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Post by ETERNAL FLAME on Apr 2, 2009 13:42:41 GMT -1
I must be the pup around here ( yea! right in me dreams ) I can only remember the Southern sporting club been on Birch street Gorton opposite the Imperial pub and it changed it's name to Stone-ground. Where us long haired lot of no goods use to hang out ;D
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Post by linda on Apr 2, 2009 19:20:53 GMT -1
that is correct
Linda
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Post by bodzy3 on Apr 3, 2009 3:40:18 GMT -1
What was correct Linda  ?........... Mike being the pup ...or him being a long haired no-good Hey only kidding bodzy |
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Post by bodzy3 on Apr 11, 2009 6:45:48 GMT -1
Tigger, Those downstairs public toilets you refer to have now been turned into a Bar, can you believe it?  Oh my giddy Aunt..... your havin' me on... pull the other chain ;D... whats this place called... 'Room With A Loo' Hi Tigger you were nearly right with the name but it was called "The Temple of Convienece" and the manager was a guy called Johnny Booth who later opened the bar near the MRI called" Big Hands" bodzy |
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Post by Tigger on Apr 15, 2009 20:13:35 GMT -1
Hiya Bodzy,
My oh my .. whatever next... wonder if they came up with the name on piece of toilet paper. Mind you, there is a number of 'Houses of Convenience' in Singapore... but they don't sell alcohol....
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Post by roofingman on Apr 16, 2009 4:37:05 GMT -1
Bodzy..did you ever go in the Riversdale club--near Alexandra park..Withington...I had my stag night there in 1964...they had a great little trio---roulette wheels and chemin-di-fer.....many of the guests wore dinner jackets etc.....quite elegant but full of ladies of the evening.............Also did you know Jackies club near The Midland..(Crowne Plaza)......any stories...??.....thanks Ian..vancouver..
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Post by mavis on Apr 24, 2009 1:18:58 GMT -1
Hi Bodzy had an email, from I think it must be Alan Black from the southern Sporting club?? He wants to know what happened to sid elgar
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Post by bodzy3 on Apr 24, 2009 3:09:20 GMT -1
Hi Mavis dont panic ive got every message you sent the private ones and the e-mail ones so i'll answer with an e-mail that covers the lot
bodzy
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Post by kayeff on May 11, 2009 18:07:40 GMT -1
Tony Hulme can still be seen around the Newton Heath Moston areas...although i don't think he sings professionally now....anyone remember Pat O'Hare...lives in Saddleworth now
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Post by bestwest on Feb 16, 2011 13:20:23 GMT -1
This thread brought back lots of happy memories for me. As a 16 / 17 year old I used to frequent Amigo's and The Oasis in the early sixties - these were soft drinks only establishments.
As time progressed, Thursday night was The Luxor Club stag night where Jackie Carlton was the compere and comics such as Al Showman and Jack Diamond plied their trade.
Saturday night saw me and my mate Trev from Reddish meeting in the Old Moseley Arms on Shudehill and ,after downing a couple of pints, embarking on a round-town crawl or a trip down to Cross Lane Salford where there was always entertainment on tap - either a group or a fight.
If we stayed in Manchester and had any funds left over after visiting Liston's - Seftons -The Town Hall Tavern and others,you could find us in The Bossa Nova - The Black Cat or The Amber Moon. But there was another club in the area on Bradshaw Street called the Pigalle ( we never went in ) which I've never seen mentioned on any of the Manchester-related forums. Does anybody on manmates have any memories of this establishment ?
