mavis
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Post by mavis on Aug 30, 2008 15:46:50 GMT -1
Hi Bodzy,
Saw your entry somewhere about Eddie Jones, from Gorton, I think it might be the Eddie jones who was in my class at school, had a younge brother Georgie and also an older brother, can't remember his name.We had a a teacher who was very small called Mr. Brown and Eddie Jones locked him in a cupboard once. We were all to scared to go and tell the headmaster so had to just sit and listen to him banging on the door to be let out!!!It wasn't util a prefect came in to collect the late list and found us all sitting there without a teacher, he went and told the headmaster.Don't think he lasted long at our school after that!!!
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Post by OLLY on Aug 30, 2008 16:18:04 GMT -1
HIYA MAVE ...GOOD STOREY THAT WITH EDDIE JONES A REMEMBER HIM ....BUT HE KNOCKED ABOUT WITH A DIFFERENT CROWD........IM FROM DOWN MOUNT RD GORTON......
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Post by june on Sept 3, 2008 12:07:02 GMT -1
does anyone remember a club i think was called the Astoria had live irish bands playing remeber going with some friends can't remember where it was though  ;D |
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Post by OLLY on Sept 3, 2008 13:29:22 GMT -1
does anyone remember a club i think was called the Astoria had live irish bands playing remeber going with some friends can't remember where it was though ;D hiya june......  ..was the club in rawtenstall.....buy any chance |
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Post by june on Sept 3, 2008 14:32:03 GMT -1
don't think so olly don't remember going to far outside the town
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Post by Lisa on Sept 3, 2008 15:26:50 GMT -1
Wasnt the Astoria Club just off the Oldham Road? does anyone remember a club i think was called the Astoria had live irish bands playing remeber going with some friends can't remember where it was though ;D hiya june...... ..was the club in rawtenstall.....buy any chance |
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Post by bodzy3 on Sept 3, 2008 15:35:04 GMT -1
does anyone remember a club i think was called the Astoria had live irish bands playing remeber going with some friends can't remember where it was though ;D The Astoria Club that I went to with live irsh bands was on Cambridge street almost opposite the Dental Hospital and it stood back of the road about 30yrds and you walked to the main door to be greeted by two very big bouncers i think thats the right on or could be Shorocks dance hall botton of Brunswick St where Bridie Gallaghar used to br the main singer |
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Post by angela on Sept 3, 2008 16:09:56 GMT -1
There was an Irish club called something like The Ardri-prob spelt wrong.Think it was near Whitworth st.
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Post by Alan on Sept 3, 2008 16:27:38 GMT -1
Olly,
Thanks for your help. I would have thought more people would have recognised the old Belle Vue, as the place has been talked about a lot on here.
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Post by OLLY on Sept 3, 2008 17:02:23 GMT -1
Olly, Thanks for your help. I would have thought more people would have recognised the old Belle Vue, as the place has been talked about a lot on here. HI AL..... ......DIDNT QUITE RECOGNISE IT BUT DID A LITTLE DETECTIVE WORK.......THE BUILDING IS I BELIEVE THE BREWERY THE BOBS WAS TO THE RIGHT OF IT........TO THE LEFT WAS THE WALL OF DEATH........IN FRONT I THINK THERE WERE SIDE STALLS SHOOTING GALLERY.....(RIFLES).......ECT...... |
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Post by linda on Sept 3, 2008 20:50:46 GMT -1
tony hulme hasn't changed one little bit he is still immaculate goes in Monroes onLondon Rd. Did anyone remeber Tony Marsden at the Pomona and Rene Rythmn
Linda
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Post by bodzy3 on Sept 3, 2008 23:21:07 GMT -1
There was an Irish club called something like The Ardri-prob spelt wrong.Think it was near Whitworth st. your so right the club that i was thinking about was the Ardri opposite the dental on Cambridge Street and not the astoria the only astoria i can think of was in Hyde Town Centre |
