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Nelson imp was superb, saw the early Stones, Georgie Fame, Howlin Wolf. Happy happy days.

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The Mucky Duck, used to be the Castle, it was part of the Barbary Coast, up a side street, cant remember name. There was another bar in the Clarence, called the York bar. Used to drink in the Kierby a lot jaysay. Was there a coffee bar under the Clarence called the Elderado.

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I can remember seeing the Hollies in about 1962-3 but I can't remember where.
Could it have been Rawtenstall because first we went to a girl's house in Haslingden (Sheila Tuey (Paddock House) and her dad accompanied us.Mind you, might have been Nelson!
I also went to a place in Bolton (very dingy) and I think Rod Stewart was on.
Can't remember the name of it either ( it's the red wine that's pickling my brain my brain.
This thread has brought back loads of memories, I used to go up the Ossie Empire and they used to stamp your hand if you wanted to go out for some fresh air!

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Not sure if the Mucky Duck wasn't the Dunn Horse in another life Alan
there was a coffee bar under the Clarence but can't remember the name.
Only ever went in the Keirby once that's too a meeting of the Lancashire County Pool Association

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Any body remember the Buccaneers in Hassy

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Yup that was it the Castle, thanks for that!!!

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Go back to post 50.:D:theband: Got thrown out of there as well:D

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Yes it was The Liberal Club on the corner of Park Street and Manchester Road, have a photo somewhere

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Photo here
"The Liberal Club" (Was The Buccaneers) Park Street, Haslingden, Lancashire on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Thanks for the link wadey some interesting stuf on there

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Was cashy with you:D:rolleyes:

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Certainly not, they made one of me best mates "Bouncer" up yon, have some great tales, ask me when i pop round.:D;)

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you were close,it was called the 'dirty duck',not mucky duck :D

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you were young spig, everyone called it mucky duck.:D

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Wasn't it Fleming Square where the Dirty Duck was?

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aint sure,was only a short street n was a Lion House, addresses never meant much to me, just pubs.:D

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I think it was market street lane, Dirty Duck. Was there a night club opposite.

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Weren't in fleming Square yerself, I'll find out latter on BW:D

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Got there at last. Dirty Duck it was and then instantly known as the Mucky Duck. Who said we had no imagination back then ????

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Spot on, Al. Top of Church Street, turn left into Darwen Street, first on the right, after that big bank-type building. Can't remember there being a nightclub opposite though - thought it was just a row of one-story shops, but I may be wrong. Saw a huge punch up in there in the late 70's - bottles and chairs flying, the lot - after someone got their "stash" confiscated by a bouncer. Happy days! :D

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Seem to remember there was/maybe still is , a quality knife shop around that area called Little Sheffield

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That's Fleming Square, Market St. Lane was the second on the right.

The Dirty Duck was here

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It moved years ago to King St., where the Elma Yerburgh used to be. Don't know if it's still there.

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Looking at the map you've just put up has reminded me of something...didn't the Dirty Duck have an entrance at both sides into both Market Street Lane and Fleming Square? I seem to remember when the punch up broke out near one entrance, me and my mate made a quick exit through the other one!

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It certainly did. Fleming Square was the rear entrance.

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Thanks for confirming my increasingly failing memory, Yerself!...and as for the Elma Yerburgh, there's a name I'd forgotten! Cracking pub! :cool:

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Does this bring back memories Steely.

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Her;s one for everybody.

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The cars in the picture certainly do Alan:D

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Heres one for you jaysay,seeing that you worked at the Cav, bet you crossed Lord St many a time.

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When was that taken Alan, and what was the Pub called, think it must have been before 1974 when I started work at the Cav, looking at the car

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Yea looks like the 60s mate, the pub was the Grovsner, I think. I thought you worked there in the old club. Befor the fire.

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No Alan it was after the fire when it was one big room, that pub the Grosvenor, wasn't there two pubs called that, one a small one in a back street, which was a real dive, seem to remember blood splattered on the walls and ceiling in the vault, could be wrong but seems to ring a bell

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Good foto that , looks like top of King st. ... seem to remember Little Sheffield located a bit more to the right on a bit of an open square ...

