Mystery surrounds the sudden closure of a 140-year-old social club in a town centre. The Conservative Club in Spital Street, Dartford shut ahead of the general election with a notice appearing on the door saying “this club has now closed”. Upcoming events had been previously listed on the club’s website up until December but the site has since been taken down. The last post on its social media page adds: “Good evening, the club would like to inform members that due to advice from the club’s legal team, we were advised to keep correspondence to a bare minimum. “There are internal issues which a…
