Whats happened to Accrington????
 

I grew up in this little town, as a child i would go with mum and dad shopping on a saturday...crossing the zebra crossing on broadway!! Shifters and the cinema...

Thursday nights at Lar de dars, sunday night starting off in Regency at 7, then late drinks in the Arcade bar...those were the days!!Even 5 years ago it was still busy but i went out last weekend and i was so shocked, apart from the Calder and Bridge, everywhere was dead!!

Whats a single girls supposed to do?? :confused:

5 years in sunnier clims and i can't believe how things have changed...maybe its just cause i am getting old!! lol:D

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That is one hell of a post.

You cant smoke, you cant sing, you cant drink and be merry as we used to do.....No dancing and you are not safe on the streets after dark....Hope this answers your question.:eek:

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Burnley happened............ end of!:D

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Burnley happened to do what? :confused:

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Burnley is simply a better night out.
There's little interest to make Accrington compete with Burnley in terms of both night life and shopping.

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reasons i think it died was greed and stupidness...they put prices up and let any dick or harry in the pubs,no dress code,and most of them had dic++++ds on the doors who would just big it up with their mates and let them get away with murder do i go on?????

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Can they smoke...can they sing and are they safe?
Agree with the shopping bit but where do you you draw the line?
Please dont talk about football, thats hurts you more than it hurts me if you are a dingle. :)

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It went to sleep and never woke up .... or was that HBC

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Please do...what experiences have you had?

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Amanda, ive been saying that fer oer 20 years.:)

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Accy has been dying off slowly for years and so has ossy.
Ossy used to be fantastic on a sunday night till a few years back then it went like a ghost town . Sounds like accy has done the same .

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I used to love coming up from London every month or so, and nightlife in Accy was buzzing.

Ok you might not bump into as many famous face up here, but it was cracking night out, especially Sunday.

It is rubbish now, and like others have said, give Burnley a try Amanda.

Better to spend money on a cab than watch the tumble weed blow down Church Street.:D

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thats true i rarely go out nowadays.:D

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Just what accyweb needs..another thread slagging accrington off :(

I wasnt even born here and I am more proud of the place than most of you lot :(

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is telling someone the truth slagging off ? would you take yer missus fer a sat night out in town? i certainly wouldn't.

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Sorry but its just so depressing reading threads slagging accy off :( Maybe they have all lived in places so much better? i haven't.. I wouldnt want to live anywhere else to be perfectly honest :)

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i have lived in much better places K-P, but still love accy, but if someone asks i just say as i see it.

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It's great living in here.

It's disputed by no one that the nightlife in Accy has gone down the pan, compared with twenty, ten, or even just a couple of years ago.

Even the pub/club owners will tell you that, after cashing up their dwindling takings.

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Preston Born, Leyland School, Back to Preston Then Blackburn Then C-L-M and finally Accy .. 20years in Accy and wild horses wouldnt get me out of here. It has faults yes.. But not as many as other places.. there is no shangrila... Nowt so much wrong with Accy believe you me.


In case your wondering... second bottle of white :)

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nowt wrong wi the people,salt of the earth, its just the town centre gone down the pan.:)

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Another nail in the local licenced victuallers coffin then...you drinking at home.:D

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It's not surprising really. In the last week, sometime, a pint of Guinness in a tin has gone up by nearly a fifth at the nearest offy (Whiteheads in Great Harwood). It's still only £1.10 a pint, compared with £2.50 at the pub.

The risk of being glassed in the face is slightly lower too. As long as I don't look at the missus the wrong way, I'm safe, but even if not: She's a nurse, and will look after me just to keep the blood off the carpet.

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I'm a red through and through Roy. One frontier where Accy will always win over Burnley :)

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if you remember shifters you could be considered old ..

if you remember the bees knees having sewing machines as tables then you are definatly old

not too worry though you still refer to shifters as shifters so dont get your zimmer frame out yet lol

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I totaly agree with K-P i was Preston born but would never move from Accy i love the area and the people

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Accy born and bred! Lived here all my life and although the town centre nightlife may have died out quite a bit (or be full of people you wouldnt want to socialise with) you can still have a good night out, a night is what you make it :D and with good company can be done almost anywhere.

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I pop back on the odd occassion and see what is happening and proberly things that residents dont. Thing is we need to but the same effort into helping accy as we do knocking it.

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we were all at the accyweb meet! :D

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its not just Accy and Ossy thats dwindling away, Blackburns nightlife has gone to the dogs too

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And you would know its not safe because you live where?

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I live in Spain.
I have lived in Church, worked in Accrington over the years and have got friends and relations in the area who I can trust and believe what they tell me.

