Fire rips through Club Salvation nightclub in George Hudson Street, York (From York Press)
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Fire rips through Club Salvation nightclub in George Hudson Street, York
9:00am Monday 2nd August 2010 in
Updated: A FIRE ripped through a York nightclub, devastating the first, second and third floors.
The fire began at Club Salvation, in George Hudson Street, shortly after 4am on Saturday when the venue had closed. An hour earlier, hundreds of people had been dancing in the club.
The blaze began on the first floor open-roofed smoking area and was spotted by head doorman Richard Peel who was nearby. He raised the alarm and the staff members who were in the club were evacuated.
Mark Lawrence, who deals with promotions for Club Salvation, tried to tackle the fire, which he said was in the middle of the smoking area.
He said: “When I got there I got an extinguisher, but there was no chance. The flames were too high and it was too hot.”
Firefighters from York, Acomb, Huntington and Tadcaster were sent to the scene as was an aerial ladder and they used breathing apparatus and hoses.
The road outside was closed and the fire was brought under control by 6.45am, but the wooden outside smoking area on the first floor was gutted as were offices on the second and third floors.
The main part of the club on the ground floor suffered smoke and water damage, but the club’s management team said they hoped to reopen by next Thursday.
Adam Cook, marketing and promotions manager, said: “The best thing was there was nobody hurt and nobody trapped in the building.”
He paid tribute to the firefighters.
He said: “Two firefighters came straight away, they were pretty quick.”
He said the main part of the club on the ground floor needs cleaning, painting and some new carpets but escaped serious damage. He said it would give the club’s management the chance to give it a new look.
He said Club Salvation’s sister venue, BPM, would be opening as usual.
North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said it was investigating the cause of the blaze.
Comments(76)
jt
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9:20am Sat 31 Jul 10
O.M.G!
keepitshut
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9:25am Sat 31 Jul 10
taken for a mug
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9:35am Sat 31 Jul 10
taken for a mug
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9:49am Sat 31 Jul 10
jt
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10:13am Sat 31 Jul 10
jt wrote:Soon corrected that one!
"An investigation is currently been carried out to determine the cause of the blaze". O.M.G!
mumof4andahalf
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10:39am Sat 31 Jul 10
yo30 dan
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10:50am Sat 31 Jul 10
northernlight62
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11:26am Sat 31 Jul 10
Maquis
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11:55am Sat 31 Jul 10
I dont personaly use this place, but a lot of people enjoy going there, so its sad that it is damaged.
Guy Fawkes
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12:03pm Sat 31 Jul 10
From the photos it seemed like everyone had a very lucky escape for there to have been no injuries. Without wanting to sound like a killjoy, the question now has to be asked if the back yard areas that many pubs and bars have opened up since the smoking ban are really safe. I can think of several in York in which the combination of wooden tables, fabric awnings and in some cases gas-fired patio heaters don't exactly fill me with confidence. All it would take is someone who's had a drink too many to knock one over on a crowded Saturday night...
madmick99
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12:12pm Sat 31 Jul 10
pedalling paul
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12:15pm Sat 31 Jul 10
King Edward
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12:47pm Sat 31 Jul 10
northernlight62
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12:52pm Sat 31 Jul 10
northernlight62
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12:53pm Sat 31 Jul 10
northernlight62
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12:53pm Sat 31 Jul 10
AndYork
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12:56pm Sat 31 Jul 10
northernlight62
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1:06pm Sat 31 Jul 10
King Edward wrote:erm it isnt the clubs what make binge drinkers and idiots people choose to act like d**ks............
The less places there are like this the better, would we all not prefer a friendly, clean, crime free city? Binge drinkers are a blight on the NHS, Council and Justice system. Curfew anyone?
heathcliffe
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1:17pm Sat 31 Jul 10
pedalling paul wrote:Maybe you should travel by car...!!!
You can put a bomb under the lot as far as I'm concerned. I'm fed up of trying to cycle along Micklegate in the evening, with drunks and revellers staggering about in the road. I've even had idiots trying to knock me off and chase after me........which of you was it.....
Magoose
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1:29pm Sat 31 Jul 10
yo30 dan
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1:41pm Sat 31 Jul 10
Maquis
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1:41pm Sat 31 Jul 10
pedalling paul wrote:Then take a slightly different route. Ride up toft green, or around this cylce lane ring road that you so love.
You can put a bomb under the lot as far as I'm concerned. I'm fed up of trying to cycle along Micklegate in the evening, with drunks and revellers staggering about in the road. I've even had idiots trying to knock me off and chase after me........which of you was it.....
