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Whats the answer, do you aim for the younger crowd, new blood to keep them going? How would you do this? :confused::confused::confused:
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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 ... |
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like some of us, the WMCs are a dying breed.:eek::D
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When we were over in May we were in the Poplar and Sydney St WMCs. On both occasions they were pretty full - Poplar was a Rock & Roll Night and Sydney St was the Accyweb Meet.
Before I joined the R.A.F. I was a member of the Tanpits, but visited many others on a Friday evening with my Dad. I guess it was the culture of that era and preceeding ones. I don't think we will ever see those days again - more's the pity. |
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people will go where ever its cheaper to get a drink.
especially in towns like accy etc. if its the supermarket then thats what it'll be. if they want a night out its pretty hard to beat some of the offers on a sat night |
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Need to rename clubs to Street Corner Clubs and put a street light outside the door... the young uns always seem to congregate there...
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Demise of clubs,yes deffo.l ets not think its over though.canine for example is excellent on a saturday day and night,.some very young people even come in for the cheap drinks as a start to an expensive night out after.Has we see pubs struggle so are social,working mans,polical pubs struggling.hopefully some will pull through.has for the nights when they had live acts on,well no chance,not in accy,maybe in some northern cities like newcastle,liverpool,manchester.
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A few weeks ago I read somewhere on the forum that Bold Street Club was closing .
Bosses at Bold Street Working Men’s Club in Accrington have said reports the venue had closed are having a damaging effect on business and they needed to do something to attract people back. Committee member Dave Simpson said there was a meeting was held six weeks ago to discuss closing the club on Bold Street, but they had subsequently seen an upturn in fortunes. But now he said that was starting to be reversed. Talent competition breathing new life into working men's club after setback (From Lancashire Telegraph) |
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