BTH Ladies Club

The hall is situated on the Valley of the Giants Road which attracts a large volume of tourist traffic. The hall, being a former school, has the typical lines of a single teacher rural school. It was erected in 1925 as a school to educate the children of parents who came as Group 116 of the original Group Settlers. The Tingledale School opened under the guidance of Head Teacher, John Boxall. It closed for a period of one year between 1938 and 1939 owing to lack of students. According to the Tingledale School Journal, attendance varied greatly according to seasonal farming needs and transport difficulties. The longest serving teacher was Len Edmonds who came to the school in 1939 and stayed until 1951. The building was last used as a school in 1968. It has been maintained and preserved by the local community and is now the local centre for sports, meetings, church and all local functions. Modern tennis courts have been erected, while septic toilets and barbeques are available for social functions. The hall is the main centre of public meeting between Walpole and Denmark.