| We've been going to Liberties for a couple of years now, and in the last few months we've noticed a significant decline.
It is very noticeable that when Gina and Colin ran the club the place just seemed to be more lively, with more people going to the club :(
When we were there a few weeks ago we challenged John as to what he was doing to address the apparent decline, and to be frank we were a little disappointed with the list of excuses he gave.
We recall when we first visited the club the info on the web site indicated they had undertaken a £500k refurb, so given the excuses given by John that the club had fallen into decline and that he was addressing the balance by carrying out significant maintenance, replumbing, rewiring, new windows, new carpets, new heating etc etc This did not sound to us like £500k had only just recently been spent on renovations, to then have to be spent all over again recently - something does not add up......
We also challenged why the web site was not up and running, and why this had been the case for months. John told us he did not want to sort the web site until the build works was complete - it would probably take no more than a couple of days to sort the web site - we have been contact by friends asking if Liberties wad open because they could not get on their web site.
For us we are disappointed. Liberties was the first club we visited, and we had always liked going, but recently it's obvious that the numbers are down, and unfortunately the crowd that does go seems to be getting older :(
John has always owned the club, and despite how, or why Gina and Colin left, or how they previously ran the club it is obvious that John has always held the purse strings for investment.
Put simply Liberties seemed to be more vibrant, better organised, and more fun with a few more people there. We genuinely hope John puts as much effort in to pulling the place round as he does into the excuses he uses :(
Date: 6 September 2011
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