Other Clubs

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by Aussie Irene

I am reading about the Con Club, which seems to be in a sorry state. What about the oppositions other club and hall?.
I am talking about another fine building, The Liberal Club which was also the Arts club on Willow Street, and the Labour Hall on Blackburn Rd, facing Willows Lane, where Joe Mortimer had his dancing school, and then Bullough's took it over when they closed their club on the corner of Cannon and Chuch Street. It was Bullough's when we left Accy in 1975.
Are they still standing, and if so , what are they today.

I remember Joe Morts next to the railway arch in the '50s, and I believe that it was formerly the Alexandra Billiard Hall. Pretty certain the the Liberal Club was indeed on Eagle St.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

I remember Joe Morts next to the railway arch in the '50s, and I believe that it was formerly the Alexandra Billiard Hall. Pretty certain the the Liberal Club was indeed on Eagle St.

It is in Eagle St, on the corner with Willow St, but no longer used by the liberals.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

It is in Eagle St, on the corner with Willow St, but no longer used by the liberals.

It ain't been used by the Liberals since the 70s Retlaw

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Aussie Irene

I was thinking the liberal club came around into Eagle St, and next to that was where my next door neighbour worked, AccringtonCorporation Treasurers Department. From memory there was also a entrance to the liberal club on Willow St

Ignore me Irene, i was at the wrong end of willow st.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by cashman

i was at the wrong end of willow st.

Is that a euphemism, Cashy?

[Rob1912]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

It is in Eagle St, on the corner with Willow St, but no longer used by the liberals.

From 1869 to 1876 the Liberal Club was in Abbey Street but in the latter year removed to this building in Bank Street. The same year the Conservatives took over the premises then vacated by the Liberals. The Liberals remained in Bank Street until the present fine club was erected in Eagle Street and which was opened by Lord Harrington on October 30th, 1885.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

I remember Joe Morts next to the railway arch in the '50s, and I believe that it was formerly the Alexandra Billiard Hall. Pretty certain the the Liberal Club was indeed on Eagle St.

That building you refer to was originally built for the Baptists who came from Macpelah on Hyndburn Rd. (Allom Lane) before they moved to Cannon St.

[Judith Addison]

The former Liberal Club in Eagle Street was the Arts Club for many years before it became Lah-de-Dars night club and now the Gladstone House flats. The Registrar's is indeed in the former Mechanics' Institute. Also on Willow Street was the Baptist Sunday School which became a function suite and then a night club. I'm trying to think what it was called in the 1980s - it was a well-known venue then for 21st birthday parties, etc. It was the building facing the top of Birch Street. I think it was last called "Opium" before it closed as a night club. May be part of the flats now?

[Judith Addison]

I'm answering my own question - I think it was called "The Berkeley"

[Aussie Irene]

Originally Posted by Judith Addison

The former Liberal Club in Eagle Street was the Arts Club for many years before it became Lah-de-Dars night club and now the Gladstone House flats. The Registrar's is indeed in the former Mechanics' Institute. Also on Willow Street was the Baptist Sunday School which became a function suite and then a night club. I'm trying to think what it was called in the 1980s - it was a well-known venue then for 21st birthday parties, etc. It was the building facing the top of Birch Street. I think it was last called "Opium" before it closed as a night club. May be part of the flats now?

Thats correct Judith, Just after the war, the old liberals had a reading room, and my husband used to deliver the Telegraph and Manchester Evening News night papers there. The Arts club was there then. Was the building owned by the Liberals, or could the Arts Club have been renting from them, or would it have been jointly owned at that time?.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Judith Addison

I'm answering my own question - I think it was called "The Berkeley"

Yeh twas, remember having a couple of works Christmas Dos yon.