Teasers is the town's first venue of its kind and its owners have said the feedback so far, from both men and women, has been very positive.

But protestors have set up a petition which has been signed by several dozen residents who are 'shocked and grieved' the club in Queens Square has been allowed to operate in Bridlington.

It opened with a private party two weeks ago, with around 150 guests attending the following night when it was open to the public for the first time.

More than 500 visitors went in over three nights last weekend, with club director Louis Harrison saying he was surprised by how many couples had been attracted.

"It has been going really well and we have had some really good feedback."

In a letter to the Free Press, a spokesman for the protestors said: "Why provide a facility that increases the potential for destruction among the lives of young men and women?"

"Enticement into such pleasures is known to draw men away from family responsibilities and into sexual alliances that ultimately ruin them. Do we wish to encourage family breakdown.

"Let us not offer a poison chalice veiled in pleasure to our fellow man."

It also alleged people who visited lap-dancing clubs were liable to attack women and made allegations about women employed in the industry.

But Mr Harrison said the club was simply offering people another choice and that council and police officers had already visited and been satisfied it was being run responsibly.

And his father Michael Harrison, managing director of Harrison Leisure which owns the club, said Teasers employed more than 20 people, many of whom were local.

"I don't think people's complaints are worthy unless they have visited the club. How can you make a judgement without going into the premises.

"These people are killjoys who are against the town developing and they will be the downfall of this town.

"What will they do for younger people and employment. My company employs over 150 people.

"Would they prefer to see yet another property in the town centre boarded up?

"There is nothing wrong with the club. It happens in most town centres. We live in a democracy and people want to stay in and watch Coronation Street are welcome to do that.

"But Bridlington is a tourist town and must provide entertainment for couples and the younger generation, as well as families and the older people."

Teasers is at the site of the former basement club Shades in the town centre and was given a £30,000 revamp before it opened.

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