Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1948 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1948
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1948 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Corporation concerned, but by the end of the year, had stepped up production to 20 bodies per week. We were greatly helped here by the fact that in our endeavour to make the Industries as self-contained as possible, we introduced a Metal-working Section into this depart¬ ment some 12 months ago. As this Metal¬ working Section can absorb a number of men from the Forces, who have already had excel¬ lent training in metal work, it is hoped, in due course, to develop this Section into a separate department, with outside contacts on the same lines as the Wood-working Departments. During the year, agreement was reached with the Ministry of Labour to extend our scope and accept a wider range of the Disabled Personnel. Looking back on 1948, remembering the new markets discovered and developed, the new contacts made, the prestige of Pendragon products consolidated and enhanced, I think it would be true to say that this satisfactory state of affairs is due, in no small measure, to the happy relationship which exists between Management and workers, and to the sup¬ port and confidence which we have received from the Committee of Management. THE SOCIAL LIFE The social life at Papworth gets more diverse with each year that passes. As the Settlement grows new ideas are born, and new groupings of common interest take place ; some blossom and bring forth fruit, others die off from lack of interest or the requisite knowledge in their sponsors. In fact, we are all as busy as bees in a hive—all that Authority provides is the hive—the bees do the rest. Everything that comes forth may not be sweetness, but that is life, and Papworth is but a microcosm of the world at large. At Papworth we have our Parish Council, our Horticultural Society with its summer and autumn shows, our Nursing Association with its Women’s Library, the Wesley Guild, W.E.A. Classes, the Dramatic Club, the Old Time Dance Club, the Billiards and Snooker League, the Youth Club, Red-Cross Cadets, Army Cadets and so forth. The various resi¬ dential hostels have their social clubs and libraries and hardly a week passes without some dramatic or musical entertainment provided by friends of Papworth. In particular we are indebted to the follow¬ ing for their generous help during 1948 : R.A.F. Wyton Variety Group Miss Alice Reynolds and ^‘Variety Highlights' The Huntingdon Music Makers for 'Yeoman of the Guard Papworth Amateur Dramatic Society for The Wind and the Rain The Army Kinema Corporation for ward film shows The Wimpole Park Training College Dram¬ atic Society for The Schooi for Scandal, Mr. Bolfrey and Claudia and the orchestra and Male Voice Choir for a Concert Bottisham Village College Dramatic Society for The Poltergeist Vauxhall Motors Male Voice Choir for a Hospital Concert Huntingdon Dramatic Society for The Shop at Siy Corner Joan Metcalfe for a Pantomime, and the Cambridge Brotherhood Band for Christ¬ mas morning carols. T. C. M. Johnson. R. R. TRAIL, Medical Director. [14]