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Thursday curry, Sunday roast, and a hotpot that's outlived three committee chairmen. We went behind the pass at the Con Club to meet the volunteers who feed half of Mirfield — and found out why the queue forms before the doors even open.
Forget the Saturday night stage — some of the best entertainment at Mirfield Con Club happens at half two on a Wednesday afternoon. Meet the six characters who keep the snooker room ticking, from the reigning doubles champion to the newest recruit still learning which end of the cue to hold.
Never been inside a working men's club before? Don't panic — the sausage rolls are friendly and so is everyone else. Here's our tongue-in-cheek guide to the rituals that baffle newcomers but keep the Con Club ticking.
Christmas at the Con Club is a properly Mirfield affair — no queues down the high street, no £8 pints, just the draw, the bingo, the quiz and a New Year's Eve worth staying local for. Here's everything you need to book.
Quiz nights, bingo, live bands and the odd bit of ABBA — here's our month-in, month-out line-up of fixtures that keep the club humming. Plan your social calendar around it; plenty already do.