Plans for a swingers club with 18 bedrooms, a sauna, and a ‘private room’ in Bolton have been given the greenlight this week.
After it was first rumoured back in April that the pretty iconic Dave’s Aquarium and Angling Superstore in the Greater Manchester town could potentially be starting a new – and very different – side hustle as a swingers club, it’s now been revealed that plans for the premises have been approved by Bolton Council‘s planning committee.
Planning documents submitted on behalf of applicant Peter Hemingway – who owns both Dave’s Aquarium and Dave’s Angling Superstore – show the club will be built within the site of the Bolton-based business.
The club is set to be developed in a space that’s currently used as a storage warehouse, with the existing two businesses continuing.
Plans for the Bolton club – which have now been published by Bolton Council – show the conversion of the storage warehouse space would include everything from a bar, dancefloor, changing rooms, lockers, and a reception area on the ground floor, while the first floor would contain 18 bedrooms, a sauna, cinema room, a decking area for swim and spa, a massage room, and a even a ‘private room’.
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Applicant Mr Hemingway is known for already owning a similar club over Leeds called Pandora’s – which has even been dubbed ‘the largest swingers club in Yorkshire’.
Like the Leeds premises, Mr Hemingway said in a crime impact statement defending the newly-approved Bolton club that it’ll be a space for “sociable people” who attend for “social interaction in a safe and well-managed environment”.
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Any single males who want to join the Bolton club as a member will need to fill out an online application form, and pass a fact-to-face interview first.
“For the past seven years, I have own and run a similar establishment in Leeds called Pandora’s,” Mr Hemingway explained, “and during this time, we have had no instances of anti-social behaviour at all and we have never had police attend our club for any reason.
“We will be operating a strictly members only policy in our club, and any prospective couples who wish to join must show ID when joining, with our minimum age for joining being 25.
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“Single males who wish to join the club must fill in an application online and attend a face to face interview before joining. We will not allow single males to join on the door, so that we can evaluate potential members before joining.”
He insisted club members in his community are “very well behaved”.
On approving the plans this week, Bolton Council said the proposal would “result in a vacant building being brought back into use”, adding that: “I this regard, it would likely have a positive impact on reducing vandalism and anti-social behaviour in the locality.”
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Mancs stunned as Northern Lights glow above Greater Manchester in rare solar storm
Daisy Jackson
Greater Manchester was treated to a once-in-a-lifetime display of the Northern Lights overnight.
The skies above our region lit up in shades of pink and green in a shimmering spectacle that had the nation stunned.
The Northern Lights are normally only visible much further north, with many travelling to countries like Iceland and Norway to catch a glimpse – but last night, the show came to Manchester.
It’s all been caused by a ‘severe solar storm, which hit Earth on Friday night, and may continue into Saturday.
Space weather experts issued the rare geomagnetic storm warning – the first in 20 years – on Friday.
But most of us were blown away to actually see the Northern Lights dancing over Manchester.
The huge solar storm predicted by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) supercharged the Aurora Borealis.
They said that ‘additional solar eruptions could cause geomagnetic storm conditions to persist through the weekend’.
Then here comes the science: “A large sunspot cluster has produced several moderate to strong solar flares since Wednesday at 5am ET.
“At least five flares were associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that appear to be Earth-directed. SWPC forecasters will monitor NOAA and NASA’s space assets for the onset of a geomagnetic storm.
“CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona. They cause geomagnetic storms when they are directed at Earth.
“Geomagnetic storms can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on Earth’s surface, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations.
“SWPC has notified the operators of these systems so they can take protective action.
“Geomagnetic storms can also trigger spectacular displays of aurora on Earth.”
If you look to the skies over Manchester tonight, there’s a chance you’ll see the Northern Lights again.
Just try not to cry as much as we did.
In pictures – the Northern Lights over Manchester
Joyful as a big kid. Mesmerising. Real life moment, never seen them before. Anyone else looking up? pic.twitter.com/a7B4kqBkfY
— NOT QUITE LIGHT – NQL (@NotQuiteLight) May 10, 2024
A company has created some extremely sarcastic greeting and birthday cards mocking Co-op Live
Danny Jones
A UK card company has decided to join in with the pile on over Co-op Live’s chaotic ‘opening’ weeks by creating a series of greeting and birthday cards mocking the arena and its ongoing saga.
If you’re a deeply sarcastic person who struggles to be sincere with those you hold nearest and dearest or simply want to get a co-worker something that says we care that you’re leaving but not so much as to let go without one final dig, these are right up your street.
So, with that in mind, greeting card company thortful – who are just as good at novelty as they are being actually thoughtful when it comes to words – have come up with a few clever little ways of wishing someone a happy birthday or congratulating them on their new home at the arena’s expense.
There’s a new home version of this one too.(Credit: thortful)
Not bad, to be fair.
Tim Leiweke, Chairman and CEO of Oak View Group (which owns and operates Co-op Live), recently released a statement offering his ‘sincere apologies’ and explaining the steps being taken during the venue’s ‘short pause’.
He admitted, “It’s not been the smooth start we had planned for, and I know that has caused a huge amount of disruption and frustration to thousands of people”, adding that they are “working incredibly hard to get the building up and running, and we look forward to welcoming you to the arena from 14 May 2024.”
The London-based card company is known for lots of comedy captions and with every Tom, Dick and Harry taking a pop at the venue already, they clearly thought ‘We might as well join in’.
In fact, they’ve been taking the mick ever since the whole thing kicked off.
The date mentioned above will see Manc music legends Elbow arrive as the venue’s new opening act artists after so many other acts ended up having their gigs pulled and we can only hope and pray that everything is on course for next week.
With more and more names being announced for their 2024 and 2025 calendar left right and centre, the most recent being rapper Travis Scott, it looks as though they’re confident that the arena will open and live up to the expectations it has built up given its billing as the biggest indoor entertainment in the UK.
As for thortful and everyone else, we just have to wait with bated breath to see if there’s set to be another twist in this tale and enjoy the light-hearted jokes in the meantime.