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Funny that Rindi the tumble weeds blowing about the town centre was a phrase I used in a letter to the Obsever just prior to the 1998 local elections:rolleyes:when Labour had been in power for 12 years:D

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I think I used it first in a letter in 1982, describing how Hyndburn was faring under the then government of the day.;)

Perhaps it impressed you so much that you subconsciencely squirreled it away for future use. :rolleyes:

After all they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.:D

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Yes Accrington's night life has died on it's feet but it is the same in many towns throughout the country. Pubs which used to be locals, with their own identity, have been turned into trendy bars with no soul, just conversation killing loud music. The town centre pubs all had loud music and the atmosphere in those places was fantastic. To some the pub crawl was an excuse to drink the entire town dry but to most, wandering around the pubs, was what you did.
There was some trouble around town but nowhere near the level that we see today. I wonder if one of the causes is the type of drinks which are available these days. Those alcopops, which could fuel a motorbike, are drunk in large quantities, people lose control and get into all sorts of scrapes. There are other violence inducing substances available too but alcohol alone can do more than it's share of damage.

As for knocking your own town, that is something we Brits are very good at but we are wasting our time, the politicians are too busy protecting themselves from cross party snide attacks to take any notice of the electorate.

:mosher:

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Sorry, but I have to disagree with you all (fair enough I live in Ossy, but its all Hyndburn) Burnley is a far better night out, dont really shop much there, I have no need to as for £5-80 I can get a return to Manchester, and you cant get better shopping anywhere.

I even went to London last week it cost me £13 return! I'd do that every week! Why not!?

Trust me the second I can get out of this place then I'll do it like a shot. Can't wait to move away!

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ya but who's imitating who Rindi:D:p

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I only went to live in Rossendale Lolly, but couldn't wait to get back to good old Ossy and having worked all over the country and extensively in Scotland and Wales too there's no place like Ossy believe me

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Dont agree with that though jaysay sorry, but everyones different. I lived in Cyprus for a year and getting away was tnhe best thing I ever did, I only came back because of family commitments (my brother was going in the army and i wanted to see him before he got posted anywhere.)

Its more difficult getting away now I have Harry, but I will do! Theres no nightlife, theres no shopping, theres no jobs, what the hell is there to keep me here?

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Burnley is crap for shopping, i ventured there a couple of weeks ago with my sister and we where walking around for ages trying to find a decent shop, Burnley is full of tat, maybe the dingles like it but i dont

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Have`nt been out in Accy for ages , i would`nt waste my hard earned cash.........bus/train to Manchester for a great day out shopping or a great day&night drinking and far safer too:rolleyes:

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Don't quite see what so great about the Burnley shopping experience. From what I've seen of it, it just looks like a slightly bigger version of Accy shopping centre. If you're going to make the effort to go out of town to do your shopping, it's surely worth the extra half-hour to go to Manchester. Best variety of shops in the North from major chains to quirky little backstreet emporiums and, as you know, Shakey, best choice of record shops in the UK, outside of London! :cool:

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I agree with Lolly here to a certain point.
I was born and bread in Ossy and wherever I ventured I always returned , It was like some kind of magnetic force that kept drawing me back there.
NOT any more im affraid,
Once my mother died I had no real need to stay in the area. Its not that I didnt like it at the time , I was and always will be proud of my roots but this last few years its gone a lot worse.
When I moved Back over here for the 2nd time My kids finally rolled on at school mainly because they werent being asked to get heavily involed in multi cultural activities, they could finally study what they were supposed to be studying and school became a much happier place for them . Just wish Id have moved my kids schools at the beginning of thier education .
However the folk of Ossy and accy IMO are the best in the world without a doubt, You get what you see with locals and to me and the way I was brought up is most important.

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Well yeah of course Manchester wins hands down every time! Burnley came up though and I was only comparing the two towns.
With regards to shopping and daily consumerism - Burnley's market is better, the town centre has more high street shops, that massive Tesco is a country mile better than our asda, the cinema there isn't the sespit that ours is... etc.
Accy has become a grimy little place, but it's home.

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So the concensus is that home is were the heart is regardless of how bad it gets?

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Presume you wouldn't consider other pursuits like our History Societies, events at the Civic Theatre, programme for women's culture, Haworth art gallery, etc., etc., etc. LOL. We are not just one big nightclub entertainment here.

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Not much hope for me then - I remember the Bees Knees having sewing tables - and I remember when Shifters was the Pickwick - best go draw me pension :rolleyes:

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it started going downhill when "Dingles" infiltrated our sacred borders.:rolleyes::D

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[quote=shakermaker;688282] the cinema there isn't the sespit that ours is... quote]


Must agree, accy Vue is a real hell hole...............

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Glad to hear that .... K-P is probably relieved too:rolleyes:;)

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If you are prepared to "root" for bargains the Littlewoods catalogue outlet in Burnley can be a goldmine, I got 2 designer dresses, a pair of Hush Puppies and a pair of Kickers for less than £50 last week. :D

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[quote=pipinfort;688328]I went Sunday afternoon, didn't think was a hell hole, and I'm a snob :confused:

Why do you say that ?

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Everything... everything is sticky. How is that even possible?
The sound is always rubbish, the picture is rubbish, the seats are broken, it's always freezing cold and a lot of decent films don't even appear there. No ta!

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Well, I never saw anything of this .. course was dark.

It was warm, seats wide and comfy, sound was not penetrating my ear drums from all directions, and the films always come around in the end ... just not as many units that cinemas have in larger towns.

Guess cinema seats may always be sticky these days 'cause of the popcorn, but didn't particularly notice this myself.

