Northern clubs make cloth cap millions: from the archive, 4 December 1971
Charles Hamblett tours the northern variety clubs, which are big show business these daysThe euphoric textile manufacturer, flushed on scampi and Spanish plonk, leaned across from his table and tugged my sleeve. "What do you think of it then, lad?" he asked cheerfully. "Thur's nowt like it in't South, is thur?"I had to agree. We were in the vast 1,200-seater Theatre Club in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and there was nothing…