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Newport Pole Dance Club Gets License (Update 2)
Thursday, 12th November, 2009 at 1:37 pm, Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Council, Newport, News
Club Phoenix, a proposed pole dancing club in Newport at the site of the old British Legion, has been granted its premise license.
We spoke to the council to get the background, who told us that all objections that had been raised by the public had been answered, which allowed the license to be granted without it needing to pass to the licensing committee. (Full details of the reasoning are below)
Before it can be used, Club Phoenix still has to have planning permission for change of use approved.
Date for objections missed
Many people that might have objected to the license weren’t able to as they’d missed the deadline. The County Press ran the story on their front page, but too late for people to object and, as VB reader Clarkee pointed out, they must have known about it way before, as they had run an advert for the licensing application ad in the newspaper.
Given the Club is on the road where youngest pupils at Nodehill Middle walk to school, many are concerned that it will be open as a bar during the day, switching to offering the more exotic entertainment in the evening.
Nodehill Headmaster unhappy
The headmaster of Nodehill, Mr Morris, told us he was saddened by the decision, pointing out that the area was very popular with high school pupils, after school hours and well into the evening.
“They spend a lot of time hanging around the park up the road and generally around this area. It’s also near the bus station.”
Asked what he thought of the idea, he said “It’s an inappropriate place to put it … actually the whole thing is inappropriate. If there has to be one, it would be far better off in an industrial estate, out of the way, rather in the town centre.”
Of course, Nodehill Middle School is marked to be closed in a few years, but as Mr Morris pointed out, there will still be young people around the area.
Official word from the council
Here’s the official word from Zoryna O’Donnell, IW Council head of community safety services, “The application has been dealt with in accordance with the Licensing Act.
“The Act prescribes a 28-day consultation period which commenced the day after the application was received by the council. A notice advertising the consultation stating the applicant’s intention to provide adult entertainment was displayed at the premises throughout the consultation period and this notice appeared in the Isle of Wight County Press. All the required responsible bodies as well as Newport Parish Council were notified of the application.
“As all the requirements of the legislation have been complied with and the objections submitted to the Council during the consultation period, which ended on 23 October 2009, have now been resolved, the Licensing Act dictates that the application should therefore be granted without the need for a hearing.
“The Council will however continue with partners to monitor the premises to ensure the licensing objectives continue to be promoted.”
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Why did the county press only cover this story on the 6th November when objecting against it was to late?
The IWCP would of known about this licence before you guys as they would of published it in the paper
I also noticed the only sign on the building was stating it was for sale. If people looked at that they wouldn’t presume someone was applying for a licence to turn it into a sex club.
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Good point Clarkee, surely someone must have noticed it when the advert was placed in the back?
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With a name like Mrs X – are you’re not going to be performing there?
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I am very unhappy about this decision and that fact it has been made by one person and not a committee.
Surely such a contentious application should have gone to the licensing committee. It’s right next to a middle school for goodness sake.
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So it’s ok to have a load of pervs hanging around our schools now then? which drone madet his gave this one the rubber stamp?
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Trevor – ‘load of pervs hanging around our schools now then?’ – strip clubs are not my thing but are socially excepted and operate within the confines of our laws. They provide a service for those inclined, they operate under strict guidelines, they are generally open during the latter hours of the evening, they are by their nature quite discrete and they attract clientele interested in ladies (and now men in some places i hear) – yes ladies not children. Those interested in the latter are probably not going to find what they want at a local strip club.
So roll up your Daily Mail and go find something that will help you formulate a more informed view.
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I don’t have a problem with this type of club, everyone has their needs, but I do agree it’s not the best place for it.
I’ve heard that it’s planned to open in the morning, I think the dancers are not due until the evening, but it is somewhere that’ll people looking for a certain type of entertainment will go to and lots of kids hang around that area in the evening.
I agree that it’s better suited to an industrial estate.
To be clear I don’t object to the idea of it, just where it is.
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could we not get a partition of people against this going, im sure there will be plently of people!
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Good move in my opinion. I am glad for once to see the campaign to keep the Island stuck in the 50’s not win.
To suggest that anyone visitng the site is a “perv” is ridiculously small minded and sums up the draconian mindset of many Islanders.
Would I visit this place myself?? No, I very rarely visit any kind of pub/club and a pole dancing club certainly wouldn’t appeal to me, but I do welcome to element of choice which we all have. If Islanders are truly against it then it will quickly go out of business but I don’t see that happening.
