A GERMAN supermarket chain has pulled out of buying a North-East social club.
Lidl had planned to buy Cockerton Band and Musical Institute, Darlington, hoping to build a store on the site.
The club planned to use a smaller building on the same site to continue running.
But club secretary Brian Ford said: "The deal has fallen through, very simply because they have re-appraised the money they are spending in the UK, and they said they were paying too much for the site."
Mr Ford said the announcement was not a blow to the club, because it had not been considering a sale until the offer was made.
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