A swingers club has seen an unprecedented number of new members after the coronavirus pandemic, its owner has said.
More than 25,000 people have passed through the doors of Townhouse Swingers in Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, since it opened in 2005.
The venue, owned by married couple Vicky and Jim since 2012, has been "rammed" since Covid restrictions were dropped last year, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Owner Vicky believes Townhouse Swingers has seen an increasing number of members following the pandemic as because of restrictions people started understanding that "life is too short".
She said: "It's unprecedented. We have membership numbers going back 17 years, and since Covid, we've never had so many new people join.
"I think with the pandemic people have thought life is too short and just gone for it. It's been nuts. Like any business, we've had to cut our cloth a bit recently.
"We've had to forego some things that we might enjoy like refurbs and new fluffy towels and things like that. The gas and electric to heat and light a four-storey building is huge and, like everyone, our prices are going up.
"But you've just got to suck it up and when you're thrown a curve ball you have to adjust and that's what we've done."
The club prides itself on its "warm welcome, spotlessly clean venue and relaxed atmosphere", with a programme of events ranging from MILF Mondays and Allure parties for under 39s.
Vicky said many people travel to the club from other regions, as she explained: "Across the country, they reckon there's probably over a million swingers who attend clubs and parties regularly, and the North West has actually got the largest number of clubs in the country.
"I tend to call it swinging central because we've got so many people travelling to the region because of the clubs and parties going on, so the region's got a very vibrant swingers and fetish theme."
She added: "People come from anywhere. People tend not to play on their doorstep in case they see people they know so we’ll get a lot of people from coming outside of Merseyside.
"People come from Scotland, London, Ireland. We have some people who fly over from Ireland for our MILF Mondays event in the morning and then they fly back in the evening.
"We also have people coming from Europe, especially from Germany and the Netherlands because they’re very liberated over there."
Vicky said the club also offers events for new members to meet regulars, with no pressure to dive straight into the action.
She added: "They can just enjoy the live music, have a couple of drinks and find their feet. Even when people have been coming for years, they're not expected to do anything."
