In the early days before the 1939-45 War, members appear to have met in each others' homes: St. George's Vicarage is mentioned on a number of occasions (the home of Canon Gay). In the early fifties a room at the Hawthorns Hotel in Woodland Road was used. In 1954 there came the start of a period in Room 45 at the Royal Hotel, College Green. From 1960 to 1962 we met at the Full Moon, North Street - since disappeared. At the end of the summer of 1962 a move was made to the Becket Hall, St Thomas Street; and a notice appeared in the Evening Post prior to the first meeting there that caused all kinds of confusion. The paper got its saints mixed up and members collected in the region of St Stephens Church, the other side of Bristol Bridge.

The Becket Hall was thought to improve club evenings considerably. There was difficulty in blacking out in summertime; but when the winter arrived, the inadequacy of the gas fires set high above our heads was apparent. Drips from the ceiling worried some, with the occasional fall of a tile. These matters sent us scampering to the Lewins Mead Unitarian Meeting Hall. The first meeting there was in April 1966. There we enjoyed a rare visit from our President, the much travelled Sir Arthur Elton; but it was a short lived venue, Frankly we found the room not over-clean; and on May 9th 1967, by a majority decision, another search for the ideal home saw us move to the "well-appointed and comfortable" Music Room of the Folk House off Park Street. There were clear advantages here. A bar with tea and coffee amenities; in theory opportunities for increased membership from the clientele of this Adult Education Centre. Perhaps it was the shape of the Music Room that was not ideal for our purposes; and another move was made. Readers may think that all this proved that the club was hard to please. Be that as it may, this next move in 1969 has lasted until the present (1984) .... 7, Charlotte Street, off Park Street, the premises of the Bristol Lions Club,

The wish for our own premises has been in the back of people’s minds and at one time in the forefront of committee discussions. In 1959, before inflation made our dreams a little hazy, the following advert appeared in Newsletter of BCS....

WANTED. Loft, barn or cellar for society anxious to find permanent roof over head. Quiet, peace-loving, not given to rowdyism. Would like tea-brewing facilities. Electricity essential.

An echo of all this is found in the 1974 AGM minutes when amalgamation with the Arts Centre in King Street was discussed. Use of the Centre’s Cinema would be free but they would keep entrance monies unless we charged more than 30 or 40p. Seating was only 24 more than the Wills Hall Cinema, which was often used at this time. It was decided at the May committee following to have nothing more to do with this matter.