old nightclubs in south shields

If Pete is still around you could use my email to get them together. Thanks for the memories though, and keep up the good work. Yes my mate the late Geordie Short was the drummer, they were regulars at the Bombers club and Central club and were resident band at the now demolished Mount Pleasant club until Geordie passed away. I also have a photograph of myself and Irish Comedian Dave Allan.It opened at a time when the casino had to be moved out of the nightclub and have a separate entrance.They housed the Casino upstairs next to sloopys. South Shields is a coastal town in the North East of England at the mouth of the River Tyne, about 3.7 miles (6.0 km) downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne. X. Drink and lack of sleep took its toll.The candle which I burnt at both ends went out in 1977. In 1967 I spent a short time singing with the Don Smith orchestra of the Oxford Galleries after we finished we always used the Cavendish club or Billy Bottos in Byker. However at night it became a private membership club with jazz being served up by some of the best musicians around. Jean, I wonder if you could share any photos you may have of Bloomers nightclub. They made an acetate demo at Morton Sound in Carliol Sq. The Del 5s drummer was Quentin (think thats how you spell it) Bernie Watsons brother cant think of the other sax player though. #11 of 20 Nightlife in South Shields. I spent so many happy weekends there in the 70s and remember being devastated when it closed down and we all had to transfer to the dolce. In this day and age, we could never have what we had back then. Quite a long time ago that Pete Wallis (ex Juncos and Gamblers) was trying to make contact with any of the Gamblers boys. Any information you have would be great. I have very blonde hair so Don Smith the band leader insisted on calling me Mike White. During his time working for the organisation he became aquainted with both Vince and Michael Lavaglio and Denis Stafford.. he always found them to be perfect gentlemen in his dealings both on a business and social level. Also played drums on I Keep Singing that same old song, Heavy Jelly (Skip Bifferty). Also played at Muscle In as I was friendly with the owner Walter McCrae. Ziggy's 19 Bars & Clubs By C9460ITmarkg June I knew John Harker ( he was a freind of my brother Gordon) and I do know Ray Huntley I will have to pass on your compliments. Where did his photos go? Alan Price was, I think, born in Jarrow and worked at the tax office. Ive lost touch with my dad who was the bouncer with Tommy at the go go club. Hi. Phila. The night club continued to host cabarets Freddy Starr, Mud and many many more for a few more years and was always called the Dolce Vita until it was renamed Walkers. Remember them all.. My Mam, Cathy worked in the Cavendish 60s 70s in the kitchen, my dad Eddy, worked in the cloakroom with Jack I worked in the cloakroom to help out a few times alongside Jack. I remember queueing to get inside where you went down lots of dark stairs to an amazingly even darker area with fantastically loud but mesmeric music. The summer of 1967 I emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada. Hello, this has been a great read. Closed to become Ocean & Collins and has since rebranded as Bliss and is now Voodoo. Yes Trever. Cheers. The Old Ship Inn (South Shields) - Tripadvisor Photo: sg Photo Sales 2.. THE 10 BEST South Shields Bars & Clubs - Tripadvisor Like George I have been looking for pics for years. I also spent many a Monday night at your home testing scotch with your folks and a feisty small terrier before you moved from Whitley Bay. My dad, George McGuinness, was the pianist at the Mayfair in the 60s. La Dolce Vita was situated on Low Friar Street not far from the Mayfair Ballroom. I have fond if hazy memories of that weekend! Id listen to the bands, be dazzled by the girls! My dad played with him in a band before the war as a lad in Newcastle. old nightclubs in south shields charles upham daughters Went to nearly all the clubs mentioned. Does anyone remember the Sands Club at Whitley Bay which is where I met my husband, his favourite haunts were the Old Vic Whitley Bay and also the Sovereign pub which was a good starting point for an evening out. Did you ever go to the Playground on Westgate road -about the same time as I have a very grainy photo of the outside and also way before that I loved going to the Dive Bar part of the Swallow Hotel on Newgate Street? He was a good friend many years ago. Youve managed to make a truly great website even better THANK YOU!!! i was told geoff used to have a club in NEWCASTLE called the dive bar, he sang and played GUITAR in the rooms my parents moved to SOUTH SHIELDS, CIRCA 68, I was born in 67, into the county hotel, where my mother died EIGHT YEARS later. 