Trip over from Long Eaton to my Home raised and schooled Town of Beeston Nottingham .
To re-cloth in Strachan 6811 Tournament Cloth …Not as popular a club for Snooker these days .
More of an Entertainment club for weekend shows now .
But they do still wish to provide the facilities of Snooker & Pool and even Bar Billiards in this Social club
Re-clothed 5 years ago , now well due , we start to transform them over the coming year one at a time.
First up Table 1 , an old Billiard top plate table circa pre 1895 .
We will be visiting again around April / May time for the far table to be done .
And then at the end of the year for the middle table .
We may also be changing table one cushions to a more modern cushion and pockets .
As I do have a nice set of cushions taken from another table which will be a nice upgrade for them and cost effective once plugged and drilled to fit this table .
In Beeston we have seen closures of a few Clubs and places with Full Size snooker Tables since Mid 1970s , for instance these are the places that do not have Tables anymore or reduced them within the Beeston borough boundary , due to cost cutting or closed down and demolished
Beeston Billiard hall villa Street 10 full size tables gone . = Demolished for Flats
Plessey Club 4 Full size tables gone , Demolished for Houses
Fire Station one full size gone .. now a very large high rise STUDENT FLATS for Nottingham Uni . Nick named Little china due to how many Chinese students are at Nottingham and living in Beeston .
Beeston Fields Golf Club 2 full size gone , more of a Golf and Wedding Venue now
I think British legion has gone down to one table so one full size gone from there , still going JUST .
Ambulance station closed 10ft gone from here
Lenton Abbey Essoldo Beeston demolished 16 full size Tables gone
Conservative club three full size , down to two so one gone
Manchester unity club one full size gone .
Chilwell high road not in Beeston but just outside , but village hall has one full size gone too .
I may have missed some out as we had Beeston Boilers and other large firms in the area that may have had tables .
That’s 38 Full size snooker tables gone from Beeston in my time as a Billiards fitter .
( Not Counting all the private houses that had a full size snooker table like Beeston Fields Drive )
on the plus side , one of the Plessey Tables survived to Chilwell Golf Club
the 3rd table that came from Conservative club to a Private House in Beeston .
so I am happy that a club like the Victory Club in Beeston is doing something to maintain Snooker as a viable
sport in Beeston , even if on a budget …as they say Use it or Lose it .
