Walthamstow Trades Hall & Institute is a members’ club, which has stood in its current location for 100 years.

There are two bars and a meeting room and it holds regular events, all of which are open to the public. Membership too, is open to all adults for an annual fee.

HISTORY

In 1919 a group of local Trade Union members met and decided that the then ‘rural town’ of Walthamstow needed a place where working men could meet (at that time the idea of a ‘social club’ was not even considered). Members were recruited from the various unions in existence at the time and set about raising funds.

In 1920 the Club acquired the freehold of a large house with adjoining land at 17 Hoe Street, flanked by Browns road to the south and Tower Hamlets Road to the north. Two small cottages purchased at the same time provided steward’s quarters.

Once membership took off a Management Committee was elected and in 1920 the club joined the Working Men’s club and Institute Union, changing its name to Walthamstow Trades Hall and Institute the same year.