Posts from the ‘Blog’ Category
“2012 is going to be our most exciting year yet” We are now recruiting for a general manager, assistant general manager and duty managers to join our award winning team as we prepare for the continued growth of the Black Dog Ballroom. We’re looking for people who have built a reputation working in the leisure [...]
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I think we’ve finally flipped here at Black Dog Ballroom! Pancake Day is something that we really like and we know that you like it too! So, what better way to celebrate it than give away free pancakes to you guys all day long?!…….Nope, I can’t think of anything either. All you have to do [...]
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What does the New Year hold for you? The January blues? No chance people! Not at Black Dog Ballroom anyway. We’ve decided to make you cash rich with our brand new Black Dog Bills. You can find them at the bar any time you visit; to be used all the way through January, they can [...]
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Manchester United called us and asked if a few players could head on down and have a pool tournament. We thought this was a pretty good idea so we made it happen. Through Black Dog’s doors jogged goalkeepers, Tomasz Kuszczak and Anders Lindergaard and strikers, Mame Diouf and Federico Macheda. In a short, well deserved, [...]
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The people from Brugal Rum ably assisted by the BBC’s cocktail expert from Something For the Weekend; Wayne Collins, came to spread the word about Brugal Rum to bartenders and consumers alike in our private members’ ballroom. The bartenders tasted Brugal Anejo, Brugal Especial Blanco and Brugal 1888 and learned about the history and heritage [...]
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ZOOman, aka Luke Jones from ZOO magazine, popped into the Ballroom last Friday as we became day nine of his 30 day ZOOman Has September campaign. Luke set himself the challenge of trying 30 different challenges in 30 days. Each task must be something that he has never done before and it is all in [...]
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Woof woof – after a week in boot camp in the Lake District with my Grandma I was entered into the Patterdale Show. Being a Patterdale Terrier the Ulswater town of Patterdale is my spiritual home so I was very excited woof woof!! It was weird at first as there were lots of other dogs [...]
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Bank holiday weekend was a huge celebration for Manchester Pride as it celebrated its 21st anniversary and we were right in the middle of the action as sponsors, along with Velvet, of the Coronation Street float which led the parade through the city centre. It was touch and go for a while as we waited [...]
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Our weekly Thursday night The Kennel Club with Luke Unabomber and friends is causing a real stir on Manchester’s favourite soap – Coronation Street. We love catching a glimpse of the poster on the show as the cast go about their drama packed lives. This week our friends on the cobbles have been showing their [...]
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When we heard about the fantastic I Love MCR campaign from Marketing Manchester we knew exactly what we had to do to get involved and raise some money for Manchester charities – make a celebratory milkshake of course. We got our heads together to discuss what food stuff is most symbolic of Manchester and came [...]
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