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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.

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Knocking down club would be wrong says former promoter

The former promotions officer of the Frontier Club in Batley says the historic venue should not be demolished.

The building could be saved if the Government make it a listed building.

Maureen Prest worked at the club when it was owned by James Corrigan and helped bring stars like Louis Armstrong and Dame Shirley Bassey to perform there.

That building although architecturally nothing to write home about, it's the story the building has to tell for not just the artists, but also for the whole area, for Yorkshire, for England. because it was the first club of its kind in the country and it would just be so wrong for it to be knocked down.

– Maureen Prest, former Promotions Officer

Although the building could be saved, the club's current owners say that no final decision has been reached on whether it'll stay open.

All options are under review, but no decisions have been taken. The club has not been performing as well in the last five years as it had done in the previous five years."

– Sarah Battye
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