30 left on 9 February 2013. Good job with the website. I was born in a Newcastle club (the Hillfield on Grainger Park Road, which my parents owned) and spent a lot of my late teens at the Pickwick in Whitley Bay (my home town), with frequent trips to Newcastle and the big-city night spots, mainly the Agogo, followed by the Cavendish and the Dolce Vita, or Greys if we were a bit flush. AGE OF AQUARIUS future existence. In response to the comments about Bloomers on May 11th by George Sinclair, In particular a band member called Bill Mills. Hi Great site!! He told me he had a photo of Ronnie Kray with a bloke sitting on his knee! Happy days .most of the time.no mention of New Orleans jazz club at Forth Banks..I assisted on the door and behind the bar at timesand I used to play with a local band called The Pilgrims..named after the Arcade in Pilgrim street where we were based ..always used to end up at the Asia Chinese on Bath Lane where the cheapest thing on the menu was Curried chicken livers with boiled rice for 2 bob in old money Used to ring Ivan Birchells office and find out where they were playing. I dont suppose you have any photographs or memorabilia of any of the clubs you worked in I have memberships cards and entrance tickets but no photos! The Crusaders played La Stradas as resident band three times a week for over six years, but also played the big hotels, the Locarno in Sunderland, the Mayfair in Newcastle. Great site.Keep it up, Paul x. Used to visit all the above clubs including the strange Muscle Inn..the Downbeat was something else.I cant even remember a Gents toilet being there.but there was a backyard that we used! No ones mentioned Nelson Street jazz club. Many people (including myself) have mentioned photographs, or rather a lack of them and I wondered if it would be at all possible to make a plea for any photos your readers may have relating to 60s clubland 1972, Please forgive me if this is something youve already covered but photos bring back so many memories it may be worth another go? on drums (not Des Omally) and Maggie Miles vocals. Vogue. It was situated on the forth and fifth floor of a building at 1 Pink Lane, opposite Bowers restaurant. Cant anyone remember a local band used to play in the dolce la vita called the bits and pieces? At 3.10 a pint they should be kept in better condition. Alfie. Thursday nights at the Agogo were the highlights of my week thats when the big-name touring acts played there, and admission was seven shillings and sixpence. Oh how I wish I couldve been there! Robbie use to lean out of the passenger window as they were driving around shouting LOOK NO HANDS ! away from him: Jeffrey managed the ANIMALS & JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE like small club bands. Anyone coming to the club during that period would have had to have been let in by me. i used to go to the old cellar club in south Shields i/m sure it did/nt sell alcohol then, any way my mam bought me a can can petticoat and it was made of lace that was starched and when us girs sat down the petticoat was a massive sea of lace and our [sussies and stockings] were often on view!! Most of the lads my age in 1972 aspired to have their hair like the lovely Marc Bolan. I came up to Newcastle in 1968 when the clubs in london were on the way out. Later, graduated on to the Cavendish and Greys, dont know what happened to Sect. Spent lots of time at the Club Ago Go on Percy Street and at Windows listening to the latest music in the booths wearing headphones. 