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Post by bodzy3 on Jun 9, 2008 17:23:47 GMT -1
Hi Bodzy, did you see my posting about Sharon Osborne's father bringing out Gene Vincent, remember the name now it was Don Arden, do you remember him? Yeah I remember Don Arden ,"The Gangster " He was manager for ELO and Black Saberth and Small Faces as well , he used to get people Knee-capped it they annoyed him He was born in Cheetam Hill Manchester and his real name was Harry Levy ,hes dead now sometimes know as the Godfather of Rock |
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Post by norma on Jun 10, 2008 7:41:24 GMT -1
Hi Mavis - I used to live near Reddish Bridge in GOrton till 1968 then moved to Abbey Hey now in Stockport
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Post by bodzy3 on Jun 10, 2008 13:18:56 GMT -1
Hi Mavis - I used to live near Reddish Bridge in GOrton till 1968 then moved to Abbey Hey now in Stockport Oh Norma you've crossed that line at the Bulls head ,that means you're no longer a Manc yoy've deserted us Mancs , now your street cred will hit rock bottom being a stockportodian or whatever they call them selfs up there ,only joking did you live at the back of the Friendship pub on Hyde Road and near where did you live in Abbey Hey bodzy |
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Post by Tigger on Jun 10, 2008 15:06:09 GMT -1
Blimey... thats a memory jerker Bodzy... The Friendship.... a 'family' watering hole (amongst other things in the 50's and 60's... sorry.... [visions of the past]... please carry on.
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Post by bodzy3 on Jun 10, 2008 16:40:43 GMT -1
Well Tigger the first pub i had a drink in was the Sportsman just of Hyde Rd opposite Wellington Street , Hengist Street its called now,but for a few years The Pomona on Reddish Lane or the Suburban on Gorton Cross Street were my locals
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Post by Tigger on Jun 10, 2008 19:27:12 GMT -1
ahhh yes... The Pomona... only went in there when the family was visiting. Correct me if i'm wrong but I seem to recall that at the back of the Pub there were some steps that led down to the tow-path (when the canal was there).... I know there were some from Waterhouse Street on the other side.
The 'Subby' had a pretty good darts team for quite a while.. pool team wasn't all that good though...lol.
and talking of Hengist Street... where it meets Far Lane.. there used to be an old gas lamp (converted) with the ladder rests still attached... used to climb the stone wall and swing on 'em... ahhh memories.
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Post by norma on Jun 11, 2008 8:40:39 GMT -1
Bodzy - I lived in Friendship Avenue (Friendship pub on corner) then lived in Sandown Street in Abbey Hey. Attended Varna streeet secondary 1958-1963
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Post by bodzy3 on Jun 12, 2008 19:15:24 GMT -1
Hi Norma & Tigger ,I know the pub and Friendship Ave very well also Sandown St off Vine Street, I used to go to Varna St School on a Tuesday and Thursday for woodwork and metal work lessons I remember making my first poker at metalwork dead proud I was as well when i took it home to show everyone,it didnt last long though,it got bent when i tried changing a tyre with it Oh well ....hey tigger Ive swung on that old gas lamp myself , i used to knock about with a fella that lived in the last street cant think of the name of it , but it was the one that was unadopted, dead rough ,no tarmac or concrete on the road he lived at the top house on the left as the road went round to the blacksmiths on Hyde Road, Alan Poole was his name used to get called "Puddle" and the Suburban was the only pub I ever got barred from in my life for fighting and the landlord was a mate of my dads , Johnny King the ex boxer , so glad he only barred me and never hit me cos I 'd be dead now ,he was a hard man
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Post by norma on Jun 13, 2008 7:47:12 GMT -1
Bodzy - have to reply as you may well be an old mate of my brother as his mate was Alan (Puddle) Poole who lived near Brookfield church. Also which school did you go to I remember St James lads coming to our school for woodwork & metal work with I think it was Mr Judd & Mr Jordan
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Post by bodzy3 on Jun 13, 2008 14:32:36 GMT -1
Norma ,its Me again I went to St james School i left in 1956 after having about 3 pints in the Sportsman Inn on Hengist St , I was feeling a little drunk when I went back for my school leavers certificate " oh if I could get drunk on 3 pints nowadays I save some money " and you got the right names as well for the teachers ,one was a small fussy haired on and the other was a bit bald but taller , the only lad I think i remember from around Frienship Ave that knocked about with us and puddle was Keith Kershaw , who joined the Royal Navy with another local lad , is either of them your brother ??
