Long gone nightclubs

[ŽižkovClaret]

Burnley had the Trades Descriptions double bill of VIP's and Posh

[ŽižkovClaret]

VIP’s Before millennium I think. All you can drink once you’d paid un, just keep your coloured plastic glass

Sundays used to be great there. Was 16 so 3 quid in for free bar, then a 1:50 kebab roll from top of the bus station and 50p BFH (Driver used to kick off if you tried using a school bus pass while obviously ****** up

Best use of a young buck's 5 quid pocket money i ever had

[ŽižkovClaret]

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?

Chaplins in the basement?

[Swizzlestick]

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?

I remember Afterlife being near the bus station

[Zero]

Chaplains first (circa 1996) then Afterlife early 2000's.

[ChrisG]

Sundays used to be great there. Was 16 so 3 quid in for free bar, then a 1:50 kebab roll from top of the bus station and 50p BFH (Driver used to kick off if you tried using a school bus pass while obviously ****** up

Best use of a young buck's 5 quid pocket money i ever had

I remember rocking up for my German GCSE on a Friday morning after I'd been in Mean Cats on 10p a pint Thursdays. Just about cobbled together a uniform as I was staying at a mates house, and had to make the journey to West Park Road feeling very queasy indeed.

To say Mr Healey was angry would be an understatement.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Haha French on a Monday morning never stood a chance for me!

[ŽižkovClaret]

I remember rocking up for my German GCSE on a Friday morning after I'd been in Mean Cats on 10p a pint Thursdays. Just about cobbled together a uniform as I was staying at a mates house, and had to make the journey to West Park Road feeling very queasy indeed.

To say Mr Healey was angry would be an understatement.

IIRC he was zen 99% of the time but he had a flip out in him!

[Vegas Claret]

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)

before my time but sounds mental !

[Longside]

The Banshee Portland Street Manchester. Mix Factory DJs. Sett End Blackburn..

[ChrisG]

IIRC he was zen 99% of the time but he had a flip out in him!

He was pretty chill most of the time, aye. I must admit, if I'd known in 1999/2000 that I'd be needing that German at some point in the future, I'd have probably listened a bit more.

[longsidetrumpet]

Surprised Basil hasn’t mentioned the Birdtrap, soul all niters in the late 60s, at homely Walter Street club in Brierfield. Now revived for monthly soul nights, same venue. Also in Burnley in the 60s was the Cavern Club, unsurprisingly at basement level underneath the Mechanics in Manchester Road

[Herts Clarets]

Sundays used to be great there. Was 16 so 3 quid in for free bar, then a 1:50 kebab roll from top of the bus station and 50p BFH (Driver used to kick off if you tried using a school bus pass while obviously ****** up

Best use of a young buck's 5 quid pocket money i ever had

Was that the place sort of down the side of M&S? I remember going in a place down there with some friends who had come up from London with me late 90s and it was £6 entrance, free draught beer and house spirits after that. 50p per mixer. Amongst the no name vodka, gin and whisky they had Southern Comfort. So I spent all night drinking neat SC. The London lot were astounded that you could get in a club and drink all night for £6 and also just how much Southern Comfort it was possible to polish off in an evening

As a contrast, I went to see Kaiser Chiefs on Saturday evening in East London. Stopped in a boozer just up the road from the venue before the gig, 1 double gin and lemonade and a pint and I was relieved of £18.70....

[Quicknick]

Was that the place sort of down the side of M&S? I remember going in a place down there with some friends who had come up from London with me late 90s and it was £6 entrance, free draught beer and house spirits after that. 50p per mixer. Amongst the no name vodka, gin and whisky they had Southern Comfort. So I spent all night drinking neat SC. The London lot were astounded that you could get in a club and drink all night for £6 and also just how much Southern Comfort it was possible to polish off in an evening

As a contrast, I went to see Kaiser Chiefs on Saturday evening in East London. Stopped in a boozer just up the road from the venue before the gig, 1 double gin and lemonade and a pint and I was relieved of £18.70....

Last time I drank in east London, it didn't cost any more than Skipton. Where were you in east London?

[It Is What It Is]

Rose Room above the Cats.
Cracking night.