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Post by bodzy3 on Sept 3, 2008 23:25:03 GMT -1
Hi Bodzy, I couldnt believe it when I read your reply to Codger. The name of Angela Rossi rang a bell. Surely this is the Angela Rossi who lived near me in Brookhouse Flats. The Rossi family were infamous in West Gorton. Alphonse her brother especially. They had an elder sister Doreen and a younger sister called Lily. I think there was also a younger brother called Antonio (Tony). Their mother was English and their father Italian and everyone was outside on their balconies to watch the "bobbies" taking Mr.Rossi away. He was accompanied by two other Italians wearing the green prison garb with black diamonds stitched on to strategic parts. Apparently they had been interred on Mellands fields on Mount Road, which was a prisoner of war camp. When I asked my Dad why they had these patches on the uniform he said they were there for the guards to aim their guns at to bring them down. Especially behind the kneecaps and elbows. During the war Italians were imprisoned because of Mussolini's involvement with Hitler. Angela was "tough nut" then and was always getting people to join her gang. I got on the wrong side of her one day, probably not wanting to be friends with her and we had a big fight. I was always a quiet type of girl but I wasnt going to let her get the better of me, so it was a real humdinger of a fight. We ended up with some children egging us on and my Mum came running down three flights of stairs to split us up. I think that was my first and last fight ever. But she never came near me again. I often wonder what happened to them all as Angela and Alphonse were always lightfingered as youngsters. marie. Marie you Got the right Angie Rossi |
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Post by june on Sept 4, 2008 5:06:01 GMT -1
Wasnt the Astoria Club just off the Oldham Road? hiya june...... ..was the club in rawtenstall.....buy any chance hi lisa there was an irish club on oldham rd think it was called the osborne used to be a picture house before the Empress ithink |
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Post by june on Sept 4, 2008 5:07:31 GMT -1
thanks guys for trying ,Whithy grove seems to come to mind....
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Post by kayeff on Oct 5, 2008 12:51:52 GMT -1
Don't forget the original Northern Sporting Club on Rochdale Road Harpurhey...opened by Bill Benny and Jack McCall.[not Dougie Flood]....Bernard Manning was the first compere he only sang then....no comedy...then Tony Hume was resident.....Jackie Carlton was a regular..also the act that mimed to 'Rawhide' was Jimmy Gordon not Johnny ''Goon'' Tweed...I lived in Harpurhey and was always there
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Post by bodzy3 on Oct 5, 2008 14:23:49 GMT -1
thanks guys for trying ,Whithy grove seems to come to mind.... hey june i checked out the astoria club in town with a friend of mine and he tells me there was one bottom of tib Street where the Nero cafe is now it was up the stairs , he says there was a lift to take you up to the second floor , I dont remember it but he swears it was , which brings me to the place opposite there which i wonder if any body remembers the Piccadilly Pub , the windows on the ground floor that are now part of the big store Debenhams on Tib street was the Piccadilly Pub but there were no Irirsh bands playing there |
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Post by Tigger on Oct 6, 2008 9:47:35 GMT -1
Hi June,
Bodzy's answer would be nearer to the mark if (as you say) Whithy Grove comes to mind...
There was, of course The Astoria on Plymouth Grove which was a well known Irish Club in the 1960's (and possibly beyond) with popular and local groups such as Freddie & The Dreamers, The Donnegal Four, Lee Paul, The Renegades, Wayne Gordon, Danny & The Dominators and The Talismen 'doing the rounds'
The club later became The Carousel then the International2. It was there (Astoria) that the Gallagher Brother's Mother & Father (Peggy-Thomas) first met.
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Post by june on Oct 6, 2008 10:19:24 GMT -1
woo hoo thats the one tigger knew it as the carousel too but could'nt remember the name ;D thankyou had many a good nite in there wi me mates Ann an Linda Leech ;D..