Maybe you think we should ban everybody from the city when you want to cycle through, just in case they get in your way.
These people, who are the minority of drinkers, not the majority, are generaly confined to just a few streets, and you know where they are, so dont cycle down there!
Maquis
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1:48pm Sat 31 Jul 10
yo30 dan wrote:You sound like a typical daily mail reader. There are many thousands of people who go out every night in York. Of those, a very small number cause problems, and most of those are turning up in town at about 11pm already tanked up on cheap booze bought from a supermarket, and the biggest flashpoint is when people who have just arived in town are turned away from the pubs and clubs for being too drunk.
scens on this street are unfortunately replicated in every town in the UK, but strangely not really elsewhere in the world. I'm sure with this place closed there'll be several less piles of sick, blood and maybe a fight or altercation ot two less as well. Or else move the probelm over the road....
If you want to sort out this problem, then look at where over 65% of alcohol is now bought - the supermarkets.
Ask any taxi driver and they will confirm that people are now far drunker on their way into town before even entering a pub than ever before.
rogue84
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2:40pm Sat 31 Jul 10
Pedro
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2:56pm Sat 31 Jul 10
Yorkborneinbse
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3:14pm Sat 31 Jul 10
BPM offers a great experience for those seeking a good night out with like minded people. It is extremelly well managed and employs many. Sell Alcohol ? yes it does.
To blame these bars themselves for the issues in York City Centre on an evening is as far away from the problem as you can get, and I am so glad the above mentioned posters will never ever be in a position to help solve or reduce these issues.
Personal values, responsibility, and respect, are not handed over to the owners of Supermarkets or bars in exchange for Alcohol.
Some people, just some, dont posess any, or have ever seen the benefits of them in action.
That is the problem, and not the providers of establishments selling the stuff to drink at home or in bars.
leninwasright
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3:17pm Sat 31 Jul 10
yo30 dan wrote:Don't be too certain in that assumption. Binge drinking is a problem in several countries; increasingly so in France. I spoke to a bar owner in a smart town in Italy who was fed up with Saturday night drunks wrecking his patio area. However, your point about irresponsible buying and selling of alcohol is valid. It's too cheap and easily available to young people. At the same time, a pity that part of the city is wrecked and that people will be out of work.
scens on this street are unfortunately replicated in every town in the UK, but strangely not really elsewhere in the world. I'm sure with this place closed there'll be several less piles of sick, blood and maybe a fight or altercation ot two less as well. Or else move the probelm over the road....
KarenWhite1978
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3:47pm Sat 31 Jul 10
AndYork wrote:surely the headline should have been "DISCO INFERNO".
surely headlines should of been; DISCO INFERNO.
Wayne Carr
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4:06pm Sat 31 Jul 10
KarenWhite1978 wrote:That's what he said - very pedantic and boring Karen
AndYork wrote: surely headlines should of been; DISCO INFERNO.surely the headline should have been "DISCO INFERNO".
magoo9
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4:25pm Sat 31 Jul 10
KarenWhite1978 wrote:Surely an investigation for Keith Lard?
AndYork wrote: surely headlines should of been; DISCO INFERNO.surely the headline should have been "DISCO INFERNO".
Woody Mellor
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4:30pm Sat 31 Jul 10
KarenWhite1978 wrote:Get a life. No one likes a clever git.
AndYork wrote:surely the headline should have been "DISCO INFERNO".
surely headlines should of been; DISCO INFERNO.
Ktin
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6:03pm Sat 31 Jul 10
Stevie D
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6:18pm Sat 31 Jul 10
northernlight62 wrote:
erm it isnt the clubs what make binge drinkers and idiots people choose to act like d**ks.
No, the clubs don't make people act like that, but they sure as 'eck give them the opportunity, and encourage them to do so.
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Do you really think that if York got rid of all these dodgy bars and clubs that the level of drunken disruption and vomit-stained pavements would not drop like a stone? If you don't allow places where behaving like a d**k is seen as acceptable, people won't behave like that anywhere near as much.
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And York would be a better place for it.
SJyork
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6:24pm Sat 31 Jul 10
cutitout
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6:27pm Sat 31 Jul 10
Woody Mellor wrote:Better a clever git than an ignorant one.
KarenWhite1978 wrote:Get a life. No one likes a clever git.AndYork wrote: surely headlines should of been; DISCO INFERNO.surely the headline should have been "DISCO INFERNO".
guitarfriend
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6:39pm Sat 31 Jul 10
Unfortunately though, this will be another excuse to victimise smokers,
Puttingtheworldtorights
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6:43pm Sat 31 Jul 10
magoo9 wrote:Oh how I wish it was!
