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"Jillys Rockworld This is the worse news I have will ever have to impart here. It is with the heaviest of heart that I must tell you all that Jilly's Rockworld has finally closed its doors for the last time. As of now we are no longer. The recession has another victim. A great club and an institution in Manchester for many many years is now only history."

Bad times. Taken from the facebook page.
 
Alan_Is_A_Blue said:
"Jillys Rockworld This is the worse news I have will ever have to impart here. It is with the heaviest of heart that I must tell you all that Jilly's Rockworld has finally closed its doors for the last time. As of now we are no longer. The recession has another victim. A great club and an institution in Manchester for many many years is now only history."

Bad times. Taken from the facebook page.
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The Saturday nights of my youth gone for ever- how can this be?
 
Absolutely gutted. Spent every Friday night/Saturday morning there for around two years in my early days. Enjoyed some of the best (and weirdest) nights of my life in Rockworld.
 
My mate got carried out of there after a fight with the doormen.
The following week one of the doormen said to me "your mate's not barred y'know, bring him down" so we did and that was that, forgive and forget.
 
The Pink Panther said:
My mate got carried out of there after a fight with the doormen.
The following week one of the doormen said to me "your mate's not barred y'know, bring him down" so we did and that was that, forgive and forget.
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The door staff were pretty heavy at times but I don't remember anyone ever being barred except for dealing inside.
 
Ah yes, Jillys and the Banshee! How I loved those goth chics in the eighties.

Anyway, it won't be the last, I'm afraid. Most of us in town are suffering from reduced business, increased costs, and a mixture of heavy council regulation, pressurised police [they have budget issues, like all government agenciesnow] and a serious gang problem, largely [no] thanks to the Somalis from the Moss.

I genuinely don't want to wish ill of anyone else's business, but, for example, I had Fac251 down as closing by July, and that's before it even opened. I'm sticking to that.

I'm thinking of taking my business back to M20 as the city centre is becoming the land of large chains and endless red tape that us independents simply struggle to cope with. And don't even get me started on business rates. The poeple who set and enforce them live in cuckoo land. Only national companies can cope with this. The rest of us are, quite frankly, fucked. So much for free market capitalism. This City is Ours? I don't think so. The blue chips own it now. Rock on and Rock out of town.
 
coleridge said:
Ah yes, Jillys and the Banshee! How I loved those goth chics in the eighties.

Anyway, it won't be the last, I'm afraid. Most of us in town are suffering from reduced business, increased costs, and a mixture of heavy council regulation, pressurised police [they have budget issues, like all government agenciesnow] and a serious gang problem, largely [no] thanks to the Somalis from the Moss.

I genuinely don't want to wish ill of anyone else's business, but, for example, I had Fac251 down as closing by July, and that's before it even opened. I'm sticking to that.

I'm thinking of taking my business back to M20 as the city centre is becoming the land of large chains and endless red tape that us independents simply struggle to cope with. And don't even get me started on business rates. The poeple who set and enforce them live in cuckoo land. Only national companies can cope with this. The rest of us are, quite frankly, fucked. So much for free market capitalism. This City is Ours? I don't think so. The blue chips own it now. Rock on and Rock out of town.
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Told you mate, you want them somali gangs put in there place employ a proper firm (O: not badoo and junior.
And its not just town its all over manchester,this is where a good accountant is essential in the current climate. Been doing a bit of checking on you skippy, offer is still open.
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
coleridge said:
Ah yes, Jillys and the Banshee! How I loved those goth chics in the eighties.

Anyway, it won't be the last, I'm afraid. Most of us in town are suffering from reduced business, increased costs, and a mixture of heavy council regulation, pressurised police [they have budget issues, like all government agenciesnow] and a serious gang problem, largely [no] thanks to the Somalis from the Moss.

I genuinely don't want to wish ill of anyone else's business, but, for example, I had Fac251 down as closing by July, and that's before it even opened. I'm sticking to that.

