In the early years of the estate the Bournville Tenants Village Council would run a series of winter events at the Village Hall on Woodlands Park Road. It is uncertain when these started or ended, but programmes can be found between 1928 and 1939. It is possible that they ceased during the war and were not rejuvenated in the peace.
Four programmes are held in Birmingham Archives (reference: MS 1536/Box 28), and give a sense of the activities residents could attend over the winter months, which were mainly dances and whist drives, as well as the annual 'Children's Christmas Party'. By the late 1930s the popularity of the dances seems to have waned, as only whist and the children's party were part of the programme.
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