them..
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