Kingsley Park Working Men's Club.
Newsletter December 2011.
Editor Matt Wright.
Email m.wright@ntlworld.com
http://kingsleyparkwmc.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/kingsley.parkwmc
Kingsley Park Working Men’s Club and Institute
120 Kingsley Park Terrace, Kingsley,
Northampton,
NN2 7HJ.
Phone Bar 715514
Secretary 719800
Email Secretary barryslasberg@kingsleyparkwmc.co.uk
Festive Opening Hours.
Saturday 24th 11.00 to 23.30 Thursday 29th 11.00 to 23.00
Sunday 25th 11.00 to 15.00 Friday 30th 11.00 to 23.30
Monday 26th 11.00 to 23.00 Saturday 31st 11.00 to 00.30
Tuesday 27th 11.00 to 23.00 Sunday 1st 11.00 to 23.00
Wednesday 28th 11.00 to 23.00 From Monday 2nd Normal Hours
Welcome Keith Pollitt.
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Keith as our Steward. He comes with a great pedigree having recently been awarded the honour of Cellar Manager of the year by CAMRA in Milton Keynes.
It is early days yet but your Committee has every confidence that he will prove an invaluable asset to the club and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial association.
We would also like to thank Mark and Nathan who so valiantly held the fort while we were looking for a new steward.
Mini Tote & Treasure Chest.
There will be no Mini Tote or Treasure Chest in the weeks leading up to Christmas and New Year. Tickets will be back on sale on Monday 2nd January for the next draw.
Welfare Payout.
The December 2011 Welfare Payout will be made to qualifying members on Fridays between 7.00 pm and 9.00 pm and Sundays between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm during September, commencing on Sunday 4th December 2011. The next Welfare Payments will be made in March 2012.
Obituaries.
Dave Hewit A lunchtime regular who would often join in the card school. Our condolences go to his family and friends.
Tommy Leonard A bingo regular, well known and loved by his Irish friends, condolences to his wife Mary and family.
Alexander (Sandy) Rankin 87. Our thoughts are with his wife Sheila, daughters Sharon and Jean & other family and friends.
Anna Mullally. 1941-2011. A special Lady that will sadly missed by a lot of people. Our condolences to her Husband Paddy, Daughters Catherine & Maria, Son John. Her Grand Children and Great Grandchildren. And to her other family and her many friends.
Subscriptions 2012
Membership subscriptions for 2012 have been affected by the increase cost of the pass card that was voted in at the Annual General Meeting of the Working Men's Club & Institute Union in Blackpool on 9th April.
The motion to put the Pass Card up to £3.50 including VAT from £2.55 plus VAT was passed by the two-thirds majority required. With the different VAT treatment this is an increase to the CIU of only 36 pence.
The subscription for all members for 2012 will therefore be £8.50 per member, be they male, female or over 65. Life members will only have to pay £3.50 for their pass card.
Subscriptions shall be taken in January as follows:
Sundays 8th 15th 22nd 29th from 11.00 to 13.00
Mondays 9th 16th 23rd 30th from 19.30 to 21.00
Tuesdays 10th 17th 24th 31st from 19.30 to 21.00
Wednesdays 11th 18th 25th from 19.30 to 21.00
Fridays 13th 20th 27th from 19.30 to 21.00
Saturdays 14th 21st 28th from 12.00 to 13.30
Members who have not paid by the end of January become members in arrears and cannot enter the club or use its facilities until they come in to pay their subs at the following times in February.
Sundays 5th 12th 19th 26th from 12.00 to 13.00
Mondays 6th 13th 20th 27th from 19.30 to 21.00
Those who have not paid by 28th February cease to be members in accordance with the rules.
You may pay in person at one of the above sessions or a friend or fellow member may pay on your behalf. They just need to bring your red or white membership card. You may pay by cheque through the post enclosing your membership card and a stamped self-addressed envelope. If you are having difficulty in arranging payment by the due date please contact the Secretary. We do not want to lose one member through non-payment of subscriptions
Could we ask members who will become life members in 2012 to claim their life membership this year so we can get cards ready when they come in to pay their subs rather than send them away to come back later.
E.C.
