Officially known as the Alma Sporting Club, but always referred to as the Billy's Club, the organisation was established in the mid 1930's.
Sitting across the street from Gladstone Park on Boughtman Street, The Billy's Club played host to countless post match celebrations and weekend drinking sessions.
Edmund Thomas Lamb was the Secretary of the Gladstone Park Management Committee and spent more than 20 years as the president of the Billy's Sporting Club before passing away in the 1950's.
To honour Edmund's tireless work promoting and supporting football of all codes in South Broken Hill, Gladstone Park was rename the E.T. Lamb Memorial Oval.
Lamb himself would be pleased to know that people young and old still use the oval to play football to this very day.
The impressive Billy's Clubhouse was built in 1957 and thrived with high membership throughout the 60's and 70's.
The 80's brought with them difficult times for the club and it forced to close in 1989 and today the site plays host to the White House Convention Centre.
Brian Tonkin took the listeners of ABC Broken Hill on a tour of the Billy's Club as well as the Lamb Memorial Oval and showed us all why this is truly a fascinating part of the History of Broken Hill...
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