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Post by norma on Jun 16, 2008 6:34:29 GMT -1
Bodzy, I think you are around same age as my brothers Alan & David Darbyshire. Bit before my time I went to Varna 1958-1963. Think Keith Kershaw lived a couple of streets away from me. The other lad may have been Eric Dagleish (I knew their sisters). I think they used to go in a Cafe on Reddish Lane near the Pomona.
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Post by bodzy3 on Jun 16, 2008 17:33:07 GMT -1
Norma I've spoken to my brother about Alan and Dave about your brothers and he remembers them he says ,and I know the name of Eric Dalgleish but I cant put a face to it , but yes we all went in Bill's cafe next to the Pomona (thats when we couldn't afford a pint ) Also Eddie Jones , Harry Simpson , Me , our Kid , Puddle ,Les Scholes,Jack Carrs,Jimmy Little and a few others that I cant recall their names , I've got a photo of us all outside Bill's cafe ,this was taken just after Keith went in the navy and Ive got another of a crowd of us in the Pomona about the same time
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Post by linda on Jun 16, 2008 19:56:50 GMT -1
Hi Bodzy Tony is still around and goes in Monroes,
still the same smart guy from the old days
Linda
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Post by bodzy3 on Jun 17, 2008 21:30:48 GMT -1
Hi Bodzy Tony is still around and goes in Monroes, still the same smart guy from the old days Linda Linda when you say Tony , do you mean Tony Hulme??? if you do he must be older than God , do you go in Monroe's ?? I know Alan the manager (if hes still there) and also my old taxi driver boss George has his wife working there for the last few years, ive been in a few times with a crowd after coming out of the Nelson on a Wednesday night, not really my scene , but each to his/her own bodzy |
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Post by Tigger on Jun 18, 2008 5:11:32 GMT -1
ahhhhh....memories all.. Remember when the Silver Moon on Dantzic Place (off Dantizc Street) was mentioned, well... I remember when Pete Farrel (and his missus) took over, they created/turned it into a sort of disco (cool in them days a'la Kelly's and Patsy's). Anyone remember when the DJ played 'lovey dovey' time  at 1am for about 15 minutes to allow the fellahs to shuffle onto the dancefloor with (or sometimes for  ) their girlfriends. And used to finish with 'These things will keep me loving you' (Velvelettes)... awwwww... Wondered if anyone who met on the dancefloor - ANY dancefloor - are still together...  |
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Post by june on Jul 1, 2008 15:50:15 GMT -1
hi tigger i remeber doin a bit of smoochen with my hubby at Kellys /silver moon ,do you remeber the Picador club in the next st and the Bossanova club nr Victoria station  |
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Post by Tigger on Jul 2, 2008 10:31:13 GMT -1
Hi June....
Certainly do. Mr Pearson's (Foo Foo) first club - certainly before The Celebrity (The Palace). Frank used to pop in to the Silver Moon on a Sunday night to see what 'the rough lot' were up to (I reckoned so he could get a free 'chicken n chips in the basket').
The Bossanova rings a bell... but never went there.
