I DISCOVERED this photograph of Leighway Badminton Club, taken in 1959.

Leighway was formed in 1926 and still exists.

For all those years, the club has played in the Essex county leagues and for much of the time was one of the foremost clubs in Essex badminton. Several club members represented Essex.

The club venue in 1959 was the TA drill hall, opposite the Woodcutters Arms, in Eastwood Road North, where this photograph was taken.

In 1969, the club bought a purpose-built two court badminton hall in London Road, which is called Chalkwell Badminton Centre.

DEREK MATTHEWS Weare Gifford, Shoebury