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Post by cabbyjohn on Feb 17, 2011 13:35:43 GMT -1
This thread brought back lots of happy memories for me. As a 16 / 17 year old I used to frequent Amigo's and The Oasis in the early sixties - these were soft drinks only establishments. As time progressed, Thursday night was The Luxor Club stag night where Jackie Carlton was the compere and comics such as Al Showman and Jack Diamond plied their trade. Saturday night saw me and my mate Trev from Reddish meeting in the Old Moseley Arms on Shudehill and ,after downing a couple of pints, embarking on a round-town crawl or a trip down to Cross Lane Salford where there was always entertainment on tap - either a group or a fight. If we stayed in Manchester and had any funds left over after visiting Liston's - Seftons -The Town Hall Tavern and others,you could find us in The Bossa Nova - The Black Cat or The Amber Moon. But there was another club in the area on Bradshaw Street called the Pigalle ( we never went in ) which I've never seen mentioned on any of the Manchester-related forums. Does anybody on manmates have any memories of this establishment ? Hiya bestwest. You and I must have been using the same clubs round about the same time, because I went in to all of them in the early 60s. it's just possible that we may have even fought. The night wasn't usually over until you had had a scrap with somebody or other. the big difference was that in those days there were no knives or guns If you knocked somebody down. it wasn't considered to be the gentlemany thing to jump up and down on their heads, you let them get up and walk away to fight another day. A favourite trick used to be that if you didn't fancy a fight when somebody challenged you, you put your fingers in the top breast pocket of their suits and threaten to rip the pocket out. (Everybody wore suits in those days, Remember the Walter Peart suits that all the market lads wore? massive wide shoulders). This was usually enough to put off a fight for a while, nobody wanted to get his suit ruined for the sake of a punch up. |
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Post by bestwest on Feb 18, 2011 13:26:44 GMT -1
Hiya cabbyjohn - Walter Peart - that's jogged the old brain cells. I think his shop was in Stephenson Square. I never owned one as I worked at the CWS on Balloon Street and got my suits, sweaters and Swedish nylon button-down collar shirts ( trendy ) at wholesale price.
In the late 50's I got my made-to-measures from Burtons all roll collars, covered link button and two jetted breast pockets. God we were the bees knees. And what about the matching tie and handkerchief sets where the hanky was sewn on a piece of card. Cool or what ?
Love the story about the fingers in the breast pocket - not heard that one before.
I also remember going to the local pub and Monday to Thursday it was jumper and jeans but it was always a suit and tie at the weekend even on a Sunday lunchtime session. Happy days.
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Post by cabbyjohn on Feb 18, 2011 13:46:05 GMT -1
Hiya cabbyjohn - Walter Peart - that's jogged the old brain cells. I think his shop was in Stephenson Square. I never owned one as I worked at the CWS on Balloon Street and got my suits, sweaters and Swedish nylon button-down collar shirts ( trendy ) at wholesale price. In the late 50's I got my made-to-measures from Burtons all roll collars, covered link button and two jetted breast pockets. God we were the bees knees. And what about the matching tie and handkerchief sets where the hanky was sewn on a piece of card. Cool or what ? Love the story about the fingers in the breast pocket - not heard that one before. I also remember going to the local pub and Monday to Thursday it was jumper and jeans but it was always a suit and tie at the weekend even on a Sunday lunchtime session. Happy days. Hiya bestwest, I am laughing here. No self respecting bloke would be seen dead in a suit without a silk hanky in his breast pocket. ( As you said, usually a scrap of cloth on a card ). I had one mate who was being chased down the street by a gang. They were gaining on him, he was on a good hiding to nothing. Suddenly he spotted a dollop of dog s**t on the floor in front of him. he quickly scooped it up, turned around and threatened to wipe it into the face of the first one to come near him. Needless to say they backed off and he walked away clutching his precious cargo until he was safely out of reach. When we registered our disgust when he told us, he replied that he would much sooner have a hand full of s**t, than a battered in face looking like it! ;D |
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Post by bestwest on Feb 18, 2011 15:20:50 GMT -1
Good story cabbyjohn - an experience I remember, and still smile about, happened one Saturday night in Salford when we were calling at The Angel prior to heading to Cross Lane. It was absolutely sheeting down,cats and dogs, and as we approached the entrance there was a little old man lying in the gutter. We helped him to his feet and guided him into the pub and sat him the corner of the vault. I went to the bar and ordered two pints of bitter and half of mild . The landlord,whose name I've long forgotten, looked enquiringly at me and asked who the half was for, where-upon I pointed to the old chap. " You pi****ck " he said " I've just thrown him out "
