Batley Variety Club

Batley Variety Club was a variety club in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. During its existence, the club staged concerts by performers including Louis Armstrong, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Eartha Kitt, Morecambe and Wise, Gene Pitney, Neil Sedaka, Ken Dodd, Helen Shapiro and Johnny Mathis. At the peak of its success, the club had 300,000 members. It closed about 1978 and reopened as "Crumpets" night club. It closed again shortly afterwards and its contents were auctioned off. It reopened as the "Frontier" in the early 1980s and this eventually closed in 2016. On hearing the news that the building was no longer to be used as a venue, singer Shirley Bassey commented, "I have many happy memories of singing at the Batley Variety Club so sorry to hear it is closing." The building was converted to a gym in 2017.

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Mount Pleasant, Batley

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Batley railway station

Batley railway station serves the market town of Batley, in West Yorkshire, England. Situated 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Leeds on the main line to Huddersfield and Manchester, the station was opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1848. The station is now managed by Northern Trains, which operates the service from Leeds to Wigan Wallgate via Manchester Victoria. Services via Huddersfield are provided by TransPennine Express.

Mount Pleasant (cricket ground)

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Staincliffe and Batley Carr railway station

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