The iconic snooker auditorium was completed in 1913. To enter the room is to take a step back in time. The Victorian Snooker table thought to be nearly 200 years old, the wooden panels that adorn the room, the ancient scoreboard, the pictures of Club Captains spanning a century conjure up an ambience which exudes history. Only the billows of cigar and cigarette smoke, that would surely have immersed the room in the early days, are missing now.