Barbary Coast - Page 3

Royboy39 · 14-06-2008, 20:08

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Originally Posted by Less

I think pendy you might mean the Dunn Horse, but I can't be sure I always went to the Wheatsheaf!

It was the Dunn Horse............One you've missed......Samse's Vaults.
Landlady 'Nancy'....Would worry rats.

cashman · 14-06-2008, 22:34

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

.......One you've missed......Samse's Vaults.
Landlady 'Nancy'....Would worry rats.

samses worried cashy, floor was very hard after numerous white wines.

Mancie · 16-07-2008, 19:30

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Originally Posted by cashman

not if you had a degree in armed robbery.

didn't really class that as on the "Coast" although the steps were very painful to bounce down.

To my eternal shame I was a bit of a regular at the Tophat when very young..only late club me and my mate could get in!..I recall on of the numerous times the council or whomever tried to close it down..they had to re-apply for a drinks licence and the only way round it was to serve food...they did it by serving Hollands pies in a basket with a lettuce leaf!..I'm not joking!

Royboy39 · 16-07-2008, 20:46

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Originally Posted by Mancie

To my eternal shame I was a bit of a regular at the Tophat when very young..only late club me and my mate could get in!..I recall on of the numerous times the council or whomever tried to close it down..they had to re-apply for a drinks licence and the only way round it was to serve food...they did it by serving Hollands pies in a basket with a lettuce leaf!..I'm not joking!

Cyril Kenyon....always one step ahead of the law..now lives in Thailand. Harry Fenwick comes to mind.

Mancie · 16-07-2008, 20:53

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

Cyril Kenyon....always one step ahead of the law..now lives in Thailand. Harry Fenwick comes to mind.

yes I remember Cyril..the times I first went there it was a DJ that played mostly Tamla Mowtown stuff.. this is the early 70's... but up to the 80's it was still the place to go as you were pretty sure to get entry (and as Cashy says if not carefull a quick exit down the stairs) while the other clubs were more fussy.

Alan Gilmartin · 17-07-2008, 10:11

I know this is a bit off the Barbary Coast, but I thought I would put it on this thread, Ive been told the old Woolworths building in Blackburn, or its facade has been demolished, What has gone up in its place, I thought it would have been a listed building. Any photos anybody.

MargaretR · 17-07-2008, 10:21

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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

I know this is a bit off the Barbary Coast, but I thought I would put it on this thread, Ive been told the old Woolworths building in Blackburn, or its facade has been demolished, What has gone up in its place, I thought it would have been a listed building. Any photos anybody.

I was surprised too - it was very art deco with a style like the Midland Hotel at Morecambe.
I last went past the building site about 2 weeks ago and nothing had been built there yet. Looks like the widescale demolition is still happening.

cashman · 17-07-2008, 10:31

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Originally Posted by Mancie

yes I remember Cyril..the times I first went there it was a DJ that played mostly Tamla Mowtown stuff.. this is the early 70's... but up to the 80's it was still the place to go as you were pretty sure to get entry (and as Cashy says if not carefull a quick exit down the stairs) while the other clubs were more fussy.

remember the "Blue Star Combo" being resident up the top hat fer a while, a very good local band, a guy i know well was the drummer.

jaysay · 17-07-2008, 10:53

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Originally Posted by cashman

remember the "Blue Star Combo" being resident up the top hat fer a while, a very good local band, a guy i know well was the drummer.

If I remember right cashy didn't one of the Combo die, I think it may have been the drummer, but not sure.
On the Top Hat, I think Cyril also had a place in Colne as well, right in the centre

cashman · 17-07-2008, 11:23

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Originally Posted by jaysay

If I remember right cashy didn't one of the Combo die, I think it may have been the drummer, but not sure.
On the Top Hat, I think Cyril also had a place in Colne as well, right in the centre

not the drummer mate, unless he died since last week, hes the guy i know well, was talking to him outside oddies,

cottontownkid · 27-07-2008, 01:04

i was a frequent visitor to the Top Hat or flat cap as it was known locally remember being welcomed by the scarfaced glass eyed bouncer. they had a group on on saturday nights called the Blue Star Combo and strippers on a sunday lunchtime allegedly one lunchtime a customer got slightly carried away and tried to mount a stripper no doubt the security staff would have swiftly dealt with him. As for Blackburn Centre today the Old Bank is still open under another name during the day as is the Dun Horse now call Zed bar or something the only old type pub that i know is the Swan the Soamses Vaults is now a pop pub, the most popular daytime pubs seem TO BE The PostaL Order (Wetherspoon) and the Merchants aka Last Orders though i am tol the St. Johns Tavern is also popular regards to all