Death of tradition.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by tosh

can eny one remember men only in the games room of working mens clubs

seem to remember we had a bit of a debate a while back on another thread as to wether the 'games- room' should be called the tap-room or the vault , or if there was a difference
Cashy, will probably be able to put you straight

[cashman]

Originally Posted by steeljack

seem to remember we had a bit of a debate a while back on another thread as to wether the 'games- room' should be called the tap-room or the vault , or if there was a difference
Cashy, will probably be able to put you straight

seemed to depend where in town? my pubs was always called the vault, yet go fer a crawl around differant watering holes some places called it the Tap Room, think it was probably a "generation" thing? WMCs though were differant places as i could tell, not being laid out like pubs, they tended to say "Games room" or "Snooker Room" as an aside to this it dawned on me today that if pubs were laid out as then,with differant rooms instead of being open plan as most have been converted to. the " No Smoking" ban could be got around by desingnating a smoking room, with extractors etc, and landlords would have a much improved chance of staying solvent.

[MargaretR]

Even smoking rooms are illegal - except in hotels- for residents use only

[steeljack]

I were thinking that women were never usually allowed into the WMCs, only on special event nights in the concert room

[cashman]

Originally Posted by steeljack

I were thinking that women were never usually allowed into the WMCs, only on special event nights in the concert room

nor where they allowed in vaults.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by cashman

nor where they allowed in vaults.

kind of odd when you think about , since in both places (pubs and clubs) women were present behind the bar pulling pints , either the stewards wife or landlady ....
.....but then again it was a different time and 'crude' language wasn't acceptable as much as it is these days , suppose logic proves that the decline in language standards came about with letting women into these places on their own and allowing them to sup pints

[BERNADETTE]

Originally Posted by steeljack

I were thinking that women were never usually allowed into the WMCs, only on special event nights in the concert room

Still stands at Rishton Working Mens Club. The ironic thing to me is that women are allowed to work behind the bar but not allowed to drink in the club!!!

[MargaretR]

About 10 years ago, I was on the committee of a working mens club for about 2 or 3 years.

That was after the discrimination against women became unlawful.

[jaysay]

When I started drinking at 17 sorry 18 my watering hole was the Heys Inn Ossy and we must have been posh we had a Vault and Tap Room and a Select, te Vault was like a kidney shape rather small, but they used to cram about 12 in it every night if not more, them were the good old days, before the breweries thought it was better to knock walls down and take away the charactor, a big big mistake in my book

[beechy]

in the early eighties i was steward of the
poplar club accy and females could not drink in the
games room but had to walk through the games room
to get to the lounge .. great planning

[beechy]

Originally Posted by beechy

in the early eighties i was steward of the
poplar club accy and females could not drink in the
games room but had to walk through the games room
to get to the lounge .. great planning

sorry on further recall it was the seventies not the eighties

[MargaretR]

...doesn't time fly when you're having fun

[Benipete]

When women were first allowed in Springhill Club,on the back of their cards was printed-No Women or Dogs allowed at the Bar.They,the women had to get a male member to go to the bar for them.This did not last long(wonder why)

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Benipete

When women were first allowed in Springhill Club,on the back of their cards was printed-No Women or Dogs allowed at the Bar.They,the women had to get a male member to go to the bar for them.This did not last long(wonder why)

if they would have had a "Blanket Ban" on women entering Pubs n Clubs, i would probably be one rich dude now.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

if they would have had a "Blanket Ban" on women entering Pubs n Clubs, i would probably be one rich dude now.

Amen to that cashy and I be an alchoholic as well