Which was best, Golden Palms, Cavendish, Cats Whiskers or any such club!
 

I remember going to the Golden Palms on my own one night, was just turned 16. Got talking to 2 girls drinking half Largers and wanted to be cool so asked them if they would like a drink. Brandy and Babysham, each!!!!!! 15 bob for the 2, thanks alot for the drink and off they went. Had to walk all the way back to Accy (1st of many) Lesson learnt :theband:

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Made no difference to me got thrown out of them all:theband::D:D

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Must have been "Grab a Granny night" , think it was Tuesdays , supposed to be over 21s , many a young lad got taken in whilst on the prowl for an 'older' sophisticated woman :rofl38:

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Same thing happened to me at Blackburn Mecca, bought her a drink, she asked if I wanted to dance, a slow one, she gave me a love bite, then buggered off.

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I loved the Cav though it was three clubs in one, Disco, Latina lounge, Cabaret room, never went in the gamming room, if we didnt pick a girl up in one off the pubs befor closing most of them were taken by the time we got up the Cavendish, but still great times.

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Alan , Blackburn Mecca and the Golden Palms were the same place , just a change of name , not sure what year but think in the 70s sometimes , no way can I imagine a place in Blackburn (or the UK) these days being called the Mecca without some sort of 'onion' dome on the top ..... maybe some local Accy web uesers can tell us when the name "Mecca" was stopped being used as a gambling den (bingo hall ) :D :D

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Mecca at blackburn had a photo in the pay booth of cashy..........NOT to be allowed in.:cool: cav was ok in its day, cats whiskers was full of dingles, so suppose i would say mecca,/palms when i could get in.:D ya missed out the classiest one steeljack- the Top Hat.:D

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Well I work at both the Cave and Palms, plus Cats and Angels in Dingle land and later on Martholme Grange, to me the best one was the Cav, the new Cav that is, when it was all one huge room instead of the four different rooms, this was after the fire in the early
70s, after that Martholme

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Angels was one of the places that we celebrated our 18th birthdays from school, Monroe's in Gt Harwood was the other. I'm sure the bouncers knew that, if it was an 18th birthday, the odds were that the majority of the group were only 17.

Lar De Dars opened just after I turned 18 so we started going there as well, but Angels was still a big favourite.

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now your talking cashy, the top hat that was a dive.

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You had left by then I think Jaysay, but Pilkingtons did the conversion of the Cavendish and a few weeks later it burnt down. Just before it did Pilkingtons mob went to watch Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon on stage there. I remember it well because the strobe lights made me throw up under the table!!!! That and the ridiculous amount of booze I had put away!!! Happy Daze!!

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Wine Dine and bleed at the Top Hat:D, Cyril Kenyons ran a rather salubrious hostelry:cool:

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When the Cav burnt down I wa working for Shopfitters, I can remember I was working in Glasgow when I heard about it

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Real goooood neete at the top hat went there a couple of times when I was 17 , some of my older mates took me after my inauguration to the barbary coast in 1972,remeembering it was a warm summers night ,good job it was because when we was going home got outside to see a bloke being hit and going through the car showroom window next door landing on a car. Bloke got off the car with not a mark on him ,lucky devil.

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Was good craic though, a hostelry i was never barred from.:D:D

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Anybody remember that nightspot in Darwen, began with a C can't remember the name for the life in me

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Hell cashy never knew it was that bad:D

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Cranberry Fold only went once, was asked not to return.:D

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Must have been its was not good enough for you then cashy:rolleyes:

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Had some great times at the Mecca in the mid to late 60s, most friday nights I had to walk home to Accy after a plate of steak, chips and currie at the Indian just around the corner.
My favourite club though was the Ace of Spades in Whalley. I remember seeing Christine Keeler there, she couldn,t sing but???

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Fell in love with a stripper there! She didn't feel the same way mind!

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saw Bill Hayley n Comets at Ace of Spades, think was when cronny owned it.:confused:

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As you ended up marrying two Playboy Bunnies, I take it you raised your sights! :D

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Two Playboy Bunnies Wyn,:eek::eek::eek: ain't that illegal:D

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Don't think he married 'em simultaneously, mate. He's a serial bunny hunter! ;)

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had some good nights in there.

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Wish it had been at times!!!!!

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Burnley Mecca was my favourite. I worked behind the bar there for a while in the late sixties. Cavendish was good too and on occasion we went to Nelson Imp. Bouncy dance floor!

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Nelson Imp was like n owd aircraft hanger.:D but was the "Best" in the north west fer Top Groups.;)

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Yes, Cashy. I remember seeing Ben E King there.

