About Us
Totteridge & District Community Centre is a registered Charity in England & Wales No. 1123743. The charity was created to manage the Totteridge & District Social Club in the future.
Totteridge & District Social Club, was formally a social centre. Land was purchased from Walter Ernest Maunder, a property developer who built all the bungelows in the "drives" area of Totteridge, in 1950.
Over its history, the social centre has been a place for the residents of Totteridge & District to socialise in a variety of ways.
The club has had a drama group operating in the centre, as well as being used as a polling station and where innoculations were given to children in the 80s.
History of the drama group goes back to the late 50s, in a production of "Sailor, Beware". In 1953, the centre held a celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. These 2 pictures were taking in 53, and show a float entered by the Social Club which won 2nd prize in a parade through Wycombe town centre. Do you recognise anyone in the pictures ? We'd love to hear from you if you do.
Planning permission was submitted to Bucks County Council in 1970 for the building as it stands now. The building was purchased from Compton Buildings LTD for a sum of £2796.40, and was finally completed in 1976.
In its more recent history the club has fallen on hard times, membership dwindled and eventually the club was closed in October 2007. Since then, the centre has benefitted from renewed interest. It currently has more than 80 registered members.
In March 2008 Wycombe District Councillors voted to grant the centre £49500 for renovation work, and a new management group was formed from the new members. Totteridge & District Community Centre as a charity was setup to manage the centre as a community centre moving forward. In time it is hoped the charity will aquire the land and building, thus protecting the land to ensure it will always be a community centre for the residents of Totteridge & District.