KarenWhite1978 wrote:Surely an investigation for Keith Lard?AndYork wrote: surely headlines should of been; DISCO INFERNO.surely the headline should have been "DISCO INFERNO".
keepitshut
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7:17pm Sat 31 Jul 10
SJyork wrote:Allegedly!
I think you're all missing the point. This fire was not caused by binge drinkers. It was caused by smokers. Cigarettes - as are the majority of fires. A wooden smoking area seems daft. The solution to prevent further risks would be to not allow these venues to have designated 'smoking areas.' I am sure smokers can cope a couple of hours without a cigarette - if they can't then frankly they need help.
Eric
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12:21am Sun 1 Aug 10
yo30 dan wrote:have you ever left the uk? iv seen worse scenes in hong kong, many cities in australia and new zealand, not to mention the americas and europe. however much people enjoying themselves and maybe going to far every now and then upsets you it still brings jobs and money to the city and with taxes etc to the country as a whole.
scens on this street are unfortunately replicated in every town in the UK, but strangely not really elsewhere in the world. I'm sure with this place closed there'll be several less piles of sick, blood and maybe a fight or altercation ot two less as well. Or else move the probelm over the road....
Expat Bob
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12:24am Sun 1 Aug 10
guitarfriend wrote:Why not Victimise smokers? they inflict their filthy habit on other people. Its about time the World banned tobacco altogether. I know some smokers are very considerate but they are the minority. The other thing is and more important, it would put an end to Smoking related deaths.
Thank goodness - disgusting place along with all the other nightclubs in the area lowering the tone of York. Unfortunately though, this will be another excuse to victimise smokers,
Mr Stonier
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12:37am Sun 1 Aug 10
Expat Bob
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12:57am Sun 1 Aug 10
sad sad people get a grip!
northernlight62 wrote:
sad sad people get a grip!
northernlight62 wrote:
sad sad people get a grip!
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Are you trying to make a point?
westyorkie
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4:21am Sun 1 Aug 10
NoNewsIsGoodNews
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9:41am Sun 1 Aug 10
Expat Bob wrote:Just the same as banning drugs ended all heroin related deaths.
guitarfriend wrote:Why not Victimise smokers? they inflict their filthy habit on other people. Its about time the World banned tobacco altogether. I know some smokers are very considerate but they are the minority. The other thing is and more important, it would put an end to Smoking related deaths.
Thank goodness - disgusting place along with all the other nightclubs in the area lowering the tone of York. Unfortunately though, this will be another excuse to victimise smokers,
moleculeman
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9:51am Sun 1 Aug 10
pedalling paul wrote:No Paul. That wasn't because you're a cyclist. It is because you are a complete weiner. You truncheon.
You can put a bomb under the lot as far as I'm concerned. I'm fed up of trying to cycle along Micklegate in the evening, with drunks and revellers staggering about in the road. I've even had idiots trying to knock me off and chase after me........which of you was it.....
SensibleSimon
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11:12am Sun 1 Aug 10
Clubs probably generate a bit of trouble from drunken idiots, but then the world is full of idiots and those few aren't the worst. At least they're not trying to impose their blinkered one track world view onto the rest of us. The odd pile of puke is less offensive than hundreds of miles of green lanes!
Maquis
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11:27am Sun 1 Aug 10
Stevie D wrote:In the same way that roads dont MAKE people drive like idiots, or crash, but sure as 'eck give them the opportunity, and encourage them to do so.
northernlight62 wrote: erm it isnt the clubs what make binge drinkers and idiots people choose to act like d**ks.No, the clubs don't make people act like that, but they sure as 'eck give them the opportunity, and encourage them to do so. . Do you really think that if York got rid of all these dodgy bars and clubs that the level of drunken disruption and vomit-stained pavements would not drop like a stone? If you don't allow places where behaving like a d**k is seen as acceptable, people won't behave like that anywhere near as much. . And York would be a better place for it.
Do you really think that if the UK got rid of all these roads and motorways that the levels of congestion, pollutipon and car related deaths would NOT drop like a stone? If you dont allow these roads, then people wouldnt drive anywhwere near as much.
I suppose you think the UK would be a better place for this too?
The minority of people who act like d**k's will act like d**k's wherever they are, if not in a club then at home with cheap booze from the offy where they are not being watched by doorstaff.
