this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. i've got loads and loads of fond memories of the club. i've grown up in the club along with my sister. we've kind of been dragged in here by my dad since we were, like, four and six. it was really good times. really good times. we had lots of fun. the club means absolutely everything to me. it's huge. the impact it's had on my life from a child to an adult made me be more aware of other people, what other people are going through. it's definitely moulded me and made me who i am.

my dad and the club go together. they are one thing, really. this is the glasses, eh? if my dad's not at home or he's not at the club, we panic. right, is everyone ready to go? if the club was to close, i think i'd be dead in about a year. i know a lot of people feel that when they walk through the doors, this club is where they belong. get out, you old witch! i am responsible for the club. financially, the buck stops with me. do you want me to do it all green, orjust half...? just leave it. think it looks like shrek. we don't know what's round the corner. we've currently not got a signed lease, so our landlords could serve us six—month notice, and that's it. we'll be gone. has the club been busier? it has. but i will admit, we are very, very down today. | very down. i know by the money!

i have a real moral responsibility to ensure that the club continues for as long as it possibly can. welcome to clacton railway social club. this through here is our office. this is where all the magic happens, and where me and alan spend most of our time. i apologise now for the filing system, but this is...this is alan's filing system, not mine. it's my idea of hell, so... ..i try not to be in here too much! how would i describe the club? it's unique. um... i've always referred to it very similar to peter kay's phoenix nights. just let me get this straight again. two lads walk in off the street

and take the television, and you did nothing. we thought you'd arranged it. arranged what? well, they were wearing overalls. none of our committee get paid whatsoever. it is all voluntary. not bingo, no. i think it's a boring game. i started four years ago to help them out. i'm still doing it. alan, he is the key person in the club, i would say, next to my dad. his properjob is a driver, a taxi driver, but to me he's taxi alan. most of them come up with £20 notes to buy £1.50 books, - and it's annoying! we have pam pink, who is a trustee of the club. she's in charge of the bingo and the raffle, and no—one gets through that door without being sold a raffle ticket. any more raffle tickets? going once, going twice... i'm gone. my dad, he's... ..a character. after 25 years, i am

the boss, right? he can be quite volatile, but that's because he cares and he's passionate. kelly is very abrasive. she's. .. # i want to break free! my career and life was very, very different before. i went into banking at 18. every possible way you can imagine, it's different to the corporate world. alan... there's no real set targets. alan... there's no real structure to any day. what's he done with that? alan... hello. you've put them somewhere. what was it? it's a profit and loss statement and my agenda for tonight. leave me in peace five minutes.

right, this stuff's got to be here... | we haven't thrown it away, have we? - i don't think so. i don't know. what... ? what's that in your little blue pile there? these bits... paper rips. 0h, what's that? no, that's a bank statement. all right. kelly laughs. alan's safe place. it's always in a safe place. you will eventually find it. it's just the process of finding it. tonight is the committee meeting. can they be a bit challenging? yes, extremely. depending on what is being discussed. at the moment, purchasing all the fruit for the bar is kind of falling on alan's shoulders, or nicky... and me. ..and pam. yeah. and pam is getting the fruit. ifind it...

..yeah, a little bit tiring at times, but it's a different... it's a different world. i have some ideas, but i do get carried away. we never knew that! but i think it would be nice to maybe have... ..maybe have a face painter for the children, maybe a candyfloss machine, ice lollies. i don't know what people's thoughts are on it. just hold it down by the pier, l yeah, and leave the rest of us alone to have a quiet drink! laughter no, because we need to be attracting... _ come the middle of september... they won't start drinking at six or seven years old, will they? i tend to come in and put my business head on and that can cause a few issues at times. for us, the next couple

of months and the events that we're putting on are really going to determine for us the future of the club. we have to modernise the way that we work and the way the club operates to ensure that we stay open. me and my sister, we worry tremendously that if the club was to close, where our dad would go. what would be his life? i'll get really upset, i will, if we talk about my dad. um... yeah, i really love my dad. my dad means everything to me. and because the club means everything to him, that's why we do everything that we do. the club is my life, and the people in here is my life. they're all my friends.

