Former Victoria Working Men's Club, Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.

colin haggart · Aug 16, 2011

This was a nice club, closed now for sometime, it was going to be converted into flats, sdaly for some reason this has not yet happened and the club buildning is now looking more like a ruin.

My photos.

View of the bay window, seen to the left of my first photo.

Window frame.

TeeJF · Aug 16, 2011

It looks more like a bl**dy harem with those windows and that paint scheme... you sure you've not been urb-exing in Pashtunistan???

krela · Aug 16, 2011

Yeah not too keen on the decor, it's a beauty of a building to let rot though

colin haggart · Aug 16, 2011

TeeJF said:
It looks more like a bl**dy harem with those windows and that paint scheme... you sure you've not been urb-exing in Pashtunistan???

As far as I know, it was untouced by boming in both world wars, even though Sheerness was a Navel town.

oldscrote · Aug 16, 2011

Fond memories of this place It had a large purpose built theatre out the back which the Sheppey theatre group used to put their plays on in.My mum was a stalwart member of the group and I spent many happy hours helping out when I were a lad.

http://www.pbase.com/luckytrev/image/58966889

That's my mum 2nd from left.

Shame the place has gone to ruin but unfortunately that seems to be a common occurance in Sheerness

colin haggart · Aug 16, 2011

oldscrote said:
Fond memories of this place It had a large purpose built theatre out the back which the Sheppey theatre group used to put their plays on in.My mum was a stalwart member of the group and I spent many happy hours helping out when I were a lad.

http://www.pbase.com/luckytrev/image/58966889

That's my mum 2nd from left.

Shame the place has gone to ruin but unfortunately that seems to be a common occurance in Sheerness

The theatre I think is the hall to the left of my first phots, it's out of sight as it is set back, as far as I know, that's now the club house.

oldscrote · Aug 17, 2011

colin haggart said:
The theatre I think is the hall to the left of my first phots, it's out of sight as it is set back, as far as I know, that's now the club house.

As far as I can remember to get to the theatre you went through the club into a garden at the back and the theatre was at the back of the garden.

colin haggart · Aug 17, 2011

oldscrote said:
As far as I can remember to get to the theatre you went through the club into a garden at the back and the theatre was at the back of the garden.

Could this be the remains of the theatre?

oldscrote · Aug 18, 2011

colin haggart said:
Could this be the remains of the theatre?

To be perfectly honest Colin it's 45 years or so since I last saw it so I really couldn't really say.

Em_Ux · Aug 19, 2011

Such a shame it has been left to rot.

I enjoyed your photos thanks

smiler · Aug 19, 2011

Sod the décor, whether it’s a working mans club or an ex knocking shop, It is an utterly stunning building and I hope very much that it is saved, Thank you for sharing.

oldscrote · Aug 20, 2011

a couple of shots of how it was

Club to the left of shot.All the buildings visible here have gone

Club to right of photo

manof2worlds · Aug 20, 2011

Fantastic building, a real derelict treasure in my eyes.

maximus · Aug 20, 2011

Fab pics so sad to see it in this state

I want those lions!!!!

nelly · Aug 24, 2011

Its a great shame that a majestic building like that is left to decay

But hey, good news for us eh???

Nice photos

night crawler · Aug 25, 2011

After looking at Oldscrotes photo's I do feel it a shame that all those wonderfull looking buildings have gone to be replaced by some ugly office block in the name of progress.

strokesboy21 · Aug 27, 2011

hey

such a shame to see a building like this left to rot

Ckingston · Nov 24, 2011

The photos you have on here are NOT from August 2011. The contractors have been working on it and its not so sad now. Those photos were last year or the early part of this year at best, as I personally restored the lions in April and they are now black!!

It's come a very very long way since those photos were taken. It's only a small team working on the build. You should be more positive about it as thank god its not a pigeon coop anymore!!!!!!

Ckingston · Nov 24, 2011

AND ITS NOT GOING TO BE AN OFFICE BLOCK.

The inside flats in the main building are looking fantastic and the plans for the new build on the back of the land have now been fully approved and look stunning. So please don't be so quick to judge. We have transformed some amazing builds all within one year so bare with us, before slating us.

Check out www.reclaimthatspace.com!

Ckingston · Nov 24, 2011

Hi Colin,

How did you get the photos of the inside last year, as we were in possesion of this for the last 18 months and it is private property that we did not authorise anyone to enter.

We have had theft on the site which we hired an external security company to help us with, these were deffinitely taken prior to the time we contracted them. How did you obtain access, did you climb over the wall???? Are you aware that it is an offence to tresspass on private property, or were your photos in actual fact taken prior to our possesion in September 2010, if so please correct your post.

Many thanks,
The owners

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