THE future of a building belonging to an old boys’ club is under threat of closure as members aren’t using it.
Crunch talks will take place in March to see if money can be raised to keep the Coventry Schools Former Pupils Association, also known as the Bablake Old Boys club, in Fleet Street, city centre, open.
Bosses will bring the matter up at the annual general meeting, which takes place on Thursday March 4.
Chairman Geoff Eames said: “We are running at a loss at the moment and if this continues then we will have to close the venue.
“We have to cover the rents and rates of the premises as well as other costs like cleaning bills and we aren’t raising enough money.
“I don’t know exactly how much is needed to run the club.”
The association charges a £20 fee for members to use the building, which dates back to the 19th century and was built as a school house for Bablake School.
At the time the school was boys only and had only a small number of pupils. The fee-paying selective school is now on larger premises in Radford and open to both boys and girls.
Geoff added: “The biggest trouble is we are unable to attract the younger generation who want this sort of club to go down to and drink. If they do then it’s still available to them now.
“In the meantime we are looking at ways we can get more people to come along.
“A Facebook group has been started that has more than 700 people joined saying the club should remain open, but they don’t seem to be using it.”
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