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Redevelopment may sink Ginglik.
THE OWNERS OF GINGLIK, ONE OF LONDON'S most unusual venues, are stepping up their campaign to save it from extinction, as the redevelopment of its parkland setting next year could see this much- loved club encased in a concrete tomb.
The 200-capacity Ginglik is located beneath Shepherd's Bush Green, but its future is now in doubt after its landlords, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, said the venue would have to come up with #300,000 to comply with its redevelopment of the area.
"The club was originally built as a toilet in 1908, to cater for the crowds making their way to White City for the Olympics," explains Ginglik co-owner Colin Welsh. "It was a snooker club for the 15 years before we moved in, back in 2001. Unfortunately, there are no original features inside, but above ground there are still the iron railings from when it was first built."
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