Keirby Hotel shut down

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:24 pm

Sparrow up for sale and not sure about the development near the circ....it's something to do with Brendon Flood I think so maybe it's going into administration like the rest of his companies

LordBob · Post by **LordBob** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:31 pm

This building has been subject to CSE investigations for quite some time now

NL Claret · Post by **NL Claret** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:35 pm

Probably totally wrong about the Circ and UFCB, thought it looked like student accommodation they were putting together.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:54 pm

NL Claret wrote:Probably totally wrong about the Circ and UFCB, thought it looked like student accommodation they were putting together.

It was student accommodation but wasn't sure it was UCFB. They have nothing left in Burnley now, it's all at Wembley and the Etihad even though it still carries that name which is BFCU backwards, or Burnley Football Club University despite it never having any connections with the club other than renting accommodation at the Turf.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:57 pm

Ufcb a real missed opportunity by the club.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:58 pm

Clarinetclaret wrote:What was his name?

5-0 to the Claret's you boring knobhead!

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Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:20 am

Stayed there, occasionally years ago, back in both the early 80s and again in the early & mid 90s.
Saved mucking about when going on for mid week games.
Remember one time, Paul Weller's family staying there.

It was ok.
Cheap and cheerful.
Better than some very cheap ones I've used in Paris that had holes in the floor for a loo.

But yep. It's an ugly building.

ClaretFelix · Post by **ClaretFelix** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:25 am

The development at the circ was in intended to be student accommodation. Interestingly, all of the room arrived as pods apparently furnished with basic furniture and just needed connecting to mains power/water etc. Each pod already had a mattress in it, which was easy pickings for the lads who made a couple of trips in a transit van in the dead of night away from the watchful eye of the builders. I don't believe they got away with it though..

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:26 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Ufcb a real missed opportunity by the club.

It's UCFB but why a missed opportunity?

Just imagine if the club had invested heavily in it, and it was a time when we didn't have much money, and the whole thing had gone tits up. How well is it doing now? I know it's at Wembley and the Etihad but is it making shed loads of money? If not, it wasn't a missed opportunity. If it is, potentially a risk the club just couldn't take at the time.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:40 am

They're going to pull it down and rebuild the Thorn Hotel and an outdoor market.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:40 am

Ideal for a well known developer then!

califclaret · Post by **califclaret** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:16 am

I well remember when it opened but have no idea what year it was.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:40 am

califclaret wrote:I well remember when it opened but have no idea what year it was.

when did it open?

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:42 am

1960 I think...?

Edit: 1959

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:51 am

Dazzler wrote:1960 I think...?

Used to go in the Swiss corner early seventies yep they had a juke box ..benny and the jets by elton john was popular back then with the b side of me and mrs jones (the name escapes me) by billy Paul ...

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:55 am

tim_noone wrote:Used to go in the Swiss corner early seventies yep they had a juke box ..benny and the jets by elton john was popular back then with the b side of me and mrs jones (the name escapes me) by billy Paul ...

Your Song?

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tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:58 am

That's the one...a cool song in a great bar."how wonderful life is" ...."I don't have much money" great lyrics. Hairs on my neck were up! Happy days....

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:33 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Ufcb a real missed opportunity by the club.

It outgrew Burnley Football Club. I don’t know what else they could’ve done to be fair.

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:52 am

With UCFB part of me was proud our town was the first to have it, but the other part of me tried to see it from a neutral’s perspective, and you’d rather be educated at Wembley or the Etihad than in Burnley.

Hendrickxz · Post by **Hendrickxz** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:23 am

IanMcL wrote:Ideal for a well known developer then!

I saw that very person heading for Burnley Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon. He has involvement in so many developments that it was probably just a coincidence.

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:45 am

Glad it's closing. They never even bothered to repair the window that Gifton shattered.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:50 am

Claretforever wrote:With UCFB part of me was proud our town was the first to have it, but the other part of me tried to see it from a neutral’s perspective, and you’d rather be educated at Wembley or the Etihad than in Burnley.

Met a lad in germany at a game who had studied there and stayed in burnley. He said its the shittet city he has ever been to. I was quite proud of that statement. Refering to us as a city

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:53 am

ClaretTony wrote:It's UCFB but why a missed opportunity?

Just imagine if the club had invested heavily in it, and it was a time when we didn't have much money, and the whole thing had gone tits up. How well is it doing now? I know it's at Wembley and the Etihad but is it making shed loads of money? If not, it wasn't a missed opportunity. If it is, potentially a risk the club just couldn't take at the time.

I do apologies for my dyslexia. Must do better.

It was a missed opportunity because it was a prestigious and groundbreaking education centre capable of attracting future sports business leaders from around the world to the town and club.

But this is a local town...

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:12 am

Didn't all the top quality minge head for Manchester in the 70's ?

I remember the Cat's, Angels and Swiss Corner...and though they were crawling with one night humps and desperate 50 year old wifeys in leather kex, I never saw owt worth the cost of a room...Burnley was strictly knee-trembler territory back then surely ??

