Make a note in your diaries, because Tuesday the 27th of June will be National Bingo Day! Now, as you well know, bingo has a very special place in my heart and something I’ve been involved with for 30+ years now. Not everyone is yet to experience the fun of a bingo club for real, […]
Tag: Bingo Halls
Will Your Bingo Club Reopen?
So, it’s been announced by Boris, Bingo Halls can reopen from the 4th of July after the big coronavirus lockdown of past months. However, the big question is, will they? At the moment there’s not a lot of detail out there about what the plans are. With the 4th of July ten days away, we […]
Gala Sell All Its Land Based Bingo Halls
Over the years we’ve followed the ebb and flow of the retail industry’s biggest players. There’s been a number of purchases and sales, but this latest move from Gala is possibly one of the biggest we’ve seen here. In one fell swoop Gala has sold its entire portfolio of high-street bingo halls. That’s 130 halls […]
Bingo Cocaine Moral Panic
Lock up your daughters, and if they do escape, pray, pray, pray, that they don’t end up in a bingo hall! Because if they do, they’re probably going there to score a bag of Bolivian marching powder from Dotty Doris the dealer. Really? Well, not exactly, but, after an ‘investigation’ by The Sun newspaper, a […]
7 Reasons Bingo Is Part Of History And The Future
Bingo, or a similar game can be traced back to the 1500s in Italy. The game was popular then, and soon grew and changed into something more like the game we know today. By the eighteenth century the game had spread across Europe and can be found in French historical culture in a form familiar […]
More Bad News For Bingo Halls
Bingo halls have certainly been through some difficulties in the decade. First the opening of many online bingo sites saw many players take their game online instead of heading out to the bingo hall and then the smoking ban saw off many players who were left. With an older demographic, those bingo players are not […]
Slough Gala Bingo Gallery, New Lost Halls And Club Finder Additions
The exterior of Slough Gala Bingo For those of you with an interest in the halls we feature at the site, I’d like to highlight some of the new galleries and pages recently added. Kicking off are a collection of photographs kindly provided by Charles Jenkins, providing a great record of the decor, fittings and […]
E-Cigarette Causes Bingo Hall Problems Again
A grandmother was recently asked to leave Castle Bingo in Canton, Cardiff for smoking an E-cigarette inside the premises. Joe Cummings is a bit disgruntled about it all, as she took up E-cigs due to poor health induced by smoking. Since quitting the real ‘fags’, her health has improved, although she is now unable to […]
Marwyn Gaming Purchase More Bingo Halls
There’s been movement in the retail bingo over the last couple of years that the site here fell quiet, and I’ve spotted a number of clubs in our club finder who’ve changed hands / owners whilst checking through. As there’s no central place to check on who runs which bingo clubs here in the UK, […]
New History Piece Added – The York Clifton
Just a quick note for the history fans out there, Ian Grundy has returned with another Bingo hall history piece for the site, illustrated with his photographs. This time Ian has given us an insight into am independently run hall – The Clifton Bingo Club in York. He covers the building’s early history as a […]
