12 - YMCA Peartree Clubhouse

12 - YMCA Peartree Clubhouse

This single storey white rendered building, was originally the Peartree Clubhouse, which opened here in 1927. It was enlarged in the 1930s when a two storey extension was built behind for a residential boys' club and hostel. This became the town's maternity hospital after the war until the opening of the QEII hospital in 1963. It is now part of the YMCA.

An early photograph of the Peartree Clubhouse
An early photograph of the Peartree Clubhouse.
The first services for the Peartree part of Hatfield Hyde parish were held in Peartree Clubhouse. Pictured here the first nativity play performed by children of the Sunday School in 1927.
The first services for the Peartree part of Hatfield Hyde parish were held in Peartree Clubhouse. Pictured here the first nativity play performed in the clubhouse by children of the Sunday School in 1927.
Peartree Boys Club members made a Guy for a bonfire night programme being filmed by the BBC in Hemel Hempstead.
Peartree Boys Club members made a Guy for a bonfire night programme being filmed by the BBC in Hemel Hempstead.
Peartree Club - boys and girls gymnastics display.
Peartree Club - boys and girls gymnastics display.

The road to the side of the YMCA is called Peartree Farm as it was the site of Peartree farmhouse where James Hunter lived until his death in 1938, having little to do with the the new Garden City around him. In the post war years, the house was the nurses' home for the maternity hospital next door until demolished. The current industrial units are where farm outbuildings once stood.

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