Members of Basford Hall Miners' Welfare Social Club are 'not going away' as they plan to launch a takeover bid after it was announced the club would be liquidated. Packing out a function room at Headstocks Public House in Cinderhill on Wednesday evening (March 16), discussions centred around what could be done to save the club.
Basford Hall Miners' Welfare Social Club Ltd, which was responsible for running the club and bar activities at the venue in Goldcrest Road, will be liquidated. But the Basford Hall Miners' Welfare Centre, an independent charity governed by its own trustees, which owns the land and buildings on the site, will remain.
Speaking at the latest meeting, organiser Josie Hart, of Aspley, said she was still "skeptical", but said it gave them an opportunity to build a "completely different" club. "There are so many people interested in the club, I can't see why we're not going to make it happen," the 74-year-old told Nottinghamshire Live. "It would be a completely different outlook, we'll be family orientated, we'll be open to anything."
