Well at least the Mount's room is OK for a Club, and I'm sure you're welcomed but licensed premises open and close at the drop of hats now. We (Bothy) spent 38 years at the 'Blundell' in Birkdale through thick and thin and I thought we were there for life but alas no. Our new venue, and this seems to be a developing pattern, isn't a pub, it's an independent club which means we're not subject to the whims and vagaries of landlords, pub companies and the like.
All the same I shall miss the 'Steamer' if it doesn't refloat - ah, the hours I've put in for Alan Bell at Fylde Fests. there! The tension of trying to cram 2 dozen singers into a finite timeslot, the amusing banter with the indifferent but refreshed regulars, the PA malfunctions, (melting solder with a match) - and the large brandies needed afterwards before heading off to the Gasworkers Club to do it all again!