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The Mutual Improvement Society operated 1884-cWWI. Open to both men and women, the society aimed at providing cultural development and fellowship, through debates, impromptu speaking, mock elections, elocution and addresses by visiting speakers. From left. Back row: W Kells; H Mowlem; E Giesen; F Gillett; J Colville; Jim Colville; A Carty; S B Valentine; H Hazelden. Centre row: E Dillon; G Adams; W Graham; R Moore; L Laurenson; R Carty; W Thompson; J Munro; H Horne; Jim Laurenson; (one name missing). Front row: J Llewellyn; W A Grace; Alex Worsfold; James Grace; F Moffatt, rear; Richard Leary; W Stubbs, with white hat; J Colville; H Astbury, with hat; Rev. W Keall; J Bulters, J Dillion.