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Maybe you were in Burnley, it's been dark out lately :D

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totaly agree , burnley has a much more easy going atmosphere and its a nice change been in a pub where it dosnt look liek somthings going to kick off because somones wearing the same tracksuit

you need to wipe yoru feet coming out of most of teh pubs in accy which is a shame for a town that used to attract peopel from all over , especially sunday nights but trouble makers put people off coming to accy and all that was left was the trouble makers and pubs started either going down hill fast or shutting

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nah just pull yur pony tail a little tighter and you will take 10 years off ;)

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Not even a nightclub entertainment here kate :rolleyes:

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ya cashy, dave's got a lot to answer for, although he's not that bad for a Dingle:D

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That'll keep you fit Linds, taking them puppies for a walk at night:D

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[quote=katex;688410]A snob kate:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: shocked and stunned and just a little amazed:D

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you mean you wandered around for hours trying to find tesco's - which was staring you inf the face :p

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I know, came out a bit wrong .. meant to say is that all you want or summat.. :rolleyes:

[quote=jaysay;688620]Haha, well after just one excursion to the King's Hall ... have been a little fussy ever since ... LOL.

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yeh need to get out more the Kings Hall (Flea Pit) was demolished oer 40 yrs ago.:D

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Shushhhhhhhhhh cashy kate's lived a sheltered life:D:rolleyes:

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Ever been to Rawtenstall shopping? Don't bother. Accrington has a great shopping centre which I use often. Our precinct has a Post Office and an Ethel Austins, everything else is boarded up. As for night life, you might as well sit in Accy cemetry there's more life there. They filmed some scenes for that TV series (?Survivors) in our town centre and didn't have much to do to make it look like an abandoned ghost town. We do have a nice little market tho and a few nice but expensive shops on the main street. Don't knock Accy's shopping centre. If you do come to Rawtenstall will the last one out turn the lights off!!

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see every cloud has a silver lining:D sorry to hear that mrsb, the "Rocker" used to be a grand little town, also had a great venue the "Astoria" had many a happy night up yon.:)

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Introducing an improved species in to an alien territory is not something to answer for, it's to be commended :p

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Must admit nights out arnt the same these days. Usually call in at Brooks Club on Fri or Sat, at least you know theres entertainment on, but some nights can be very quiet in there. The Abbey Pub is pretty decent and gets a few in at weekend, sometimes go the Arden too, but thats been quiet for a while. Stanhill WMC seems to do ok on Sats, but you have to put up with the dreaded Bingo!! Ive noticed that apart from the pub and clubs guide "the Entertainer" that places dont advertise anymore, if they've got anything on, or any special promotions, and the like. I'm sure its probably been suggested before, and i would'nt be sure the best way of going about it, but would it be at all possible to have a "Whats On" section started on Accyweb, perhaps for pubs and clubs to put their own information on, on a weekly basis, to let people know of current or forthcoming events. Perhaps each venue could have its own thread. Obviously that would mean letting each establishment know that this facility was available to them, perhaps via a leaflet. But long term it could prove beneficial to them, and obviously to all users of Accyweb, because we would always know in advance if anything was going on that we would like to see. I realise a lot of places probably wont keep things updated, but at least they'd be offered a chance this way, that would'nt cost owt, and their own fault if they did'nt take advantage of an offer like that!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Self flattery gets you nowhere dave, especially in Accy:tongueout:flamethro

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There already is;
Nightlife, Events, Days out - Accrington Web

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....But no one who runs any of the Pubs/Clubs seems to be using it or even be aware of it, if they are told there is this facility it could prove beneficial to them and all Accy Web users!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Burnley has a WHAT??...it must've changed one helluva a lot since I used to down there. Mind you it was 35-40 years ago. "Easy going atmosphere" is possibly the least apt description I could ever imagine for the Boot Inn.

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Think you forgot the smileys after Boot Inn Wynonie:D:D

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I know this will come as a shock but they even have leccy now :D

Boot Inn became Yates Wine Lodge, now there's a contrast in use :D

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I know Cashy, but still suffering from post traumatic stress after all these years. :(

Do like the Burnley cinema a little better though, just the ambiance like.
Definitely a better night in the centre .. not sure why (used to be really rough) .. maybe because they have themed their pubs more .. dunno really.
Strange The Bridge gets busy in Accy ... can't get any rougher or dirtier than that .. so just atmosphere or summat.

Would love to see some lovely wine bars in the new proposed square, with small Bistros and outside covered areas with trellises and dangling vines where you could sit and have a drink in comfort.

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good idea, but ya mean so ya can have a fag.:D

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You got me sussed .... ;)

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Ahhhh you beat me to it........:rolleyes:

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Whoops sorry this is in the wrong thread ... :D:D Too late to edit to the Pop Club night.

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Was this the laugh and scratch in Clayton? Near the Whalley Road bridge over the cut?:confused:

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no mate accy centre, just round the corner from the old broadway traffic lights.:) they built lloyds bank there after, the kings hall had the "Central" billiard hall,below it.

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Thanks bud ... now I remember:)

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Just the ambiance kate, you of all people should know that swearing ain't allowed on Accy Web:D:D:p