so i'm here representing all of them. if the club was to close, i think i'd be dead in about a year. cos i'd die of boredom. it's notjust my side of it. it's lots of other people that come in here wouldn't be alive either. are you after a drink, jeff? getting through the summer. . .summer season, summer period is a huge hurdle. it's always a worry financially for us. i've always lived in clacton. my family are from clacton. so, yeah, i couldn't imagine living anywhere else, really. like, my dad could never venture out of clacton without having a nosebleed. he is literally born and bred, and he's very proud of that.

the pier and the beaches are probably our biggest competitors, because why do you want to be sat inside on a sunny day when you can be out, sitting on the pier, having a drink or relaxing on the beach? everything has been sold off around us, so it's really key that we get a new tenancy agreement signed, because at the moment we don't have one. they could actually give us six months�* notice and ask us

to leave the building. so we are hanging on by a thread at the moment. today is a really big day for us because we are getting back a lot of our older members that haven't been in for absolutely ages, and there are some huge characters in here. you've got bill, you've got linda, you've got knocker, you've got pat. have you seen emmerdale lately? yes, i love it. oh, that girl, - ain't she terrible? but she did... she's a cow! hello, jeff. hello, kel. nice to see you. yeah, thank you. there you go, jeff. jeff is very much part of the club.

jeff's best bits! a really dry sense of humour. only bits, yeah! hello, george. are you all right? all right? yeah, you? yeah, it's the others! i know, it always is, isn't it? always is! you 0k? yes, thank you. yeah. lovely to see ya. for them, this is a lifestyle. so for them to be able to come up over the bar and have a laugh and a giggle. they'll take the mick out of alan as he's calling the bingo, and if he messes up, you'll hear them all screaming and shouting. and then for us, it's about our members feeling that the club is back. gorgeous george, they call me. why do they call - you gorgeous george? cos i'm gorgeous. i'm attractive to women. he'll tell ya! we look after you, george, don't we? that's right. fingers crossed today. fingers crossed. i keep looking at the door and keep looking at the time, to see how many people are in, and, you know, where they're sitting in their usual seats, who's missing? jill, do you want a chair? no, thank you. we just like this table, you know what i mean? mates sit behind us and we have a laugh, you know what i mean? my dad genuinely cares.

he comes across as being a really, like, hard person and he's got this real hard exterior, but he is probably the most caring person i know. he would never, ever admit that, but he is. what's your nickname here? mo. 0r mouthy! why mouthy? cos i talk loud, and i laugh loud, and i'm cheeky. yes. cos i'm cheeky but i'm never rude. i've got broad shoulders to take lots of abuse, i and i don't care. mouthy laughs some chairmen don't even come out and see their club. butjohn's always here. he's here every single day. he makes people welcome. it is a monumental day for the club. i and it's nice to see - so many people in here, because we know . they're coming back. bringsjoy to me, yeah. people do belong here in the club. i yes, they do. and that's what we thrive on — friendship. - you sitting there?

yeah. right, is everybody ready to go? crowd: yes! the first number out is... ..eight and six, 86. two and seven, 27. hooray! blimey. that's normal for her! laughter thank you. i believe in the club and i see the impact the club has on so many people's lives. god bless you, kelly. we are theirfamily and friends. god bless you all. ta, kid. bye, girl. take care. bye — bye. bye. bye, everybody. bye, george. bye. bye, now. laughter bye, darlings.

ain't going to get. that in a half hour! laughter # goodbye, goodbye, goodbye! - alan, stagger them. one, two, three... when we have our '90s nights or anything nights, that's where kelly's in her element. right. we need to get those runners on the tables so they... this is how i'd like the tables to look. right. she'll have me and alan like her little minions. we'll come in, she'll tell us where we need to be, what we need to do. and then the third one... me and kelly make a good team, probably because she likes to be really bossy... are you using them weights, then? yes! can you not use the orange ones? well, ica... well, i've tied them on, now. 0k. ..and i'm quite happy to be bossed around, really. right, i'm off. all right, then. all right? i'll see you later. so i'll see you back here about 7:30. all right, then, bye. all right, see you later. bye.

we were together 20 years. they were 20 years, i the happiest of my life. she was lovely. she always liked her cuddles of a night—time before - we were asleep. we call him gorgeous george. and now everybody, even 80—year—old men, will come in and say, "all right, gorgeous george?" here we go. hello, emma! hi, georgie! you all right? you ok? yes, thank you. good, good. how are you feeling? very well, thank you. you feeling better? yes, thank you, yeah. right, i've got some bits and bobs in here for you.