Just because you dont like going to a particular place, it does not have to be banned. I dont like this place much myself but lots of people do, so thats fine by me.
keepitshut
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11:40am Sun 1 Aug 10
Remember the guy who nearly burnt his house down in Huntington with the chip pan? Well he just happened to be in the club the very same night! Now dont get me wrong but you dont think he was reinacting what had happened to him the other night in front of his mates do you?
lizi92
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11:41am Sun 1 Aug 10
Stevie D wrote:Yeah but they give them the opportunity to act like dicks in a safe and managed environment where there are plenty of staff and bouncers to manage it. would you rather the clubs closed and there were people drinking on the streets in actual danger? closing the clubs wouldn't solve problems, it would cause more which would be significantly worse.
northernlight62 wrote: erm it isnt the clubs what make binge drinkers and idiots people choose to act like d**ks.No, the clubs don't make people act like that, but they sure as 'eck give them the opportunity, and encourage them to do so. . Do you really think that if York got rid of all these dodgy bars and clubs that the level of drunken disruption and vomit-stained pavements would not drop like a stone? If you don't allow places where behaving like a d**k is seen as acceptable, people won't behave like that anywhere near as much. . And York would be a better place for it.
And i'll assume you've never been into places like BPM or salvos because if you had, you'd realise that it's a reasonably safe environment.
holyroller
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1:42pm Sun 1 Aug 10
It's a well run place and I hope they get it open again quickly.
cliftongirl
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3:38pm Sun 1 Aug 10
Guy Fawkes
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3:53pm Sun 1 Aug 10
How about this for a conspiracy tale?
Remember the guy who nearly burnt his house down in Huntington with the chip pan? Well he just happened to be in the club the very same night! Now dont get me wrong but you dont think he was reinacting what had happened to him the other night in front of his mates do you?
Or a case of Jewish lightning, by any chance? The timing of the fire - just after the place closed - would tend to beg the question...
fear your government
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8:11pm Sun 1 Aug 10
BioLogic
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9:52am Mon 2 Aug 10
Princess Fluffy
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1:31pm Mon 2 Aug 10
JohnnyByrne
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3:34pm Mon 2 Aug 10
Princess Fluffy wrote:Errrrrrr back to Tang hall of course! :-)
Where will all the druggies go now?
spiritofyork
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3:46pm Mon 2 Aug 10
Yorkborneinbse
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5:51pm Mon 2 Aug 10
BioLogic wrote:And why is that then? I fail to see the Joke or the Irony.
There is a reason that the police call that area "Suicide Square"
Magoose
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6:39pm Mon 2 Aug 10
guitarfriend wrote:How pathetic. I wonder how many people making these negative comments actually go out on an evening in York. It's a great city and a great atmosphere on the whole. Yes, there are problems from time to time as with anything but I don't see how it is "lowering the tone" when it is only revellers out at this time anyway surely? All other residents and tourists will never even see this as the latest opening venues in York are 4am??
Thank goodness - disgusting place along with all the other nightclubs in the area lowering the tone of York. Unfortunately though, this will be another excuse to victimise smokers,
And yes it is an excuse to victimise smokers as they were seemingly the cause?!
I'd suggest that you go and strum your banjo and keep out of things which you have no knowlegde about.
Maquis
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6:50pm Mon 2 Aug 10
spiritofyork wrote:yes and perhaps an obesity clinic outside fast food joints, and mobile hospitals outside ice skating rinks, or even an ambulance for those practicing needlecraft as you could **** your finger. All of these are pastimes of choice and a strain on A&E.
We need to accept that drunken, loutish and occasionally intimidating behvaiour is part of English culture. However they should provide for a mobile hospital and/or drunk tank like they do in Poland, and charge them for the service in the morning. Strain on A&E and police cells sorted. Thank you.
Where would you draw the line, or is it only for pastimes which receive press coverage.
sr2222
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10:20pm Mon 2 Aug 10
taken for a mug wrote:Whats Ziggys got to do with anything ?
When I first read it I hoped it wasn't Ziggys... if that place went up the headlines could be shockingly different.
TRU1
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1:31pm Tue 3 Aug 10
Thrasher
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3:46pm Tue 3 Aug 10
joshe
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4:02pm Tue 3 Aug 10
Thrasher wrote:If the owners are reading this, I hope they sue for libel
Hmmmm... nightclub fire... no injuries or casualties... I wonder if there are any financial problems at this place? Hmmmm indeed...
DarrenMiles
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6:20pm Tue 3 Aug 10
euro
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7:16pm Tue 3 Aug 10
the place is renowned for serving kids under age , and stupidly cheap drinks like shots for 70p
pour on petrol.............