Burnley Mecca was really strict with their staff. We all had to line up and show our finger nails before work. They did provide a free taxi back to Accy though.

If they only knew what me and my mate got up to behind that bar! Memories!!!

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saw Big Dee Irwin meself,;)

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anyone remember Blightys nightclub? Farnworth?. So long ago. Had some great times there.

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bus to Blackburn..then have a couple down the little bull..up to Yates.. then Sun or Swan, Dunn and then Mecca..if you had not pulled in Mecca it was over to the Cav before 11.. and if as sometimes happened you were refused entry ..there was always the Tophat ..and that is a different story! :D

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Loved the Ace of Spades to, as I was working and living in at Brockhall at the time so I could walk back over the fields, if I needed to. Friday nights were the Loadstar, then on to the Royal Oak on longsight Rd, great jukbox, on to Blackburn for a few pubs then the Cav. driving all the way , crazy iresponsible days, we didnt know any better,

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Last time I was at the Imp was to see the Searchers .... just after "Needles and Pins" was released.

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When I worked at the Cav they payed for taxis home every night too junetta, I think you used to have to pay ten pence to reserve your seat

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Your not saying you were banned from the TopHat are you Mancie, even cashy wasn't banned from there:D

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I never used to drink and drive even in those days Alan, you tend to spill to much:D

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My goodness, the Loadstar! Fell in love instantly with my 1st wife there!!!! She had on a pink hotpants suit on, who wouldn't?

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Did she have those clip on bunny ears, as well? ;)

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On her head or somewhere else Wyn:rolleyes::D

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No, it was the next 2 and the ears were on a band that slipped on, bit like an Alice Band, so I'm told! Where else would you clip them Jaysay?????

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[quote=Alan Gilmartin;780107] Friday nights were the Loadstar, quote]

Can't believe only two people has mentioned the Loadstar. Used to love it there and also the New Inns at Rishton. Didn't really start going to nightclubs until late 70s due to not being born till 61. Anybody remember the Apollo? Weren't really a night club but it was a good night.

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Its all to do with the old question regarding the best place for a woman's ears gdm:D

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[quote=Sara;780382]Where was the Apollo:confused:

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[quote=jaysay;780551]Above the Astronaut on Union St?...I think!!

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Yep, went into the Apollo every now and then. Very dark and dingy. Had the astronaut hanging from the ceiling.

PS - I think it's spelt Lodestar.

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yer right it was.:)

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Cashy, how well did you know cronny?

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Can anyone remember the Buccaneers in Haslingden?

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no .......but I remember the Baraccuda in Nelson

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not very well, but his daughter i know.:o

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I left the UK in 1974 and I think it was called the Golden Palms if I'm not mistaken. I loved going to the Cav we had great Saturday nights out there. Last stop was the Wine Lodge then on to the Cav. I was sorry when it got burnt down, we were there on the Sunday night and my friend called me at work on the Monday to say it had burnt. fond memories.

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Where was "Angels"

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And where was the "Top Hat". I used to frequent the Lodestar in my day, on the way home we would stop off at the KFC for some grub.

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Angels was in Burnley. Just as you head into Burnley from Accy, you turned left and it was down a side street.

It had a main floor with a balcony all round the top where they served food. So you could go upstairs, eat some chips and watch the talent downstairs. :D

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Oh the memories - Got my head kicked in at the Golden Palms and always seemed to throw up on the bus on the way back from the Cats Whiskers.

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Not guilty mate, mine went oer the balcony.:D

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That's what I remember about those places. Always met the Ladies in the Whiskers and one of the best punches I ever gave someone was on the dance floor of the Palms and it always seemed to be that way. Girls Burnley, trouble Blackburn!! Oh happy days

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'Ossie Empire' was the place I did most of my rockin n' rollin back in the good old 1960's. Booze was banned but the Railway Pub was only next door!

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Not banned but slung out a couple of times, once saw a bloke slung down the stairs and the two psycopaths they called doormen were at the bottom...they banged him from wall to wall.... not long after I gets slung down them stairs and I can tell you I got out of the door like lightening...never moved as fast in me life! :D

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"Railway" the Royal was at the end of alley n the "Station" was just down the road by bridge across from church station, yer memorys worse n mine.:D

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I remember it.. it was tiny and I think it was just a late night drinking place but quite freindly.

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yep just through main lights n left beni, one of me best mates was always scrapping, so they made him a bouncer yon, very foolish, was one fight on his first night.........he started it.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38: in fact thats the place were miss accrington was dancing one night n he snatched her syrup off her head n stamped on it, saying i killed it fer ya. pmsl

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Remember it well Beni, used to go in there every Friday night, think they turned it into a snooker club later on

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Thanks for the geographical correction, Cashman. I wasn't a native of Accrington in those days, but I recall having a 'ball' so to speak at the Empire with the girl who became my wife and has been the light of my life ever since. Made some great friends there, too, many of whom we are still in touch with today.

