A swingers club with 18 bedrooms, a sauna, cinema room and dancefloor housed in an aquarium building has been approved by Bolton Council. The private members club now has permission to operate on the site of Dave’s Aquarium, Folds Road, Bolton.
05.11.2023 - 09:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'A hundred thousand welcomes'. That's what the sign above the door at St Kentigern's Social Club in south Manchester says in Gaellic.
But regulars who have been going to the club in Fallowfield for decades - many of whom were born to Irish families - say they no longer feel welcome. "They've wiped every trace of Irish heritage," according to Mario Conway, whose father was a founding member.
Stories of the club's closure have been circulating on social media, but the Diocese of Salford, which owns it, insists they are untrue. However, one room - the vault - which was previously open to the public most nights of the week was suddenly shut this summer.
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It comes after the club's long-standing and much-loved manager left in June. The following week a sign was spotted on the door saying that the vault was closed - although the main function room remains open and is still used for a variety of weekly activities.
The Diocese says that the closure of the vault was due to a 'decline in behaviour' in recent years and denies claims that it plans to sell the club, saying that it remains a 'community resource in keeping with the mission of the church'. But some suspect there is more to it.
Soon after Kevin Fitzpatrick left, memorabilia displayed around the club allegedly started to disappear. Some of it was returned to donors when the former manager resigned, but other items - including awards which the club has won over the years - are no longer displayed, members claim.
Murals of leprechauns in the main room have been painted over, regulars
A swingers club with 18 bedrooms, a sauna, cinema room and dancefloor housed in an aquarium building has been approved by Bolton Council. The private members club now has permission to operate on the site of Dave’s Aquarium, Folds Road, Bolton.
A swingers club with 18 bedrooms, a sauna, cinema room and dancefloor housed in an aquarium building has been approved by Bolton Council. The private members club now has permission to operate on the site of Dave’s Aquarium, Folds Road, Bolton.
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