Accrington Conservative Club

[Restless]

No he just wanders in dangerous buildings by himself

[Morecambe Ex Pat]

Originally Posted by Restless

lardedars etc is now flats

Are there flats all the way along Willow Street?

I regularly worked at the Con club in a former life and was involved with Lar de Dars and the Berkley, when they were converted and then when they were operating and find it sad that another chunk of my history has disappeared.

The rear steps, the fire damaged ones on the urban explorer site, used to be used to get equipment up to the function rooms and ballroom. Most people never knew they existed but access was much easier that way than the main stone steps at the front.

[maxthecollie]

My mother worked at the Con Club in its heyday. She use to work in the cloakrooms taking coats and giving tickets so you could pick up your coat on the way out.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat

Are there flats all the way along Willow Street?

I regularly worked at the Con club in a former life and was involved with Lar de Dars and the Berkley, when they were converted and then when they were operating and find it sad that another chunk of my history has disappeared.

The rear steps, the fire damaged ones on the urban explorer site, used to be used to get equipment up to the function rooms and ballroom. Most people never knew they existed but access was much easier that way than the main stone steps at the front.

The flats are only where lardy's nightclub was,not sure what the old school is nowadays I think they had a fire and its being renovated.

As for the con club,the fire damaged stairs are very hazardous (as is much of the inside due to arson attacks) the ballroom still has its wonderful ceiling but for how long is anyone's guess.

[Accrington Lad]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Was you part of this exploring party?
Report - Canon Street Baptist Church - Accrington (Aug 2014)

Here is a report on the con club.
Report - Accrington Conservative Club, Lancashire - April '14

Yes Accy Explorer me and my friend were there at the time and we positioned that basketball in that spot so they could get a photo.

[Accrington Lad]

Originally Posted by Atarah

Are you sure about what you are saying Sambo. The nightclubs were part of the old SCHOOL, not the church, as far as I am aware.

Yes I am sure Atarah.
Inside the Church where the toilets are there is a doorway that has been blocked up and it has been beaten up with a pick axe (There is a pick axe on the floor next to the doorway) and God knows what other tools.
And right in the middle of this beaten bricked up doorway is a tiny hole that someone managed to make and you can see right through into the empty, eerie, dusty Opium Nightclub.
Unfortunately though the hole is too small for the camera lens to see through so no pictures.

[Accrington Lad]

And the stairs havn't been on fire.
They are just very badly water damaged which has caused them to collapse.
There are only 2 signs of fire in this building and only 2 news reports of arson.
One in the cocktail bar downstairs and one on the middle floor between Rory's Bedroom and the rear function room.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Ewoodsambo3

Yes Accy Explorer me and my friend were there at the time and we positioned that basketball in that spot so they could get a photo.

Nice one,I know a lad who explored both the church and the con club, I think he recorded it too, I'll email him after and see if he's still got the footage.
Did you go up that (dangerous) ladder into the belfry?

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I prefer to not even leave my footprints

[Accrington Lad]

Did I hell as like!
I have got a little bit of intelligence
That bell tower floor is NOT safe.
And yeah I have seen that video of the con club being explored.
I know Churchills like the back of my hand. I used to be good friends with the owner a couple of years back and used to help him board up the windows.
Those were the good ol' days.

[cashman]

More than yer mate accyex in my view.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Ewoodsambo3

Did I hell as like!
I have got a little bit of intelligence
That bell tower floor is NOT safe.
And yeah I have seen that video of the con club being explored.
I know Churchills like the back of my hand. I used to be good friends with the owner a couple of years back and used to help him board up the windows.
Those were the good ol' days.

The clip you've seen is probably the one I uploaded, I was referring to the one with the police and the baptist church (don't think its been uploaded,but I could be wrong).I'll let you know when he gets back to me.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by cashman

More than yer mate accyex in my view.

Your right C, he's more like my wingman

[Morecambe Ex Pat]

And right in the middle of this beaten bricked up doorway is a tiny hole that someone managed to make and you can see right through into the empty, eerie, dusty Opium Nightclub.

As I recall, the Church and The Berkley were joined at ground level but I don't remember there being a way through. Having said that, by the time I was involved, a lot of the Berkley's internal construction had been completed and was being plastered and decorated. The area where the join would have been was where the downstairs toilets were, when it was the Berkley but I am not sure if they remained there when they converted downstairs from the living accommodation to the bar.

[Accrington Lad]

Originally Posted by Morecambe Ex Pat

As I recall, the Church and The Berkley were joined at ground level but I don't remember there being a way through. Having said that, by the time I was involved, a lot of the Berkley's internal construction had been completed and was being plastered and decorated. The area where the join would have been was where the downstairs toilets were, when it was the Berkley but I am not sure if they remained there when they converted downstairs from the living accommodation to the bar.

Not sure but you can definitely peep into opium from a hole in the church wall.

[Accyexplorer]

I managed to get the video but my wing man doesn't want it uploading so I've had to edit it to show the back part of the church/opium.

here is the link:-