Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

was never on his christmas card list Al.

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Martholme Grange, strippers and chicken in the basket, those were the days!
We all have our faults but he was a very generous host and I know he did a lot for local charities.

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Didn't Fred have something to do with Lar- de- dars? I remember a party they had after closing one night in the late 80's - I shoudn't have been there 'cos i was underage - imagine the shock and the quick exist when i saw my parents coming in...i had to hide behind taxis! I think my Dad knew him from the days of Joe Morts on Blackburn road..

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

never knew fred had affiliations with lar de dars
not to say he didnt hold parties there.

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Your right beechy Fred never had anything to do with Lardies at all, after he sold Martholme never touched the nightclub scene again, kept to the Bingo Halls

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Did'nt he also once own the Carlton Bingo Hall in Preston Jaysay? Its no longer there now, but sure i can recall me Parents going there.

Best Regards - Taggy

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Can't remember him having that one Taggy, but could have ha it, I know he had about five or six at one time, Clayton, Gt Harwood, Padiham, Bury (I think, somewhere out that way) the one on Blackburn road, Nelson

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Ian used to do the electrics at his bingo halls, I can't remember him ever going to Preston

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Think that would be Netherfield Rd or Leeds Rd. There is no Blackburn Rd in Nelson, a rare occasion where town planners got it right :D

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Hehe

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

I'll have to corect myself dave I meant Blackburn Road in Accy, missed the comma, mind you a Blackburn Road in Burnley would be handy, it would be about the only decent thing there, the Road to Gods own country:D

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

lots of posts for a man that bought drinks for good looking lads in the pubs around Accy ..got no vent against the bloke but he was no hero... loud as soon as he walked in any pub.

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

bought drinks for ugly swines like me as well Mancie:D

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

I think that Lar de dars was an internationally owned chain that had nightclubs in Paris, New York, etc...never got the impression it was a local businessman backing it.

Re: Fred Skinner ....recollections
 

Fred Skinner ran Dancehalls - Skinners Warehouse Little Harwood, then Church Con Club late 50's and early sixties one near the Canal at Clayton Le Moors.