Grant.We have given Amy Forbes a donation from our Children In Need Fund towards her trip to the USA with the guides. We have received a very nice thank-you card from her that is on the notice board.
Games News.
Dave Brawn presented Jenk Schwartz with the Mark Knight Memorial Trophy watched by runner-up Sean Spence
Also qualifying for the regional finals is Martin Lynch.
Golden China&Beijing PalaceSpecial Offer For Members.The Golden China Resturant and The Beijing Palace Take Away are offering our members a 20% discount. To qualify simply show them your membership cards when ordering. County Florist10% discount at County Florist.Show your membership cards and get a discount on all your floristry needs.
Games Fixtures.
Thursday 1st Fosters DartsNWMC League Pioneer homeVocal home
Friday 2nd Men’s Skittles Queens Park home
Monday 5th Ladies Skittles A Team Semilong A awayB Team Foundry B home
Tuesday 6th Snooker25’s A Team Barratts St Giles homeB Team Barratts Stones awayC Team Barratts Hot Shots homeBye
Wednesday 7th Air-Gun A Team Monks Park awayWanderers Vocal home
Thursday 8th Fosters DartsNWMC League St Crispin awayQueens Park away
Friday 9th Men’s Skittles Northampton B away
Monday 12th Ladies Skittles A Team St Georges homeB Team Romany away
Tuesday 13th Snooker A Team Queens Park A awayB Team Far Cotton C homeC Team Far Cotton B away
Thursday 15th Fosters DartsNWMC League 3-A-SideSingles
Friday 16th Men’s Skittles Singles
Tuesday 20th Snooker Team Knockout
Friday 23rd Men’s Skittles Singles
Friday 30th Men’s Skittles Semilong home
December Entertainment.
Friday 2nd Nina Vocalist
Saturday 3rd Sonny & The Honneydippers 50/60 Rock n Roll
Sunday 4th Keith Tallis Vocalist
Wednesday 7th Bluegrass Jam Session
Friday 9th Kelly Louise Vocalist
Saturday 10th Cassidy Band Irish 50/60’s
Sunday 11th Brian T Williams Vocalist
Friday 16th Alan Newton Vocalist
Saturday 17th Midnight Hour 60/70/80’s
Sunday 18th Terry Graig Vocalist
Friday 23rd Charlie Waterford Vocalist
Saturday 24th (Bar) Krys(Back Room) Memories Top 60’s BandDisco
Boxing Day (Bar) Paul Neon & the Saints Rock n Roll
Boxing Day (Back Room) Hot Wax Disco
Boxing Night Many Sides of Gary 50/60 Rock n Roll
Boxing Night (Back Room) Tony Gee Disco
Friday 30th Laizon 50/60’s – Modern
New Years Eve (Bar) Mystic Crew Reggae
New Years Eve (Back Room) Masterblaster Disco
Bingo Every Friday and Sundays 4th, 11th & 18th.
BH Quiz Nights Wednesdays 7th, 14th & 21st.
Season’s greetings to all our members and friends.
Sunday 27 November 2011
November Newesletter
Kingsley Park Working Men's Club.
Newsletter November 2011.
Editor Matt Wright.
Email m.wright@ntlworld.com
http://kingsleyparkwmc.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/kingsley.parkwmc
Kingsley Park Working Men’s Club and Institute
120 Kingsley Park Terrace, Kingsley, Northampton, NN2 7HJ
Phone Bar 715514 Secretary 719800
Email Secretary barryslasberg@kingsleyparkwmc.co.uk
Children’s Pantomime.
This years pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk takes place in the concert room on Saturday 17th December 2010 from 2pm to 4:15pm.
Tickets are free for member’s children and grandchildren only and will be available in November as follows;
Friday 4th Saturday 5th Sunday 6th
Friday 11th Saturday 12th Sunday 13th
Friday 18th Saturday 19th Sunday 20th
Friday 25th Saturday 26th Sunday 27th
Between 7.30pm and 9pm each night from Paddy Mullally.
"WHAT is a Working Men's Club?"
Sometimes dating back more than 100 years, they are to often places which modern leisure seekers do not even think of visiting or so it seems from the dwindling membership and falling attendance figures suffered by many venues.
