Ossy Social Club
 

Just heard that as from tomorrow (Sunday 7th Dec) Ossy Social club are starting doing Sunday Lunches between noon and 3pm, three course meal around £7 with quite a good choice. Its the new Steward that's putting on the food, I believe he did a good job when he was landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton Green Haworth

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A very good price for a three course meal. But where is Ossy Social Club?

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agree with sara, it must have a proper name from way back.:confused:

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Tsk, Cashy, lets not be like that, maybe you don't need to be wearing a blue tie to gain entry anymore.

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ahh pennies cropped, cheers less.

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Maybe they'll let you do the D.J. spot?

Mind you, you'll have to stick to stuff like Iron Maiden!

:)

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Formerly Oswaldtwistle Conservative Club, in Rhyddings Street.

A rose by any other name.

Somewhere I've never actually been into.:rolleyes::D

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That good it closed down due to lack of customers :rolleyes:

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I went there with my mum some afternoons in the 40's to do 'old time' dancing - not lessons - just a get together for mums and children.
I recall a big ballroom - or maybe it just looked big, me being little.

Rossy Social Club
 

The problem with the Shoulder was always the fact that you needed a car to get there, don't even think there's a bus up there now, especially on a Sunday. I seem to think that after the guy who is now at Ossy Con left, the chap that took over was a waste of space, or so a mate told me, and he'd been a regular for 40 years

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my understanding of this club is that some members put in a lot of money to stop it going bust and been sold and turned into god knows what and its good to see them trying to make a go of it

sory if this sounds like an avertisement but they have put in sentana sports for football etc , put on good acts at the weekend and the new steward is a great bloke,they advertise what events they have coming up on their website which i cant remeber the address of right now and also display in the windows so if you live in the area take a look and see whats going on

they also hold events to raise money for charities like macmillans cancer reesearch and local charities like darian house for terminaly ill children ( probbably mis-spelt that )

i havnt had chance to try the new meals yet but if its anything like the food they put on for birthday parties,christenings etc then im sure it will be yummy and at £7 its got to be worth a try

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Ossy Social culbs web site is

http://www.ossysocial.co.uk

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Can ladies be full members? (some working mens clubs had restrictions for ladies)

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yes my mates wife is a full member

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My other halfs been a member for years Margaret

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it aint n never has been a W.M.C. margaret, least not to my knowledge.:)

Rossy Social Club
 

Quite right cashy, and its still a Conservative Club, the club can't have that status taken away from it. The only way the club could have the Conservative status taken away is if it was bought from the Union of Conservative Clubs and reopened again, then it could be called anything. There maybe a sign outside saying Ossy Social Club, but there's still the sign say Oswaldtwistle and Church Conservative Club too

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Perhaps the Conservatives would do better at the next election if they too changed their name, to the Social Party.

:rolleyes::D

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No we just have to let natural progression take place;)

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Why did they change the name, if as you say it is still the Conservative Club?

They could get some poor unsuspecting person in there underfalse pretense.

I know someone whose head would spin round like the girl in the Exorcist, if they ever crossed that threshold....me!:D

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Seriously though, good luck to them.

Any business is finding it hard going at the moment, especially pubs/clubs, so good for them for trying to keep the punters happy...and well fed.

Rossy Social Club
 

They didn't change the name, they just put another sign up, I'd love to see you in their Rindi at least you'd have a party piece:D

Rossy Social Club
 

Well considering what state it was in around two years ago, they've actually worked wonders Rindi, the only problem is I can't get in much these days, which is a real pain, and I have this terrific thirst as well:D

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Saying Ossy Social Club, instead of Con Club, why?

Wasn't the 'Conservative' bit attracting enough people?

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Blimey, you Conservatives seem obsessed with changing the name of things for no good reason.

I'm suprised the new sign doesn't say 'Accrington & Districts Social Club'.

At least a certain megalomaniac would have some small sense of satisfaction.:D

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Maybe some narrow minded people would not go in thinking it was full of Tories plotting how to get one over the labour party at the next election ;)

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To be quite honest Rindi, if the club had been frequented by Tories alone it would have closed when Emric died, there are those people who won't go in a political club, I would never go in a Labour club, it was bad enough having to work in them when I was Bar Fitting, but Ossy Con ain't been a political club for years, it only becomes one on the first Thursday in May every year:D

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Oh don't start with that you may just give somebody ideas, but it would have to be Oswaldtwistle and District Social Club anyway:D

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I've known people walk out of functions there, because when they tried to sit down, were told they can't, because those seats were Ethel and Bills, and have been for the last thirty years.

I've always pictured the seats in there having lace antimacassars, little cushions with Maggie on them, and tubs of plastic flowers at the side of each couple's particular seats, with a kettle and assorted tea making equipment in a box under the seats. Sort of like mini-beach huts.

Sounds a cosy place to plot.:D

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Ossy Players used to rehearse in there but we got kicked out by a pool table.

They installed a pool table in the main room and so we had no space to rehearse. We were allowed to use the room upstairs which has Union Jack painted on the ceiling (the whole ceiling) but it wasn't a big enough room for some plays.

There was a picture of Maggie hanging when we first started using it but the day after John Major came in his photo replaced hers immediately.

Rossy Social Club
 

You could go back now Gayle, there's a separate pool room now, the Union Jack room was the young Tories room when I was Chairman over 40 years ago, we were very patriotic.:rolleyes:

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That's actually quite handy to know, thanks. We're often struggling to find rehearsal space. Of course, I would combust if I went over the threshold but I'm sure other members wouldn't have such problems. ;):D

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It sounds a good venue but I wish it had no political affiliations

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Wouldn't affect my performance Gayle .. LOL .. ;)

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Probably not.

Your performances are always smouldering.;)

:D

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Shh, Garinda, please don't put this up on a public forum ... :D

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Its a bit of an oldish crowd that get in for the Concert and Bingo on Saturdays, but its a comfortable club, and seems to be doing better than it was. .....and its got a very nice heated Smoking Shelter!!!


Best Regards - Taggy

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I like their collection of football shirts, as shown on the VICS photograph.

http://www.ossysocial.co.uk/page9.html

Talk about trying to please everyone!

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I also think there is a male member of this forum dressed as a school girl on the homepage.:eek:

Talk about trying to please everyone!

:D

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It's actually on the Charities page, not the Home page.;)

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has he really put it on Gary?

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Maybe I'm wrong, but the photograph of the new Ossy school girl bitch on the charity page, looks suspicously like.....:eek::rolleyes::D

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lol, its not the pic of him that i have at home though...thought it was lol i notice there is a pic of a pro on that bit too

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And they have Black Sheep on at £2 a pint Wynonie:D

Rossy Social Club
 

When I go in Margaret, there is only one thing I stipulate, nobody talks about politics:D

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Well having looked at the photos can't see anybody who's a member on here dressed as a school girl, unless there is some one who's an accy webber that I don't know:confused: