Long gone nightclubs

[Cirrus_Minor]

Rails in Nelson, later became Tracks.

Had a fire on Juliet Bravo.

[rats]

Jimmy nelsons

[Chobulous]

Jimmy nelsons

Went out with a girl called Judith for a while who lived at the top of Wickworth St, where Jimmy Nelson’s was.
Christ that is a steep street.

[IanMcL]

True, but please stick to the op or the thread might get pulled!!

Spooky that!

[Red Fox Rocks Socks]

Jimmy nelsons

Was that not another Nelson establishment that burnt down? Hazardous business owning a nightclub in Nelson

[Fazz]

Was that not another Nelson establishment that burnt down? Hazardous business owning a nightclub in Nelson

I used to live on Wickworth st Jimmy didnt have a fire that I recall it was empty for many years and has now been demolished, house are currently being built on the site

[THEWELLERNUT70]

What was the place called near Seedhill Track before Thatch and Thistle was built? Vaguely remember some nights out there early mid nineties..

Springers.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Zebras was in Colne, and the Tower bar next door. Both been shut for a good few years now.

I had a stint on the door at The Tower Bar when Brian Cook owned it

[THEWELLERNUT70]

PIPS (behind the cathedral) in Manchester used to advertise on the TV back in the 70's

https://youtu.be/xGjM26me_AA

[THEWELLERNUT70]

I haven't seen POSH in Burnley town centre mentioned yet

[ChrisG]

I haven't seen POSH in Burnley town centre mentioned yet

An oxymoron if ever I've seen one

[houseboy]

Worked behind the bar at Buccaneers in Haslingden when it first opened in 1971. I was a full time student and home for a month. Really enjoyed it. Did a full 12 hour shift once when the owners' daughter had her wedding reception there in the afternoon .
The venue mentioned that was just behind the cathedral in Manchester was called the Jungfrau in the 60's when I was at school.down there. Tony Wilson, who was a couple of years ahead of me at school, was a frequent visitor.

Hey bud you must have served me on many occasions. Do you remember Jonah the bouncer? Used to open the fire exit doors with the heads of whoever he was throwing out. Went there one night and the guy in front of me going in (I knew him but can’t remember his name) gave a shotgun to the girl checking people in and said ‘can you look after this for me till chucking out time?’ Jonah just stood there, smiled and shook his head in disbelief.

[Silkyskills1]

Hey bud you must have served me on many occasions. Do you remember Jonah the bouncer? Used to open the fire exit doors with the heads of whoever he was throwing out. Went there one night and the guy in front of me going in (I knew him but can’t remember his name) gave a shotgun to the girl checking people in and said ‘can you look after this for me till chucking out time?’ Jonah just stood there, smiled and shook his head in disbelief.

Yes, I remember Jonah. At the bottom of the steps just where you paid to get in. As I said, only worked there for a month(April 71) but took every shift available including that 12 hour one that involved the wedding reception in the afternoon. Pennine bitter and Super Sam mild available and a couple of sham boats to sit in to drink it adding authenticity to the scene! Owners were from Bury, called Smith, I think.
Great for a night out when it first opened but then later only really filled up after the pubs closed. Obviously still there and when I occasionally pass it I wonder what the room is used for now.

[tybfc]

The land that time forgot has had a few over the years that I haven't spotted on this brilliant thread.

Sett End and the Red Parrot next door to it at Shadsworth.

Manhattan Heights. Mecca.

I'm surprised huncoatclaret hasn't mentioned his Wednesday's at the 'grab a granny night' at Martholme Grange?

[Backofthenet]

The land that time forgot has had a few over the years that I haven't spotted on this brilliant thread.

Sett End and the Red Parrot next door to it at Shadsworth.

Manhattan Heights. Mecca.

I'm surprised huncoatclaret hasn't mentioned his Wednesday's at the 'grab a granny night' at Martholme Grange?

Sett end...sunday lunch was fun......mecca on a Wednesday night

[Jamesy]

I wonder if ColburnClaret remembers the Walkerville pub & nightclub? That was a dangerous ****-hole to visit!

Aah the Walkerville. Spent many a Friday and Saturday nights in there in the late 70’s when stationed at Catterick Garrison. It was indeed a rough hole.