Keith Lard
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9:46am Wed 4 Aug 10
It should be pointed out that there is accommodation adjoining the night club, and thankfully none of those people living there were hurt, or the staff who were still in the building at the time.
I wonder how some of you can sleep at night with spiteful drivel that comes out of your mouths. Although I imagine that you just write this rubbish hiding behind the safety of anonymity with nothing else to occupy your sad little lives.
DarrenMiles
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11:33am Wed 4 Aug 10
Keith Lard wrote:What a heap of nonsense. Who on here has said they wanted to hear about people being hurt in this? Do you have selective reading?
Reading some of the comments above I conclude that most of you are no better than these so called chavs you seem to want to exterminate.
It should be pointed out that there is accommodation adjoining the night club, and thankfully none of those people living there were hurt, or the staff who were still in the building at the time.
I wonder how some of you can sleep at night with spiteful drivel that comes out of your mouths. Although I imagine that you just write this rubbish hiding behind the safety of anonymity with nothing else to occupy your sad little lives.
Is Keith Lard your real name? Pot, Kettle, Black.
TRU1
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12:17pm Wed 4 Aug 10
DarrenMiles wrote:Well said Darren!!
Keith Lard wrote: Reading some of the comments above I conclude that most of you are no better than these so called chavs you seem to want to exterminate. It should be pointed out that there is accommodation adjoining the night club, and thankfully none of those people living there were hurt, or the staff who were still in the building at the time. I wonder how some of you can sleep at night with spiteful drivel that comes out of your mouths. Although I imagine that you just write this rubbish hiding behind the safety of anonymity with nothing else to occupy your sad little lives.What a heap of nonsense. Who on here has said they wanted to hear about people being hurt in this? Do you have selective reading? Is Keith Lard your real name? Pot, Kettle, Black.
Keith Lard
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2:42pm Wed 4 Aug 10
6:20pm Tue 3 Aug 10
I agree with a lot of comments on here. The sooner we lose these horrendous dens of chav boozing the sooner the city will lose the louts wrecking the streets in the local area. Sick of these louts breaking windows at 3am, shouting their uneducated booze-fuelled rubbish, followed in tow by their paraletic slags aiming to make an appearance on Jeremy Kyle in the not too distant future. Alcohol is the root of all evil.
So where would the respectful law abiding majority go then? Answers on the back of a post card please..
DarrenMiles
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4:40pm Wed 4 Aug 10
You know there are other social activities for "law abiding" people, other than getting paraletic? Clearly you are unware, via your "answers on a postcard" bafflement.
SensibleSimon
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6:29pm Wed 4 Aug 10
Why does the press choose which stories we may comment on? Why censor the discussion on some? I would like to see the discussion on the story about there being no convictions following the travellers site drug raid.
How did the guy with all the heroin get away with it? Presumably the stuff was found on his possession and even had one fingerprint on the jar. If that doesn't do it, then can we assume that to become drug dealers we simply have to keep our stuff in a coffee jar and only touch it with gloves? How did the stuff get there? Are we to assume someone broke in and gave him £10k worth of smack? If so, did he report this offence, or was he just enjoying his coffee?
Very puzzling.
Keith Lard
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8:59am Thu 5 Aug 10
My answers on a postcard was an opportunity for you to say something constructive instead of banging your drum about Chavs/Ndubz/young people from Tang Hall (and presumably all of the other council estates in the area) etc etc.
I know there are many other activities that people can enjoy that don't involve alcohol. But to suggest that all the young people who socialise in York city centre end up paralytic is very short sighted. It is a very small minority, who sadly ruin it for the rest.
DarrenMiles
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2:39pm Thu 5 Aug 10
I stand by everything I said as I have the facts, not assumptions. Now let's hope the rest of these drug dens (alcohol is a drug) burn down.....with no one inside, of course, and we get these podgy chavs into a gym or two or at least learn some social responsibility instead of treating the city as a giant toilet.
Maquis
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2:50am Fri 6 Aug 10
Over 65% of alcohol bought these days is from the supermarkets, not pubs and clubs. Just look at the amount of beer cans, which are not usually sold in pubs, strewn about the streets.
Without these places do you honestly expect them to drink less? In reality they would drink more at home because it is cheaper. Those who insist on causing problems would then be doing it in residential areas with no doormen or police in the vicinity to atempt to control them.
Of the thousands of people who go out in York every night, only a few cause problems. It would be unfair to stop these people having their fun just because of a few idiots who would not stop being idiots no matter what you do.
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T.Smith says...
9:19am Sat 31 Jul 10