I'm thinking of taking my business back to M20 as the city centre is becoming the land of large chains and endless red tape that us independents simply struggle to cope with. And don't even get me started on business rates. The poeple who set and enforce them live in cuckoo land. Only national companies can cope with this. The rest of us are, quite frankly, fucked. So much for free market capitalism. This City is Ours? I don't think so. The blue chips own it now. Rock on and Rock out of town.
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Told you mate, you want them somali gangs put in there place employ a proper firm (O: not badoo and junior.
And its not just town its all over manchester,this is where a good accountant is essential in the current climate. Been doing a bit of checking on you skippy, offer is still open.
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Cheers mate. I'll bear it in mind. Things are 'under review' and I'm just thinking it through at present. BTW I have an excellent accountancy firm [it's the old man's] but not even they can create cash flow and reduce statutory costs. The other palce is opening above in a week or two so it will pick up. However, it's all a personal ball ache for me when I've got other stuff to do.

Part of me would like to go back 'southside' to more decent punters at my old place, like you get, I presume. Of course, I'd always consider selling.
 
What are you two old gits going on about? Are you what we used to all 'nightclub impressarios?' Do you walk around smoking big cigars like Den Perry from Phoenix Nights? We should be told
Ps, never set foot in Jillys, heavy rock music not my thing at all. But very sad to see another Manc nightlife institution die. For Manc and North West grebos, this place has the same reverence as the Hacienda
 
LongsightM13 said:
What are you two old gits going on about? Are you what we used to all 'nightclub impressarios?' Do you walk around smoking big cigars like Den Perry from Phoenix Nights? We should be told
Ps, never set foot in Jillys, heavy rock music not my thing at all. But very sad to see another Manc nightlife institution die. For Manc and North West grebos, this place has the same reverence as the Hacienda
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I'm 29 mate and hate cigars......... think more Carlito Brigante (O:
 
Spent many a night in there in my youth (And in the original Jilly's near where the Waldorf is)......not been for a good few years, but sorry to hear that news. End of a Manc institution......must be the longest running club in Manc?

Just had a text from someone who reckons it's simply the current owner retiring and has sold it to someone wants to make it a restaurant.....just what town needs, another restaurant....
 
LongsightM13 said:
What are you two old gits going on about? Are you what we used to all 'nightclub impressarios?' Do you walk around smoking big cigars like Den Perry from Phoenix Nights? We should be told
Ps, never set foot in Jillys, heavy rock music not my thing at all. But very sad to see another Manc nightlife institution die. For Manc and North West grebos, this place has the same reverence as the Hacienda
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Phoenix Nights is spot on for me. I'm the one driving the minibus for the Asian Elders. As for cigars, haven't you heard of the smoking ban?

Still waiting for Carlito to make me an offer I can't refuse...<br /><br />-- Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:20 pm --<br /><br />
Gaudino said:
Spent many a night in there in my youth (And in the original Jilly's near where the Waldorf is)......not been for a good few years, but sorry to hear that news. End of a Manc institution......must be the longest running club in Manc?

Just had a text from someone who reckons it's simply the current owner retiring and has sold it to someone wants to make it a restaurant.....just what town needs, another restaurant....
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Trust me, MCC and GMP would love town to be nothing other than restaurants. I've already warned you, that's the way it's going. However, if that's right, they'd have to go for change of use including a costly lift for the disabled, so don't hold your breath. As I said, unless you're a chain, don't bother. As with the cornershop, specialist retailers and anyone else doing their own thing, the corporates will close them all down. Free and fair competition is a myth.
 
Spent most of my saturday night/sunday morning in there back in the early 80's, before it moved upstairs to Fagins. Would get home from a City game home or away and then do the pub crawl in any of the following, The Beer House, Rosies bar, Sportsmans, Corbierres, Town Hall Tavern, Square Albert, The Vine, Lass O' Gowrie, Salisbury, Mother Mac's, Nags Head, Rising Sun, The City, The Vine, Tommy Ducks, Shakespeare, The Sporran, The Old Garratt, but always ended up in Jilly's and loved their Chicken Curry.

Danny, Malcolm and Sarge on the door always a great night. Met my best mate in there whilst headbanging to AC/DC and the daft sod picked me up on his shoulders and we did a tour of the club ala Angus and Bon and we've been the best of friends ever since. Met Lemmy in there and still got his autograph on a pie stained paper plate.

