Long gone nightclubs

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:45 pm

Driving home from Ribchester the other day, I passed a house that used to be the Lodestar nightclub, long closed. I got to musing about all the other nightclubs that I frequented in East Lancs that no longer exist and came up with quite a number.
Lodestar
Angels
Cats
Circulation
El Trop
Martholme Grange
Ace of Spades/Clubs? in Whalley.
Cavendish Blackburn
The Hop
There was also one in Nelson above the market and one in Colne (Zebra?) whose names escape me.
Any that I've missed or any memories. Over to you.

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:50 pm

Savannahs
Zanzibar
Bojangles

LS7 · Post by **LS7** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:51 pm

How many nightclubs are there in Burnley nowadays ?

summitclaret · Post by **summitclaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:59 pm

Cranberry Fair on the tops above Darwen.
Can't remember the name, but it was near Dingle Dell near Lango
Sands in Nelson.
Buccaneers in Haslingden
Astoria in Rawtenstall.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:03 pm

summitclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:59 pm

Sands in Nelson.

That was the place near the old bus station wasn't it? Didn't it have another name before Sands?

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:05 pm

Bobby.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:09 pm

Rose Room above the Cats.
Cracking night.

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:10 pm

Google is coming up with a few names for Sands in Nelson. Phoenix club, Blueberrys?

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:12 pm

Volvoclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:45 pm
Driving home from Ribchester the other day, I passed a house that used to be the Lodestar nightclub, long closed. I got to musing about all the other nightclubs that I frequented in East Lancs that no longer exist and came up with quite a number.
Lodestar
Angels
Cats
Circulation
El Trop
Martholme Grange
Ace of Spades/Clubs? in Whalley.
Cavendish Blackburn
The Hop
There was also one in Nelson above the market and one in Colne (Zebra?) whose names escape me.
Any that I've missed or any memories. Over to you.

Zebras was in Colne, and the Tower bar next door. Both been shut for a good few years now.

Stanbill05 · Post by **Stanbill05** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:19 pm

What was the place called near Seedhill Track before Thatch and Thistle was built? Vaguely remember some nights out there early mid nineties..

Claretlad · Post by **Claretlad** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:32 pm

Nelson Imp

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:34 pm

Sands in Nelson became Lacy's, then Blueberries. And then mysteriously caught fire, just like the club they opened in what was the Grand Cinema on Market Street.

Athletico mtoto · Post by **Athletico mtoto** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:59 pm

Trax
Underneath the station hotel in Nelson

Burnley Ace · Post by **Burnley Ace** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:08 pm

The D’Tarbly (?) near ribchrster?

Burnley Ace · Post by **Burnley Ace** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:10 pm

Peppermint Place? What was Swiss Cottage by the Keiby?

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:13 pm

D'Tably still going I think. Peppermint Place replaced Cavendish Club.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:17 pm

Utopia on the car park in Blackburn

Use to pay £10 to get a coach there, entry & a drink. It also include the return journey back to Burnley, but didn’t always make that

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:22 pm

Horaces in Bacup! Many a scuffle and illegal undertaking in there... it was the original Brassic

Burnley Ace · Post by **Burnley Ace** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:23 pm

Blue Note in Tod (out in the sticks!)

green_parrot · Post by **green_parrot** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:36 pm

The Hawthorns Night Club, it used to be the Spring Bank Hotel.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:51 pm

Stanbill05 wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:19 pm
What was the place called near Seedhill Track before Thatch and Thistle was built? Vaguely remember some nights out there early mid nineties..

Springers

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:52 pm

jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:12 pm
Zebras was in Colne, and the Tower bar next door. Both been shut for a good few years now.

Can't think what it was called before Zebra's, something like Wiseguys and they had transvestite bar staff. Who know Colners were so woke so long ago?

DAVETHEVICAR · Post by **DAVETHEVICAR** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:00 pm

Black Night Club in Waterfoot

DAVETHEVICAR · Post by **DAVETHEVICAR** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:02 pm

Was there a club called Casino Club in Burnley ?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:02 pm

ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:09 pm
Rose Room above the Cats.
Cracking night.

I can remember when the Cats was the Locarno.

