I've seen reference to Fairyland Club in Wigmore Gillingham Kent but no firm details yet. Can anyone help? It appears to have been on Hoath Lane in the 1950s/60s. Looking at Kelly's Directory there was a Wigmore and District Sports Club listed next to Sherlodge Garage and what appears to be a private property called Fairyland further up the road. Was this the club?
Wigmore Cycling Club have this interesting snippet on their website https://wigmorecyclingclub.org.uk/awards-for-2018/
The Fairyland 100 mile trophy
In the 1950s the club met at the Fairyland social club every Monday evening. It was at the top of Hoath Way, just before the Spyglass and Kettle pub. A Skoda garage occupies the site now. Most Mondays about 50 members would arrive on their bikes and left them outside the club. Every now and again a bike would be missing but we knew where to find it.
It was nearly always taken by someone late for work at BoWaters packaging factory at the bottom of Hoath Way and left outside the factory gates. This is now a Tesco shopping store. The trophy was given to the club in 1964.
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