I picked up on a news article regarding bingo in the local press; this news item tickled my fancy because the young man who wrote it, quite simple does not know what he is talking about. He calls the game of bingo “simply faceless gambling”. Drawn to playing a game of bingo at his local club by one of the many TV adverts we see so many of today. The young reporter went to a local bingo club and instead of the bright and air fun experience he expected, he says that he found a half empty bingo hall, frequented by people who in the most sat alone, and spent the evening watching people spend too much money, while being tutted and shushed for talking, laughing and even dabbing too loudly.
Posts Tagged ‘bingo hall’
Is Bingo Simply Faceless Gambling?
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Another Old Bingo Club Falls Prey to Bulldozers
Friday, May 16th, 2008It is a sad state of affairs when old bingo halls close down, but it is sadder still when developers look past the architectural merits of these old buildings t an decide to just flatten them regardless. The latest building to fall prey to developers is the old Odeon Cinema in Bradford which opened in 1930. The seventy-seven year old former cinema and bingo hall has been earmarked for demolition despite the Bradford Odeon Rescue Group making six applications not to have it demolished, the building is still considered to not be of enough architectural interest to be saved.
