Strip club gets green light to open next to restaurants (From This is Hampshire)
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Strip club given permission to open in Leisure World, Southampton
3:41pm Friday 22nd May 2009 in News
Strip club gets green light to open next to restaurants
PLANS to open a strip club between two family restaurants have been given the green light by council chiefs.
Glamour lap-dancing club, which will feature fully nude dancing, could open its doors at Southampton’s Leisure World complex in as little as two weeks’ time.
Swiss banking giant UBS, which owns the site, had objected to squeezing the adult entertainment between restaurants Ask and Frankie & Benny’s.
But councillors approved the application for the club to open from midday to 5am.
Carl Farrely, owner of Fareham-based Glamour Bars, which is behind the venture, told the city council’s licensing committee that strict security meant no under-18s would be allowed on site, and no one would be able to see in from outside.
With backing from police, he also allayed fears a new strip club could lead to prostitution.
Pole dancing classes will be offered during the day, with adult entertainment starting at 9pm.
Committee chairman Cllr Brian Parnell said there was no legal reason to refuse the club permission.
Comments(10)
Redback
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6:27pm Fri 22 May 09
Irate Wintonian
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6:30pm Fri 22 May 09
MangaFace wrote:Hell Yeah!
Thats more like it! I am happy NYNY's is not re-opening.
Cinema, pizza and pusseh!
Perfect night out.
Stoker
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7:21pm Fri 22 May 09
Redback
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8:23pm Fri 22 May 09
Stoker wrote:Thank goodness for that. They surely would have broken from your grip and made a dash for the nearest poledancer.
Well, that's two fewer kids going to the cinema there, then! Bad luck to every other business sited in Leisure World.
Reality-man
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8:28pm Fri 22 May 09
Stoker wrote:Why's that? Is it because you can't trust yourself not to abandon the kids and pop in for a quick dance?
Well, that's two fewer kids going to the cinema there, then! Bad luck to every other business sited in Leisure World.
non league fan
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9:20pm Fri 22 May 09
They thouhgt that they'd approved a Polish disco.
Solent Lass
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7:50am Sat 23 May 09
King Mush
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4:19pm Sun 24 May 09
Likewise - our beloved councillors might also wish to have 'hands on' insights - again this can be paid for by us ratepayers.
If not - how about the Echo organising a competition with free passes to this new club?
PS How come we dont get a lapdancing club in Woolston?
Redback
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6:33pm Sun 24 May 09
MangaFace says...
3:45pm Fri 22 May 09