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The money to build the new premises was all raised by the Fund Raising Committee,
with the support of friends and many local people.
There was a Jumbo Jumble Sale.....
 With 12 lorry loads of junk awaiting their eager scrutiny,
it will be a jumbo jumble sale for customers of Sheffield Mencap
Society's Bring -and-Buy at Cemetery Road Vestry Hall on Saturday.
Wardrobes of clothes, pairs of skis, prams, lawnmowers, an electric cooker in working order,
and much else besides, comprise the bumper bundle contributed by Bradway and Lowedges residents
in answer to leaflets distributed by the society a fortnight ago.
Proceeds will go to a fund for a new centre for handicapped children.
(from Sheffield Star)
There was an Art Exhibition....
Herbert Housley shows the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Sydney Dyson, round the Art Exhibition at the Grand Hotel, Barkers Pool.
All the exhibits were later auctioned by Rupert Spencer of Henry Spencer and Co.
The Committee wrote to well known local artists, to local schools, to
the Sheffield College of Art, local Art Societies. They received nearly 300 works of art -
from Joe Scarboro, J. Lawrence Isherwood, John Coward, Spike Milligan,-
cartoons from Osbert Lancaster and Ronald Searle, eight water colours from John Gilbert,
then Head of Art at Abbeydale Grammar School, and countless others.
A substantial sum was raised at this event, some of it from Reginald Maudling, then Chancellor of the Exchequer,
who was persuaded to make an investment in one of the paintings.
Alderman Sydney Dyson, the Lord Mayor, opened the exhibition, and
offered the Town Hall for the next big event -
  
Austin Mitchell, subsequently an M.P. but at the time known only as a a T.V. personality, was the guest
speaker. In the photo above, Pam Torry presents Austin Mitchell's wife with a bouquet
on the occasion of the Grand Charity Ball at Sheffield Town Hall. It was said that local government officials were not too happy about the Town Hall
being used for a private function.
Chatsworth House and the Variety Club.....
 
The Duke of Devonshire offered Chatsworth House for a special Variety Club function which eventually raised £4,500 for the new building.
In the photograph above Many hands making hard work of a cheque presentation at the Omega restaurant, Sheffield, yesterday. From left to right:
Alan Curtis (actor); Jimmy Edwards; the Duke of Devonshire; Terle Phelan (chairman of Sheffield Variety Club);
and Brian Sutcliffe (Appeals Committee Chairman).(from Sheffield Star)
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