Just my opinion but think Blackburn center was destroyed when they built the shopping center, the 'old' Thwaites arcade, Market Hall and Fish market next door would be given national landmark status these days ,

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This what you mean Steely,

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Where you getting these photos fom Alan?

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Plenty of pics of old Blackburn here jaysay: http://www.cottontown.org/. You'll have to be patient it's a bit slow loading.

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Thanks yerself will have a look at that this aft:mosher:

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yer right it is slow,but cheers its worth a trawl.:)

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Hell it is slow cashy

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Yep, I think that was the spot I had in mind , thanks :D

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Any of you lot remember one of these? Obviously not Cashy, because he probably went in through one of the back fire doors and got slung out shortly after.

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I had one when I worked at the Cav, with the lads from the Palms having one for the Cav

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i was looking at these pictures of blackburn pubs,past and present,on a facebook group (pubs of blackburn).recall a lot of them and sure some of you will..might have to have facebook to use the link,dunno

Closed Pubs of Blackburn | Facebook

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Cheers spig, remember quite a few, used to go wi daughter in one of em on page 9, up Bastwell rd it was.:D

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echo Cashy here , thanks Spig , great link ....I'm surprised how many I remember ..... can just about remember the Lord Nelson on Penny st. Think it had one of the first flashing neon lights the "OBJ" ...Oh Be Joyful ,would be opposite to where Reidys Music is/was .
Last time I was in the Blackburn area was 11 years ago for a family funeral and I took my kids round to show them their "roots" .... I drank here when I was your age kind of thing, and your grandad supped here and here , this was your great Grandads local etc. .........the Bastwell/Daisyfield/Little Harwood areas have sure changed.
But as they say ... you can never go back ;)

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Used to drink in both the Greyhound Inn Whitehead Street, and the Pineapple on Johnson Street, in the 70s, my the partner's Parents lived on Whitehead Street

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Thinking On a night out in blackburn in 1980.A lot of these pubs have gone. just want to ask,stage door, what was it called then in 80 ? it was the place pre- blackburn mecca around 1980/81 and we always went in it before mecca,on the corner across from the mecca ? loved dun horse..toffs was the main pub for 21-30 year olds going the peppermint place around 1990

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Was called the Wheatsheaf spig, prior to the name change

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Twas indeed, a "Thwaites" house wi a good card school mid/late 60s.:)

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If I remember rightly I think Ken Pilling took over as Landlord at one time, after the Merchants

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I worked at the Cav circa 1974/5 , the door staff always directed drunks to the Tophat aka The Flying Bottle[Cyril didnt seem to mind] ,one part time doorman called Harry directed an American and two local woman there,after he heard them whooping it up in the lift, the man said you dont know who I am and was told to come back when sober,it was only after they had gone back down to the street that another doorman told him that the man was Del Shannon the late singer/songwriter who was topping the bill and had been all week,Harry was able smooth things over using his blarney and the show went on, but Harry took sum stick over it.:alright:

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Must have known you then, I was there 74/78 think the Harry your on about was a cockney, I certainly remember Del Shannon being there though he was one of the worst top liners that ever appeared at the Cav

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No Harry was Irish and only worked Fri/Sat nights, there were much worse acts than Del Shannon, a Dutch duo called Mouth and McNeil spring to mind, a so called comedy act,also I recall The Platters with only one original member and he was ****ed every night and it showed, also Georgie Fame was stoned most nights much to the annoyance of Alan Price the former Animals keyboard player.

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Ya Georgie was usually stoned, had an afternoon session in the Victoria pub in Many Rd with the band, one of um fancied the Landlords Daughter, The Platters the only existing member was Tony Williams and they were crap, can remember the Williams walking on the stage with smoke drifting out of his mouth, having just put a fag out, as for just working Fri/Sat, didn't happen it was minimum Thru/Fri/Sta, or Phil Rigby, the manager, wouldn't entertain you

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Even so Georgie was a top act, just like now.

