The Westbury and United Banks Hockey Club is a field hockey founded by the bank employees living in Bristol in 1924.
When the club reformed after the Second World War a donation of £5/5/- was needed to buy equipment. The club throughout the first 50 years were a relatively unsuccessful side providing recreation in a semi-serious manner.
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