Coffee Pot Clubs, 1954 - 1975

File

Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Lindsay 1/11

Scope and Contents

Collected file containing the following:
1) Martin Funnell, 'Coffee Pot Book', a booklet published April 1975, 'written mainly for members'. The booklet includes a brief history, a map of Coffee Pot Britain, notes on individual clubs, letters written by members, a list of clubs, news cuttings, a letter from Jean Lindsay to Miss Powell, 26 July 1955, concerning the success of the first season, and suggestions for organisers on starting a club;
2) typescript draft for a press handout on Coffee Pot Clubs, 1958 [written by Jean Lindsay?];
3) flyer inviting applications for membership of the London Clubs (The Coffee Pot, The Samovar Club and the Bloomsbury Coffee Pot), circa 1959;
4) 2 b/w photos of members at a meeting (nd) [probably 1950s, probably in London] - 1 of the photos shows Jean Lindsay on the far right;
5) press cuttings 1954;
6) minutes of a meeting of the Coffee Pot Committee, 4 November 1958, held at 108 Baker Street;
7) Members' information Folio no. 15 August 1958;
8) 'The 1957 Society' Coffee Pot Newsletter (nd).

Dates

Creation: 1954 - 1975

Creator

From the Fonds: Lindsay, Jean Olivia, 1910 - 1996 (nee McLachlan, historian and educationalist) (Person)

Biographical / Historical

'Coffee Pot Clubs’ were established for people living in large towns and cities who wished to make friends. The first club was formed in 1954 in London by Jean Lindsay. ‘The original club was for young graduates and professional people, and took the form of a weekly ‘at home’ where they could meet and talk’. Later clubs did not have strict entry qualifications.