Accrington Night Out
 

Has anyone else noticed how much Accrington town centre nightlife has dwindled? Been down town on two weekends lately and only the Calder, Shakers and Bridge have any noteable numbers of folk in them. The Railway is ok in the afternoons, also the Nags Head gets a few in too and is very friendly but were has everybody else gone? Me and my mate went in 'Bliss' adjacent to Bees Knees last Sunday night, ordered two pints then 10 minutes later were ordered to drink up and leave by their bouncer as they were closing. If they are treating all their customers like this then this is another establishment that will be in trouble soon!
Supermarket beer is to blame for some of this, but neighbouring towns like Blackburn and Burnley are not suffering as bad as this.
Saturday and especially Sunday nights in Accrington were something to look foward to after working all week! Bring them back pleeeaaasee!!!!!

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Talking of town, I was looking at the photos in the Observer today - where it Enty's?

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Blackburn IS suffering the same as Accy, weekends out there are now naff too, even the grapes is dwindling and that used to be a decent pub

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I was wondering that too, like to think i know th epubs quite well but i cant do lol

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I wondered that too.

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So did I, never heard of it before:confused:

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Very hard to do that.
Too many restrictions on Landlords....Too many licences required...Too much rent....Too much rates....No incentives to promote the business...Too many dickheads to contend with....and so the list goes on?
Let's not forget going outside for a quick drag............Vote Labour and kill everything...and still they strut about like Peacocks

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I reckon it just goes to show that you never know which boozer is going to close down..I have not been on a town pub crawl in Accy for a long time.. but last time the Nags Head looked a cert to be closed..perhaps the "planners" decide which pubs stay alfloat...not the Locals

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Could it not be the influx of a non drinking community?

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Got a feeling that the MEN group has slipped up here, and should have been the entry in the Rochdale Observer for example.. there is an Entwistle Arms in this town .. just guessing like .. but the people don't look like Accy folk .. maybe they have got ours ? :D

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The Nags was closed for quite some time but it has been altered and is not a bad litle pub. It hasn't been opened out to much like a lot of pubs so still retains some of its character

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How long do you give it Bernie?

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No matter the influx Roy..I'm saying I know of very popular, money making pubs that have been closed down in the past... can't be for economic reasons for the breweries..must be town planners.

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Got to agree with that one...as the saying goes "they could'nt run a **** up in a Brewery"
I didn't put the stars in that.

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Seems to do ok Roy, don't go out very often myself and when I do it tends to be to the Canine (cheap beer and good company wins out every time) but did call in the other week and a few in. Think it will do ok:)

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Enty's is what used to be the Arcade Bar on Church Street, just under the Attic. Went down Accy last weekend for a quiet drink with a couple of mates, and let me tell you that 'QUIET' was the perfect word for it. Most pubs were empty - only the Calders seemed to be busy.

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Well, that knocked my deduction on the head ...LOL .. Thanks G78.

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Never liked going round Accy or Blackburn,too many idiots about,never felt safe.
I prefer to go to one or two pubs and thats it.
Very occasionally go to the Swan for a couple but mainly we go to the Hope and Anchor and stay there all night.
Feel comfortable there and avoid most of the drunken idiots elsewhere,also its close to both Petras and Central Taxis so ideally located!

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Well I haven't been out for a drink at night in Accy or Blackburn for a lest 25 years now, maybe the reason for the fall of is the prices that are charged these days. I only drink mild these days, in Ossy Con its about £1. 80 a pint (thwaites) Blacksheep is £2 a pint, would think that prices in down are much dearer than that

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Thats another reason we don't go out often Jay.
We prefer to buy some booze from work(tesco) and chill out at home where we can smoke whenever,watch telly,listen to music,go on the p.c or whatever the hell we wnat to do without being caught up in any trouble and being annoyed by drunken idiots in town.
Much more fun in my eyes!

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I thought the observer had been round to my house and there had been a party going on whilst i was at work or something :D

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There was but you weren't invited entwisi:D

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I have to say that I'm not going out much these days as well Loz, but mine is enforced on me and not my choise, even so I wouldn't entertain going into town. for the reasons you give. I've got used to watching telly and lisening to music with a nice glass of white or a bottle of Stella Perfic as Pa Larkin used to say

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I think that pubs are going to go the same way as telephone boxes and post offices.......soon they will be a thing of the past. :(

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Hmmm I dunno!

"Dives" are still around and are yet to become a thing of the past:D

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Lilly....how right you are....I am retired and live in Spain.....by design.
I have taken everything into consideration and come to the conclusion that the UK is the place of my birth but a place which I'm wary of.
I can go into a bar in Spain and enjoy myself as can my family, if I want to smoke...I can.
I don't drink and drive...I don't go OTT...by the grace of God I don't get stabbed.
The Government seem to encourage support for the supermarkets and invite you to stay indoors.....where you can smoke to your hearts content.
I fear for my offspring........:mad:

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Calder has Mild on £1 a pint on thursday nights - though it is student night I've seen grey hair in there before 11.

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Was out last night and called in Railway, Nags and Calder, all three were heaving. There was a theme night in the Calder, it was only £1 for two halves of lager:)

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The last time we were in town (a while ago) those three pubs were the only ones worth going in and they were busy as well.

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We went to the Canine after but noticed the Regency was dead.

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You had to drag me into this at any price didn't you:hehetable

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Its a shame for our town. We used to go out every weekend, we'd start off in the broadway and then across to the Hope and Anchor and carry on from there. Now we tend to just go to the Railway, Nags and Calder as, like you say they are the only busy pubs. We tend to do these on a Sunday afternoon as I tend to go to Burnley for a night out now as its always heaving.

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It never crossed my mind that the pub scene would be in trouble anywhere in Lancashire .... on a weekend back in the day I would meet up with my buddies at a pub, to discuss which pub(s) we were going to visit. I thought that I do a little research, volunteer in the interests of cross-cultural sociology and take a walk down town from my home, down to the lake front, and pop into some local establishements for a quick one ... turns out I had to spread it over two nights (and I'm still recovering from last night) 'cause there were just too many places. First stop, Rhea's Bar .... lots of locals in the old sense, decent pool tables, and Rhea is a doll. The Brass .... kiddy bar, helps if you are under 20 .... My Bar, crowded, but sucks, The Royal, biker bar, smoke cigarettes and dope in the tap room, nice crowd if you go for the leather jacket, beard and tattoo crew .... no one ever gets out of hand in here; don't want anything that will bring down the heat. The Iron Duke, great pub, fantastic pub grub, always a crowd, live music on weekends, no jerks. The Toucan, Irish pub, lots of over-the-pond brew on tap .... great crowd, live music on the weekends and on Monday. The Merchant ... super, lots of guys from CFB/BFC Kingston go in here .... Prince George (by this time I'm wobbly), Old Speckled Hen, Tir n'an Og, Pilot House, RCHA Club, Queen's Inn, memory going at this point ....

Seems like the pubs here are doing ok .... but this is a tourist town, and come fall we have a large influx of students (Queen's, St Lawrence Coll, and RMC/CMR) .... but still, even without non-smoking bars we still have a good, and varied scene.:alright:

In the intersts of research, I will tackle the sports bars later this week, and a couple of the clubs: XXX, Fanatics, Rec Room, Brandees, The Grizzly, that should be enough.