Case in point is the open canal that runs beside Lithgow Street footpath near the entrance to Club Lithgow.

There is a steep embankment between the footpath and the canal. After heavy rain anyone falling in would disappear underground and not emerge until being spat out into Farmers Creek hundreds of metres away.

Council is dicing with disaster – all the more curious as there is a very basic ‘farm style’ fence a little further along adjacent to the park.

Lithgow was certainly spoilt for entertainment last Saturday night. It wasn’t a matter of ‘What’s On’ but ‘Which One’.

At Club Lithgow it was the busiest Saturday night in quite a while with the Theatre Group playing to a full house in the auditorium with ‘The Love Nest’ while in the lounge the amazing Blue Mountains Ukelele Band (The Blue Mugs) was making its Lithgow debut to a rapt audience.

Across town one of the Blue Mountains region’s most professional bands, ‘The Amazing Schapelles’ was entertaining at the Workies.

Who said we’re short on culture around here?

We’ve come across an old member’s journal of the Workmens Club from 1958 that made it clear that women were to be kept in their place.

It was a less civilised era when hotels had separate ‘ladies lounges’ to keep them clear of boozy blokes. And the Workies went along with that.

The ‘58 report declared: ‘Wives or lady friends accompanied by members are welcome at all sessions in the Top Lounge except on Sundays. Accompanied ladies will also be admitted to the Bottom Lounge when there is no accommodation or service in the Top Lounge!”

Oh, and the bar closed between 6.30 and 7.30 every day!