Batley venue could be saved by listed status
The Government is to make a decision in the near future whether to safeguard one of the North's best-known entertainment venues by making it a listed building.
Government to decide on Batley venue's future
Calendar has learned that the Government is to decide in the near future whether to safeguard one of the region's best-known entertainment venues by making it a listed building.
The Frontier Club in Batley opened in the 1960s as the Batley Variety Club. In its heyday, the club's founder James Corrigan lured the biggest names in show business - the likes of Louis Armstrong, Roy Orbison and Shirley Bassey - to what was then a mill town.
Now the current owners are reviewing its future after takings dipped, but campaigners want the building saved for its place in history. Jon Hill reports.
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