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:32 am

fatboy47 wrote:Didn't all the top quality minge head for Manchester in the 70's ?

I remember the Cat's, Angels and Swiss Corner...and though they were crawling with one night humps and desperate 50 year old wifeys in leather kex, I never saw owt worth the cost of a room...Burnley was strictly knee-trembler territory back then surely ??

Nicely put. "Minge"

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:59 am

tim_noone wrote:Nicely put. "Minge"

Bit of a Jack the Lad is Fatboy , a real babe magnet.

In his head at least

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:21 pm

Hendrickxz wrote:I saw that very person heading for Burnley Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon. He has involvement in so many developments that it was probably just a coincidence.

Never a coincidence! Prime site and he was involved in UCFC....

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:24 pm

fatboy47 wrote:Didn't all the top quality minge head for Manchester in the 70's ?

I remember the Cat's, Angels and Swiss Corner...and though they were crawling with one night humps and desperate 50 year old wifeys in leather kex, I never saw owt worth the cost of a room...Burnley was strictly knee-trembler territory back then surely ??

Padiham was the place for top totty

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:31 pm

TVC15 wrote:You ever thought of writing romantic novels ?

One of the few times on this site i genuinely laughed out loud.

Good work fella.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:46 pm

AlargeClaret wrote: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

As we draw close to the end of 2017 surely this post deserves to be up there for Post of the Year

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:29 pm

TVC15 wrote:As we draw close to the end of 2017 surely this post deserves to be up there for Post of the Year

If it was credible yes.... He sounds like a viewer of robin Asquith in confessions of a window cleaner!

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:39 pm

tim_noone wrote:If it was credible yes.... He sounds like a viewer of robin Asquith in confessions of a window cleaner!

I'm not giving him an internet bear hug for his laddish post......it's my sorry attempt at satire !

That post is the ramblings of a complete dic-khead and I really hope he is bullsh-itting (I've stopped being satirical now !)

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:43 pm

Yes I got the satire.... The post was high on the list of bull$hit for sure.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:02 am

One would imagine “ confessions of a Keirby night porter”would make the Asquith cheeky cockney chappy efforts look like highbrow art house .

I also vaguely remember a bar in there (maybe mid late 80’’s,) bit of a roughhouse up some stairs possibly? The name escapes me but it must of been open when the Hop was still going .Used to deliver to El Greco across the way

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:41 am

Ucfb in my opinion was a one trick pony offering very limited value degrees and jumped on the all kids need a degree band wagon. I think I saw a sold sign at the Sparrow on Saturday when exiting the Talbot. I think that and the Keirby will go the way of the Endsliegh building and become flats aimed at younger singles and couples.

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:54 am

Sunk a few in the ''Swiss Corner'.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:11 am

AlargeClaret wrote: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

And nine months thereafter born into this world was a child who became known as Saxo

Clarinetclaret · Post by **Clarinetclaret** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 9:18 am

Steve1956 wrote:5-0 to the Claret's you boring knobhead!

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Haha hit a nerve old chap! So go on, did you meet him again?

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:29 pm

Clarinetclaret wrote:Haha hit a nerve old chap! So go on, did you meet him again?

Of course I did, it was your Dad, did he never tell you he was bent!

Clarinetclaret · Post by **Clarinetclaret** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:41 pm

Steve1956 wrote:Of course I did, it was your Dad, did he never tell you he was bent!

Haha I definitely have hit a nerve! Bet you were the receiver lol.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:43 pm

Clarinetclaret wrote:Haha I definitely have hit a nerve! Bet you were the receiver lol.

Have you done any Taping lately ?

Clarinetclaret · Post by **Clarinetclaret** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:32 am

Steve1956 wrote:Have you done any Taping lately ?

Yeah with your wife seeing as you can't satisfy her!

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:42 am

don't worry lads, it'll soon be christmas and you can play with your lego

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:07 pm

Clarinetclaret wrote:Yeah with your wife seeing as you can't satisfy her!

WTF

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:58 pm

Did anything happen with either place? been a while since i gave either the Sparrowhawk or Keirby even a passing glance

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 4:01 pm

Classic thread this

lakedistrictclaret · Post by **lakedistrictclaret** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 4:02 pm

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:58 pm
Did anything happen with either place? been a while since i gave either the Sparrowhawk or Keirby even a passing glance

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.

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 4:05 pm

lakedistrictclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 11, 2023 4:02 pm
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.

SparrowHawk suffered really from not having a safe car park. No-one is taking it on as a hotel without that. I recall Mark Radcliffe once stayed there after a gig and he found his car had been broken into the day after

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 4:17 pm

Sparrowhawk has had internal work done recently. I only walk past on matchdays, but there's definitely activity there.

No idea what the intention is.

And yes, The Talbot has a sold sign.

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 5:14 pm

AlargeClaret wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 07, 2017 5:23 pm
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

Who’d a thought it? After 5 years this thread re appears. Very funny.