A potted history of the Albany club (interesting pics)

[rebbonk]

[mozoke]

great pictures

[dutchman]

Thanks Rebbonk. My late housekeeper was a lifelong member of the club although she didn't use it that often. A plaque on the front wall of the present Co-Op claims it to be the location of the original which when you can see quite plainly from these photographs it isn't
The area between the two was occupied by a row of small shops up until the early 1980s.

This picture shows just how unimpressive the same club looks today: