'Proper ale house' people travel over 600 miles to visit where karaoke never stops

Tucked away from the main stretch of pubs on Ranelagh Street sits Coopers Townhouse. A small unassuming pub nestled at the corner of Cases Street, a short stretch of road outside Clayton Square.

At first glance, Coopers is a humble pub, one that could easily pass you by. But that couldn't be further from the truth. What happens inside of its four walls has kept customers coming back for decades.

It’s a Tuesday afternoon when I visit Coopers and many of the pubs in the area are quiet at this time of week. The only sounds heard when walking by are small murmurs and glasses clinking here and there. But Coopers is a pub you can hear before you can see it, no matter what day of the week. And this is down to its most popular feature - the famous karaoke.

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It’s 5pm and a woman is having the time of her life singing a rendition of Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’. Some tables are singing along while others are seemingly so used to the karaoke they have become lost in their own conversations.

There is not one empty seat in the whole pub and even standing space is limited. The pub is only getting busier the later it gets and it is the type of place where you can't just stay for one drink, you never know what you might miss. Last week a couple got engaged inside Coopers, a video which was uploaded to social media showed the heart-warming moment.

It is not yet 6pm but people are packed together as they are serenaded by the uninterrupted flow of karaoke singers who couldn’t care less what they sound like as they try their hand at hits from a range of genres, from heavy