[bpgburn]

Everything for everyone as a teenager in mid to late 70's especially living in Brierfield, so many pubs and a fight a night at the weekends (to watch or participate whatever your liking), then on to Nelson when pubs shut if didn't get a lock in somewhere, either to el Trop if wanted a guaranteed pull, Trax if wanted another fight, Sands or the Springfield if wanted a more relaxed night and a dance...
Them were days eh?

[ŽižkovClaret]

Chaplins!

I went arse first through the window off the dance floor there once

[rufus lumley]

They've changed our local palais into a bowling alley and fings ain't wot they used t'be.

[karatekid]

Good night club in Nelson was good for live music in the early nineties.

[TommyPicks]

Cloggers that later became Monroes in Great Harwood.

[FCBurnley]

Embassy Club ( former Pentridge Cinema ) on Holmes St in Fulledge. What a hole. Strippers on Sunday lunch.

[Acting Claret]

Sex Pistols played The Lodestar at Ribchester.

[blatherwickstattoos]

Not a nightclub but an after party warehouse ….the unit

[Gerry Hattrick]

Black Night Club in Waterfoot

Not nitpicking Dave but it was Black Knight. Cracking little club. My mates opened and ran it. Spent many happy hours there in the sixties
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[Jamesy]

Northern Soul in the Rose Room was superb.
Circulation wasn’t for the faint hearted. Always someone in there looking to relieve you of your teeth.

[Steve1956]

Upstairs in the Queens in Rawtenstall ...Proper Bacup v Rawtenstall nights.

[Jimmymaccer]

Cloggers in Gt Harwood……..

I think.

[forzagranata]

The Hawthorns Night Club, it used to be the Spring Bank Hotel.

The ad in the paper used to say "Hawthorns - for the Nicer People'

The place under the Station was Trax wasn't it? Wasn't for the Nicer People......

[Eyesofblue2]

The ad in the paper used to say "Hawthorns - for the Nicer People'

Indeed it was, there was some high class totty frequented Hawthorns.

[Eyesofblue2]

The ad in the paper used to say "Hawthorns - for the Nicer People'

Indeed it was, there was some high class totty frequented Hawthorns.

[Vegas Claret]

we were so lucky to have the Angels, unbelievable place in the very early 90's.

[Carlos the Great]

Naked Eye . somewhere on Halifax road in Nelson not far from nelson golf course but opposite side of road.

I spent a lot of time in here ,,, well I suppose it was my house for years 🥸 … coukd see the whole of nelson from up there ., think that’s probably why I sold it

[CharlieinNewMexico]

Trax
Underneath the station hotel in Nelson

Wow. Takes me back to when I was 23

[AlargeClaret]

Upstairs in the Queens in Rawtenstall ...Proper Bacup v Rawtenstall nights.

A “ club “ I never thought I’d hear of again . They used to have strippers on Sunday upstairs as well , I well remember as an 17/18 yr old being a bit shocked at the “ whip round shows “ when on occasion a few older guys had a whip round for the stripper and gave her on on the dance floor . Mid -late 80’s that would be .
Also ,rarely seen folk literally thrown down stairs ( and I’ve worked doors ) but seen a good few get chucked down the Queens stairs . They sort of joined the room like a cellar haha. Happy days

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Anyone mentioned the night club at the bottom of the bus station in Burnley, now a dentist but can't remember the name?

At a fuction last night where someone said there was a 'club' in Nelson above the Zoo/Lord Nelson pub?

Was it called Carpe Diem? It was a little before my time.

[clarets1978]

Was it called Carpe Diem? It was a little before my time.

Before it was Carpe Diem, it was called Club Expo

[Steve1956]

A “ club “ I never thought I’d hear of again . They used to have strippers on Sunday upstairs as well , I well remember as an 17/18 yr old being a bit shocked at the “ whip round shows “ when on occasion a few older guys had a whip round for the stripper and gave her on on the dance floor . Mid -late 80’s that would be .
Also ,rarely seen folk literally thrown down stairs ( and I’ve worked doors ) but seen a good few get chucked down the Queens stairs . They sort of joined the room like a cellar haha. Happy days

Quite steep those steps,fell down them many times can't remember ever seeing strippers in there,some of the woman looked dodgy enough to be strippers though,if we are talking strippers though our go to place on a Sunday afternoon was the Sett End in Blackburn ......scary woman

[Clovius Boofus]

Upstairs above the Zoo in Nelson was good for a while if you were into post-punk alternative stuff. Trax wasn't too bad either on a Saturday night, if, like me, you wanted a late night beer without having to endure the usual nightclub disco dross.