Yesssss! Lost my cherry there!!!!

[It Is What It Is]

Wasn't there a Caberet night club called Uncle Tom's Cabin in Darwen late 60s early 70s???

[Jamesy]

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

Angels was a good club in the late 70’s early 80’s. However as other posters have alluded to, if the bouncers didn’t like the look of you you weren’t getting in.
Bit of a schlep over to the Circ if that was the case and the girls were of a much higher standard in the Angels.
I do remember that foamy JW Lees Bitter in the Angels though. Mind you I think the Cats used to serve foamy Wilson’s Bitter?
My memory isn’t what it used to be though as it is 46 years ago that I first started visiting these iconic establishments.
Great nights.

[HahaYeah]

I saw Half Man Half Biscuit at the Cats. They were shouting out names of 70s Burnley players between songs.

[Lubanski]

Harrison's Hoist Earby, made the papers after numbers were arrested one night and bussed to Barnoldswick police station.
Birdtrap, original niter.
Ouzeldale (soul at the Ooze) Barnoldswick, all dayers .

[Herts Clarets]

Last time I drank in east London, it didn't cost any more than Skipton. Where were you in east London?

Stepney, not far from Limehouse DLR Station on the A13. Think it was called The Craft Beer Co. Gig was at Troxy.

[Carlos the Great]

so many memories on here makes you think this generation have missed out maybe ? Or is drinking over rated and for numpties ..: I’ve stopped drinking a few years ago now .:: it’s never been a great look drunken 50 year old chatting pony so I’ve knocked it on the head .. I don’t miss drinking but have many happy blurred memories of nights out in this area

[Darnhill Claret]

Roxy in Darwen and Suttys off Livesey Branch Road.
I saw Slade at Uncle Tom's Cabin in Darwen if it was close to the market.

[Darnhill Claret]

One in Accy at the bottom of Warner Street, over the Arcade.

[ElectroClaret]

Had a few names over the decades, Maximilians, The Attic and, strangely enough, the Arcade Bar.

Probably missed some too.

[GranAnn]

No one has mentioned the Dolphin Club upstairs on Little Queen Street in Colne. It was a bit of a dive, but we had some good times there.

[exilecanada]

Rose Room above the Cats.
Cracking night.

Oh ya, Wednesday night was the big Rose Room night if memory serves, going to work Thursday with a major league hangover wasn't much fun though
I remember the Circulation, and El Trop. I took my first love Christine Allen to see Bobby Vee at Blackburn Cavendish , quite the posh place back in the day.
Good memories.

[GetIntoEm]

First beer in the trop, must have been no older than 13

[ElectroClaret]

I took my first love Christine Allen to see Bobby Vee at Blackburn Cavendish , quite the posh place back in the day.
Good memories.

Sticks in the throat to say it, but Blackburn back in the day was a really good night.

Awful now though.

[Robbie_painter]

Anyone mentioned monroes in great harwood?great place.

[California Colner]

Not sure anybody has mentioned Carlos in Colne above the restaurant

[Quicknick]

Sticks in the throat to say it, but Blackburn back in the day was a really good night.

Awful now though.

Agreed. Blackburn was a great night out in the '70s.

[It Is What It Is]

Cranberry Fair on the tops above Darwen.
Can't remember the name, but it was near Dingle Dell near Lango
Sands in Nelson.
Buccaneers in Haslingden
Astoria in Rawtenstall.

Astoria & Buccaneers in Haslingden, Wow. yes great nights.....that's showing your age!!! I used to go there...and in my 70s now.
Tony Christie was always on a some club or other....there was as club in Darwen centre where I saw him...I think it was called Uncle Tom's Cabin....??? Anyone else remember it...?

[CnBtruntru]

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

It was called Sands from the start it was later called Blueberries if I remember correctly, I know it was Sands as I worked there from just after it opened bottling up at the weekend used to get about £2 an hour in 1974-75 then went to the match after, handy for the bus.

[Woodleyclaret]

We used to start off Saturday nights in the Cavendish on route to Blackpool Mecca.Now Blackburn with its monster mosque resembles Mecca.

