Looks very smart

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/peo ... wK7VLmmJ9M

I thought the real Fitzpatricks might be moving back into town.

Hope they can make a go of it. Town desperately needs somewhere people can go to start the night.

LDE wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:02 pm

Looks very smart

https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/peo ... wK7VLmmJ9M

really? that entrance 'design' is horrendous

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:14 pm

really? that entrance 'design' is horrendous

Better with the original.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:33 pm

Better with the original.


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Dandelion & Burdock all round! Great little shop

So it's had a lick of paint and new flooring then.

thought it was the toyshop

Is Fitzpatricks a generic “good craic” Irish bar?

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:33 pm

Better with the original.


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Booming in Rawrenstall this place
As is the town

Weatherspoons with fancy wallpaper

So we’ve now got a “Fitzpatricks” and a “Dubliner”

We expecting some more Irish signings this summer?

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:55 pm

So we’ve now got a “Fitzpatricks” and a “Dubliner”

We expecting some more Irish signings this summer?

Just as most of the Irish lads have gone.

JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 9:40 pm

Dandelion & Burdock all round! Great little shop

Black beer & Raisin served by Malchi Fitzpatrick what an experience

It was always blood tonic for me.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:22 pm

Just as most of the Irish lads have gone.

Hey i working on getting a few more of the boyo's over for a game

Some effort to downgrade a spoons pub

Stayingup wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:33 pm

Booming in Rawrenstall this place
As is the town

Rawtenstall is certainly booming with all the shops and bars, ive noticed house prices have also gone crazy.

Just been home for a couple of days,my home town is looking lovely the micro bars and shops give it a great feeling .....Chuffed my hometown is looking so good even the cobbles have started to blend in

This forum all over this. Someone’s taken on a pub. At the worse ever time to take on a pub. Done a good job of it. And it draws criticism.

They’ve done a good job of making the Thornton a very popular pub. So they definitely know what they’re doing and good luck to them. Can only be good for the town and the nightlife of the town.

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:21 pm

This forum all over this. Someone’s taken on a pub. At the worse ever time to take on a pub. Done a good job of it. And it draws criticism.

They’ve done a good job of making the Thornton a very popular pub. So they definitely know what they’re doing and good luck to them. Can only be good for the town and the nightlife of the town.

My thoughts exactly.

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:21 pm

This forum all over this. Someone’s taken on a pub. At the worse ever time to take on a pub. Done a good job of it. And it draws criticism.

They’ve done a good job of making the Thornton a very popular pub. So they definitely know what they’re doing and good luck to them. Can only be good for the town and the nightlife of the town.

Absolutely

Someone drives a 50k motor...idiot
Someone wears a £400 coat .... chav
Someone with a nicely paid job.... up his own arse

Talk about judging a book by its cover.

I can only presume these people are envious in some way.
I want absolutely every human to do well, succeed and be happy, and even more so my friends, i love seeing them doing well and/or happy.
it's a good thing people want to make a positive change, or make the their area, the town or its reputation better.

In a world where you can be anything, be kind!

It should do well if it can gain a good reputation for keeping bellends out. I wish them all the best.

I've always said the whole area suffers from tall poppy syndrome. I've even had so-called mates suddenly become jealous when I've bought a one year old car or saved up hard for a longhaul family holiday.

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:21 pm

This forum all over this. Someone’s taken on a pub. At the worse ever time to take on a pub. Done a good job of it. And it draws criticism.

They’ve done a good job of making the Thornton a very popular pub. So they definitely know what they’re doing and good luck to them. Can only be good for the town and the nightlife of the town.

Agreed 100%.

Most of those commenting wouldn’t have the fist idea about running a business, a bar or selling beer.

Always quite liked it when it was the Brun Lea. Always a good place to meet up to start the afternoon/night.

Glad it’s been taken on. Fingers crossed they can fully open as soon as.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:30 am

Black beer & Raisin served by Malchi Fitzpatrick what an experience

Absolutely lip-smacking.

The only reason I sometimes dislike my hospitality job is peoples s**tty judgemental opinions.

If you don’t like it or it’s not for you just don’t go in that’s quite simple really.

The Industry is on its knees and someone putting their heart and soul into something, creating jobs etc and people just s**t on it.

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:21 pm

This forum all over this. Someone’s taken on a pub. At the worse ever time to take on a pub. Done a good job of it. And it draws criticism.

They’ve done a good job of making the Thornton a very popular pub. So they definitely know what they’re doing and good luck to them. Can only be good for the town and the nightlife of the town.

Absolutely bang on.

I read the earlier comments this morning, and didn’t get why there were so many sneering at this.

What would people prefer? The property to remain vacant and an eyesore?

I don’t know the Fernavs personally, but I went to Habergham with them. Local people trying to make a go of it, and a good nightlife in Burnley is probably very important to our local economy.