And as for it’s location, I really don’t see the issue. It’s not like there will be naked dancers outside enticing children to come and have a visit.
Get off your high horses and accept the Island is screaming for a more modern mindset.
Oh, and for gods sake, let’s please not have any stupid comments about how this is degrading to women.
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I agree…Not my cup of tea, but a concept that is well established all over the country.
Its a strip club and they have no more pervs than your local pub…most pervs are at home stuck on their computers.
So what if its next to a school…unless detention these days keeps kids in school up to the times most of these clubs operate.
We have an ideal site in Shanklin, the old Chapter One building, if only they could remove the ‘no alcohol’ covenant on the lease.
Just round the corner theres a sex shop and Ann Summers..so there is obviously a demand for such places, the only problem is the one of parking, where are all those new BMWs gonna park?
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The private sex shop was not allowed in the centre of newport town (opposite Morrisons) because it was to much in the public eye (Plain building with just the word private identifying it)
but when it’s a sex club that’s fine to pop opposite a middle school. get a grip, there are better places they could have that club.
There is enough empty buildings on this island. Why choose that one?
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The sex shop is opposite the BHS rear enterence (!!!)
Its hardly a sex club (depending on your definition) its just an upgrade on you good old traditional pub strippers. Its hardly Amsterdams Redlight district (which is a great tourist attraction and earns the city millions of pounds
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It was originally going to be where the inter-flora shop used to be but people objected.
So they ended up with the site at the back of BHS
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We need a site for the Casino.
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Is the license only for female dancers then?
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I don’t know if the license is for female dancers only. I’m not even sure if there is a different license is required for each sex.
I’m not entirely sure how it matters though. Whether the club is all girls, all guys or a mix, people will still complain.
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What’s the problems with a few Polish ladies wanting to dance?
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Objections all sound pretty pathetic. Even if open as a bar during the day, the place is not even as obvious from the front as one of the regular Newport pubs. As for corrupting the young, doesn’t the headmaster of Nodehill Middle School know that his school closes down at 3.30pm and by the time the entertainment begins at the club at 8.00pm, his pupils are already at home glued to their computer game consoles.
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So what about the studio nightclub that do 14+ nights just round the corner? they at home on their consoles as-well?
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maybe they could use their fake ID’s to get in….or drill holes through the walls so they can see in…or develope X-Ray specs
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this is discriminating for woman, woman dont want to be downgraded in this way! im sure if this was a place full of naked men which you could pay for extras men would kick off. Its sexist and will cause alot of problems, with more trouble around newport bus station! obviously the men that agree with the club and will be attending are not happy at home, and are willing to pay for cheap thrills. As for bringing money to the island via this strip club….really? i dont think so, only pocketed by the dirty man who came up with the idea.
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SHUT UP!!!!!!
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I can not stand people who claim this type of establishment to be degrading or discriminating or any other such rubbish.
By definition anything done through one’s own choice can not be degrading. If I choose to earn a living by taking my clothes off then that is not, and can not, be degrading or discriminating.
By the way, St. George’s Park is holding a “Full Monty” male strip event in December and I don’t see anybody kicking up a fuss about that so your argument is null and void.
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The nearest school to St. George’s Park would be downside middle and that’s a very long walk away. There is not as much fuss about ‘Full Monty’ as I feel they choose a more suitable place.
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I’m always fascinated by the ‘discriminates against women’ argument. The sex trade is the only business where those who control the resource – in this case sex – often claim to be exploited by the consumer. It’s a bit like the water company complaining that people are exploiting them for wanting water. The fact that some women may be subject to coercion is a separate argument. For the majority of these women, they have chosen to make use for the demand for sex to address their life requirements. As for 321’s comments, they say more about your damaged state of mind than the subject at hand – the idea that sex is dirty was torn down not a moment too soon back in the sixties.
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Have you asked the women and men dancers who will earn very good money working at this club what they think. The only people degrading woman are those that beleive they have no voice or opinion of there own and feel the need to speak for them
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Perhaps it’s the men who being exploited here, afterall the ‘ladies’ who will be working there will be paid for their endeavours and the customers of the venue will have to pay for this somehow, be it through price of drinks or entrance.
