Accrington lap dance club set to open tomorrow

9:39am Thursday 12th July 2012 in News

A CONTROVERSIAL lap dancing club will open its doors for the first time tomorrow.

iCandy, will be launched in Accrington town centre despite opposition from residents and recruitment agencies, a lack of dancers and a 1,500-signature petition against the club.

The manager of the club, which will open in Blackburn Road following a ribbon ceremony, said staff were hoping to put the recent set-backs behind them ‘by concentrating on providing a top class professional service’.

Kate Hartley, a 45-year-old grandma, said: “We are really excited the opening date has finally arrived. A lot of hard work has gone into getting to this stage.

“We will be running a staff training evening tonight ahead of the big night. We are still looking out for dancers. We have not been able to find as many ladies as we would of liked simply because they have not met our high standards.

“We are aware a lot of people are against us but we are hoping for best.”

Comments (18)

10:29am Thu 12 Jul 12

notchuffed says...

Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article.

Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club?

wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters
Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters notchuffed

1:00pm Thu 12 Jul 12

Your ferret stinks says...

notchuffed wrote:
Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters
You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this.
[quote][p][bold]notchuffed[/bold] wrote: Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters[/p][/quote]You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this. Your ferret stinks

1:40pm Thu 12 Jul 12

BuckoTheMoose says...

""Kate Hartley, a 45-year-old grandma,""

What a place. Think I'll give it a miss :-0
""Kate Hartley, a 45-year-old grandma,"" What a place. Think I'll give it a miss :-0 BuckoTheMoose

2:02pm Thu 12 Jul 12

jack daniels says...

Your ferret stinks wrote:
notchuffed wrote: Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters
You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this.
I think she'll easily spot him from the raised stage when he walk through the door.....
[quote][p][bold]Your ferret stinks[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]notchuffed[/bold] wrote: Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters[/p][/quote]You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this.[/p][/quote]I think she'll easily spot him from the raised stage when he walk through the door..... jack daniels

2:07pm Thu 12 Jul 12

jack daniels says...

Fortunately, because we live in an (almost) secular, democratic country, we now have this opportunity for people to decide what they want. If there is a call for this kind of bar, somebody will make a lot of money - and a lot of people will go home happy.

If ‘we the people’ decide that it’s not what we want or need, and vote with our feet, then it’ll not be long before it’s closed.
Fortunately, because we live in an (almost) secular, democratic country, we now have this opportunity for people to decide what they want. If there is a call for this kind of bar, somebody will make a lot of money - and a lot of people will go home happy. If ‘we the people’ decide that it’s not what we want or need, and vote with our feet, then it’ll not be long before it’s closed. jack daniels

2:59pm Thu 12 Jul 12

notchuffed says...

jack daniels wrote:
Your ferret stinks wrote:
notchuffed wrote: Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters
You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this.
I think she'll easily spot him from the raised stage when he walk through the door.....
So you must have been in for a preview then to know it is a raised floor.

I'll bet when you have a private full frontal session you'll be living up to your name going after the rat in a hole.

Hope you don't meet my mum she is 38 - 22 - 36 and that's just the shape of her nose.
[quote][p][bold]jack daniels[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]Your ferret stinks[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]notchuffed[/bold] wrote: Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters[/p][/quote]You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this.[/p][/quote]I think she'll easily spot him from the raised stage when he walk through the door.....[/p][/quote]So you must have been in for a preview then to know it is a raised floor. I'll bet when you have a private full frontal session you'll be living up to your name going after the rat in a hole. Hope you don't meet my mum she is 38 - 22 - 36 and that's just the shape of her nose. notchuffed

3:53pm Thu 12 Jul 12

mavrick says...

These clubs have been and gone previously, I doubt if it will last, I just hope the council who have taken a moral stand will not be charging extra for the licence fee. I do hope the local councilors will pay a site visit and advise the public accordingly.
As for me, I am capable of making my own mind up.
These clubs have been and gone previously, I doubt if it will last, I just hope the council who have taken a moral stand will not be charging extra for the licence fee. I do hope the local councilors will pay a site visit and advise the public accordingly. As for me, I am capable of making my own mind up. mavrick

4:21pm Thu 12 Jul 12

AndyW says...

I'm all for strip clubs as they have their time, place and demographic.

If you want to go, then go.
If you don't, then shut up and don't go.

However, what really jumps out from this article is "45-year old GRANDMA..."
HOW?!
I'm all for strip clubs as they have their time, place and demographic. If you want to go, then go. If you don't, then shut up and don't go. However, what really jumps out from this article is "45-year old GRANDMA..." HOW?! AndyW

4:26pm Thu 12 Jul 12

disgusted tunbridge wells says...

I've told the wife to wash my string vest as I fancy my chances
I've told the wife to wash my string vest as I fancy my chances disgusted tunbridge wells

5:12pm Thu 12 Jul 12

Michael@ClitheroeSince58 says...

The total demise of Accrington is now complete, now know as Skankrington the place where no one has a job and a wife supports her bloke by working in the strip club R.I.P. a once great town
The total demise of Accrington is now complete, now know as Skankrington the place where no one has a job and a wife supports her bloke by working in the strip club R.I.P. a once great town Michael@ClitheroeSince58

5:19pm Thu 12 Jul 12

TONY WALES says...

Good choice to open on a Friday.
The customers can go straight from the Mosque, after collecting a curry on the way.