Many people were shocked when they read a recent story in the Chronicle & Echo which stated the Far Cotton Working Men's Club which had been running for 104 years could soon close unless immediate financial help is found.
Crunch time came on Monday 24th October, when members turned out in force to vote against the proposed closure of the club.
More than 150 of the club’s 500 members attended the meeting and the majority voted against the proposal to dissolve the club.
Chairman of the committee, Kath Dawes, said: “The motion was put to the members and they rejected the proposal to dissolve the club. Now comes the hard work to keep the club open.”
She said the smoking ban, the recession and a 10-day closure imposed by Northampton Borough Council’s licensing authority earlier this year, following a problem with a temporary event notice, had all contributed to the club’s struggle. She added: “We now need to generate some serious cash into the club to keep it open.
“Members are trying to come up with ideas. We need members and the community to give one last big push to save the club.
But what has happened to make life so difficult for working men's clubs today? Kathleen said: "The smoking ban has really affected a lot of people. People think why should I go out and stand in the cold and smoke? They can go to the supermarket, buy something to drink, stay home and drink that. "I think mainly it is because of smoking but also they keep increasing the prices of the budget on beer and the breweries pass on the increases to us. Our prices aren't dear but we do need some that are cheaper."
She continued: "We do have a good amount of support. People have been saying 'we don't want the club to shut' but I say 'it is not down to me, it is down to the members'. We have nearly 500 members and if some of them visited it even one day a week it would be a real boost."
The club is working hard to keep people attending, Kathleen's husband 50 year old Trevor, a trustee, said he joined the club when he was 18.
He said: "We used to go when we were kids, we were not allowed into pubs. It was a lot busier but then there were more houses here, and we had Airflow Streamlines having its union meetings here and other unions had their meetings here. "We always had entertainment on but obviously we have had to. It is still well used and we have a lot of younger members now as they can't take kids into pubs."
Although Kingsley Park Working Men's Club still has an active social scene, membership figures have fallen over the last decade according to general secretary Barry Slasberg, who is also on the national executive'.
He said: "At one stage 10 years ago we had 2,600 or 2,700 members and now we still have about 2,000 members. Numbers are declining but we have to fight for our members by providing what they want."
But governmental decisions have made life tough for WMC’s, according to Barry. He said: "The Government seems hell-bent on impacting on our organization, under the Gambling Act, for example. Families used to play bingo in the WMC, kids would come along with parents who looked over their shoulders. Everyone had a laugh. Under the Gambling Act all of a sudden children weren't allowed to play bingo as it is gambling; but it is no such thing, it is just a fun activity."
He added: "The smoking ban is still having a huge effect on working men's clubs and pubs and businesses. There is a big movement called SOP AC (Save Our Pubs And Clubs). We don't want the smoking ban dissolved but we want the facility to have a smoking room where available.
"There is nothing illegal about smoking, it is a legal pastime which should be allowed."
Meanwhile at Monks Park Working Men's Club in Northampton, the social scene is still going well with 1,480 members, according to secretary Don Harris.
He believes some clubs need to put more effort into the management of their venues, treating them as businesses, despite the fact they are not-for-profit.
He said: "You are not allowed to make a profit but you have to take it in the right direction. People have it in their heads it is just a working men's club but it has to be managed like a business.
"I think we are one of the successful working men's clubs and the smoking ban has not affected us.
"If you have the wrong steward in, things can crumble. In the past it used to be family oriented, your dad would be the steward and mum the secretary and they might not have experience in that field. You need someone in place who knows what they are doing, whether that is pulling a pint or managing the staff and customers,"
He added: "I think the image of working men's clubs could do with a spruce up. It still carries the stigma of being an old person's club. That would help I'm sure."
Emergency Exits & Fire Doors.
Emergency exits must be kept clear at all times. It has been brought to the committees attention that children have been playing on the back stairs between the games room and the ladies toilets, not only have been drawing on the walls but been using stones from the garden to make holes in the walls. Children have been running all over the club including the concert room and games rooms playing hide and seek and tag. We welcome children in the club but only if their parents keep them under control and in their sight at all times.
Fire doors are clearly marked and must be kelp closed at all times. The back stairs between the games room and the ladies toilets are a fire escape and should be treated as such. Not as a short cut from the games room to the smoking area.
