Clubs and Societies
There are many sports facilities in the village including tennis, bowling, football and most prominently, Shepley Cricket Club. Shepley also has a Women's Institute, The Evergreens, Cubs and Scouts, Rainbows and Brownies and a regular village magazine.
There is a long tradition of music making in the village and Shepley Band is a very successful group of amateur musicians playing brass and woodwind instruments.
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Famous quotes containing the words clubs and, clubs and/or societies:
“As night returns bringing doubts
That swarm around the sleeper’s head
But are fended off with clubs and knives ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“Neighboring farmers and visitors at White Sulphur drove out occasionally to watch ‘those funny Scotchmen’ with amused superiority; when one member imported clubs from Scotland, they were held for three weeks by customs officials who could not believe that any game could be played with ‘such elongated blackjacks or implements of murder.’”
—For the State of West Virginia, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)