thank you very much. all right? yeah. coming in? yeah, i'm coming in. good. right, watch how you go. george, i'm going tojust go and pop this on the worktop for you, all right? 0k. i'll go and pop it in here. i suppose a lot of them, you look upon as almost like grandparents, and you can have a little bit of fun and a little bit of banter with them. do you want me to get you anything else for tuesday? yeah. lynx africa again? that africa one. oh, you love a bit of that, didn't you, george? yeah, yes. i've got you on that. yes. smelling fresh. it attracts the women! she laughs you should know that! yeah. also, there's love there. there's a lot of love for them there, so... ..if they needed you, i'd like to think that they could always call upon us, and we'd always do everything we could for 'em, because the relationship goes beyond just members. so you're feeling better today? yeah. yeah, thanks. yeah, lovely. yeah? of course. thanks to you people up that club. you've been very kind to me.

i will say that for you. oh, george. you know? bless ya. especially when i lostjean. awww. come here. all right? yeah. all right? you sure? mmm. 0k. anything else you need? no. just the comfort of you ladies. lovely! you know, you're nice people, i will say that. right. so i'm off now, george, all right? ok, love. and i'll see you... i'll see you on tuesday, all right? yeah, take care. 0k? look after yourself. thanks for what you've done. no problem. all right, george. bye! one more time... back to the nineties we go tonight. - we got... music: ...baby one more time by britney spears laughter

mine's a lot bigger than yours. mine's curled at the end, look. do your tambourine. i think you got it the wrong way round, babes. no, i don't think so! music: macarena by los del rio i think it's going really well. we've got lots of new faces in, lots of new members. the bar's really busy and people seem to be enjoying themselves, so, yeah, it's going... yeah, i'm really pleased with the turnout so far. i don't mind it, but it's not my era. not my... i'm sixties. she laughs i'm too old for this music! i but i will put up with it!

we've got quite a few new members coming, definitely, which will be really nice if we can get them to sign up as well, because that's the type of crowd i'd like to attract. that would be the weekend sorted, then. they sing along: # today is gonna be the day # but they'll never throw it back to you # by now, you should've somehow realised what you're not to do # i don't believe that anybody feels the way i do about you now # said maybe # you're gonna be the one that saves me... # do you think you've made a profit? - yeah. what makes you think that? your older generation will come out and they'll have £20 in their pocket and that is their £20 to last them all night. the younger generation, you know, we have cards. we don't know what we've spent because it's tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. so i always find when we've got younger—themed events,

the takings are a lot, lot up. they'll start to have their drinks and then the shots will come out and then we've got cocktails on tonight. the people that we met, most of them are older than us, but they're just nice people. we walked in and we were like, "we'll have one drink and leave", then it was like, "we'll stick around for a couple." and the fish bowls. it's a nice laugh and it is a good night out. it's a good night out, yeah. i want to thank everyone who served tonight. it's been a great night. thank you for the dj. a round of applause for everybody. thank you very much. see you all again soon. thank you, bye. brilliant night. everyone seemed to have a lovely time. the dancefloor�*s been packed most of the night and the bar's been really busy, but obviously, i'll know tomorrow... ..when i do the takings. oh, not you again! how have you been? well, all the better for not seeing you. you'd better come in, i suppose.

amiable chatter the club is exactly the same as it was a year ago, and i reckon in ten years, it'll be exactly the same as it is now. you said to me, "oh, we've tidied that cupboard up." we did. there's nothing in there, honestly. i've looked. nice to see you again, haven't seen you for a year. what started as a really dismal start for us, we actually finished on a really big high. we've actually secured a 10—year lease. we've had new members and we've still got members who still want tojoin, and we're looking at finishing the year, you know, by actually making a profit. the summer's always been our biggest worry, but actually, this year has been our best summer ever. we were packed to the rafters. how many businesses are in a position where they can do that? i think now, people are looking out for when we're running

our next event. they know that they're worthwhile to come to. we've kind of put our name on the map for our events. it did take the committee a little while and a lot of persuasion on some of our behalfs. has the club been busier? it has, but i will admit, we are very, very down today. very down. i know by the money. my dad, i think he appreciates that the theme nights do work for the club. he'll make remarks every now and then and you kind of go, "oh, that's his way of saying well done", so, yeah, i'll take that when he says it. never bloody says it, though, does he, alan? kelly's in charge of entertainment, her and alan. right, so this is your costume. right. the joker. she's advertising the whole lot on facebook, which i've never been on in my life. and she's doing a fantasticjob. but don't tell her i told you that.