DAVETHEVICAR · Post by **DAVETHEVICAR** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:03 pm

Starlight Club in Blackburn

AfloatinClaret · Post by **AfloatinClaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:03 pm

I wonder if ColburnClaret remembers the Walkerville pub & nightclub? That was a dangerous ****-hole to visit!

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:04 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:03 pm
That was the place near the old bus station wasn't it? Didn't it have another name before Sands?

Did it used to have a front wall that looked like the backend of a pirate ship or galleon or something?

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:08 pm

I don't think he would get Rangers, like he does Burnley.

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:12 pm

DAVETHEVICAR wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:02 pm
Was there a club called Casino Club in Burnley ?

Casino club was in Rosegrove

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:24 pm

Volvoclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:12 pm
Casino club was in Rosegrove
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Are you sure volvo? The Cabaret Club was in Rosegrove, whilst I think The Casino Club was where the Mechanics is on Manchester Rd., both owned by the same person I think, David Tattersall.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:28 pm

Volvoclaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:13 pm
D'Tably still going I think. Peppermint Place replaced Cavendish Club.

D'tably is now houses I think and has been for some time. Lode Star was always good, but just too far out as it was either a drive or a fair old taxi ride. I went to the Spring Mill at Langho few times mid 70s too as I knew the lad who's dad ran it. Upstairs at The Royal Waterfoot was miles better than a night out in Burnley!!!

Browntuba · Post by **Browntuba** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:37 pm

The club underneath The Station pub in Nelson also had the name “Reflections” once upon a time.
There was The Good Night Club in Nelson too

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:39 pm

Vino blanco wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:24 pm

You're right Vino,.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:41 pm

IanMcL wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:08 pm
I don't think he would get Rangers, like he does Burnley.

True, but please stick to the op or the thread might get pulled!!

HuncoatClaret · Post by **HuncoatClaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:47 pm

Lar De Dars accy
Rumours next door to the Accy pictures, 3 storey disco bar.
And the classiest place of all, Funnies on Blackburn rd accy, oh and
Spinning Jenny, Fern Gore, Accy.

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:47 pm

Joe Morts!!!

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:50 pm

Was it New Inn on the tops between Langho and Harwood?

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:50 pm

The Carlton and The Inn Place in Burnley.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:51 pm

Funnies. Wouldn’t let you in without a tattoo and a weapon.

HahaYeah · Post by **HahaYeah** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:55 pm

Carlton and The Inn Place weren't nightclubs.

Sproggy · Post by **Sproggy** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:05 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:52 pm
Can't think what it was called before Zebra's, something like Wiseguys and they had transvestite bar staff. Who know Colners were so woke so long ago?

Was originally the Willow Tree Club - a bit of a gentlemen's interest venue I think back in the day. Then Frank James bought it and it became Franks for years. Some great bands played upstairs.... Frank also owned the Tower Bar. All the wooden sliding panels on the outside of the building were stripped out of a church in Nelson.

After Franks it was Willows for a while. Then I moved away. Can't remember what it was called when it had the "interesting" bar staff (though I did go in a few times) but Mrs. S seems to think it was called Clarets for a while too (can't remember that at all).

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:05 pm

Was there one called the Ponderosa somewhere in Whittlefield, or was I dreaming?

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:14 pm

Sticky’s? It didn’t belong to Sticky, Stikies? There was only one. Stikis? It definitely wasn’t Greek. Anyway upstairs at The Queens, Rawtenstall.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:17 pm

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:02 pm
I can remember when the Cats was the Locarno.

Me too, unfortunately.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:25 pm

Wasn't there one called The Palace? further up than the Plane Tree, on the other side. Only went there once I recall and it's all rather hazy, but I'm sure I'm right.
Hawthorns at Nelson on a Friday night was cracking!!

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:29 pm

Bop wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:50 pm
Was it New Inn on the tops between Langho and Harwood?

It was.
Often stopped off there for a couple on our way to the Lodestar.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:39 pm

The mud club in Burnley was a good place to go if you liked your music a bit louder!

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:39 pm

Sands was the original name it was under the Arndale centre.

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:42 pm

ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:09 pm
Rose Room above the Cats.
Cracking night.

Did that become Annabellas? Had some great nights there.