Club Trips and Outings

Days out to the seaside have always been a great joy to us in Maltby - being situated almost directly in the centre of the country west /east then it is an obvious choice. Years ago it was the only time many in Maltby saw the sea.

There are many happy - and sometimes not so - memories of Club Trips, from the Stute, Caledonian, Catholics, Slip, Brooklands and British Legion.
Everyone loved them, some so much that now they drive coaches themselves, taking people on trips !

Club trips were the highlight of the summer. Sometimes they lasted over 2 days and children and adults had separate buses. Dinner and tea were booked in restaurants - fish and chips of course. In Cleethorpes this was at the restaurant near the train station.

Children were given reels of free tickets to use on the rides on the fairground.

Destinations were Cleethorpes, Skegness and Bridlington and it didn't really matter about the weather. Memories of sunshine and torrential rain are all good ones.

The children whose parents didn't go to clubs, tagged along with friends and everyone was happy.

Andrew Kitching was always on the last coach - which carried the tools. Don't know if he was ever asked to help use them. Being from Tickhill, he went on trips with Grandad Jeffcoates and cousins, Tim and Simon. George Beech was always on the coach with Tommy Mcgoldrick.
Jeffcoates did "door to door" with Algie Meese.

Scratchy new clothes, a tag tied to a button and a packed lunch getting warm and soggy in the overhead luggage rack are memories for Chris White.

Grandma, Aunt Minnie and Aunty Olive



Robert Swan has a photo of himself with his ticket in his lapel getting off the Legion trip bus from Mablethorpe. The buses were single deckers from Doncaster at that time and the seats were as hard as nails. You got a 10 bob note, a sarnie, crisps and pop. What more could you need  - great days !

Stute trips for Hilda and her family and friends. Five shillings, pop and crisps and a dinner thrown in. Apparently Mablethorpe stopped taking Maltbyites and said that they were all little hooligans !  Sure that must just be rumour.

Brian remembers once going on the bus with the Catholic Club... the kids nicked his pop and crisps. Don't think he'll be on it this year !

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