Another red-letter day in the career of the Biscot 'boys' was the opening of the extension to the Princess Victoria Y.M.C.A. Hut on Tuesday evening [August 7th, 1917]. A merry crowd of khaki boys filled the hut to its utmost capacity.

Colonel C. Alexander (Commandant) presided, supported by Capt C. Lane (P.R.I.), Capt A. St J. Thorpe (C.F.) and other officers. Mr Reynolds, divisional secretary of the Y.M.C.A., and Mr H. D. Bulford, leader of the hut, were also present.

It will be remembered that the Princess Victoria Y.M.C.A. Hut was erected last year by the generosity of Councillor and Mrs Stewart Hubbard, and was formally opened on April 13th by Princess Victoria Louise (picture above). It comprised a large main room, with a canteen at one end and a platform at the other, and in the centre were various tables to accommodate the men for letter-writing. In the annexe was a billiard room.

Owing to the needs of the men at Biscot and the popularity of the "Y.M" (as it is called), an extension was built at right angles to the billiard room.

The Commandant, in an appropriate speech, formally declared the hut open and stated that it had been erected for the purpose of providing a centre for spiritual and material comforts for the men at Biscot. A quiet room for the chaplain had also been provided by the National Council.

The Colonel enlarged on the value of the Y.M.C.A., emphasising its magnificent and beneficial work for the welfare of the troops not only in the camps in the home country but "out there" in the various theatres of war.

[The Luton News: Thursday, August 9th, 1917]