Mecca Bingo petition to halt closure

Helen O' Sullivan (pictured left with the petition) had been a member of the club for 20 years. The 66 year old said "I am so upset that it is closing.  I used to spend all day there on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. That was my entertainment. Now it is gone. To some of us it is like losing a limb. It seems nobody thinks about the older people in this town."

Helen also went on to say that she knows the first name of everybody who plays at the bingo hall.

She said: "Now we will be split up. Most won't be able to go to the bingo in Greenbridge because many of them used to get a taxi home. It is an £8 or £9 taxi ride from Greenbridge, and we just can't afford that."