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Can't say I've seen him lately Alan, or even seen him advertised anywhere

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yes,Phil was a good guy and became good mate,Harry never left the door and always wore his own dark suit instead of the red Baileys jacket like the rest of us, he was good at stopping a lot of bother at the door being older and more experienced. Another good mate at that time was Frank the bass player from the house band, that was when Mike Allen was the band leader.The good acts of that time were Jimmy Helms,Four Tops,Smokey Robinson,Tommy Cooper[did you hear about the taxi driver and the teabag],Sha waddy waddy used pack the place put were so arrogant and used alot of backing tapes to mime to, who did you enjoy?

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The taxi driver was called Tez worked for M & M cabs Manni and Marie, there place was next to the Saccumo Restaurant where a lot of us went for a meal and a drink after work, Tommy Cooper went for a meal there on the friday night. Sweet Dreams was one of my favorite acts to appear Polly Brown and Tony Jackson, Carl Wayne was a brilliant guy (ex lead singer with The Move married to miss Dianne from Crossroads:D) Spent a lot of time with Carl back stage, sadly he's no longer with us. The reception Manager at the Time was a guy from Darwen called Jimmy Balmer, small chap with glasses on always smiling, until the chips were down, never seen anybody remove their specs and deposit them in their top pocket quite like Jimmy. Phil's wife Dianne was a receptionist together with a really big woman whose husband was the Organist, can't think of her name. The Guy who was one of the first reception managers at the Cav came in early some Thursdays to give lessons in Martial Arts and self defence, was called Rod a very handy lad

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Jimmy went to nut a mouthy punter one night, his glasses in top pocket as always when trouble was imminent ,due to myopia or alcohol he missed and hit the wall ,It took me ,Taffy ,Billy[scots lad] Pat and Jamal among others to convince him that he was not' losing it' and he had actually missed the guy. I know Phil and Dianne moved to the lakes as Phil was working as regional manager for Electricity Board,Paul Rigby, Phil's bro also worked at the Cav. Thanks for reminder about Carl Wayne what a voice, he had joined the Hollies just before he died as Alan Clark's voice was no longer up to it. As for the Sakumo ,'so many stories so little time'.

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I think you mean the Clarence close to the Cav, never heard of a concord in Blackburn...the other pub on the way to to the Palms was possibly either the Merchants or the Wheatsheaf.

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One for you Jaysay (or anyone else who remembers) what was the name of the manager of the Cav just before it caught fire after the renovation in the late 60's or early 70's. Very good looking bloke with hair cut short and swept back which was the fashion at the time, good dresser also. Pilkington's did some of the work and I can't remember if you were there then! :confused::confused::confused:

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Concord was in the market building across from the Cav, all the Cav staff used to meet in there for a few bevies. Merchants was on Lord Street at the bottom of the street leading to the Palms, the Wheatsheaf was on the corner across from the Palms

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The Manager was Called Sid Stuart, Phil took over from Sid when he left to take over Baillies in Liverpool

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It was the Clarence, jaysay, use to go out with the barmaid, spent a lot of time in there. & in the bar as well, if you know what I mean.

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Hi everyone, just reading your posts with interest. I sang with Adastra at the Golden Palms from 78 to 79. Anyone remember us?

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I remember flyers for you in the music/art block at the Grammar school in 74ish . My mates Phil and Ian sang your praises from time to time. (No pun intended)

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:alright: Have to say The Cav was always my favorite..... had some fun nites and made lots of good friends there....... including my Husband of 40 years !! ;)

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New Years Eve, 1972, Cats Whiskers with our mob from the Broadway. Had a few but couldn't get in the mood until my mate Mick Rotherham gave me a glass and told me to chug it, quadruple vodka straight down that did the trick. 5 minutes later Sweets Blockbuster and watch out dance floor!!! :theband::theband::theband: HAPPY NEW YEAR :p:p:p

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Iworked the door at Cav early 70s before graduating to reception manager at Marthholme Grange

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Well Skinner never was that fussy.:D:D

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Now now boys play nice:D:D

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He's only moaning cuz I stop him entering the grange:tongueout:tongueout:D:D:D

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the only club I remember in Darwen in the 70s was Tiffany's

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I worked the door in Tiffany's for a while with an italian guy called ceasre ,then Iwent on to work the door on te golden palms from 72 to 74 ,,I think the manager was called Allan Bell or Ball, time plays tricks with your memory doesn't it, went the cav many times, still miss the palms though.