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Bingo Club to be demolished by Aldi
There are many historic bingo clubs scattered around the UK, and the news that another is to be demolished has got local residents up in arms according to the Blackpool Gazette. The controversy is surrounding an Art Deco building, which dates back to 1934, and was formerly the Orion Bingo Hall on Crescent Street, Cleveleys. Workman have started to tear down the building.
Wyre Council Planning Committee granted permission to Aldi, the supermarket chain, to knock down the building and build a new 15,000 square foot retail unit, although some admirers of the historic building had called for it to be listed and therefore protected from such acts. The affair has led to conflicting views as some traders believed the building, which was originally an Odeon Cinema, should have been demolished and a multi-storey car park erected in it’s place.
Martin Hunns, the Chairman of Cleveleys Traders Association, said: “The traders are on a downer, we need a car park in Cleveleys not another supermarket. There’s already an Aldi two minutes away in Fleetwood. It’s very frustrating. Cleveleys is desperate for a car park and that would have been an ideal site but Wyre Council said it was too dear to buy. We have gone for years about parking in Cleveleys. All this money has been spent on this beautiful promenade but people are being turned away because there is nowhere to park.”
A local resident however was pleased with the decision and neither wants the building to be preserved or sees the need of a car park: “The demolition has not outraged residents and traders only SOME of them. The whole block is an eyesore and its great that it will be demolished. It is a pity the old post office counter cannot go along with it. On the parking front, there is plenty of space around the streets of Cleveleys (I have lived here over 25 years and have never had a problem parking – and I am neither a user nor abuser of the blue badge scheme). IMHO the largest amount of parking space is taken up by the car showroom on Bispham Road near to Victoria Road. Because there are very little parking restrictions on some of the surrounding streets the garage owner parks his vehicles for sale there for days and weeks on end. Bring in one hour parking throughout the area during daytime and there would be many more places available.”
Peter Gibson, the leader of Wyre Council, commented: “Our planning committee can only look at what is in front of them. I’m sure somebody would have had something to say if we had bought the land with council tax money, we have to be very careful. Cleveleys is a booming town and that brings its own issues with car parking. We have no plans at the moment to change car parking in Cleveleys but it’s something that we are always willing to look at.”
It’s always sad to watch a piece of history disappear, and although we are always pleased to report when an old hall is preserved, this is one battle which sadly was not won.
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