Message from Hazel Yates
"We, Steve and Roslynn Gore, have been obliged by our bankers to offer The Ironworks up for sale by auction on September 12th and have appointed Celt Rowlands of Oswestry.
We are desperately disappointed with this turn of events. Over the last six and a half years we have fought as a family to develop The Ironworks from a derelict building to that of being a pre-eminent venue for the performance of music, theatre and the arts serving Shropshire, Mid and North Wales, and outreaching nationally.
We are one of the few and ever-declining independent music venues. The diversity of our back catalogue is outstanding, our contribution to the night-time economy of Oswestry enormous. We are wholly open access to our community. As well as promoting touring artists, staging comedy nights and exhibitions, we give a platform to local artists, some of whom have since gone on to play at Glastonbury as well as major venues around the country. Others have gone on to tour the United States. We regularly give over the performance room to arts-based and avant-garde events. We stage fashion shows, cinema events, open mic evenings and vinyl nights, and frequently host charity evenings, birthday parties and other special occasions."
-- Yoland Brown Brownhill House B&B, Ruyton XI Towns, nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.com www.ShACC-uk.org Tel: 01939 261 121 Fax: 01939 260626
