Difference between revisions of "SLT Members' Club Bar"

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This is the bar page - lots of information to go here...

Located in the basement of the theatre, underneath the Bell Stage it is actually still the SLTC Members' Club Bar despite the sign Theatre Bar above the door and a previous attempt to name it the "Clanger Bar". The latter shows the folly of putting naming into a competition.

The bar also contain a traditional brass bell (presented to us by the London Fire Brigade occasion of the naming of the Bell Theatre) that as well as being able to be rung by moving the clanger manually also can be rung remotely from behind the bar. However, the automatic mechanism rather than causing a nice "ding" now makes a rather muted "dunk", so more often than not someone rings it manually to call time.

The Members Club was the first part of the centre to come into full use (we were then known as the South London Theatre Centre) and opened to the membership in May 1967. After all those doing the conversion and later rehearsing for the first production had to have somewhere to relax after all their hard work. The original small bar counter was replaced by the current one over a Christmas closure in the mid 1970's.

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  Drawing of proposed Club Room made before conversion

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  Club Room seen before conversion

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  Club Room seen before conversion

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  Club Room as on opening after conversion

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  The original bar counter

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  The night we were presented with the Fire Engine Bell

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  Bar counter in 1983.

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  1986 refurbishment after a water pipe burst

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It has a small room attached known as "the Green room" which is used for wide array of purposes including meetings, read-thoughs and auditions and has stairs up to the Foyer or Stage Manager's Room