Keirby Hotel shut down

[Big Vinny K]

It’s like Shakespeare - prose like that never ages.
‘Thee down to thy business’

[Red Fox Rocks Socks]

Don’t know how true it is but I was told recently boo hoo had bought the sparrow looking to ferry workers in for the week

[jrgbfc]

Don't know, but I walked past The Talbot yesterday and noticed a "Sold" sign.

Presumably flats. Too much to hope that someone is going to take it on as a pub.

Still find it sad everytime I go past the Talbot and see it closed.

[beeholeclaret]

Thought it had closed yrs ago ,classic 60’s style monstrosity.Boned a few girls there back in the day from Cats and Savannah’s ,absolute Shiite hole even then.Took some bird back there,and night porter insists on showing us room 1st (I was only gona sh@g and go ffs) anyway I days yeah fine and gave him a fiver or somat to feck off.Anyway I’m down to business ,only about ten mins later to find said porter standing in the doorway tossing himself off! I told him to feck off I was that ****** id hadn’t even closed the door ,the old days of non fire doors

Nice that there are some happy memories / anecdotes to pass onto the grandchildren

[Big Vinny K]

Nice that there are some happy memories / anecdotes to pass onto the grandchildren

All 58 of em !

[Pickles]

Thought it had closed yrs ago ,classic 60’s style monstrosity.Boned a few girls there back in the day from Cats and Savannah’s ,absolute Shiite hole even then.Took some bird back there,and night porter insists on showing us room 1st (I was only gona sh@g and go ffs) anyway I days yeah fine and gave him a fiver or somat to feck off.Anyway I’m down to business ,only about ten mins later to find said porter standing in the doorway tossing himself off! I told him to feck off I was that ****** id hadn’t even closed the door ,the old days of non fire doors

Has there been a better post ever on this website? So vivid, twist and turns, it has everything. "the old days of non fire doors" is a brilliant end line too.

[Big Vinny K]

“Sh@g and Go”

The new shampoo for real men

[cricketfield73]

Thought it had closed yrs ago ,classic 60’s style monstrosity.Boned a few girls there back in the day from Cats and Savannah’s ,absolute Shiite hole even then.Took some bird back there,and night porter insists on showing us room 1st (I was only gona sh@g and go ffs) anyway I days yeah fine and gave him a fiver or somat to feck off.Anyway I’m down to business ,only about ten mins later to find said porter standing in the doorway tossing himself off! I told him to feck off I was that ****** id hadn’t even closed the door ,the old days of non fire doors

Did you ever get to the bottom of why your contract with Mills and Boon wasn't renewed?

[Pickles]

I'm gonna miss it - used to work there as a porter until I got sacked for tos-sing myself off watching a young local lothario who was a real hit with the local lassies....he wore a smoking jacket - think he was a poet

Brilliant.

[bobinho]

Always smile/grimace when I recall driving down Centenary Way to see a banner on the side of the building proclaiming

“CLEAN EN-SUITE BEDROOMS”

Was never sure if they were advertising the fact they had en-suite or that they were clean

If the inside looks anything like the outside, it will have been an instruction….

[mikeS]

Such a shame to see it in its current state.
Once hosted Celebrities, film stars, top chefs, and is unique in its design.

[Billy Balfour]

It's always been such an ugly building.

[longhair]

Sparrow hawk is going to be dormitory for new Muslim girls school in old burnley college ormerod Road talbot has planning permission for ten flats

[Claret53]

I went to a benefit dinner there ( for Jim Thompson, I think ) in the early 80s. Tommy Docherty was the very entertaining speaker. As he left, I saw him get into his limo nursing two bottles of scotch. It was the very next day when he broke down in the witness box in his libel action against Willie Morgan. It's perhaps an object lesson in how not to prepare for a day in the witness box!
And congratulations to alargeclaret on having assimilated with such accuracy the style of Mills and Boon!

[ŽižkovClaret]

Sparrow hawk is going to be dormitory for new Muslim girls school in old burnley college ormerod Road talbot has planning permission for ten flats

Good to see it being put to some use!

[Volvoclaret]

A large for next years Booker.

[Here's-Johnny]

“Sh@g and Go”

The new shampoo for real men

Can I get any at Boots? Asking for a mate.

[beeholeclaret]

I went to a benefit dinner there ( for Jim Thompson, I think ) in the early 80s. Tommy Docherty was the very entertaining speaker. As he left, I saw him get into his limo nursing two bottles of scotch. It was the very next day when he broke down in the witness box in his libel action against Willie Morgan. It's perhaps an object lesson in how not to prepare for a day in the witness box!
And congratulations to alargeclaret on having assimilated with such accuracy the style of Mills and Boon!

I was in Manchester last weekend chatting / quizzing some knowledgeable MU fans about a player from our mutual clubs who was granted a testimonial match at Old Trafford. I have a copy of the match programme with tributes from the footballing fraternity and remarkably the match never went ahead due to the issues involving Morgan and an interview with Granada TV which I think led to the court action mentioned above? Only one of the United fans remembered it was Willie Morgan. I informed them also that whilst at Burnley he was the first British player to have his own fan club. In reply they informed me that when he signed for United Morgan told them he wanted the number 7 shirt which had previously been worn by George Best. Morgan's wish was granted and Best took up the number 10 shirt. We didnt discuss the Keirby Hotel though.