do you feel happier wearing that or do you want your hair sprayed? let me just try a bit. in case the spray don't come off, like i saw the other day. i think the club has modernised, yeah. we're looking towards the future. you know, we want our members' children to become members. we want their grandchildren to become members. not too much on. ooh, that's gone in your ear, you look like shrek! let me just try the front. it's all about looking after the people that you want to be members in future years, because we're not all going to live forever. want me to do it all green orjust half—green? no! just leave it. where have you got to go in a minute? physio. she laughs you're laughing. do you want a cup of tea? thanks, mum. i'm so loyal to the club, and also to the members. and i did feel bad that i wasn't going to be

there for them. i do really miss george. as i say, i see him occasionally, but it's not the same. it's not the same as sitting down with him on a tuesday morning, having a cup of tea. and we'd sit and have a long chat and he'd tell me what he'd been up to. but we do have another member of staff at the club called nicky, and she's amazing with george. ready? right. lift it up. all right? thank you. do you want me to put this all over orjust on the side? just put it over. they haven't got bottles, it's a bit awkward. is that enough? i've got another one. that'll do. she does all my washing. i do my own underwear and socks. and i do the rest. we draw a line for certain things. he keeps me on my toes on a monday, gives me something to do on my day off. we only noticed it by george

coming in the club that he got poorly, and there's not a lot of help for people on their own. when i first heard because obviously, i was with him, and the doctor was explaining it to me because george was just going, "yeah, that's fine." yeah, it was heartbreaking. it's just because we weren't allowed to stay... ..when we found out, and obviously george, because he was so poorly, he didn't actually get what was going on, or why he had to stay. yeah. so... we'll get through it, girl. of course. and i do mean that. i'd be lost without you, girl. she's more like a daughter to me. you know, she really is. and... as i said, if it wasn't for the club, i wouldn't have had nobody.

the new landlord's granted our new 10—year lease, so as long as we're making money, we know we're going to be here for the next minimum ten years for our members. it doesn't matter what anyone is going through, we will always, always do our best to support and help. i'm really proud of where i work. i'm really proud of the people that i work with. i'm really proud of the people that i call my friends that all make this club, you know, a success. all: cheers! # i'm going to make a good, sharp axe # shining steel tempered in the fire # we'll chop you down like an old, dead tree # dirty old town # dirty old town. #

hello. tuesday brought some huge temperature contrasts across the uk. it was —9 in oxfordshire in the morning and then 16 degrees in the afternoon in aberdeen. but i think over the next few days, the temperatures will balance out a little bit more — it'll be closer to the seasonal norm. we'll also lose the frosts in the south of the country where, recently, it has been very cold, and here's an example in the south of the uk. those temperatures won't be quite so low overnight as we head into next week. ok, let's get into the forecast, then. here's wednesday's weather map, and a cold front is moving across the country, introducing a little bit of rain early in the morning across northern parts of the uk through scotland and northern ireland. little bits and pieces of rain and murky conditions further south as well. there will be a touch

of frost first thing anywhere from east anglia through the southeast down towards the west country, but the vast majority of us will have temperatures above freezing first thing. also the possibility of some mist and fog in the midlands, west country, possibly east anglia as well for a time. so, let's have a look at the forecast, then, for wednesday. here's that weather front as it moves from the north southwards, perhaps reaching northern wales, the peak district, early in the afternoon — lincolnshire, too. behind it, the skies actually clear, so some sunshine later in the day for belfastjust before sunset. belfast, glasgow, ten degrees here. then notice that weather front sinks southwards and there will be some rain towards the rush hour, i think, in the south of the country, and then eventually clearing the kent coast late wednesday evening. thursday, we've got an area of high pressure building across the uk nosing in, and that spells a lot of sunny weather — it really is going to be a fine day for many of us on thursday. a little on the cool side, i think, on the north sea coast, so with that northerly breeze, perhaps one or two showers, i think beautiful weather out towards the west and those temperatures close to the norm for the time of the year —

around nine in belfast, not far off that elsewhere across the country. then the outlook as we head into the weekend, you can see temperatures actually recovering to around double figures as we head towards sunday, and we're talking about generally dry weather. that's it from me, bye—bye. bye. welcome to bbc news. i'm vishala sri—pathma. our top stories: