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Bingo craze take residents on an 80 mile trip
August 10, 2005
Residents near Chestergate have to travel nearly 80 miles to play a game of Bingo after their Picturedrome former cinema closed down six years ago. Though petitions to open a new one went around years back, no positive response has been received from the authorities.
The lady residents wait for their husbands to get lifts to Didsbury where they play bingo at the multiplex. It is an 80-mile trip which includes diversions and pick up points. There are no free buses or public transport and it takes a long time to get to the destination to play the game. Barbara, a former care home worker of Cumberland said that the Maxonians yearn for an opportunity to take their chances to win big prizes. Though there are a few places like Liberal Club locally, it is not worth going for. Bingo is a fashionable game today and many youngsters have also taken a liking for it.
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