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In early April 2026, a small group of volunteers from the Pulsations Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise group assembled at the Garden Village Welfare Association Community Centre on Pendas Way to start the first of what would become series of cleaning and tidying sessions at the hall. 

Opening the lid of an old piano stool, hidden beneath a pile of sheet music, a member of the group came across a collection of albums and envelopes containing a number of photographs belonging to the Association. 

Whilst some were not annotated, others are and it's apparent that these images span from 1947, the year immediately following the initial idea to formally create a local Community Association, through to 1980. That they stop in that year and by virtue of their hidden location, we think it's likely that these had lain unseen for over 40 years. 

This collection contains a wealth of fascinating images, capturing a series of events from most of that initial 33 year period, showing the building of the Community Centre in 1950, to outside Carnivals and numerous plays and musicals, as well as other community meetings and events. 

The collection amounts to over 180 images.

We created a rolling projected display as part of an Open Day held in October 2026 and invited visitors to share their memories and any information they had to allow us to further document the collection. We will include that information in these pages.

We were also touched that during the Open Day, a number of visitors approached us to pass on their own photographs and other artifacts so these could be kept together and shared with others. These will be added to this website due course.

The photographs will be split into a number of pages to aid navigation. This will take some time, so please come back periodically to check for more additions.

We currently cover the period from 1947 to 1974. 

Simply click on the button to take you to the relevant page.