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Rotary Club of

Godalming Woolsack

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President: Ian Smith

RIBI Club 1770 - District 1250

Registered Charity Number 1079545

The Godalming Bandstand Project in 2005

The base of the old Godalming Bandstand near the Phillips Memorial used to be nothing but a curiosity. Thanks to local support, the platform has now been extended and enclosed with railings.

The two Rotary Clubs in Godalming donated £6,000 towards the cost of the restoration which was completed with assistance from the Go Godalming Association and Waverley Borough Council.

The newly restored bandstand was officially opened by the Mayor of Waverley, Councillor Jaquie Keen and the Mayor of Godalming, Councillor Peter Martin

on the afternoon of Sunday of 4 September 2005

A crowd of almost 700 people came along in glorious weather to the inaugural concert performed by the Godalming Band and the Youth Band (shown below).

GO Godalming is currently raising funds to ‘Raise the Roof’ over the bandstand which is currently open to the elements.

The Bandstand is a popular venue for summer concerts. Check the local newspapers for details.

Woolsack see completion of Centenary Project in 2009

In the 1914, The Phillips Memorial Cloisters were built by the River Wey in the centre of Godalming. They were erected as a memorial to John (Jack) Phillips who was the wireless operator on the ill-fated Titanic. The cloisters have a goldfish pond as a feature in the centre and the story goes that when this was excavated the soil removed was placed on the grass near the Bowling Green. On completion of the pond the shuttering was lifted and placed around this soil, it was smoothed down and given a shallow covering of concrete. This remained the situation until 2005.

Phillip Memorial Cloisters

Centenary Band Stand Roof