051 reborn as kiddie's play centre

Back in February, there was an outpouring of media-stirred outrage at the thought that closed drugpit nightclub the 051 in Liverpool might reopen as an under-18s disco. The police refused to support applications for the venture, on the grounds that, since sometimes under-18s discos caused trouble, they'd never want any to open.

Now, though, a new use has been found for the building, which is one of Liverpool's ugliest but best-positioned (at least until the Duke of Westminster has finished building uglier, but more central, structures): it's been turned into a childrne's play centre:

Paul Connolly, director of Jungle World, said: "The landlord of the 051 nightclub had problems with the licence and it was decided not to run the premises as a nightclub any more.

"The shell of the old club has gone and the speakers and sound system taken out.

"Mums can leave their dads at the centre to watch the football and have a bacon butty, while their child plays in the centre and they hit the shops.

So that's the Mums' dads, which would be the grandfathers, wouldn't it?

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