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I have many misgivings about this club. It is a fact that some of these clubs have links with the people smuggling trade. Many women flee their countries of origin (for a variety of reasons) only to find that ‘working off’ the cost of being smuggled into this country mean that they often end up having to work in these clubs, quite often against their will. Not all of these clubs are what they seem, many of them have backrooms, where ‘punters’ are privately ‘entertained’ again quite often against the womans will.
It is a myth that all women do this kind of work willingly or with open eyes. Many young women go into this work naively or out of desperation. A lot of the women have come from abused childhoods.
I also think we have to ask, what message these clubs send to young people? A lot of money is being spent on trying to cut teenage pregnancies and STDs.To have this club smack bang in the middle of an area where teenagers hangout, opposite a school and yards away from a club that caters for under 18s suggests to me that the message will be contradictory.
I would particluarly like to address the comments about Ann Summers and the Private shop. Ann Summers sells sexy underwear and womens sex toys. This is hardly an activity where women are in danger of being exploited. As for the Private shop, they sell sex magazines and sex videos/dvds and yes everything I’ve said could still apply to this industry as well, but just because we have this shop does not justify having this club.
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“It is a fact that some of these clubs have links with the people smuggling trade. Many women flee their countries of origin (for a variety of reasons) only to find that ‘working off’ the cost of being smuggled into this country mean that they often end up having to work in these clubs, quite often against their will. Not all of these clubs are what they seem, many of them have backrooms, where ‘punters’ are privately ‘entertained’ again quite often against the womans will.”
Yes this may well be linked with these kinds of establishments but that is down to the Isle Of Wight council and police force to properly monitor and police it. You can’t just blanket every club like this as being part of the human trafficking movement, that is like saying someone got arrested in McDonald’s in Manchester for selling drugs over the counter, therefore every McDonald’s is selling drugs over the counter. Every establishment is, and should be treated as, it’s own establishment.
“It is a myth that all women do this kind of work willingly or with open eyes. Many young women go into this work naively or out of desperation. A lot of the women have come from abused childhoods.”
If they go into that work through naivety or desperation they still do it willingly. Also by the way, a lot of women who work at Tesco/Sainsburys/Asda/Boots/Next/Etc/Etc come from abused childhoods, I don’t see you asking for them to be refused premises on the Island.
“I also think we have to ask, what message these clubs send to young people? A lot of money is being spent on trying to cut teenage pregnancies and STDs.To have this club smack bang in the middle of an area where teenagers hangout, opposite a school and yards away from a club that caters for under 18s suggests to me that the message will be contradictory.”
It sends out the message that entertainment of a sexual nature can be enjoyed in a safe, policed environment. I hardly think there’s going to be an offer for cheap oral sex for any school kids on weekday afternoons.
“I would particluarly like to address the comments about Ann Summers and the Private shop. Ann Summers sells sexy underwear and womens sex toys. This is hardly an activity where women are in danger of being exploited. As for the Private shop, they sell sex magazines and sex videos/dvds and yes everything I’ve said could still apply to this industry as well, but just because we have this shop does not justify having this club.”
No it does not justify it, but it does support the argument that there is an audience for it.
If the Island residents really don’t want it here then they can speak with their wallets by not giving the place any business. It will soon go under if nobody wants it here.
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There’s also an audience for sex with children, so would you suggest we cater for them too???
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what a ridiculous comment. That is illegal, stripping is not
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That’s a crazy comment gagged. This discussion is about pole dancers not paedophiles.
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Just because there is an audience for something does not justify catering for it.
I strongly believe that if this club opens then so will the proverbal can of worms.
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What can of worms..there have been strip clubs on the Island before, its not like this is the first. People can look at nude bodies all day long in private surroundings, this is just another private surrounding.
If there is an audience for a legal activity then only a fool would not try and make money from it.
Look…if it in anyway contravenes the law, then it would and should be closed down, but as it stands this is a legal, licensed business venture. They will succeed if there is an audience and fail if not, it is not for you and I ( as non attendees ) to judge…it is down to the paying customer and the law.
PS I am completely in favour of fully legalising prostitution as well ..another service I would not be availing myself of :-)
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TO Grievy
its ovbiously because you are narrow minded and only think in one way and cannot see and feel what other people may be thinking.
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I just get frustrated at the way the Island residence try to police and control their fellow inhabitants.
I love the Island, I really do, but it is so sad to see it’s progression constantly held back by those afraid of change.
I certainly may be stuck on my opinion, but to me the true narrow mindedness is those that would refuse their fellow Islanders the choice to use this type of establishment.
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Grievy, hooray!!!!!, there is one person on here that speaks about the 21st century, instead of all these other people who are stuck in the 18Century. The busy bodies on here most likely live nowhere near and DO NOT have kids at the school. Please can all of you let go of the bloody past and look to the future.
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we could have alot more places open to make the island more of a 21st century place….not just a sexist one. Notice its only men all for this?
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Actually I think you’ll find it’s never been stated as strictly female dancers, and even if it is that does not mean women will be refused admittance.
Also if it’s a male strip night you are looking for then there is one at St. George’s Park on the 4th December. You can book your ticket over the phone. Want the number?
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no thanks, im not into paying for anybody to take their clothes off. I think you have to pretty desperate to do this.
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…..tell that to The Calendar Girls who raised a shed load of funds for a very worthy cause. I doubt very much if any of them were “smuggled” in or came from abused backgrounds.
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money from the strip club going to charity is it?
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I don’t think that was the point being made 321.
Wabbit was merely pointing out that the removal of ones clothes doesn’t have to be a “degrading” or “immoral” act.
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No, but they pay taxes.
Lets be clear, the strippers are employees, not illegal immigrants or prostitutes. These men and women have chosen a profession that can make them a lot money quickly. A lot of repectables students paying their way through college and university are employed by such places, some pay for creches so single mums can earn a living.
A lot of distance has been travelled since the sordid clubs that existed into the 80’s. Now these clubs are highly successful and profitable ventures for the owners and the employees.
I’m sure there are seedy undergorund clubs that profit illegally from this new high status, but I hardly beleive this will be one of them and I bet the council and police will be keeping a very close eye on it ;-)
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And what makes you so sure that this won’t be one of them.
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What makes you think it will be?
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its just another form of theatre , they are acting and if you want to pay to see anyone act , dance sing, strip, its your own personal choice , and should remain so .
Sometime this Island is too narrow minded , we know it goes on, if you dont like it …. dont go.
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I wont be, im speaking on behalf of many islanders. Theres plenty of porn on the internet, but if men get their cheap thrills this way, its pretty low. Theres more to life than only thinking below the belts… sad some people see this as an island advantage.
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Well we are also speaking on the behalf of many Islanders.
In fact if I were you I would take some solace in the fact that for the most part, it seems even those defending the club, myself included, have stated they personally do not plan to use it.
If that truly is the case it will close as quickly as it opens.
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Yes, give it maybe a year.
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I would love to be able to raise some new valid points, but it seems the majority of what I think of this has already been covered by others. However, Why is it apparantly completely unacceptable to have this sort of venue, where people will be doing these things INSIDE and, therefore (being an obvious 18+ venue) out of sight of the children?
It has been said that the people going inside are “pervs”. I wholeheartedly deplore this statement, and find this archaic Island school-of-thought rather tedious. We’re living in the modern world, premises like this are located absolutely everywhere, and I welcome a venue that is doing something unseen over here to the Island with open arms. I personally feel I would go, at least once, to experience this sort of thing on the Isle of Wight. Does this make me a pervert? The answer is entirely up to you.
When all’s said and done, Im sure alot more trouble, grief and anti-social behaviour is caused by the proximity of The Studio to the Bus Station than this could ever cause.
Take a long look at things before you criticise them. It could be alot worse.
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Local authorities have just been given greater powers to control the opening and regulation of lap-dancing clubs, and apparently local residents should now have more say in where they’re sited:
http://www.lgcplus.com/policy-and-politics/latest-policy-and-politics-news/lap-dancing-clubs-up-to-residents/5008486.article
Though the Newport one is due to open in the evening, we can’t assume that won’t change. My daughter lives in Vauxhall. A lap-dancing club on her street is right next to a children’s playground and is open from 12.30pm – 3am. She hates it.
Personally I find the proliferation of these clubs depressing and I don’t want them in town centres.
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You would rather they were in rural settings????????
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Wendy we also can’t assume that it will change. The curren issue is for the location and current evening opening times.
If at some point in the future they decide to extend their opening hours I am sure it will come under heavy inspection by the local council.
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The club will open at 11am until 12am Sunday – Wednesday and 11am – 2am Thursday – Saturday. Although the ‘dancing’ won’t start until 10pm. Hmmm…..
