The Rat Pit is now Harpers
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The Rat Pit is now Harpers
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 19 Mar 2021
Bents Lane Social Club was named after the former wooden building built on stilts, which it replaced. It had been known locally as "The Rat Pit". A plaque on the wall unveiled in 2007 Image commemorates William Watson who was born in a house that previously stood on the site. He was a stoker on the ill-fated Titanic and was buried at sea on the 24th April 1912, aged 27 years. It closed in 2018 Image and is now Harpers. It opened in 2020 as a dance studio. However classes had to be suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. For the time being therefore it is operating its coffee shop as a takeaway.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.422133
Longitude
-2.11357