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shoxti · 15-08-2008, 10:27

My friends & I have been looking at empty buildings in Accy to open as a music venue for all ages to use, including the under 18s & to possibly work with youth services to let young bands use the facilities.
There are numerous ideal (empty) buildings that already have all the facilities we need, ie, bar, stage, toilets, function rooms & cellar etc.
We have recently noticed that the miners club on Blackburn road is
being redeveloped after being empty for so long.
One or two other empty buildings in Accrington look in a similar
condition from the outside but we have been unable to find out who owns
these properties or what is happening to them. Examples of which are,
the Voodoo Lounge, a closed pub on the corner of Hood St & Meadow St & the closed pub on the corner of Blackburn Rd & Scaitcliffe St Anybody know anything about these?
Just been reading the thread about the old CON club & The Old Band Club is up for rent with Taylor Weaver but the owners have showed no interest in helping us get that building up & running.
WHO WOULD NO OF ANY OTHER SUITABLE VENUES ?
We cannot see the point of these buildings being left empty when
business people such as ourselves are looking for such premises.
We have been sending messages to HBC for 9 months asking for help & have had very little help re this issue... If they do have a regeneration department, we havn't seen it yet!

15-08-2008, 10:27	#1
shoxti Junior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ossy Posts: 6 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	empty buildings in Accy & HBC My friends & I have been looking at empty buildings in Accy to open as a music venue for all ages to use, including the under 18s & to possibly work with youth services to let young bands use the facilities. There are numerous ideal (empty) buildings that already have all the facilities we need, ie, bar, stage, toilets, function rooms & cellar etc. We have recently noticed that the miners club on Blackburn road is being redeveloped after being empty for so long. One or two other empty buildings in Accrington look in a similar condition from the outside but we have been unable to find out who owns these properties or what is happening to them. Examples of which are, the Voodoo Lounge, a closed pub on the corner of Hood St & Meadow St & the closed pub on the corner of Blackburn Rd & Scaitcliffe St Anybody know anything about these? Just been reading the thread about the old CON club & The Old Band Club is up for rent with Taylor Weaver but the owners have showed no interest in helping us get that building up & running. WHO WOULD NO OF ANY OTHER SUITABLE VENUES ? We cannot see the point of these buildings being left empty when business people such as ourselves are looking for such premises. We have been sending messages to HBC for 9 months asking for help & have had very little help re this issue... If they do have a regeneration department, we havn't seen it yet!