Willow Mount W.M.C. - Page 4

cashman · 03-01-2012, 21:37

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Good to see a local councillor with his finger on the pulse, his comments about the club closing in the LT

That will be why it's closing then

It closed New Years Eve, early as a matter of fact, seems our travelling brothers kicked off big time, certainly centre of the community.

Mancie · 04-01-2012, 04:09

Not been the club for a very long time.. to be honest when I knew it was late 70's and it was a place for the locals .. Ormerod St . Fountian St and such like Willows Lane...almost all white working people either from mill or had worked in the mills or Engineering round about them parts.
Can't help thinking the change in the local population may have changed things.. maybe just a sign of the times when a high proportion of the folk round that way don't drink and don't socialise in a WMC.

jaysay · 04-01-2012, 08:44

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Originally Posted by cashman

It closed New Years Eve, early as a matter of fact, seems our travelling brothers kicked off big time, certainly centre of the community.

Bit out of character that cashy

cashman · 04-01-2012, 08:46

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Originally Posted by Mancie

Not been the club for a very long time.. to be honest when I knew it was late 70's and it was a place for the locals .. Ormerod St . Fountian St and such like Willows Lane...almost all white working people either from mill or had worked in the mills or Engineering round about them parts.
Can't help thinking the change in the local population may have changed things.. maybe just a sign of the times when a high proportion of the folk round that way don't drink and don't socialise in a WMC.

That can't have helped Mancie, but doubt if it was a deciding factor,clubs were all white folk are in a large majority have vanished, n the population aint changed much in those areas, i'm aware of 1 in such n area thats been struggling fer a few years now,think it goes a bit deeper n that.

cashman · 04-01-2012, 11:02

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Originally Posted by cashman

It closed New Years Eve, early as a matter of fact, seems our travelling brothers kicked off big time, certainly centre of the community.

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Bit out of character that cashy

Ah but just bin into town fer a brew n butty n read tuesdays L.E.T. seems it was continued in the early hours a young un was shot as he lay in bed, Suppose it must be n "Happy New Year" thing wi em?

jaysay · 04-01-2012, 18:05

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Originally Posted by cashman

Ah but just bin into town fer a brew n butty n read tuesdays L.E.T. seems it was continued in the early hours a young un was shot as he lay in bed, Suppose it must be n "Happy New Year" thing wi em?

Beats the hell out of being shot in the back when they've robbed a farmhouse

lancsdave · 04-01-2012, 18:31

All boarded up now

cashman · 04-01-2012, 20:34

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

All boarded up now

Yeh i know,the gear was up fer sale pre new year n our friends who kicked off New Years Eve were after buying some of it, offers were turned down,cos they were peanuts i was told, perhaps that answers the question?

Benipete · 04-01-2012, 23:15

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Originally Posted by cashman

Yeh i know,the gear was up fer sale pre new year n our friends who kicked off New Years Eve were after buying some of it, offers were turned down,cos they were peanuts i was told, perhaps that answers the question?

Only peanuts,No pork scratchings or crisps left?

Colin B · 10-01-2012, 23:29

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Originally Posted by Benipete

Only peanuts,No pork scratchings or crisps left?

Nah, just a few scraps!

alan7554 · 11-01-2012, 02:21

also the harmonic wmc on henry street rishton, only the good old Workmens club on commercial street and the one on parker street rishton left,the legion is now privatly owned

jaysay · 11-01-2012, 08:58

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Originally Posted by alan7554

also the harmonic wmc on henry street rishton, only the good old Workmens club on commercial street and the one on parker street rishton left,the legion is now privatly owned

The Harmonic went a long time ago, went private first, think it was Vinny Whitehead from Ossy who had it then

tobetcat · 14-01-2012, 17:24

Is there not con club in rishton, same story in blackburn, cob wall boarded up years, queens park for sale last time went past, bank top gone completely, sure more will go this year.

garinda · 14-01-2012, 23:03

Perhaps it's partly due to the traditional working classes, bettering themselves, and prefering to sup in oak panelled bars, in the swankier parts of in London, rather than in the old style working mens' clubs.

Hyndburn MP Graham Jones' concern over the rise of a ?pro-politician? (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Well, it could explain about 95% of closures, I'd say.

jaysay · 15-01-2012, 10:16

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Originally Posted by garinda

Perhaps it's partly due to the traditional working classes, bettering themselves, and prefering to sup in oak panelled bars, in the swankier parts of in London, rather than in the old style working mens' clubs.

Hyndburn MP Graham Jones' concern over the rise of a ?pro-politician? (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Well, it could explain about 95% of closures, I'd say.

I kind of like some of the comments left by readers