Many a night spent throwing up in the toilets (often in the ladies) met some wonderful people, many still great friends today and it was those relationships that made it all so special, some gorgeous rock chicks and eventually married one.

Gonna go home and blast out AC/DC - For Those About To Rock We Salute You - in honour of my youth.

Newcastel Brown R.I.P.
 
Blue2112 said:
Spent most of my saturday night/sunday morning in there back in the early 80's, before it moved upstairs to Fagins. Would get home from a City game home or away and then do the pub crawl in any of the following, The Beer House, Rosies bar, Sportsmans, Corbierres, Town Hall Tavern, Square Albert, The Vine, Lass O' Gowrie, Salisbury, Mother Mac's, Nags Head, Rising Sun, The City, The Vine, Tommy Ducks, Shakespeare, The Sporran, The Old Garratt, but always ended up in Jilly's and loved their Chicken Curry.

Danny, Malcolm and Sarge on the door always a great night. Met my best mate in there whilst headbanging to AC/DC and the daft sod picked me up on his shoulders and we did a tour of the club ala Angus and Bon and we've been the best of friends ever since. Met Lemmy in there and still got his autograph on a pie stained paper plate.

Many a night spent throwing up in the toilets (often in the ladies) met some wonderful people, many still great friends today and it was those relationships that made it all so special, some gorgeous rock chicks and eventually married one.

Gonna go home and blast out AC/DC - For Those About To Rock We Salute You - in honour of my youth.

Newcastel Brown R.I.P.
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A great summary. From mid to late eighties was fab. The Salisbury was always packed full of us hairy, leather people, Satan's Sons popping in as was their want. I then migrated to the Hac and beyond. It's easy to forget/not know now that before Madchester, you were either a tosser in a Hawaiian shirt and no musical taste frequenting Club Tropicana, or an outcast rocker at Jillys. It was us, the latter, who supported the bands and got Madchester moving. So some of you should keep you sniffy comments to yourselves as you obviously know fuck all about it. The Roses weren't exactly a disco combo, were they?
 
i used to buy candles from the little shop inside. i bought a pink floyd flag too.

didn't really like the music but still sad.
 
Never went in, but it was an institution. Don't mind the rockers, always friendly, not pretentious, and know how to drink. Never heard a bad word against the place. It's true that it is another nail in the coffin for town's nightlife.

I very rarely go town these days, and when i do it is usually on a magical mystery tour of pubs on the pubguide website. Heard FAC251 has not been revolutionary and hasn't really tried to create anything new. Haven't been in yet as heard it is rammed most nights so please prove me wrong if you have been in.

What are we left with: -

- Birdcage (£40 for a fishbowl)
- Printworks (NO! Other than Tiger Tiger maybe)
- Walkabout (Easy choice for a staff night out, never had a bad night in there but hate chain places generally)
- Sport Bar (has this been shut for ages?)
- North (£4 for a bottle of Grolsch and bob music, mate has never been back. Sankeys the better choice)
- South (never been in, always wanted to go, only venue that tempts me back to town at the moment)
- Sankeys (not my thing but at least it is great at what it does for those who like their musical cliques)
- Venus (is this still open? Small oven)
- Ritz (white stains on the seats upstairs, lasted half an hour in there on a non gig night, never been back).
- Tiger Lounge (good when you want something different the odd night)
- Fab Cafe (always ok when you are stuck for somewhere to go)
- Mojo (too rammed, no draft so never a clue what to order, can't hear the staff when they tell you what foreign bottles they have. Music is decent though.)

To the guy running an establishment in town. I'd give the World Cup a chance to boost your takings and ship out after that if you have seen your business dwindling over the past months. Maybe moving local again as you say and trying to offer something different than the standard run-of-the-mill boozer (if that's the business you run) is the ticket?
 
mancmackem said:
Fab Cafe (always ok when you are stuck for somewhere to go)
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i really like it in there. music is not so great, the stuff i'm into doesn't get played anywhere in the bloody world anyway.
 
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