69 Club Westgate Street plus MANY social clubs all around the North East. I was really 56 but had big hair and platforms. Hi David, great to hear from someone who worked in so many places, back in the disco days, doing such an important job by providing the fab music. Thank you again Roger Im now in trouble for being late for an appointment as Ive just read through all of the comments again!!! Sixties and seventies I had 7 music and record shops around Tyneside so was involved with the discos and nightclubs dance music sounds and strings. I loved the clubs The downbeat where the animals used to play, great memories to treasure. Getting your hand stamped if you wanted to get into The Jazz Lounge (I was always too young and had to make do with The Young Set, which I reckon had a better atmosphere anyway!). Ive exhausted all avenues looking for answers. Hi I used to go to most of the clubs and dance halls in Newcastle the Gogo Downbeat Dolce Oxford Galleries but mostly the Majestic Ballroom where I first saw Rue and the Rockets who were from Carlisle and are still playing. Ziggy's 19 Bars & Clubs By C9460ITmarkg I can still remember the feeling of excitement as you stepped down each dark stair til you opened the door and the whole place came alive, with music, gorgeous people and the amazing music which never sounded the same anywhere else and still doesnt! Its a good job my parents never heard about the murder that took place there in the mid 70s. My memories of that time are very hazy, I know we had good times, I just cannot remember many of them. Change Is opened with a flourish on 9th February 1969 with a promise of first class entertainment from the best acts around. If you went there please let me know. thankyou for bringing back fantastic memories every one. The photos are of the Crusaders (with manager Dave Golden in the dark suit) and the Crusaders with Jimmy Tarbuck and Ray Ellington in 1963. Wow, this is very interesting information, Im Mark Ward Im the son of Chuck & Kathy Ward, along with Mike Jeffries they founded the Marimba in High Bridge and were true sultans of the Jazz and Latin America music scene in Newcastle, I have always been searching for information and any photographs of the Marimba, on searching I have always been a bit let down that my father has never had any mention for the part they played in this cool and underground scene, when everybody else was bopping. My dad Bob Stephenson (pianist) played at both La Dolce Vita and La Strada. Heres a reminder of some of those Newcastle clubs and venues and where they were. Happy days! Just been reading a comment from Pete Wallis from May 2015. Thank you. It was fun to meet and party with many stars of the times, Marty Wylde, Kathy Kirby etc. please HELP solve the mystery that was geoff manning. In its hey day the Quay Club was a popular late night watering hole for both local and national musicians after completing their own gigs in the city. and myself on Hammond Organ. I probably went there between 1971 and 72 (I was 18 in 72) and can remember the feeling if excitement at hearing the very loud music coming from a juke box. Sadly he passed away at a comparatively young age. Save this search; Map View; List your business for Free! The lavishly decorated premises had once been the Piccadilly Club, which was run by Dennis Stafford who was later jailed for the 1967 murder of Angus Sibbett in the notorious One-Armed Bandit case. Jane Maddison, How are you? Theres also a poster from the 60s of The Seaburn Hall when the Crusaders supported the Moody Blues. These included Tommy Hendersons Latin American Group and others such as the Bernie Thorpe Trio and Mike Carrs Emcee Four. HAPPY DAYS>, Anyone still keep in contact with David or Tommy Findlay? Naturally had my photo took with him as well. Many thanks for the site. Was at a place called St.Charles, outside Chicago, a couple of years ago and who should be playing there but Bill Smedley (Righteous Brothers). Kennedy's Bar South Shields 418 South Eldon Street, South Shields NE33 5SY England +44 191 456 4363 https://www.facebook.com/kennedyssouthshields/ Excellent 100% Good 0% Satisfactory 0% Poor 0% Terrible 0% Overall Ratings 5.0 based on 4 reviews 2. Fantastic!!!!! We were more 18 year olds from Sunderland who found our way to the Club A Gogo hoping to meet someone to give us a lift home! I did overhear a conversation in which one of the guests asked the other if he had been present at the Gogo on the night that Dave Findlay knocked out Keith Crombies teeth! Can you believe we dont have a single photo of this momentous occasion? Memories just keep flooding back of all those tremendous venues. I remember going to the GOGO, but could only go in young set. Trevor Chance. ___________________________________________________________________________. Hi Margaret, Read more about the Mayfair Ballroom on this link. HI, _____________________________________________________________________, Great