escort1 Â Â 10 #1 Posted August 2, 2017 Just read elsewhere that Queens Road social Club has closed, not be many left soon, many reckon the Manor on City Road will be next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lien1 Â Â 10 #2 Posted August 2, 2017 Just find it so sad ,but when you think how many pubs,clubs that's closed over the last year ,it's all about one thing cost of a pint, brewers ,shareholder s been too greedy people can no longer afford to go out drinking, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ECCOnoob   980 #3 Posted August 2, 2017 I'm not so convinced. Isn't is more the case that tastes and trends have changed well away from traditional WMCs.  After all, take a look down town on a Fri/Sat night and streets are buzzing with people drinking and socialising in various bars and venues - many of which have prices well above your average WMC.  Away from the yuppie crowd there is a boom in real ale pubs, microbreweries and reborn "traditional" locals attracting a newer and younger crowd.  Sad as it is to see anywhere close, Im not so sure its all a case of "people cant afford" and "greedy breweries". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
biotechpete   10 #4 Posted August 2, 2017 Don't you also have to be a member of union or something to drink in a WMC? Seems like they're just one of those things that's from a different time, and are dying out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
samssong   10 #5 Posted August 2, 2017 Don't you also have to be a member of union or something to drink in a WMC? Seems like they're just one of those things that's from a different time, and are dying out You do not need to be a member of a union just a member of the club. The closing of working mens clubs is just another nail in the demise of traditional Sheffield and proper Sheffielders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jim Hardie   495 #6 Posted August 2, 2017 Just read elsewhere that Queens Road social Club has closed, not be many left soon, many reckon the Manor on City Road will be next. What a pity, great memories of Sunday dinner times at Queens Road in the late 60s with my dad and uncle and pints of Mansfield. The concert room was always packed and always at least two turns on. Killed by greedy brewers, the smoking ban and a generation that would sooner stay at home playing with their phones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andyofborg   11 #7 Posted August 2, 2017 rather than crying in your latte's about this why not go out and go to one.  many during the week are quiet and the usual customers generally don't bite much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
haddy   10 #8 Posted August 2, 2017 Was to be expected to close for some time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ECCOnoob   980 #9 Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) You do not need to be a member of a union just a member of the club. The closing of working mens clubs is just another nail in the demise of traditional Sheffield and proper Sheffielders.  What are you talking about "proper Sheffielders"  Its called progress. It happens. Times move on and tastes change. You talk as if that means that people who dont visit a WMC are some sort of second class citizen.  Im a proper Sheffielder. I was born and bred here and with exception of a few years in London for work, have lived here for the a majority of my life. I live in the less posh side of the city, work in Sheffield and have a Sheffield accent.  Could count on one hand the times in my entire life I have ever stepped into a WMC and I certainly will not be alone. Does that exclude me from being a Proper Sheffielder and outside of this seemingly fantasy world of what others narrow as "traditional" Sheffield.  Sometimes all this latching on to the past as if its a hallmark of society is sillly. Edited August 2, 2017 by ECCOnoob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JNewton69 Â Â 10 #10 Posted August 2, 2017 What are you talking about "proper Sheffielders" Â Its called progress. It happens. Times move on and tastes change. You talk as if that means that people who dont visit a WMC are some sort of second class citizen. Â Im a proper Sheffielder. I was born and bred here and with exception of a few years in London for work, have lived here for the a majority of my life. I live in the less posh side of the city, work in Sheffield and have a Sheffield accent. Â Could count on one hand the times in my entire life I have ever stepped into a WMC and I certainly will not be alone. Does that exclude me from being a Proper Sheffielder and outside of this seemingly fantasy world of what other narrow as "traditional" Sheffield. Â Sometimes all this latching on to the past as if its a hallmark of society is sillly. Â Gi orr, dat kiddin di sen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,817 #11 Posted August 2, 2017 Just find it so sad ,but when you think how many pubs,clubs that's closed over the last year ,it's all about one thing cost of a pint, brewers ,shareholder s been too greedy people can no longer afford to go out drinking,  not a regular club goer but last week I was around the corner at Farm rd club . it was busy and a pint of very ,very nice Stones at £2.12 , Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stpetre   12 #12 Posted August 2, 2017 You do not need to be a member of a union just a member of the club. The closing of working mens clubs is just another nail in the demise of traditional Sheffield and proper Sheffielders.  You could also be a guest 'signed in at the door' of that member. As for 'the demise of proper Sheffielder's', (perish the thought), not if arv owt to do wi it ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...