Manchester Cabaret Clubs.

[mavis]

Thats the one Bodzy I remembered his name yesterday afternoon the Tony part anyway couldn't remember the surname "Tony Hulme" As you say a good voice and very smart!!!!!What about the Northern and the Embassy as we are doing the rounds!!! Also Quaffers etc....

[bodzy3]

Well Mavis funny you should mention those two clubs co I worked in both of them as well Firstly, the Northern Sporting Club , Sorry I'm afraid its been gone a long time now I worked for Jack McCall there when Jackie Carlton was compere, It was pulled down for redevolopment and Jack McCall took the Press Club untill he died a few years ago , I also worked for Bernard Manning at the Embassy Club (which is still going) but now run by his son young Bernard,plus family of course , i also worked for Bernard at the Palladium Club,another club Bernard had in between Oldam Rd and Rochdale Rd Miles Platting...As for Quaffers no I never worked there , I was in there quite a number of times thought but that had to go for redevelopment too..... any more you can remember, you sound like you knew your clubs maybe our paths crossed , maybe I even served you at one point but we'll never know , I love to chat about those days,cos they were so full of fun and enjoyment , some times i never saw my Dad for weeks on end but my Mum was always there with a clean shirt for me to go out or go to work in God Bless Her

[mavis]

There was one club I went to i cannot remember the name of it in Stockport or West Didsbury it was a country club a bit of a way out in the country, it wasn't Bredbury Hall i know that one, but it was a very nice club..... Anyone remember the name? I am sure you will have the answer bodzy, Thanks for all your imformation its great to look back on all these memories

[bodzy3]

Mavis the one i can remember ,which is still going very strong is in West Didsbury, Its The Britannia Country House Hotel on Palatine Rd West Didsbury, changed its name a little by adding on a couple of words used to be Britannia Country Club that the only one I can think of down that end of town
bodzy

[mavis]

no it wasn't that one Bodzy, when I get back to Manchester for a trip I will ask the friend i went with all those years ago, she is not online so can't ask her it was thru Stockport probably going into Cheshire around 1964 when I went, probably when it was open, way out in the country and there was dancing, I do remember the Alma Lodge that was another one!!! But it wasn't that either!!!!!

[mavis]

By the way Bodzy sure I remember seeing gene vincent at the "Southern"

[bodzy3]

Mavis, if it was a cabaret club and not a country club my first reaction would have been the "Offerton Palace Theatre Club which is a little drive through Stockport then up the hill going out to Bredbury or Romiley, that was another club of Sid Elgars that I worked in on occasions , We used to do a BBC show from there ,if I remember right We used to do the show Thursday and it went out on BBC on a Monday Night and it was called "Clubnight ", Just for that show the compere was changed ,the regular one Kevin Kent was replaced by Donald Peers (do you remember " In a shady nook ,by a babbling brook") I sometimes worked as a barman or waiter or I was somtimes a customer but always got my face on Telly, I even had my 21st birthday party there ,with loads of the staff from the Southern
ps i also think i saw Gene Vincent but not sure , I did see him in the film "the girl cant help it "with him Fats Domino and Little Richard in
you know that era was so good its a shame that we got old and sensible,and started doing responsible things and forgetting that living was for then Ack well no good crying now

[mavis]

Gene Vincent was the one that wore the leather glove on one hand wasn't it? I f is was, I did see him at the Southern!!! I do remember Donald Peers I used to go to those free radio shows, and I saw Donald Peers there where you can go as the studio audience and they put up a board and tell you when to laugh and when to clap, etc..I also saw Jimmy Clitheroe on one of those jaunts too!!! Now I am showing my age!!!! AH!!! AH!!!

[mavis]

another singer going back even further, I used to see on those radio shows was Lee Lawrence, Bodzy might be even before your time!!!

[bodzy3]

Mavis I think the one with the glove on one hand was Shane Fenton , Gene Vincent's band was called the Bluecaps cos they all wore blue caps ( must have been closet CITY suporters )but I cant think of Lee Lawrence or what he sang , did you see him at the Southern or somewhere else ?? , Mavis What do you mean "before my time " i'm older than God" and Hey I remember Alma Cogan there so i'm showing my age as well

[mavis]

I remember Kathy Kirby as well, so we are both over the hill a bit!!!! I think I saw her at the Southern, I also remember Alma Cogan as you say the late 50"s were a great time of our lives!!!