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Post by june on Oct 6, 2008 10:31:04 GMT -1
mean't to say was getting mixed up in me groves ;D  |
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Post by june on Oct 6, 2008 10:51:15 GMT -1
thanks guys for trying ,Whithy grove seems to come to mind.... hey june i checked out the astoria club in town with a friend of mine and he tells me there was one bottom of tib Street where the Nero cafe is now it was up the stairs , he says there was a lift to take you up to the second floor , I dont remember it but he swears it was , which brings me to the place opposite there which i wonder if any body remembers the Piccadilly Pub , the windows on the ground floor that are now part of the big store Debenhams on Tib street was the Piccadilly Pub but there were no Irirsh bands playing there hi Bodzy .. and thanks ...my Astoia was the one on Plymouth grove as tigger points out a was on the wrong grove ;D Ray says he remembers the pub / club on Tib st ..he says one of the best market/barrow pub was the glue pot great for cards an a lock in .. there wharehouse was on the same st ....many good pubs an clubs in town lots gone now ..mores the pity .. |
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Post by Sidor on Oct 21, 2008 14:31:24 GMT -1
Hi Bodzy3
Thought I would let you know that Bunny Lewis is still alive, A friend of mine spoke to Bunny's partner Mike to day Tuesday 21st October 2008, Bunny is at home he is in a bad way he has got cancer of the liver, We wish him the best of luck
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Post by roofingman on Nov 19, 2008 21:41:07 GMT -1
Hi Guys.....I do remember Lord Berty Topham and his valet (mellors) wrestling at the Alhambra sporting club....I have a foto of myself and a mate with a parrot at the Levenshulme sporting club..A lady was asking about Tony Marsden at the Pomona..that was always a good night with Renee Rhythym...Tony opened a club in Denton later on..I bought an EP and he sang some really poignant songs--I still have the EP....maybe Bodzy also remembers old mates of mine,,Nobby Carr,,Pete Maclaine,,Ian Ravin..(all still going)...My favorite pub was the Fallowfield especially upstairs on sat nites..Its nice to see the Kingsway pub is still going but then Holts and Sam Smiths pubs should all do well because of the cheap good beer... In the old days I liked the York club also the Petite Trianon and Trianon clubs......No wonder Sinclaires does well..A Sam smiths pub downtown at cheap prices..............................Ian..vancouver
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Post by norma on Nov 21, 2008 11:52:52 GMT -1
Bunny Lewis dies 2 weeks ago his funeral was last Friday
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Post by tony38337 on Jan 1, 2009 12:24:31 GMT -1
Bunny Lewis, Foo Foo? Soon there will be none of the old crowd, I suppose that's the downside of this end of life. What brilliant entertainers though. Can anyone remember the name of the drag act that used to play all the weird home made instruments? Used to wear an evening gown and looked quite sophisticated until the brass bedstead came out with a euphonium mouth piece and she would play something like Trumpets Voluntary, wow what a pair of lungs!
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Post by mauger on Jan 17, 2009 14:45:26 GMT -1
Hi Folks!
Does Anyone remember Tiffanys on Oxford road.with the resident group The nocturnes Lynn paul sang with them?If you took a girl in there you odds on!
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Post by mauger on Jan 17, 2009 14:48:21 GMT -1
MISSED THE WORD OUT( WERE):- )
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Post by bodzy3 on Jan 17, 2009 21:02:55 GMT -1
Hi Folks! Does Anyone remember Tiffanys on Oxford road.with the resident group The nocturnes Lynn paul sang with them?If you took a girl in there you odds on Hi Folks! Does Anyone remember Tiffanys on Oxford road.with the resident group The nocturnes Lynn paul sang with them?If you took a girl in there you odds on! |
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Post by Kay on Apr 2, 2009 11:17:23 GMT -1
I remeber the chez joey your right it was a cosy place, but my main memory was ... the first time I had encountered red flock wallpaper. I thought it was so POSH. and was it true ... the rumour went around that Bill Benny , a big guy , met.him a few times , his hobby was knitting?  ? did he die in bed in a delicate situation with a lady??? or has my memory got it wrong and what happened to Tony Hulme , great voice I agree. |
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? did he die in bed in a delicate situation with a lady??? or has my memory got it wrong and what happened to Tony Hulme , great voice I agree.