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Britain's Oldest Working Men's Club Forced To Close
What a shame for it's members, and just because they don't allow women to members
I've lived in a northern town which had a WM club. Women could become 'associate members' (were allowed into the club if accompanied and signed in by a member). So what's the problem? It's not as if they don't let women in is it?
They're a place where men can go to get a cheap pint and have a game of pool, darts, snooker, or shuffle a few dominoes around a table - without having the hustle, bustle and noisy music of a pub.
Don't think many women (other than wives/partners of members) would want to drink in a WM club anyway, they're hardly you're average pick-up joint!
Equal rights strikes again
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I've lived in a northern town which had a WM club. Women could become 'associate members' (were allowed into the club if accompanied and signed in by a member). So what's the problem? It's not as if they don't let women in is it?
They're a place where men can go to get a cheap pint and have a game of pool, darts, snooker, or shuffle a few dominoes around a table - without having the hustle, bustle and noisy music of a pub.
Don't think many women (other than wives/partners of members) would want to drink in a WM club anyway, they're hardly you're average pick-up joint!
Equal rights strikes again
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perhaps this was another reason
But when a surveyor examined the premises in 2010, club members were told they needed to raise £50,000 to repair the crumbling brickwork and to bring the building up to safety standards.
The members applied for Lottery funding but were turned down because their archaic rules on men-only membership breached equality laws.
But when a surveyor examined the premises in 2010, club members were told they needed to raise £50,000 to repair the crumbling brickwork and to bring the building up to safety standards.
The members applied for Lottery funding but were turned down because their archaic rules on men-only membership breached equality laws.
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I have to agree with Chewn's first post - what on earth did they think would happen if they allowed woman members?
It strikes me they just gave up and do not love that beautiful building as much as they protest they do, there is still a great need for clubs like this. Often they also provide a lifeline to the community.
In my late teens I lead a revolt to get woman allowed to play snooker in our British Legion - we won.
It strikes me they just gave up and do not love that beautiful building as much as they protest they do, there is still a great need for clubs like this. Often they also provide a lifeline to the community.
In my late teens I lead a revolt to get woman allowed to play snooker in our British Legion - we won.
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