Smacks

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:14 pm

Decided to introduce a £2 door charge.

Can't see this going down right well in Burnley. Hard times but who will pay to listen to Scott Noddings on the decks?

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:16 pm

Blimey, is Scott still doing the "music" in there ? He must be near retirement.

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:17 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:Blimey, is Scott still doing the "music" in there ? He must be near retirement.

I remember when he was DJing at Sidewalk!

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:19 pm

Goes in line with most of the other places in Burnley to be fair.

Not been in Smacks in ages, and I think I'm over the hill in terms of the club scene now, but it was always just "alright" in there, never anything else.

I don't think I've enjoyed a night out in Burnley since Graffiti closed down. But that's only cause that's my music scene.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:21 pm

It used to be an Indie type place in the 90s when we went regular but the rare appearance into Burnley these days seen the likes of Steps being played in there.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:26 pm

More like "SPICE" girls, if the current trend to want to kill yourself is
prevalent in Burnley.

Saw the examples in Manchester on last night's news - what's that all about ?

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:27 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:It used to be an Indie type place in the 90s when we went regular but the rare appearance into Burnley these days seen the likes of Steps being played in there.

It's true it used to be decent, and I think a couple of years ago everybody was in agreement that Smacks needed a change given it'd had the exact same playlist for over a decade. However, I don't think the change was to give it a soundtrack that wouldn't be out of place at a 5th birthday party.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:32 pm

I found it too busy and you could hardly move. I preferred downstairs which seemed to always be quieter.

burnmark · Post by **burnmark** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:40 pm

Last time I was in was after the Bolton away game last season. I think it's 'party' music on middle and top floors and indie in the cellar bar.

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:49 pm

Blaming the extra charge on Brexit. What a shocker!

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:53 pm

Seems Brexit only effects them on Saturdays and Sundays after midnight, does Brexit not know about Fridays or the hours before midnight ?

Maybe Ian should be honest and say I see a chance to fleece a couple of quid extra out of people and have found something to hide behind.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:08 pm

burnmark wrote:Last time I was in was after the Bolton away game last season. I think it's 'party' music on middle and top floors and indie in the cellar bar.

Burnmark has it spot on. The cellar always plays indie. Oldest night time venue in Burnley, caters for most groups - must be doing something right

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:13 pm

Murger wrote:Blaming the extra charge on Brexit. What a shocker!

people having a right laugh over that on burnley express comments

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:25 pm

Which comments?

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:25 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Which comments?

facebook

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:04 pm

Its crap and has been for about ten years. Much like the rest of town!

ClaretPope · Post by **ClaretPope** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:43 pm

That's it. I'm not going in again.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:47 pm

ClaretAndJew wrote:I don't think I've enjoyed a night out in Burnley since Graffiti closed down.

Angels for me I think

Who's Scott Noddings? Is he related to Keith who played for our reserves in the late 1960s?

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:02 pm

His dad is called Keith, not sure if it's the same one.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:10 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:His dad is called Keith, not sure if it's the same one.

I bet it is - surely can't be two people called Keith Noddings. I knew Keith well when he was at the club. He lodged with my auntie for a time. Not seen him in years though. Last I heard he was living in Hapton.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:15 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Angels for me I think

Hardcore Uproar

Garnerssoap · Post by **Garnerssoap** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:09 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:Hardcore Uproar

That was a great night

Cellar every time at smacks for me - although that was in 1989

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:20 pm

Apparently the owner has denied he blamed Brexit and said the Burnley Express added that themselves. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago the Express was very anti brexit and was coming accross in all their work.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:54 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:Apparently the owner has denied he blamed Brexit and said the Burnley Express added that themselves. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago the Express was very anti brexit and was coming accross in all their work.

They are just like the rest of the media then only the Burnley express hasn't even tried to make it subtle. They are only doing themselves a diservice as a **** newspaper.

JohnMcGreal · Post by **JohnMcGreal** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:53 am

gandhisflipflop wrote:They are just like the rest of the media then only the Burnley express hasn't even tried to make it subtle. They are only doing themselves a diservice as a **** newspaper.

Bloody metropolitan, liberal elite, eh?

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:29 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:Apparently the owner has denied he blamed Brexit and said the Burnley Express added that themselves. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago the Express was very anti brexit and was coming accross in all their work.

I've heard the owner has this morning reinforced the fact that he did specifically blame Brexit and also insisted the Burnley Express mention that repeatedly in the article.

*Disclaimer - The above may or may not be true. However it's truly exhilarating to make claims without providing sources.

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:14 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:Decided to introduce a £2 door charge.

Can't see this going down right well in Burnley. Hard times but who will pay to listen to Scott Noddings on the decks?

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:16 am

Them were the days....Jugs of Sangria in town with 14,000 straws

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:03 am

Sad I know, but a gang of us used to go out in the early 90s and when the question was "where we going next?" and somebody replied "smacks" they'd get tw@ed by the rest of the lads !

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:10 am

RocketLawnChair wrote:they'd get tw@ed by the rest of the lads !

I didn't know Twitter was around then

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:14 am

When I first went out it was always without fail Sidewalk to start, then to the turf if it was a matchday if it wasnt onto bootleggers, smacks, paradise, and then depending on what night it was followed by either club53, 'TheWorks', Graffiti club or in some days even afterlife. XS Now and again but was never keen.

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:18 am

Used to be

Sidewalk
Yates
White Lion
Swan
Red Lion
Smacks
Yorke House
The little one on the corner opposite Panamas
Panamas
Then downstairs or Ritzy

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:39 am

Used to be

Sidewalk
Yates
Swan sometimes
Red Lion
Smacks
Harrys bar/crosskeys
Garden bar

Savannahs/Yorke House/Panamas

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:14 pm

claretdom wrote:Used to be

Sidewalk
Yates
White Lion
Swan
Red Lion
Smacks
Yorke House
The little one on the corner opposite Panamas
Panamas
Then downstairs or Ritzy

Shifters on the corner claretdom

Burnley loyal · Post by **Burnley loyal** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:45 pm

I know noddy very well, he's my uncle! He now lives behind the Bobbin on Westfield I think it's called

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