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For many years I ran a pub in Kingston..a local pub famously provided table top dancers at lunchtime as well as the evening. The pub was in the middle of a housing estate which included two schools.
There was not one occassion reported that underage people were ever in any position to be offended by the site of naked men and women.
If you don’t like it…don’t go…I won’t be going, but for gods sake let grown adults make their own mind up (as the employees will have done).
If the public aren’t interested and as disgusted as you, then it will be closed down very quickly.
As to the proliferation of these clubs…they are on the decline. Lad Dancing clubs and pole dancing clubs where in there heyday 10 years ago when every jack was looking at making a fast buck. Now the cowboys have moved on to easier targets and the current promoters(like Peter Stringfellow) are profesionals
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These clubs are far from being on the decline. In fact since the 2003 changes in licensing laws these clubs have been on the rise.
You should get your facts right.
There is a wealth of evidence out there that proves that there are strong links between pornography and sex crimes.
Take some time and investigate. Ill informed people like you are dangerous.Try doing some research before you write again.
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I lived in London during the 80’s and nighties when these clubs were opening on a weekly basis.
I know my facts…where do yours come from?
(I get mine from the trade press as these premises are all licensed and I’m still in THAT trade)
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The sex trade has existed for millennia and like drugs the best way to manage it is to make it legal where licensing systems can be employed to reduce the negative impacts. If you restrict these activities they go underground where there is no control. If it is legal we can research and develop a better understanding and set policies (if the gov’t actually takes notice of the facts instead of the hysteria driven by ill-informed individuals and media) to reduce and manage the negative impacts of these activities on our society (if there are actually any).
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The change in the licensing act affecting pub and bar opening times and the new police control authority has nothing to do with the licensing of adult entertainment (apart from the fact that it is now dealt with by the council rather than the court)and actually increases the abilty of the police to enter and close down such establishments if there is a breach of the license or the law
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I do not deny that this is a growth market, just that the heady days of the 80’s and 90’s are well andtruly over…there are now approximately 300 such licensed clubs which is up from a couple of years ago, but well down on the 2000 from 15 years ago
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There was an interesting piece in The Guardian last year, from the perspective of a woman who’d worked in a lap-dancing club. Pointed out an increase in sexual assaults in the surrounding area when clubs opened (in that case, Camden):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/19/gender.uk
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Amsterdam has the lowest count of rape in Europe, yet has live sex shows and legalised prostitution.
Girls parade all but naked in shop windows for any little late night skallywag to gaup at.
Now no one is suggesting that Newport follow suit..but a non-discript building operating outside of school hours is hardly going to be noticed by anybody except its punters.
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Now no one is suggesting that Newport follow suit
I’M SUGGESTING IT!!
tourists would come from far and wide to cruise newport’s red light district.
BTW where are all the employees of this pole-dancing club going to come from?
are there enough attractive females on the island who’ll want to do it or will the management be shipping them in from the mainland?
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It is my personal opinion that this is an inappropriate location for a naked strip club. I think it should be sited somewhere else away from children, such as the industrial estate is a good idea. I appreciate that there will be no signs, as such, of what is taking place inside, but just the knowledge is enough. I live on the Island for a reason…to keep away from such things as these clubs and to bring up my children who go to Nodehill Middle in an appropriate way. If a club like this were to go up outside a school in London I am sure there would still be complaints. If anyone wants to visit a club like this, fine, not a problem, just relocate “Club-Phoneix” or go to the mainland! If people are aware of the date of the council meeting then it is their choice wheather or not to turn up to state their views, 17th Nov. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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Is there not a childrens play area (Jolly Roger) on the Estate..You could always suggest they move it to one of the Palmerston Forts..no chance a child would get near it then.
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That’s a brilliant idea!! All for it! :)
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for those who say sex-work degrades women – this female academic disagrees :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1227946/Is-Dr-Brooke-Magnanti-scientist-34-Belle-Jour.html
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But for another take on this read Tanya Gold in today’s Guardian: “Dr Brooke Magnanti says she enjoyed her life as Belle de Jour. Please don’t let this distort the grim reality of prostitution”
Full article is here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/17/belle-de-jour-tanya-gold
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lets not get sidetracked….that is about prostitutes and not strip clubs. There is no coralation between the two in legitimate operations.
Strippers are dancers who take their clothes off any other assumption on the part of the ‘anti’ brigade is degrading to women.