[linda]

well I think the club in stockport could have been the Empress club and the country club at stockport was Bredbury hall.
Gene Vincent did wear a glove an all black leather and had a lame leg a friend was only just talking about him last wednesday about when he appeared at the JJ club on stanley grove.


Linda

[mavis]

Hi Linda thought it was Gene Vincent that wore the black leather glove. No it wasn't Bredbury Hall Either as I have a friend working there now. I will ask a friend when she comes back from Holiday in Wales she is the one I went with in the 60's Although she may not remember either

Mavis

[bodzy3]

Hey Mavis Kathy Kirby used to appear on telly with my old mate Tommy Bruce , I met up again with Tommy Bruce in 1989 at the Napoleon on Cornwall street Openshaw when I was working there ,along with Heinz and Wee Willy Harris

[bodzy3]

Hi Linda Welcome to Mavis and Bodzy Cabaret Club, another Manchester girl i see, another clubgoer was you ??

[Lisa]

Hi Johnny, We used to go to the Man Fang every Saturday after visiting the MSG Club in New Millgate. I, too, never ordered the Chinese food - too scared because of the rumours - I always ordered omelette and chips - not exactly the thing to order in a Chinese. I later acquired a taste for exotic foods and still have to this day.

[maggs]

hi didnt Lee Laurence sing Two diffrent worlds, lovely song,

[Tigger]

Hi Linda...

The JJ club..??.... did that become Bobby's Club around 1970/71......

...and even though it wasn't a Cabaret Club - anyone remember The Silver Moon (off Dantzic Street), used to owned by Ted Barry... he then sold it to Pete Farrel around 1972

[Tigger]

Mavis....

Is it .. Lee Lawrence & The Coronets... as for Two Different Worlds, I recollect Englebert recorded that tune (which hails from around 1955/56 by the way)

[mavis]

Hi Maggs,
Lee lawrence also made a hit with crying in the chapel and Beggar in love, I looked it up on Google

[june]

Hi Tiger ,remember the silver moon well me an my hub Ray used to go in there quite alot also Remember Ted Barry infact we went in there after our wedding august 1970 Ray & Bro Billy new Ted well, they had barrows in town and a warehouse not far from Dantzic st ,Ray just been telling me he knew Pete Farrel to who changed the name from silver moon to Patties

[Tigger]

Hi June..

Patty's along with 'Kellys' was another club and just around the corner from the Silver Moon ... Pete Farrel used to work the markets as well. His Wife, Sheila used to work the bar.

The place where I used to get my suits and shirts in the 70's & 80's (Rosenfields) was at the entrance to the alleyway leading to the club...
In fact... if you walk alongside the metrolink at Shudehill towards Dantzic street.. and if you look to your left you will STILL see that alleyway - abeit one side of it.

[linda]

well you lot have made my night all the clubs and the same people we all knew I wonder if any of us actually has a drink together.
If you go to Monroes on piccadilly on a Weds 4 till 8pm you will catch a lot of the old crowd there Free and easy it is and all the old time singers get up and do a turn.
Linda

[Belinda]

Hey Bodzy,Was Shane fenton Alvin stardust? He's the only one I remember wearing a leather glove.

[bodzy3]

hi Belinda Yes your dead right he changed his name later on didnt he , i remember he always wore black with the black glove , and he was the only artist to come on the Southern and mime his songs , he didnt last long they fired him off very soon

[frankwalsh]

Hi all, speaking of the singers from the fifties what about David Whitfield, what happened to him? is he still alive? he had a great voice.

[maggs]

hi Frank i didnt like him much david whitfield, he was up for indecent behaviour or sumat like that

[june]

hi frank just been on google an it says David Whitfield died in `1980 in Sidney Australia ..

[maggs]

i like Edmond Hockeridge he was good singer

[Lisa]

Hi Belinda, Shane Fenton WAS Alvin Stardust and he lived with Liza Goddard in Muswell Hill when I lived there and I would often see them queueing up at my green-grocery store on a Saturday for their vegetables. Liza now lives in the country with her new partner and loves the country quiet life.

Jun 3, 2008 19:58:04 GMT -1 Belinda said:

Hey Bodzy,Was Shane fenton Alvin stardust? He's the only one I remember wearing a leather glove.