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EST. 1950

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OUR HISTORY

After the second world war our grand father Albert Aldridge and his business partner Ted Zanachelio were providing pubs and clubs with one arm bandits and penny slot machines. In the early 50’s they decided to open their own snooker hall, so using Ted's surname they settled on Zans Snooker Hall in Tooting. They had 16 snooker tables and a number of one arm bandits which later became fruit machines.When staying with our grand parents we would often visit the hall with granddad before opening time, he allowed us to play the penny slot machine but was not so keen on the fruit machines in case we won the jackpot and thus denying the punters, occasionally we were allowed to hit a few snooker balls but never on the best tables and a stool was required as we couldn’t really reach, I do now believe he would shut his eyes and wait for the sound of ripped cloth.Jimmy White’s early yearsZans was Jimmy White’s playground, a snooker hall where the youth could make a few quid by challenging the local players to a game of snooker. The atmosphere must have been electric and amazing for anyone who was there to witness Meo or White making centuries, producing the early flair shots that would later trademark their game. Jimmy made his first-century break at the club on table 16, aged 13. Clearly skipping school our grand father was often heard saying “if he is here then he is not on the streets getting up to assorts of no good"