CLUBBERS in St Helens will be getting more than a 'thigh-ful' when lap dancing comes to the town for the first time. The idea is the brainchild of local night club proprietor Dave Stott who plans to launch the venture at his Martine's Sweeties club (formerly Martine's) in Waterloo Street on Monday, September 20.
Nude lap dancing has taken other towns in the country by storm and stirred up controversy. But Dave stresses that the girls in Martine's Sweeties will only be stripping down to their G-strings.
The girls will be dancing at the club six nights a week (Monday to Saturday) and there will a strict code for clubgoers to abide by, including no touching, no propositioning, no swearing and no shouting. Anyone who doesn't abide by the rules will be thrown out.
Dave told the Star: "Our lap dancing nights are going to be a classy affair, the club isn't going to be a sleazy strip joint. Men visiting the club will be met at the door by hostesses who will show them to their seats and for the rest of the night there will be a waitress service, so no-one has to get out of their seats.
"The dance routines will be more sensual than sexual and we believe we'll be offering the entertainment that the men of St Helens want to see." In recent weeks councillors and police in Liverpool have been debating whether the girls in these clubs should strip off completely and if there should be a 24-inch 'no go zone' when a dancer is performing for a customer.
And St Helens Council's licensing department have also been discussing guidelines for lap dancing evenings in the borough, as well as studying those introduced by other authorities such as Liverpool and the City of Westminster.
A spokesman for the council, said: "We will be looking closely at the conditions to be imposed for this particular type of entertainment licence and will be monitoring the local situation closely."
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