Members Christmas Draw 2011.
Tickets for this years raffle are now on sale priced at £1:00 for a book of five. You can purchase tickets at the welfare table, from the doorman or from behind the bar.
Draw takes place Tuesday 6th December at 8pm. Prizes to be claimed by Friday 24th December.
Charity Raffle of unclaimed prizes Monday December 26th December.
10% discount at County Florist.
Show your membership cards and get a discount on all your floristry needs.
Special Offer For Members.
The Golden China Resturant and The Beijing Palace Take Away are offering our members a 20% discount.
To qualify simply show them your membership cards when ordering.
Zumba Keep Fit.
Wednesdays 7.15 - 8.15
In the concert room.
£5 per session.
Games Fixtures.
Tuesday 1st SnookerPoker A Team Barratts Stones A awayB Team Barratts Bears homeC Team Earls Barton away
Wednesday 2nd Air Gun Individuals
Thursday 3rd Fosters League NWMC League Horseshoes awayBritish Rail B home
Friday 4th Men’s Skittles St James home
Monday 7th Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 8th SnookerPoker A Team Barratts Jolly Potters awayB Team Ashby Barratts homeC Team Barratts all Blacks away
Wednesday 9th Air Gun A Team Cock Hotel homeWanderers Monks Park away
Thursday 10th Fosters League NWMC League Free WeekSpencer A home
Friday 11th Men’s Skittles 4-A Side
Monday 14th Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 15th SnookerPoker A Team ByeB Team Far Cotton A awayC Team Bye
Wednesday 16th Air Gun A Team v Wanderers
Thursday 17th Fosters League NWMC League Duke of York awayBritish Rail A away
Friday 18th Men’s Skittles 3-A-Side
Monday 21st Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 22nd SnookerPoker A Team Barratts Legends awayB Team Barratts Stones B homeC Team Queens Park B away
Wednesday 23rd Air Gun A Team RAFA Club homeWanderers Cock Hotel away
Thursday 24th Fosters League NWMC League 3-A-SideFree Week
Friday 25th Men’s Skittles Northampton A home
Monday 28th Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 29th SnookerPoker A Team, Team ChampionshipB Team Barratts B awayC Team, Team Championship
Wednesday 30th Air Gun A Team Vocal awayWanderers Cock Hotel away
November Entertainment.
Wednesday 2nd Bluegrass Jam Session
Friday 4th Jamie Leigh Vocalist 70’s/Modern
Saturday 5th De Souza Trio 60’s/90’s
Sunday 6th Ricky Swann Male Vocalist
Friday 11th Johnny Red Rock n Roll
Saturday 12th Boges Blooze Blues Brothers Tribute
Sunday 13th Kim Vocalist/Multi/Instrumentalist
Friday 18th Andy Stone Modern/ Vocalist
Saturday 19th The 2 Tones Madness/Ska
Sunday 20th Tom Healy Band Irish/60’s
Friday 25th Dave Dynamite Rock n Roll
Saturday 26th Mustang Blue 50’s/80’s Group
Sunday 27th Honeywell Modern/Group
Bingo every Friday and Sunday
BH Quiz night every Wednesday
Festive Opening Hours.
Saturday 24th 11.00 to 23.30 Thursday 29th 11.00 to 23.00
Sunday 25th 11.00 to 15.00 Friday 30th 11.00 to 23.30
Monday 26th 11.00 to 23.00 Saturday 31st 11.00 to 00.30
Tuesday 27th 11.00 to 23.00 Sunday 1st 11.00 to 23.00
Wednesday 28th 11.00 to 23.00 From Monday 2nd Normal Hours
Newsletter November 2011.
Editor Matt Wright.
Email m.wright@ntlworld.com
http://kingsleyparkwmc.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/kingsley.parkwmc
Kingsley Park Working Men’s Club and Institute
120 Kingsley Park Terrace, Kingsley, Northampton, NN2 7HJ
Phone Bar 715514 Secretary 719800
Email Secretary barryslasberg@kingsleyparkwmc.co.uk
Children’s Pantomime.
This years pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk takes place in the concert room on Saturday 17th December 2010 from 2pm to 4:15pm.