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hey i only know cos they were owd watering holes of mine, actually played darts fer the "Station" n they won league that season, but i can't take much credit,got barred about 2 months into season.:D

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used to mecca in my early days.it was a fantastic world for me being only in my late teens and still hold blackburn mecca memories with fondness.in my 20's went cats and peppermint place for a while but by the 90's settled for the excellent and classy FUNNIES.top stuff lol.a few other clubs i tried just a few times that may ring a bell with some, were new inns great harwood,loadstar in ribchester and a place in mill hill in late 90's ?
worst i ever went was flames next to blackburn fire station,we got attacked within 10 minutes :eek: it was basically top hat mark 2.

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Spignific....was that place in mill hill "THE GALLAGREAVES"....used to go there miself......lanlord was Harry Reid, he left there to go to Albion at Clayton...he was an ard ****** .. got barred from albion for wizzin a beer mat!!! said his mate got an eye out wi one??

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I think the one in Mill Hill was called Sootys,just off Moorgate St.:theband:

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Spot on Beni I used to go to Sooty's regularly

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Only went once.:confused:No prizes for guessing why.:D:D

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:confused::confused::confused:You didn't like the beer:eek::D

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Close but no cigar this time.:D

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Accy Con Club was supposedly the 'posh' dance venue. Most of the local factories held their seasonal shindigs there. I was banned from the place for three months for battering some moron who grabbed my then girl-friend's chesticles. The ban was forgotten after two weeks when the perverted scumbag (who was on bail) was sent down for the attempted rape of another girl.

Ah! the joys of youth.

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Did anybody even pop into the Barracuda in Darwen it was near the end of the road to Cranberry Fold, now that was n experience:rolleyes:

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Just the once.:D:D

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For the same reason as the Buccaneers Beni:D

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Saw Tony Christie performing there in the 70's. It was a bit of a crap-hole. The beer was cheap and plentiful, but it tasted like washing up water!

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That's possible because it was:D Tony Christie was probably still looking for Amarillo:rolleyes:

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Do you mean Amabrillo?:confused::confused::D:D

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Doubt that he'd ever find it in Darwen! His Waterloo, maybe!

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Thats when he had reached the pinnacle of his career, the Barracuda.:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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Hey stumped that,s where I met my wife too. Great place, the Empire, in the late 50s early 60s, we must have bumped into each other somewhere.

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suprised no-ones mentioned the "Astoria" up Rawtenstall, not really a club as such, but a top venue in its day. good artists, some great birds, a damn good night.:)

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Went there New Years Eve 1970.(just the once again):theband::D:D

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It looks like its a case of taking Beni anywhere twice, second time to apologies:D

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Who was on Beni? if it was the "Paul Williams Set, i was yon same New years, yeh will remember if it was that night,even if ya can't remember group, cos everyone was cobbing bottles at em cos they were crap.:D

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Not sure about that,memories are fading fast,but something went on that's for sure.:D:D

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i'm 80% certain it was that new years, but wouldn't put me house on it.:)

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If you and Beni ended up barred most likely was that year cashy:D

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the"Astoria" my dear friend is one of the Few places i was never barred from. was a good little boy up yon, or was never caught.:D

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Ya were never caught :D

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No doubting it. My good lady and I went there twice a week for two or three years before we married in 1963. Small place with a great atmosphere. If only we could turn the clock back!

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2 questions, was it the Concord in the market close to the Cavendish and what was the name of the pub, I think they did it up and changed the name in the early 70's, on the run to the Palms which you got to at the end of the path through the Cathedral from the bus station?

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I used the Pub every night prior to oing into work at the Cav, it was called the Concord, not sure what your second question was though, the path from the Deck to the Pamls was Dandy Walk

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There was a new pub near the Cavendish called the Clarence opened about the same time, used to go out with the barmaid, Pub at the end of Dandy Walk was the Sun I think.

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pot on Alan the pub was called the Clarence not the Concord, if I remember rightly wasn't there a concord pub in the precinct leading of the bus station in Burnley, may have been under the old Lucas club, Lancsdave will know:D

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That was it, the Clarence, bit like drinking in a large featureless hall if I remember. As regards the pub at the end (and a bit further) of Dandy Walk, does the name Mucky Duck mean anything or am I way off???

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There's mention of the Empire in these two threads too.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ire-28841.html

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ire-39423.html