‘Forced on us’: fears for Windrush-era club as Moss Side housing plans loom

Proposed 212 flats may lead to noise complaints for West Indian Sports and Social Club, oldest venue of its kind in UK

On a site a little smaller than a football pitch in Manchester, England, issues of racial justice, the country’s housing crisis and the fight to preserve Britain’s social clubs collide.

This sliver of land in Moss Side has been earmarked for more than two hundred units by developers. But community leaders have major concerns about what it means for the future of Moss Side – a historic centre for the country’s post-Windrush Black community.