The closed Minnesota Fats snooker hall, Parkfield Road
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The closed Minnesota Fats snooker hall, Parkfield Road
Image: © P L Chadwick Taken: 29 Dec 2008
The date at the top of the building is 1914. The sign still adorning the front says "Minnesota Fats American Fun Bar". It was apparently a snooker hall with bar facilities but there is no fun to be had here now, as the building is firmly boarded up. In 2006 planning permission was given, with conditions, to demolish the building and replace it with a three storey apartment block. Over two years later this has still to happen. Update: Some time after this picture was taken, the building was demolished, and the construction of new apartments on the site commenced. By the end of June 2010, these appeared to be nearing completion. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.456027
Longitude
-2.141378