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Some
time around 1989, shortly after the club had moved
from its previous location at Morgan Recreation
Ground in Crowthorne, it was decided that accommodation
was needed next to the courts in addition to the
St.Sebastians Pavilion at the bottom of the field.
This
would provide shelter when it rained, a place
to store equipment and, once electricity and water
were laid on, somewhere to brew tea. Where the
hut came from, non-one seems to remember, but
it appears that one was available, already built.
How it arrived at the bottom of the field, we
also don't know, but from the following pictures,
rescued from the archives in poor condition, torn
and faded and now, due to the marvels of modern
technology, reconstructed to (near) their former
glory, we can see how it was moved from there
to its present position.
This
was a civil engineering project to rival the building
of Stonehenge and the Pyramids. The fact that
it lasted until the end of 2001, despite the ravages
of time and attempts by the indigenous population
to burn it down, vandalise it and burglarise it,
is one of the wonders of the modern world and
is a testament to those who erected it on that
sunny autumn day and lovingly maintained it over
the years.
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