memories of the 60s, I met my wife in the club agogo in 1966 and we are stll together, when I remember some of the groups , and artists that I saw live in the clubs back then its just amazing , great days ,Im on face book if anyone remembers me . I have often wondered what became of Margaret Armstrong who lived on Benjamin Road in Howden and worked in a large Civil Service Centre (name forgotten). We got on talking about old Sunderland and thats how I found out who he was. old now and remember the Change Is days like they were yesterday. Maggy Ross could be Maggy Heskith who died a few years ago. My credentials for getting the job to the best of my knowledge were I was a pro wrestler along with my tag team partner Jason Joe Robson from the Teams Gateshead and my hobby, hypnotism. I read all the stuff about The Maj and Rue And the Rockets, does anyone remember the resident DJ, a young girl (said to be the youngest professional DJ around. And Shani, you mentioned your Dad playing piano at La Strada, which my Dad did too wow, amazing. Mum is 80 now and terminally ill with cancer. Sloopys Disco was opened upstairs at the Dolcey. I went there quite a few times in the late 60s. We step back for just a while to the South Shields, Jarrow, Hebburn and Boldon of four decades ago. Yes the Go-Go times were brill and wish we had photos of everyone we went round with as memories of them times are a bit vague for me but Ill try and write down how those days were. The reunion was a great success so full marks to Ian Wright for coming up with the idea and organising the event. didnt Bob Monkhouse have something to do with Change Is? Would be good to have a reunion.. sorry to hear of joe lisles death the 69 club owner. old nightclubs in south shields - jjbluesbar.com I know I had a great time working at many NE clubs during the late sixties and early seventies. Greys; Dolce Vita; Cavendish. Hello .would anyone have any information on Ken White..he was in a double act..Collins and Wright I believemy Dad was Ken and My Godfather was Lenny. Thanks to Roger, I have been able to share memories with someone else who was working in Change Is at that time and I know he mustve played great music as I was always the last one dancing every night! Wonder if anybody remembers him. I still love to dance but have ditched the false eyelashes! Im the daughter of Ken Maddison who had a resident trio in various local clubs in the 60s the Pickwick in Whitley Bay, La Strada in South Shields, and the Baileys clubs in Newcastle, I remember him being at La Dolce Vita, and (I think) the Latino.Sadly hes not around any more to ask, but I remember as a child hearing some of the names you mention here. Sydney Australia. Hi does anyone know what happened to Tom Oxley the nightclub photographer? Good Luck, Hi Jill, I also remember the Findlay boys and one of their cohorts Big Paddy. Chris Dale, Alan(Cass) Carlyle, Bryn Pringle, Bill Ross, Billy Todd, Paul France, Ian Davies, Chris Branch, Jed Gardner, Peppi, Joe Lant, Hetherz, Micky Finn, Rob Wright and I know Ill have missed out a few and so my apologies, but it was a long time ago. Where is she now I wonder. I remember being a young teenager and the Junco Partners practising in the bedroom at my family home Caroline Cottages, John is my brother and I do remember Pete Wallis being the keyboard player and amazing they are still playing after all these years. Tunes such as Back Street Luv by Curved Air and In My Own Time by Family were played a lot. It was a Valentines Dance and we had to do the last part of the show as the audience were clamouring for dance music and they couldnt dance to the Moody Blues! I was just a nipper at the time but I remember my folks going to all those clubs as well as Change Is. I have great memories of spending many nights, years later, listening to Nigel Stanger and Lindolph DOliviera playing with the East Side Torpedoes too. A bit like the place in Dirty Dancing. As a PS Leam Lane WMC still have a thriving group night on Fridays, they also have a first class resident duo in Dougie and Carl, not many if any clubs still have live backing for the turns. Some good people who were pioneers back then and desrve a lot of credit for making Newcastle (a millon miles from London)a firm favourite with some great artists in the 60s from all over the UK and abroad wanting to play this region.

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