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Where You Spent Your Youth....


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Today found out my beloved nightclub syndicate has shut its doors for the last time.

Cant help but feel a bit gutted.

spent my youth in there,every spine tingiling moment off my clubbing days were born in in that place.

Swear its an act of god,i went on a night out there last weekend,totally unplanned,and all felt a bit emotional!!

 

So where what club,hall,palais was your choice as an excited youth!?

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Great harwood. Made my dads shed look like bucks palace.

 

Din't have a beer license, opened at midnight Saturday shut at 8am every Sunday.

 

Great place! I'd be scared shitless if I went there nowadays. It's burnt down but you know what I mean!

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Round town, then Bolton Palais.

 

I have no idea how old you are my friend and I don't want to offend but I love the simplicity and lack of choice, blissful times eh ...

 

I myself, graduating to boozing in the late 80's, lived thru the change from running the gauntlet on the last bus home to Bolton itself (herself?) having a dozen or so late night 'clubs' and then 24 HR boozing with Barristers being a current fave.

 

On balance tho, most of mine like most others would be Ritzy - 'put your legs in the air like you don't care - woo woo' Feddy Merx will be with us soon for the Queen montage ...

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I have no idea how old you are my friend and I don't want to offend but I love the simplicity and lack of choice, blissful times eh ...

 

I myself, graduating to boozing in the late 80's, lived thru the change from running the gauntlet on the last bus home to Bolton itself (herself?) having a dozen or so late night 'clubs' and then 24 HR boozing with Barristers being a current fave.

 

On balance tho, most of mine like most others would be Ritzy - 'put your legs in the air like you don't care - woo woo' Feddy Merx will be with us soon for the Queen montage ...

 

Went in quite a few some only once or twice, The Blue Lagoon, The Aspin,only talking about upto the age of 20.

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feathers-bottom bull-top bull-bottom bull-feathers, and when feeling particularly like we wanted something exotic and posh (and the 523 was going past) we would include the three arrows :D

ah, halcyon days of youth excitement

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Fair do's pal - wasn't having a go just daying simpler times were not necessarily worse.

Not sure I know where Blue Lagoon was / is.

My earliest fave pub (not club) was Olivers but can I fook show anybody where it was. Like a magic door that has vanished ..

Spent the night in their celebrating our norhern area win against Wuggin in 86 (I think) ..

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You know the bookies on the corner at the lights, A6/Clegg St, it used to be upstairs there, had many a battle with L/H

 

Oh aye, it's a gym and stuff up there now, only a stones throw from away from mine.

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From 15-17 years old

 

Tyldesley Rugby Club.

Atherton Labour Club.

Uncle Toms Cabin L/H

Nevada.Bolton

Blackpool Mecca

Way Inn Leigh

Hag Fold Working Mens Club.

Lancastrian Hall.Swinton

Boothstown British Legion.

Astley British Legion..

 

Hell of a lot of tunes in those days 69-71, and girls dancing round handbags.:D

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Mt first club was Wigan Casino when i was 15.

I'll never forget the buzz of excitement climbing the stairs as it opened at 2am, within minutes the place would have 2000 people in and the dancefloor would be packed.After an hour the high ceiling would start to drip with condensation and sweat,and it seemed to get hotter and hotter till it closed at 8am.

During my 4 or 5 years as a regular i never saw one fight in there,and it was packed with lads and lasses from all over Britain.

The atmoshere was just unbelieveable, for me no club has ever come anywhere near it since.

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