The Club
The Kilgrimol Room
By Steve Singleton
The Kilgrimol Room pays homage to the boys' boarding school which made its home in this building in 1876.
The original glass panelled doors spent many years gathering dust in an upstairs office before they were restored and reinstated in 2025. The club's quiet room has many uses. First and foremost it is the perfect setting for Council business meetings, and also for the highly popular pie and peas speaker meetings held monthly throughout the winter.
On these occasions the upright red leather chairs are often in use, and many will have noticed that each of these bears a nameplate of one of our founding forefathers.
For leisure purposes the Kilgrimol Room has the dominoes table as its centrepiece, and there are also cards, chess and draughts close at hand. The table is surrounded by four comfortable lounge chairs, and in the corner sits the famous and very ornate Les Dawson chair, should you wish to try it.
The dartboard is popular too, with darts on hand and a roll-out mat for official distances. There is an illuminated surround for the board should you wish to use it.
If you would prefer to just sit and relax or read, there is a long leather lounger, and the shelves are filled with books which members are encouraged to borrow and exchange.
And why did the school take the name Kilgrimol?
Kilgrimol is believed to have been a medieval settlement, its church and burial ground said to have been lost to coastal erosion as the shoreline retreated over the centuries. The name survives in places such as Kilgrimol Gardens, St Annes.