[bfcjg]

The Swiss corner was a bit of a nightmare coming down the steps when you were half p!shed. Never knew why it was called the Swiss corner, maybe because gazing out looking over the Culvert if it had been snowing looking towards Brunshaw you could be in the Alps.

[houseboy]

Only just seen this. Before my time on here maybe but it’s got my eyes watering with laughter. And the post about getting sacked for having a quick one just did it. Possibly the best reply to a post on here that I’ve ever seen. It just goes to show the fun that can be had on a forum if we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

[Clovius Boofus]

Sparrow hawk is going to be dormitory for new Muslim girls school in old burnley college ormerod Road talbot has planning permission for ten flats

Planning app to return it to a hotel.

Ward councillor Afrasiab Anwar, who is also the leader of Burnley Council, said that while he has no objections to the planning application he believes that if change of use is approved it needs to be a ‘true’ hotel and not used as a hostel or similar type of facility used for longer term use.

"There are two schools close to the site which is on a gateway into the town centre and any change of use should enhance the area and compliment the work being done to lift neighbouring Yorkshire Street.

"Anything short of this would have an adverse effect on what is already one of the most deprived areas in the borough.”

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/lifestyl ... el-4248018

[Stayingup]

Modern brutalist architecture at its worst.

Must admit, it's not pretty.

Not pretty I'll agree but Modern?

[ŽižkovClaret]

Would be a welcome addition if it was opened as a relatively affordable budget option. I dont need much when im in town for football. So an IBIS / Travelodge / OYO type would do me

[Big Vinny K]

This thread has got some pretty worrying stuff - it’s like reading a message board in the 1970s…..if they existed !!

Though it’s hard not to laugh at some of the replies !

[ClaretTony]

I'm still looking forward to a thread entitled - Keirby Hotel knocked down

[GetIntoEm]

the planning application is for the sparrow hawk, not the keirby

[ŽižkovClaret]

Mark Radcliffe won't be rushing to stay there regardless

[Mala591]

The Swiss Corner was one of the few Burnley ‘pubs’ where ‘young people’ (16 year olds circa 1970) would be served an alcoholic drink without too many questions. I can remember many happy hours sat with my friends (out of the cold wind and rain of the bus station) carefully sipping my weekly ration of two bottles of Mackeson stout.

At which pub in Burnley did you order your first ‘pint of beer’ and which alcoholic drink did you choose?

[ŽižkovClaret]

The Swiss Corner was one of the few Burnley ‘pubs’ where ‘young people’ (16 year olds circa 1970) would be served an alcoholic drink without too many questions. I can remember many happy hours sat with my friends (out of the cold wind and rain of the bus station) carefully sipping my weekly ration of two bottles of Mackeson stout.

Which pub in Burnley did you order your first ‘pint of beer’ and which alcoholic drink did you choose?

I think Sidewalk at about 14 in 1995 and pretty sure it was Carling

[Guitargeorge]

The Swiss Bar was so named because the then manager of the Keirby was…….Swiss. Simple. See the full story of the opening on BCTHIC.org search Swiss Bar or Keirby

[claretonthecoast1882]

The Swiss Corner was one of the few Burnley ‘pubs’ where ‘young people’ (16 year olds circa 1970) would be served an alcoholic drink without too many questions. I can remember many happy hours sat with my friends (out of the cold wind and rain of the bus station) carefully sipping my weekly ration of two bottles of Mackeson stout.

At which pub in Burnley did you order your first ‘pint of beer’ and which alcoholic drink did you choose?

Concert Artists late 80s aged 14-15

[Woodleyclaret]

Building a new hotel with restaurant and retail outlets makes sense
With the plans to improve the town centre removal of this brutalist structure things can improve

[ŽižkovClaret]

Concert Artists late 80s aged 14-15

Our bill was on the committee in the last days of Connies when he was still art Teds

[ClaretTony]

The Swiss Bar was so named because the then manager of the Keirby was…….Swiss. Simple. See the full story of the opening on BCTHIC.org search Swiss Bar or Keirby

It was Eric Bluh who was actually Austrian although he was born within yards of the Swiss border.

[ŽižkovClaret]

It was Eric Bluh who was actually Austrian although he was born within yards of the Swiss border.

Can imagine why Swiss was seen as preferable within a few decades of the 40s lol

[bfcjg]

First beer The Swan, about 15.

[Clovius Boofus]

the planning application is for the sparrow hawk, not the keirby

Quite. This is why I deliberately quoted someone who mentioned a previous change of use for the Sparrow Hawk.

[Andreshotboots]

Building a new hotel with restaurant and retail outlets makes sense
With the plans to improve the town centre removal of this brutalist structure things can improve

Couldn't agree more. One of the first things visitors to Burnley see and it's a complete eyesore.

Does nothing to contradict the already stereotypical image the town has.

[Swizzlestick]

Think the first place I got served at for a pint was The Carlton (RIP).

[ralph8]

As the councillor mentioned in the Burnley Express - they need to distinguish whether this is a true Hotel planning application for Leisure and Business use. Fingers crossed it is.

[ijkay]

if the hotel is shut who owns the car park is the bloke who collects money for the car park doing so illegally