1917 :

The extant account books begin in 1917 and George Beckwith is shown as subscription collector, a task which he undertook again many years later. Hopkinson Lord was Secretary.

The income for the year was only £37 4s of which £10 was a loan from the Temperance Society.

The expenditure was £31 4s 1d including a new euphonium for £18 18s 3d