A DROYLSDEN venue is getting ready to reopen after a neighbour took it on.
And after Industry ground to a halt, it will be the scene of Sparrows in the Snow.
Those behind the success of The Silly Country, on Villemomble Square, did not have to look far for another venue.
For just across it, technically on Queens Walk and opposite Guardsman Tony Downes House, work is ongoing to convert what was Industry into the newly named site.
And an opening date of mid-late July is being worked towards.
Sparrows in the Snow is being billed as a bar/distillery, the latter of which should be introduced once it is open and things have settled.
And it will be doing food but not every day. Collaborations with local restaurants are also in the pipeline.
Seeing the site, which was once home to Lloyds TSB bank, reopen will be a boost to Droylsden town centre, which is subject of a developing masterplan for development.
Industry was the dream of local lads Mike Quinn, Andy Pierson and Paul Nixon.
But as utility bills and other costs rose, budgets were pushed to the limit before the doors were shut last summer after three years.
Options for Droylsden in the masterplan, the final version of which is still being worked on, include reinstating a branch canal route into its centre, helping its football club get better facilities and linking things up much better and generating more civic pride.
Also on the table is what to do with the Concord Suite, which stands between the two venues and which some feel is ‘holding back the development of the town,’ including demolishing it completely.
A survey of more than 1,000 people saw just nine per cent of agree that Droylsden has a good selection of shops while more than half lacked a sense of civic pride and did not feel it is safe.
90 per cent of young people said they wanted to leave, with one complaint being, ‘We have nowhere to go.’
Looking forward to this.
Hope it will be as welcoming and friendly as Industry was ????
Just demolish and put bars and restraunts there !