Remember they don't sell pork pies, like at a football match.
Good choice to open on a Friday. The customers can go straight from the Mosque, after collecting a curry on the way. Remember they don't sell pork pies, like at a football match. TONY WALES

5:55pm Thu 12 Jul 12

Chris P Bacon says...

BuckoTheMoose wrote:
""Kate Hartley, a 45-year-old grandma,""

What a place. Think I'll give it a miss :-0
If you want to spot a celebrity, that's the place to go as obviously Wayne Rooney will have his own seat if that's the kind of woman 'entertaining' in there.

And why are these things (doomed to failure, naturally) always well behind the curve? Is this area so backward it hasn't caught up with anything 'now'? Do they seriously think Accrington is sophisticated enough to be home such a club? I'll give it until November before it announces its closure.
[quote][p][bold]BuckoTheMoose[/bold] wrote: ""Kate Hartley, a 45-year-old grandma,"" What a place. Think I'll give it a miss :-0[/p][/quote]If you want to spot a celebrity, that's the place to go as obviously Wayne Rooney will have his own seat if that's the kind of woman 'entertaining' in there. And why are these things (doomed to failure, naturally) always well behind the curve? Is this area so backward it hasn't caught up with anything 'now'? Do they seriously think Accrington is sophisticated enough to be home such a club? I'll give it until November before it announces its closure. Chris P Bacon

8:10pm Thu 12 Jul 12

Your ferret stinks says...

notchuffed wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
Your ferret stinks wrote:
notchuffed wrote: Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters
You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this.
I think she'll easily spot him from the raised stage when he walk through the door.....
So you must have been in for a preview then to know it is a raised floor.

I'll bet when you have a private full frontal session you'll be living up to your name going after the rat in a hole.

Hope you don't meet my mum she is 38 - 22 - 36 and that's just the shape of her nose.
Brilliant!!!
[quote][p][bold]notchuffed[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]jack daniels[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]Your ferret stinks[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]notchuffed[/bold] wrote: Interesting that LET are running a slimming and ant-diarrhoea tablets advert wuith this article. Is it a warning of what to expect if you go to this club? wqouldn't be surprised if the dancing staff are all fat chav BRFC supporters[/p][/quote]You had better stay well away then and wrap yourself in cotton wool, i bet your mum would be very jealous of you if she found out that you had been somewhere like this.[/p][/quote]I think she'll easily spot him from the raised stage when he walk through the door.....[/p][/quote]So you must have been in for a preview then to know it is a raised floor. I'll bet when you have a private full frontal session you'll be living up to your name going after the rat in a hole. Hope you don't meet my mum she is 38 - 22 - 36 and that's just the shape of her nose.[/p][/quote]Brilliant!!! Your ferret stinks

7:32am Fri 13 Jul 12

mys says...

There's enough dirtbags in accrington without attracting outsiders,who on earth thinks this kind of club will make the town better needs to look around,try opening a decent buisiness to provide jobs for the few that want them,these councillors who voted for this club are nothing but dirty old men
There's enough dirtbags in accrington without attracting outsiders,who on earth thinks this kind of club will make the town better needs to look around,try opening a decent buisiness to provide jobs for the few that want them,these councillors who voted for this club are nothing but dirty old men mys

5:02pm Fri 13 Jul 12

pinkpanther21 says...

Well I think its each to there own and personally Icandy is not a seedy place its well sort out and managed and has strict guidlines and rules there has been open evenings for people that are unsure to go and have a look and chat to the FEMALE manager so the company have given peolpe a chance they have been given the go ahead by the council there for it will be a safe clean enviroment! and for SKANKRINGTON... Just goes to show not all "chavs" are from Accrington does it, oh and also dirty old men you will be suprised if your husband doesn't go there... Thank you
Well I think its each to there own and personally Icandy is not a seedy place its well sort out and managed and has strict guidlines and rules there has been open evenings for people that are unsure to go and have a look and chat to the FEMALE manager so the company have given peolpe a chance they have been given the go ahead by the council there for it will be a safe clean enviroment! and for SKANKRINGTON... Just goes to show not all "chavs" are from Accrington does it, oh and also dirty old men you will be suprised if your husband doesn't go there... Thank you pinkpanther21

6:20pm Fri 13 Jul 12

doggydog says...

Stop ya moaning! If ya want to go then go, if ya dont, then dont! Simples!
Stop ya moaning! If ya want to go then go, if ya dont, then dont! Simples! doggydog

6:47pm Fri 13 Jul 12

mr samson says...

It is the year 2012 and i'm sure there's worse things happening for people to complain about. Any business creating jobs for local people has to be a good thing, noboby is forced to work or go there so good look.
It is the year 2012 and i'm sure there's worse things happening for people to complain about. Any business creating jobs for local people has to be a good thing, noboby is forced to work or go there so good look. mr samson

1:03pm Sat 14 Jul 12

tenerc says...

how many opposed to this club have complained about "This Morning" having on male strippers?

i`m all for this club, if this club offends you, then don`t go in, just get offended by the door and sign.

also will there be any protests outside Vue cinema, when they show "Magic Mike" a film featuring male strippers? where 15yo girls can go and watch it?
how many opposed to this club have complained about "This Morning" having on male strippers? i`m all for this club, if this club offends you, then don`t go in, just get offended by the door and sign. also will there be any protests outside Vue cinema, when they show "Magic Mike" a film featuring male strippers? where 15yo girls can go and watch it? tenerc

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