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Westwood Works 1903-2003 |
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The Sports Club closed on 30th April 1991.
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| Reads Removal Vehicle arrives | Bar before dismantling | John Coupland (Club Steward) pulls the last pint | Emptying the bar. | A view from the Bar to the Lounge Bar | The empty cellar | Dismantling the Snooker Tables |
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| Dismantling the Snooker Tables | Dismantling the Snooker Tables | An empty Lounge | An almost empty Bar | An empty stage and ballroom | Tables and chairs ready for removal | Fittings and equipment ready for removal from the main Pavilion |
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| The kitchen with most of the equipment removed | The artificial cricket wicket removed | The cricket scoreboard in pieces | The cricket sight screens ready for removal | Goal posts and flood lights dismantled | Floodlights ready for transportation | The home team dressing room at Alma Road |
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| 30th April 1991 - Jim Farrow closes and locks the door of the Sports and Social Club after over 80 years in existence |
After closure, all of the Sports Club equipment and fittings were auctioned off on 26th August 1992.
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The tractor was sold, but Barbara did not reach her reserve price! | |
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At closure, the Rules of the Sports Club dictated that the remaining funds should be shared between existing members. On 24th January 1992 the Club was officially wound up and letters sent to all members indicating how much each would receive |
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The once pristine sports field with its bowling greens, football pitches and cricket square - scene of first class County matches - finally surrenders to neglect and nature. In 2004, the Alma Road Sports Ground is about to be developed into a housing and recreational complex. The site has been cleared and a health-care facility is to be built where the Baker Perkins Clubhouse stood.
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| 1991: the Clubhouse is boarded up | 2003: The Developers move in | 2003: The Outfield | 2003: Does this Wicket take Spin? | 2003: The Bowling Green is through here somewhere | ||
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This article from the Peterborough Evening Telegraph, dated February 3rd 2005, brings the saga of the Westwood Works Sports Club, Alma Road Ground up to date. |
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2007: No trace remains of its former glory. |
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By the end of 2008, the Sports Ground had been transformed into an attractive housing development with private and 'affordable' dwellings. The development consists of a large landscaped central area, including children's play areas and a basketball court with the housing spaced around the perimeter of the site. It is perhaps pleasing that a substantial part -around a third - of the old Sports Ground will still be used for recreation. The photographs below indicate the emphasis placed on tree planting and grassed areas to complement the pastel colours of the housing. The development is known as "Century Square". Not all of the roads appear to be named, the only possible connection with the area's past being the name of the block of retirement flats at the Alma Road entrance to the site - "The Pavilions".
As at January 2009, the Clubhouse had been demolished but the Health Care building, with two floors of sheltered accommodation above it that it is understood will take its place, had not been completed.
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The site of the old Clubhouse |
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"The Pavilions" in Alma Road |
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The entrance from Waterloo Road |
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Looking back towards Waterloo Road |
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The central area from the Waterloo Road entrance |
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Looking North from the Waterloo Road entrance |
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The central area and Basketball Court |