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Post by cabbyjohn on Feb 19, 2011 16:08:20 GMT -1
Hi Codger Well You remember a few old mates of mine at the Southern Sporting Club ........ Eddie Jones was one of the lads we knocked about with from just before leaving school, one of our mates was a steeplejack who fell from a chimney and Eddie married his wife Amy we, drank together ,fought together , and by the sounds of that loved together , ive still got a few photos of Jones'ie and us lot dont get me wrong he was probably one of the hardest men to come out of Gorton in them days Still see him from time to time ,up to just recent he was working the door at the new pub on Debdale "the Bandstand" Still is an old mate ,, then Big Pete Ogden a mountain of a man but a gentle giant when he had to be , started on the coal rounds ,used to carry a coal-sack full with one hand , met him years later we both worked for the same security firm now he is living in an old peoples home in Wthenshawe Road ,his health is not good but if you remember Pete ( and who wouldnt ) you might remember Georgie Taylor his No 1 sidekick who not only worked the doors with but used to wrestle in the ring with him George wrestled under the name of Monty Brition ... two smashing fellas I'm proud to have as old mates and there all still in the land of the living
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Hi. Bodzy3,
It's lovely to read about your experiences of the pubs and clubs and characters from the old days. I was particularly pleased to hear about Pete Ogden and George Taylor. They both worked with me when we worked at ICL in West Gorton in the 70s. Like you said, Pete was a giant of a man, and unless provoked was a gentle giant. George Taylor was best mates with Maxton G Beasley, who was a great impressionist and the father of Max Beasley the actor of today. I remember as a youngster of 15 working at Fred Dawes on London Rd with Max senior, who was about the same age as me. He was a mad keen drummer even in those days.
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Post by cabbyjohn on Feb 19, 2011 16:20:12 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 Sharon Osbourne of X factor fame is the daughter of the late Don Arden. |
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Post by elainegregory on Feb 19, 2011 23:25:53 GMT -1
Anyone remember Ken Worral, not a bad singer, what ever happened to him, used to sing in the white lion in Hyde, also the pamona, in Reddish,, Renie Rythem, what a night that used to be, you could always have a good night there, with some remarkable acts, but she was always the star of the show
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Post by OLLY on Feb 20, 2011 6:19:58 GMT -1
HIYA ELAINE.....I USED TO HAVE A GOOD LAUGH WHEN RENIE RYTHM MADE HER APPEARANCE WALKIN DOWN THE STAIRCASE....  AND THE WAITERS WER A BIT COLOURFUL TOO.... |
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Post by disorder84 on Mar 20, 2011 11:09:23 GMT -1
Can anyone tell me exactly where the Afrique Club was? Im doing some research into it but cant find any info on what building it was. All that I can find was it was open around the 70s and near central station.
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Post by codger on Mar 29, 2011 14:23:49 GMT -1
The Afrique was up some stairs just past the Britons Protection and on the way to the Hacienda on the opposite corner, facing the back end of Central Station. It was above a shop/showroom I cannot remember what, just past the alleyway behind the 'Brit,' went there on many a Sunday afternoon or after the pubs shut, saved travelling out to Moss Side.
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Post by reidycat on Apr 3, 2011 12:49:04 GMT -1
I i remember all those clubs and even worked as a dacer for the moss bros at the domino and the princess. also for tommy burke at the georgian. later i travelled all round the clubs in m/c and the rest of the country with Pat Mills the fantastic comedienne. worked with bunny and jackie also. great memories it's not the same now
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Post by roofingman on Apr 18, 2011 23:55:27 GMT -1
It is sad to see the state of the Pomona in Gorton...members on this thread mentioned Renee Rythmn but also Tony Marsden worked there for years--he would sing sad songs from the group Bread etc....I have an EP in Canada here made by Tony.......He would introduce the other artists and get excited if it was a good looking guy...telling the ladies that he fancied him too.....He opened his own club in Droylsden..??..or thereabouts later on...!!
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?........... Mike being the pup ...or him being a long haired no-good 
