I left, your right Accy,s gone

Alan Gilmartin · 04-05-2004, 10:29

Thinking of coming over this year, but by the sounds of it there knocking down everything, Odeon, Sacred heart, st Anns, Holy familys gone, Markets have gone, is there anything I will recognise ???.

Wynonie Harris · 04-05-2004, 10:50

Here's something you won't recognise that's changed for the better. Remember that funny little football pitch behind the Crown on Whalley Road with its wooden fence and ramshackle pavillion? Well, it's a modest, but well-appointed stadium now hosting full-time professional matches.

One thing you will miss, though, if you've been away for a few years is blue-and-red Accy buses. Very sad.

Bazf · 04-05-2004, 13:13

Alan, I went home at christmas and you will not belive how Accy has changed, depends how long you've been away but honestly wow!!!! no outside market, no Odeon cinema, park at your own risk in car parks designed by kids with lego sets, in fact I heard that the guy who designed the one by the arndale got savaged by his guide dog. One thing that hasnt changed ........ the pubs are still excellent and the company brilliant.

Wynonie Harris · 04-05-2004, 14:15

If you can find one that hasn't closed down. Nag's Head, New Brewery, Blockade all gone. How could the "Block" have closed down? It was an Accy institution!

Tealeaf · 04-05-2004, 14:29

The Blocks gone? When did that happen? That's the first I know about that.....also gone are the Commercial, the Welly & the Queens at Church...the Antley...the Hyndburn (I think)...The Block, eh?...was'nt the competition from the Waccy Baccy shop, was it?

Wynonie Harris · 04-05-2004, 15:03

Probably. You could get high just by breathing in the back room. Cracking pub, though - it'll never be replaced.

Tealeaf · 04-05-2004, 15:09

Oh Dear....it's all so sad....and how many more will go if/when we get one of those monsterous carbuncles in the town, a.k.a. a witherspoons pub?

KIPAX · 04-05-2004, 15:27

Do a tasty meal at wetherspoons.... Not that i would go out in accy for one when I live here... But very handy when out of town...

otherwise crap pubs.. too big to have a friendly atmosphere

Tealeaf · 04-05-2004, 15:31

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Originally Posted by KIPAX

"otherwise crap pubs.. too big to have a friendly atmosphere"

You're spot on there Kip.....crap pubs that unfortunatly have a nasty habit of undercutting the older, traditional pubs & shutting them down.....actually, I would'nt call them pubs..I think the word "bar" is more appropriate.

Have some Karma!

Wynonie Harris · 04-05-2004, 15:34

The one in Stockport has zilch atmosphere. It's like sitting in the cafeteria of a minor government department somewhere in Russia. If they open one on Broadway, it'll probably get taken apart by hordes of rampaging barbarians from Carlisle.

Why is it that pubs are closing down left, right and centre in Accy and Church, yet they're thriving in Ossy? Is it something they put in the water up there?

Tealeaf · 04-05-2004, 16:15

The one nearest to me (during the week) is The Liberty Bound at Tower Hill...it's like drinking in the basement bar of the Palestine Hotel, Baghdad.

Bazf · 04-05-2004, 16:16

Lets be honest, if you lived in Ossy wouldnt you drink!!!!!

Tealeaf · 04-05-2004, 16:18

Ther're Gobbinlander's up there......it's just that they can't think of 'owt else to do...

ShortStuff · 04-05-2004, 21:04

Think pubs are closing down around us cos a lot of people just drink at home now rather than nipping to the local. This is another reason we all live next door to strangers rather than friends!

Alan Gilmartin · 04-05-2004, 23:04

Hi Wynonie, Im afraid its beem 35 years since I left Accy, but good to Know there are some people keeping me up to date with the demolition , whoops sorry, Progress of Accy, such as yourself & Atarah, Depresion has set in, Churches gone, cinemas gone, pubs gone, schools gone, friends & relations gone, the Observer is not the same my family over there tell me they have even put a motorway through our old house in Blackburn rd, Clayton. Bloody Hell who would have thought this would have happened 35 yrs ago. My brother Kevin said he was in Accy for a funeral a couple of weeks ago, and tried to buy some flowers, but could,nt find a florist. ( he lives in Ilkley ). My Mum & dad Are still around they live in Blackburn, but dont get to Accy much. When I come to see them this year, I will make the pilgrimage to Clayton & accy and I thank Atarah & other web members for preparing me for the shock.