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Post by bodzy3 on Jul 2, 2008 11:20:38 GMT -1
Hi June.... Certainly do. Mr Pearson's (Foo Foo) first club - certainly before The Celebrity (The Palace). Frank used to pop in to the Silver Moon on a Sunday night to see what 'the rough lot' were up to (I reckoned so he could get a free 'chicken n chips in the basket'). The Bossanova rings a bell... but never went there. Tigger ,the Bossanova was on the corner of Todd Street and Millgate right next to Victoria Station up one flight of stairs I forgot who had it first but an old gambling mate of mine bought it after a big win , the name everybody knew him by was Chick They used to call him the Black Prince, and just outside was a Greek flower - seller who had a barrow which him and his girl friend used to work untill he won about £15,000 on the pools then h went into he cafe business , he now runs the smallest pub in Manchester on Portland Street "the Circus Tavern " George the Greek |
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Post by june on Jul 2, 2008 16:52:33 GMT -1
hiya Bodzy ,ray knew Chick well And later his son Rob he also remembers George the greek, Ray an his brothers had barrows in back piccadily an later in Church st ..they also had a wharehouse next to the Lonsdale club owned by jack Dillon does anyone remember it
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Post by taffydee48 on Jul 2, 2008 17:26:28 GMT -1
hello Norma
Our first home when we got married(1966) was in Friendship Avenue, a two up, two down, but it was OURS! even after all these years I can remember the thrill of opening the front door of our first home as a couple!. Sold it eventually about 1970.. moved back to Wales (work related) Different expectations for newly weds these days,
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Post by Tigger on Jul 2, 2008 21:23:49 GMT -1
Hiya Bodzy..
Cheers for the info... still don't remember the club though I DO recollect the name 'Chick'.
June.. further info on the Picador/Patty's/Kelly's...
The Picador was on Hanover Street in between Dantzic and Shudehill. Patty's and Kelly's were one of the same (but at different times) and was situated on Amber Street with ran from Hanover Street to Bradshaw Street.
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Post by norma on Jul 3, 2008 12:19:39 GMT -1
Taffy - you must have lived ther when I did. I lived at 32 till 1968 but my late mother lived there until she died in 1994
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Post by june on Jul 5, 2008 6:07:03 GMT -1
Does anyone remember the Ponderosa club behind the express just off oldham rd an a bit further up behind Grannellis the regency club ??
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Post by june on Jul 5, 2008 12:53:32 GMT -1
the Ponerosa club was owned by the Mancinin falmily
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Post by Tigger on Jul 5, 2008 14:13:46 GMT -1
Hi June, I remember a Ponderosa Club on the East Lans Road a few years back... obviously that aint the one though.... Did The Ponderosa later become The Express Club  |
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Post by lin on Jul 5, 2008 14:26:33 GMT -1
TIGGER CAN'T YOU KEEP STILL? YOU'RE MAKING ME DIZZY ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Tigger on Jul 5, 2008 14:36:04 GMT -1
Hiya Lin....
like HOW would you like me to keep still... on my front... my back....in a coffin (well some say i'm old and infirmed... I say - 'see ya down in a Manchester club sometime'..) ;D
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Post by Lisa on Jul 5, 2008 15:12:56 GMT -1
Hi June, I've got a photograph of me at one of those clubs taken in 1964 and if I can get it on here, I'll let you have a peep. They had a photographer with a monkey and he made you pose with it in your arms. The monkey ended up with its hand down the top of my dress......obviously been trained by the photographer.  Does anyone remember the Ponderosa club behind the express just off oldham rd an a bit further up behind Grannellis the regency club ?? |
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Post by lin on Jul 5, 2008 16:07:29 GMT -1
HI TIGGER...YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BURN OUT...A CAT ON ACID ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by june on Jul 6, 2008 6:05:52 GMT -1
Hi June, I remember a Ponderosa Club on the East Lans Road a few years back... obviously that aint the one though.... Did The Ponderosa later become The Express Club it did tigger ,a remember a lot of the express men using the ponderosa |
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at 1am for about 15 minutes to allow the fellahs to shuffle onto the dancefloor with (or sometimes for 
) their girlfriends. And used to finish with 'These things will keep me loving you' (Velvelettes)... awwwww... Wondered if anyone who met on the dancefloor - ANY dancefloor - are still together... 