Good luck to them.

Venkys4eva wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:30 am

Rawtenstall is certainly booming with all the shops and bars, ive noticed house prices have also gone crazy.

House prices in Rawtenstall are double if not treble those of Burnley, Pendle and Hyndburn

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:38 am

Just been home for a couple of days,my home town is looking lovely the micro bars and shops give it a great feeling .....Chuffed my hometown is looking so good even the cobbles have started to blend in

Rawtenstall has undergone a renaissance in recent years. So many great spots for a drink. Hope Burnley can learn from its transformation

Burnley's got the tourism winning ticket because of the landscape and there's still enough left to make it better than Hebden Bridge, I've said it before.

It's only beer after all.

They will need to not become a drugs den -
That must be one of the biggest risks ?

You mean like Darwen?

... All of it all of the time yah.

And Hush Puppies to lounge outside.

Good luck Fitzpatricks.

JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:43 pm

Rawtenstall has undergone a renaissance in recent years. So many great spots for a drink. Hope Burnley can learn from its transformation

It's definitely still possible for smaller towns to have a decent nightlife. It's been done to death on here but first thing Burnley needs to do is stop places opening till 7am every week and get people into the habit of going out earlier again.

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:55 pm

So we’ve now got a “Fitzpatricks” and a “Dubliner”

Don't forget the Cork House.

It'll be great if the planned roof terrace is still going to be implemented

Pstotto wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:50 pm

Burnley's got the tourism winning ticket because of the landscape and there's still enough left to make it better than Hebden Bridge, I've said it before.

It's only beer after all.

Funnily enough went for a drive after work tonight went into Hebden and onto Howarth and back home and commented on how fking lucky we are with how nice Burnley actually is in most parts of it.

TsarBomba wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:10 pm

Absolutely bang on.

I read the earlier comments this morning, and didn’t get why there were so many sneering at this.

What would people prefer? The property to remain vacant and an eyesore?

I don’t know the Fernavs personally, but I went to Habergham with them. Local people trying to make a go of it, and a good nightlife in Burnley is probably very important to our local economy.

Good luck to them.

I know Gav reasonably well having gone to junior school with him, played football with him at that age and his mum looked after me as a nurse when I was in hospital as a kid. Nice people.

I dont go in the thornton that often at all despite it being local. But get the impression its very popular and well run.

I know they have had it very **** since March last year. Yet despite this, rather than cut their losses or focus on their existing pub theyve taken this on. Good luck to them. Brave move and hope it works out.

Reminiscent of the comments on The Turf renovation.

I assume said posters all drink bitter...

Hop Bitters 6d a pint. Little lads pub my dad always called it. Blood tonic was delicious too

The Irish quarter is coming along nicely. Joking aside I read it is not an Irish bar but named after a grandparent.

Good luck to them, good spot to start the day/night around town or mini bus and train journeys out of town.

House prices treble in Rawtenstall? Really? So a 4/5 bedroom detached house in Ightenhill, or Worsthorne would go for over a million in Rawtenstall? Fat chance. Give your head a wobble mate.

Claretitus wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:23 am

House prices treble in Rawtenstall? Really? So a 4/5 bedroom detached house in Ightenhill, or Worsthorne would go for over a million in Rawtenstall? Fat chance. Give your head a wobble mate.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/104967428

The topography is first class and that's why it suited the cotton weaving business.

The view from Sandygate Square is superb and I think a lot of Italians came to Burnley after the war because it's more Italianate than Portmeirion and a living citadel of sorts, situated on the edge of civilization.

When Conte comes to Turf Moor, it's the far-side of Rome, as the edge of that dynasty, so a long way from home, for him.

That house looks like it was designed by a footballers WAG. Truly awful.

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:38 pm

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/104967428

Reedsholme? How much? .......never!

JohnDearyMe wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:43 pm

Rawtenstall has undergone a renaissance in recent years. So many great spots for a drink. Hope Burnley can learn from its transformation

It has and as someone has said house prices have gone ugh - through the roof. Favourite place now for trendy Mancunians to live.

Claretitus wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:23 am

House prices treble in Rawtenstall? Really? So a 4/5 bedroom detached house in Ightenhill, or Worsthorne would go for over a million in Rawtenstall? Fat chance. Give your head a wobble mate.

Can't speak for Ightenhill but Worsthorne has been spolit by poor quality housing thrown up in the 70s, what must have been a lovely village as been ruined by bad planning and cheap property

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:38 pm

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property/104967428

Oh come on. I could have shown you the massive barn conversion right at the bottom of Ightenhill Park Lane, with the 10 bedrooms, swimming pool and cinema etc etc. Was £4.75M a few yrs ago. There’s always an odd exception to the norm. But your statement was prices in Rawtenstall are treble. That’s simply not true, and I don’t have an axe to grind, I don’t live in Burnley.