[Clovius Boofus]

Before it was Carpe Diem, it was called Club Expo

A few of us to pile in there after catching the last bus back from Manchester. The music wasn't too shabby. A bit of Grunge, Punk and other stuff like Joy Division through to Massive Attack.

[Claretmutt]

Before zebras in Colne it was called Franks,
the name of the owner Frank James.

[ac99]

A “ club “ I never thought I’d hear of again . They used to have strippers on Sunday upstairs as well , I well remember as an 17/18 yr old being a bit shocked at the “ whip round shows “ when on occasion a few older guys had a whip round for the stripper and gave her on on the dance floor . Mid -late 80’s that would be .
Also ,rarely seen folk literally thrown down stairs ( and I’ve worked doors ) but seen a good few get chucked down the Queens stairs . They sort of joined the room like a cellar haha. Happy days

Strippers on a Sunday night were still a thing in 1996/7. Used to be me and my mates' Sunday night of choice until they started putting on "one for the ladies". Never felt so small...

[HahaYeah]

Think Franks was actually called Francs. He put the Sisters of Mercy on and Hanoi Rocks before they got big.

[ElectroClaret]

we were so lucky to have the Angels, unbelievable place in the very early 90's.

Never went in the 90s, but was absolutely superb in the mid to late 70s....if you could get in.
There was a big Welsh bouncer on the door who seemed to take a perverse pleasure in
turning folk away (no, we weren't p1ssed). "Not tonight lads, try t'Cats".

But when you got in it was a really good night, loads of women, only
thing was the ale was awful, J Lees or something, some nights it was undrinkable.
(But we still drank it)

[CnBtruntru]

That was the place near the old bus station wasn't it? Didn't it have another name before Sands?

It was th Sands when it opened and later becoming Bluberrys, I used to bottle up at weekends from 1974-77

[Burnley1989]

A “ club “ I never thought I’d hear of again . They used to have strippers on Sunday upstairs as well , I well remember as an 17/18 yr old being a bit shocked at the “ whip round shows “ when on occasion a few older guys had a whip round for the stripper and gave her on on the dance floor . Mid -late 80’s that would be .
Also ,rarely seen folk literally thrown down stairs ( and I’ve worked doors ) but seen a good few get chucked down the Queens stairs . They sort of joined the room like a cellar haha. Happy days

I got launched down the stairs by a female bouncer in there, then took a few digs off the bouncers at the bottom All because I dropped my plastic cup of beer.

[AlargeClaret]

Burnley was cracking night in the late 80’s to lateish 90’s , incredibly busy . We’d start at sidewalk , Yates’s , White Lion , Swan , Big Window , Smacks etc . Then you had clubs from Cats/Ritzy, Savannahs , Zanzibar , later “mean cat daddy’s” , seem to remember one above an Italian restaurant? and another ( not Zanzibar ) sort of downstairs . Martholm grange was ok for pulling , Hawthorns , one in Nelson that was maybe an old theatre /cinema .

[Tribesmen]

we were so lucky to have the Angels, unbelievable place in the very early 90's.

Best club i have ever been to in my life , and i have been to a few

[troubleatmexico]

Monroe's, Great Harwood, Rock Coven, Colne

[wilks_bfc]

Burnley was cracking night in the late 80’s to lateish 90’s , incredibly busy . We’d start at sidewalk , Yates’s , White Lion , Swan , Big Window , Smacks etc . Then you had clubs from Cats/Ritzy, Savannahs , Zanzibar , later “mean cat daddy’s” , seem to remember one above an Italian restaurant? and another ( not Zanzibar ) sort of downstairs . Martholm grange was ok for pulling , Hawthorns , one in Nelson that was maybe an old theatre /cinema .

Pre-mobiles, you had a route so the late arrivals knew were you’d be and at what time