[shillelagh]

probably not ... last week went to a general meeting of a club in hassy ... the committee called it as they've basically no money ... its centenary is next year and theyre hoping to hang on till then at least .. but theyre paying £150 for an artist on a saturday night and £100 for one on a sunday, they have bingo on friday nights, other nights of the week they rent out the function room upstairs for dancing and band practice ... but theyve had to shut on a monday and tuesday .. they cant afford to keep it open ...

think what happened to this was that the clientele got older ... and so want bingo and artists .. young people dont want that .. and the pubs used to kick everyone out at last orders ... 11.30pm unless you knew the landlord who was willing to do after time .. and then you'd go to the club where you knew they'd do extra .. but they changed it in the 80s that pubs could stay open longer .. and off to the night clubs .. and instead of going to clubs near home .. young ones would go off to the night clubs that were near they were out and about .... they had money for booze and taxis to get them home again ...