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True, I was following on from Seb’s comment and link which did make reference to prostitution.
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Hang on a mo, isn’t this discussion about pole dancers?
Usually means scantily clad women dancing seductively up and down a pole on a stage.
My guess is that most women perform this kind of show for their husbands at home anyway, so why should anyone who wants to use the club be classed a perv?
Sexual desire is human nature.
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“My guess is that most women perform this kind of show for their husbands at home anyway, so why should anyone who wants to use the club be classed a perv?”
I tried this out….she called me a perv hahahahah
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Three questions need to be answered here-questions of major importance to a large section of the Island population.
1 Will there be a discount for old age pensioners?
2 Will zimmer frames be allowed in the club?
3 Will dribbling be allowed?
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Dod
You have left out a few questions.
4 Wheelchair access?
5 His and Her disabled toilets?
6 Signs in braile for fire exits and toilets?
It might also need (depending on the council)to be placarded outside with a warning sign.
Will it have a separate smoking area out the back.I can just see it now,wife coming back from shopping and saying ” I saw you father again today outside that club puffing on his pipe,its bad for him ”
” What darling the pipe or the club”
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Good points Wabbit.And ones that must be cleared up before I can bring forward my idea for a pensioners night with fish and chip supper and bingo in the interval.
Also,will formal dress be mandatory or can we leave out teeth at home?
And will there be amateur nights? My sister Ermintrude may be in her eighties but she still swings a mean corset.
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I wonder if it will have its own car park.PAY and DISPLAY of course.
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ventnor could be left behind if the pole-dancing establishment draws away many men who might have otherwise visited ventnor.
may i suggest a mobile strip limousine circulating ventnor 24 hours a day!
http://gawker.com/5402744/stripper+mobile-proves-every-las-vegas-stereotype-correct
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BBC coverage today of the Newport pole-dancing club application.
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see there you go, it may not happen as planning not yet agreed, they’ll just turn it into a 24hr drinking marathon instead hahahha
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Hmmm, Im dan im 25 live in the newport area, Wot i would like 2 no is y all the fuss over a strip club??? every were else has em all over the wourld n there never any fuss!!, Ok so they could av picked better posions 4 it but hey if its only open wen the kiddies go home there not goin 2 se3e anything so it shouldnt get in the way of any schooling!!.
Also funny how we get all the pedo’s in the prisons on the island n wen they get they get a free house i mean wtf??? no1 seems 2 b complainin about the pervs hangin about the schools but they do about a poxy strip club (priorties)
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The school is closing down anyway
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Not for another couple of years.
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could be that long before this gets through haha
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Hi All,
Have just come across the Ventnor Blog, have read with interest all your comments.
Let me start by confirming a few things, the Club will not only be a lap dancing club, if you read the license, you will be aware that the club will hold comedy nights, Burlesque dance, drag nights, and other types of entertainment.
The club will be closly monitored by the police and the council, before we started this endever we held meetings with the police, we have met all conditions placed on us. No one under the age of 18 will be allowed in, this will be controled by the security staff an Island comp, I will also employ bar staff from the Island.
Dancers willl come from the Mainland again veted by the agency suplying them.
To answer some of the questions about will the club be opened to all, Yes Male and Female we intend to do night for both sex.
As to the location of the venue, we looked at all the issues, the club may be oppsite a school but if you go and look at the location you will see the club faces a 12 foot brick wall, no one can see into the club unless they come inside. People have experesed concerns that it is close to the bus station, this is one of the reasons we chose it, transport links are important.
Yes the bar will be opened during the day like all other pubs in Newport, No adult entertainment will start before 20:00, 8 oclock when all children should be at home with there parents Lap dancing poll dancing will mainly take place Thurs
to sat.
As some of you have said if this is not suported then it will close, that is very true. This club is not part of a chain and is being funded by myself so those of you that are incline please support me.
To those of you that are against, we live in a modern era were people have a chioce.
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People really need to grow up and get with the times. As with all strip clubs there are strict rules and guidelines which are set out by the police and local councils. The club has got the permission so has obviously kept to the rules. Do people honestly think the police would allow this if there was a high chance of so called pervs being in close proximity of a middle school (I dont think so). Q: How many woman would be complaining if this was a male strip club?
A: NONE
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Is there any update on whether this is going ahead?
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Why are the dancers coming from the mainland only?
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simple remedy – persuade your female friends/relatives to apply!! :)
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