[rosswallacefreekick]

Was there a nightclub on Bethesda St called 'Millenium'? It was either there or on Brown Street. If I've got the right name, what was it called before that? It's doing my head in trying to remember. Would've been mid to late 90's maybe into early 00's.

Yes — or ‘Milleniums’ as we used to call it (like Stickies)!

Had an Egyptian theme outside, like a pharaoh statue or similar?

[rob63]

Not sure anybody has mentioned Carlos in Colne above the restaurant

Went to my father in laws works Xmas do upstairs there once. Had a meal & my brother in law enquired what the cheesecake was. The waitress said "Black or red?"

[rob63]

Yes — or ‘Milleniums’ as we used to call it (like Stickies)!

Had an Egyptian theme outside, like a pharaoh statue or similar?

Pharoahs {with the statue} was opposite the Post Office...... think it's the Bees Knees now

[Darnhill Claret]

The free bus to Blackpool Mecca.

Golden Palms at Blackburn. 2 girl vocalists, fronting a band. I did some laps at that place.

[Goalposts]

Not sure what else it was called but there was a Bogarts nightclub in Darwen. And a heavy rock club called peepers in blackburn

[JanetM]

Just back from a holiday in Menorca where I got chatting to a lady from Great Harwood. We were reminiscing about the Circ in the 70s. We both went away to uni and now struggle to stay awake past 10pm! Ah those were the days!

[Clarets4me]

Not sure what else it was called but there was a Bogarts nightclub in Darwen. And a heavy rock club called peepers in blackburn

Wasn't " Bogarts " the latter name of " Cranberry Fair " up on the moors above Darwen ? Now flattened for housing ... " Peepers " was in the basement of a Pub near Blackburn College .. There was a place called " Zanzibars " on Darwen Street in Blackburn in the early 80's ..

Another memory was my first ever use of a Credit Card, a Nat West " Access " card. I accompanied my then girlfriend to the St Barts Hospital Ball at the Sloane Square Hilton in January 1985. Before entering, we had " cocktails " which I rashly said " I'll get these " ... served in hollowed out pineapples, they were £20 for 4 of them !! To put it in perspective, it cost £4 for a ticket to that years England v Scotland 5 Nations game at Twickenham, and £9 to see Springsteen at Wembley Stadium six months later !!

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Wasn't " Bogarts " the latter name of " Cranberry Fair " up on the moors above Darwen ? Now flattened for housing ... " Peepers " was in the basement of a Pub near Blackburn College .. There was a place called " Zanzibars " on Darwen Street in Blackburn in the early 80's ..

Another memory was my first ever use of a Credit Card, a Nat West " Access " card. I accompanied my then girlfriend to the St Barts Hospital Ball at the Sloane Square Hilton in January 1985. Before entering, we had " cocktails " which I rashly said " I'll get these " ... served in hollowed out pineapples, they were £20 for 4 of them !! To put it in perspective, it cost £4 for a ticket to that years England v Scotland 5 Nations game at Twickenham, and £9 to see Springsteen at Wembley Stadium six months later !!

Zanzibars on Darwen St was cool.On Sunday nights they had some gorgeous go go dancers !

[Dressinggown]

Hated going to any nightclubs in Burnley but followed the crowd.

Do Bojangles / Kestrel Suite count as nightclubs as they were fairly decent ?

I would much prefer to go for a curry at the Koh-I-Noor, Sharma or Al Khadin after a dozen pints.

[A.Claret.Fan]

I would much prefer to go for a curry at the Koh-I-Noor, Sharma or Al Khadin after a dozen pints.

I would agree... Koh-i-Noor was my first sitdown curry as a 14 year-old. I remember the background music was a compilation of The Shadows...

[pureclaret]

Home Hall, Home Chapel, Cliviger In late 70s for 3 or 4 yrs was a pub /club i remember

[GetIntoEm]

Yes — or ‘Milleniums’ as we used to call it (like Stickies)!

Had an Egyptian theme outside, like a pharaoh statue or similar?

At one point millennium did £10 in all you can drink. Heavy times.

It was something else before that. 21s maybe

[ceborame]

This is one for the Great Harwood members

Upstairs at the United Services

DJ on a Friday night & a live band on Sunday night