By 1935 The Guild was firmly established in Worple Road. By 1939 one of the first Citizen's Advice Bureaux had been opened with the assistance of The Guild. During the Second World War, the Guild became a focus for community services. These included the billeting of refugees and the searching for victims of air raids and their subsequent care. The Guild premises were themselves damaged eight times as a result of the bombing.
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The snooker room at the old Guild House in Worple Road. Originally, in the early 60s, they shared a partitioned room with the ladies taking tea downstairs, but there were complaints that the men took up too much room, so they had to move upstairs. The ladies did jump though when, on occasion, a ball landed on the bare floorboards above their heads.
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