Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre
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The Trades and Social Club has a major place in the history of the trades union movement in Blackpool. It was founded in the early part of the 20th century as the Trades Club. Earlier this decade, ownership of the Club changed, and the Trades Council retains a lease on our existing rooms.
The Club is able to host national conference/congress fringes and socials, as well as local branches' regular meetings.
Facilities
Facilities provided by the Club include:
- The Concert Room - a function room that can hold 200 people. Facilities include its own bar, a stage, dance floor, large screen and professional sound console.
- Two downstairs lounges - the large public lounge with its own stage and large screen, and the smaller Spen Hudson lounge which can be booked for meetings and socials.
- A games room with pool tables, a snooker table and dart boards.
For more information, contact the Trades and Social Club on (01253) 622580 or at 7 Chadwick Street, Blackpool, FY1 5EJ.
In addition, the Trades Hall (our Council's meeting room) can be booked by any trade union branches or other bona fide organisations of the labour movement, and can seat upwards of 50 people. The Secretary of the Trades Council (mailto:office@bfwtuc.uklinux.net) will be happy to deal with any enquiries.
How to get to the Trades and Social Club
- Location map
- From the M55: At the end of the M55, remain on the main part of the carriageway (which goes underneath the Junction 3 roundabout). A few hundred metres ahead you will come to a roundabout - move to the right hand lane before the roundabout, and go straight ahead, following signs for Blackpool central car parking. After some distance you will come to a series of mini-roundabouts. Go ahead at the first, and second. You will then come to some traffic lights - turn right onto Bloomfield road.
Follow the road to the next set of lights and turn left. You are now on Central Drive. You will come to another set of lights - go straight ahead. About 100m further on, you will reach a small roundabout - bear left and shortly after the roundabout take the first left - this is Chadwick Street. - By bus (routes 5, 6, 7 and 14) - nearest stops are the George Hotel (northbound) and the Gymnasium (southbound).
General Information
Blackpool
President: Martin Penfold; Secretary: Andrew Wheatley
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