Changes

After success of the fortnightly disco, the lack of a legal number of toilets, lack of soundproofing and lack of fire escape, meant that the Coop decided to offer the hall up for lease rather than carrying out the necessary works.  I was given the first chance of securing the lease for £11,000, which I could not afford!!  Two young men came forward with necessary funds and plans, and after their work was approved, the Coop Hall was renamed the Venue, and became a Mecca for live bands.

For a short period of time Fred's Discount Store opened a second store covering the emtire ground floor. They sold all manner of things from toys to furniture having taken over from the Green Shield Stamp shop.  This was rather like an Argos Store, where people could redeem books of stamps, collected like vouchers from supermarkets, for articles from kitchen equipment to sports goods.