Caroline Club (Atherton)

The Caroline Club was at 82 Market Street, Atherton, Lancashire now Manchester 46, Greater Manchester and opened in 1961.

The Caroline Club had started as The Palace Cinema. The owner of The Caroline Club was Roy Jackson (b. 1920, Hindsford, Lancashire now Manchester 46, Greater Manchester, England d. 1989), who named it after his daughter. He also owned The Garrick Club, named after his sons Gary and Eric Jackson which was in Leigh Road, Leigh, Lancashire and opened on Friday, November 23, 1961 with Ronnie Carroll, Louis Hamilton, Peter Robinson, Dane Roberts, Johnny Kennedy, etc. from 7pm.

Roy Bennett (b. 1940 d. August 2001 after six-month long battle with illness), an ex-teacher brought The Caroline Club and Casino in 1964 and changed its name to The Keg O'Kee. Before that he had travelled around Europe where he met his future wife Hazel known as Sid.

In 1970 Bennett and his wife Sid converted the casino into Sidroys Club. 

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Info courtesy: John H Warburg October 2024

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