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I've given it a bit more thought Gremlin I'm nearly sure it was the 77 club, it was on the same circuit as the Starlight club at Little Harwood

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I have just Googled 77 Club Briefield after a suggestion from jaysay.

Hooray the free pint is mine..

I found a story from the Tornados and Robb Huxley talks about how he played with them at Burnley Cabaret and in the same evening at the 77 Club Briefield. The Searchers played the two clubs the opposite way around.

Thanks for the suggestions and thank you for the 77 tip jaysay, sorry I won't be able to share my pint with you.

Another Club I frequented a lot around that time was the Burnley Embassy where I helped out a bit, I still have my membership card Norman Brown the owner gave me.

Both Clubs were exciting for me coming from Todmorden. I only ever visited Accrington once before I emigrated here and that was to the Big Crown, there were all small rooms then before it was opened up and a mate had a group who was booked there, Logger and the Lumberjacks was the name.

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Glad I could help Gremlin, I can remember the Embassey Club at Burnley although I never went, a couple of my mates went when they had a stripper on, but it didn't bother me, never was into look but don't touch:D

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Wasn't it Burnley Miners that had strippers?

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Hibson road Nelson. John you'r way out

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Thought this was memories of Accy why is Brierfield,Nelson,Colne & even B*rnley being discussed?

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The Embassy certainly had strippers. I used to have to run them home after the show because they were too late to catch the train.
I once took Mitzy Roberts (the pocket stripper) home to Rusholme and had a drink with her at her flat. The following day her photo was all over the newspapers.
Her husband was Harry Roberts who had killed a policeman while escaping from jail and was hiding out. It was a few weeks before they caught him. I think he was released two years ago.
The headlines under her photo was something like "give your self up Harry"
I told Norman Brown that I would refuse any more jobs which involved taking the girls home. Poor old Gremlin would not be here today if Harry had caught us.

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It is but seeing as I had noticed other town, Wigan for one, mentioned I would just ask a simple question. If it breaks your rules the post can be deleted, I have got my answer.

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Agreed, lets call back at Sydney St for a beer and a dance and the who knows, then up to the Willow Mount for some action. Are you coming.

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Not breaking any rules, if there wasn't a slight wonder on most threads they'd become very boring very easily

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No they all go off course it,s like Chinese whispers you never know where you,ll end up all adds to the excitement!!

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Chinese whispers, you never get them on here,;) do ya:confused::D

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I,ve been on a wander on other threads today it gets so addictive and brings back such wonderful memories.It,s great reading about people who remember one another but I,ve not had that luck yet.

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Well for one thing, theres not much on your profile page for any one to have an inkling who you are, what your interests are, and who you remember. Fill in a few details, and see what happens.
Retlaw

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Retlaw's right, we need to know something about you. When and where you went to school are often a good starting point for other folks' memories, also the area you grew up in.

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Only a novice on laptop and don,t know how to do my profile.I 1st came on this site from facebook the very 1st thing I saw was an old school photo with the caption "Do you know anyone on this photo" and lo & behold I was on it,I wrote a few comments at the time saying who I was but it seems it was an old post and didn,t get much response.:confused:

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OK - scroll to the top of any page and click on the My Profile link on the top grey bar. This should open a page with your control panel in it. There is a link called Edit Profile, click on this and it will open a page with boxes you can fill in to give more details about yourself. Beware though - the boxes have a limited number of characters so be fairly brief.

Or you could start your own thread giving more details about yourself, reminiscences etc, whatever you like. That should get folks interested. Good luck!

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Or you could just say, hi I'm hassy rvr and my real name is............................ya might get a few people owning up to know you then:rolleyes:

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Actually Jay she did give her real name if you look on the Benjamin Hargreaves photo thread. See post 216 on this thread.

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Thanks Susie yes I did and I had a quick look at some other profiles for ideas but didn,t any where people had put names or anything else perhaps I,m not doing it right.Confused dot com :confused:

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Just click on yer profile n then on Edit yer details which is top left of page, then scroll down to additional info n yeh can put what yeh want,;) If i can do it a Brooke Bond Monkey can.:D

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Cashy, already given her the tutorial in post 217, you old ape!:p;)

Hassy, not wishing to blow my own trumpet but have you had a look at my profile to see what sort of things to say. Or Cashy's for that matter. Click on the About Me tab when you get to the profile page, which you can do by clicking on the username in any post and then clicking View Public Profile. Most people don't give their real names in their profile but in a thread if it gets to the stage where you are talking to someone you think you might know or who might know you. Why not start a thread with some of your memories and see how it goes? That's what I did when I first came on Accyweb and it really took off.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...8-a-59687.html

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Well i did say a "Brooke Bond Monkey" could do it sue.:D I'm only just back n it never registered is my excuse.

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Too much cruisin ain't good for you, Cashy - I presume that's where you've been?

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Um see you've returned Cashy, not back in AccyWeb mode yet then:D:D

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Sue, you must have more time on your hands than me, if you think I read every thread on here, I only read threads I'm interested in Benjamin Hargreaves didn't raise a flicker

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Well yes John you have a point. I usually look at the new posts and ignore the ones about politics or football. I like old photys though - you never know if you might see a familiar face.

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Or a face you don't want to remember:rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Nah susie thats next Jan, just back to spain this time. But gotta say this will be a favourite memory of accy= coming back to glorious sunshine- a definite first.;)

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so what was wrong with my post?

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My husband talks about the coppice when he was young :)