Tickets are free for member’s children and grandchildren only and will be available in November as follows;
Friday 4th Saturday 5th Sunday 6th
Friday 11th Saturday 12th Sunday 13th
Friday 18th Saturday 19th Sunday 20th
Friday 25th Saturday 26th Sunday 27th
Between 7.30pm and 9pm each night from Paddy Mullally.
"WHAT is a Working Men's Club?"
Sometimes dating back more than 100 years, they are to often places which modern leisure seekers do not even think of visiting or so it seems from the dwindling membership and falling attendance figures suffered by many venues.
Many people were shocked when they read a recent story in the Chronicle & Echo which stated the Far Cotton Working Men's Club which had been running for 104 years could soon close unless immediate financial help is found.
Crunch time came on Monday 24th October, when members turned out in force to vote against the proposed closure of the club.
More than 150 of the club’s 500 members attended the meeting and the majority voted against the proposal to dissolve the club.
Chairman of the committee, Kath Dawes, said: “The motion was put to the members and they rejected the proposal to dissolve the club. Now comes the hard work to keep the club open.”
She said the smoking ban, the recession and a 10-day closure imposed by Northampton Borough Council’s licensing authority earlier this year, following a problem with a temporary event notice, had all contributed to the club’s struggle. She added: “We now need to generate some serious cash into the club to keep it open.
“Members are trying to come up with ideas. We need members and the community to give one last big push to save the club.
But what has happened to make life so difficult for working men's clubs today? Kathleen said: "The smoking ban has really affected a lot of people. People think why should I go out and stand in the cold and smoke? They can go to the supermarket, buy something to drink, stay home and drink that. "I think mainly it is because of smoking but also they keep increasing the prices of the budget on beer and the breweries pass on the increases to us. Our prices aren't dear but we do need some that are cheaper."
She continued: "We do have a good amount of support. People have been saying 'we don't want the club to shut' but I say 'it is not down to me, it is down to the members'. We have nearly 500 members and if some of them visited it even one day a week it would be a real boost."
The club is working hard to keep people attending, Kathleen's husband 50 year old Trevor, a trustee, said he joined the club when he was 18.
He said: "We used to go when we were kids, we were not allowed into pubs. It was a lot busier but then there were more houses here, and we had Airflow Streamlines having its union meetings here and other unions had their meetings here. "We always had entertainment on but obviously we have had to. It is still well used and we have a lot of younger members now as they can't take kids into pubs."
Although Kingsley Park Working Men's Club still has an active social scene, membership figures have fallen over the last decade according to general secretary Barry Slasberg, who is also on the national executive'.
He said: "At one stage 10 years ago we had 2,600 or 2,700 members and now we still have about 2,000 members. Numbers are declining but we have to fight for our members by providing what they want."
But governmental decisions have made life tough for WMC’s, according to Barry. He said: "The Government seems hell-bent on impacting on our organization, under the Gambling Act, for example. Families used to play bingo in the WMC, kids would come along with parents who looked over their shoulders. Everyone had a laugh. Under the Gambling Act all of a sudden children weren't allowed to play bingo as it is gambling; but it is no such thing, it is just a fun activity."
He added: "The smoking ban is still having a huge effect on working men's clubs and pubs and businesses. There is a big movement called SOP AC (Save Our Pubs And Clubs). We don't want the smoking ban dissolved but we want the facility to have a smoking room where available.
"There is nothing illegal about smoking, it is a legal pastime which should be allowed."
Meanwhile at Monks Park Working Men's Club in Northampton, the social scene is still going well with 1,480 members, according to secretary Don Harris.
He believes some clubs need to put more effort into the management of their venues, treating them as businesses, despite the fact they are not-for-profit.
He said: "You are not allowed to make a profit but you have to take it in the right direction. People have it in their heads it is just a working men's club but it has to be managed like a business.
"I think we are one of the successful working men's clubs and the smoking ban has not affected us.
"If you have the wrong steward in, things can crumble. In the past it used to be family oriented, your dad would be the steward and mum the secretary and they might not have experience in that field. You need someone in place who knows what they are doing, whether that is pulling a pint or managing the staff and customers,"
He added: "I think the image of working men's clubs could do with a spruce up. It still carries the stigma of being an old person's club. That would help I'm sure."
Emergency Exits & Fire Doors.
Emergency exits must be kept clear at all times. It has been brought to the committees attention that children have been playing on the back stairs between the games room and the ladies toilets, not only have been drawing on the walls but been using stones from the garden to make holes in the walls. Children have been running all over the club including the concert room and games rooms playing hide and seek and tag. We welcome children in the club but only if their parents keep them under control and in their sight at all times.
Fire doors are clearly marked and must be kelp closed at all times. The back stairs between the games room and the ladies toilets are a fire escape and should be treated as such. Not as a short cut from the games room to the smoking area.
Members Christmas Draw 2011.
Tickets for this years raffle are now on sale priced at £1:00 for a book of five. You can purchase tickets at the welfare table, from the doorman or from behind the bar.
Draw takes place Tuesday 6th December at 8pm. Prizes to be claimed by Friday 24th December.
Charity Raffle of unclaimed prizes Monday December 26th December.
10% discount at County Florist.
Show your membership cards and get a discount on all your floristry needs.
Special Offer For Members.
The Golden China Resturant and The Beijing Palace Take Away are offering our members a 20% discount.
To qualify simply show them your membership cards when ordering.
Zumba Keep Fit.
Wednesdays 7.15 - 8.15
In the concert room.
£5 per session.
Games Fixtures.
Tuesday 1st SnookerPoker A Team Barratts Stones A awayB Team Barratts Bears homeC Team Earls Barton away
Wednesday 2nd Air Gun Individuals
Thursday 3rd Fosters League NWMC League Horseshoes awayBritish Rail B home
Friday 4th Men’s Skittles St James home
Monday 7th Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 8th SnookerPoker A Team Barratts Jolly Potters awayB Team Ashby Barratts homeC Team Barratts all Blacks away
Wednesday 9th Air Gun A Team Cock Hotel homeWanderers Monks Park away
Thursday 10th Fosters League NWMC League Free WeekSpencer A home
Friday 11th Men’s Skittles 4-A Side
Monday 14th Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 15th SnookerPoker A Team ByeB Team Far Cotton A awayC Team Bye
Wednesday 16th Air Gun A Team v Wanderers
Thursday 17th Fosters League NWMC League Duke of York awayBritish Rail A away
Friday 18th Men’s Skittles 3-A-Side
Monday 21st Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 22nd SnookerPoker A Team Barratts Legends awayB Team Barratts Stones B homeC Team Queens Park B away
Wednesday 23rd Air Gun A Team RAFA Club homeWanderers Cock Hotel away
Thursday 24th Fosters League NWMC League 3-A-SideFree Week
Friday 25th Men’s Skittles Northampton A home
Monday 28th Ladies Skittles
Tuesday 29th SnookerPoker A Team, Team ChampionshipB Team Barratts B awayC Team, Team Championship
Wednesday 30th Air Gun A Team Vocal awayWanderers Cock Hotel away
November Entertainment.
Wednesday 2nd Bluegrass Jam Session
Friday 4th Jamie Leigh Vocalist 70’s/Modern
Saturday 5th De Souza Trio 60’s/90’s
Sunday 6th Ricky Swann Male Vocalist
Friday 11th Johnny Red Rock n Roll
Saturday 12th Boges Blooze Blues Brothers Tribute
Sunday 13th Kim Vocalist/Multi/Instrumentalist
Friday 18th Andy Stone Modern/ Vocalist
Saturday 19th The 2 Tones Madness/Ska
Sunday 20th Tom Healy Band Irish/60’s
Friday 25th Dave Dynamite Rock n Roll
Saturday 26th Mustang Blue 50’s/80’s Group
Sunday 27th Honeywell Modern/Group
Bingo every Friday and Sunday
BH Quiz night every Wednesday
Festive Opening Hours.
Saturday 24th 11.00 to 23.30 Thursday 29th 11.00 to 23.00
Sunday 25th 11.00 to 15.00 Friday 30th 11.00 to 23.30
Monday 26th 11.00 to 23.00 Saturday 31st 11.00 to 00.30
Tuesday 27th 11.00 to 23.00 Sunday 1st 11.00 to 23.00
Wednesday 28th 11.00 to 23.00 From Monday 2nd Normal Hours
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