Im very interested in your post regarding a photographer who may taken photos of the nightclubs many of us attended. During the sixties, seventies and beyond the Mayfair hosted some unforgettable nights featuring many of the top chart and touring bands of the era; bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, Black Sabbath, The Clash, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy and Nirvana, to name just a few. 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!! old now and remember the Change Is days like they were yesterday. The casino in La Strada (photo courtesy of Rob Quinn), 1963 advertisement for La Strada (courtesy of Rob Quinn), 1965 Advertisement for La Strada (Courtesy of Rob Quinn), Resident group the Crusaders with La Strada owner, Sandford Goudie on the right with a conga drum (photo courtesy of Rob Quinn). JT, Hi Micky Dunn/ John Taberham, Sydney Australia. June 30, 2022; my septum piercing won't flip up; vegan mochi cake recipe I briefly played guitar with the George Ricco Band, rotating between Wetherals, La Dolce Vita and the Cavendish, 1965/66, Rob . I continued it in Newcastle Social Club residences and recently, after early retirement, had six years as a semi-pro touring the UK with a Hollies and Crosby Stills and Nash tribute. The Guys & Dolls ran as an unlicensed venue and described itself as a coffee dance club. 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. I also went to the Majestic when I was about 14. Might be worth trawling facebook or look for Brenda Marsh who was close. Solicitar ms informacin: 310-2409701 | administracion@consultoresayc.co. Does anyone remember the old New Orleans Jazz Club in Melbourne Street.the manager was Polish, Jurek.also his son, young Jurek, also his sister used to make an appearance every now and then. My social life started at the Cellar Club in South Shields, moved on to the GoGo whilst it was at its height, back to the Cellar (renamed the New Cellar and then the Chelsea Cat), with a few detours along the way via the Latino, Dolce Vita, Greys Club, Change Is and finally Julies. Many happy memories flooding back. Cheers Terry, Message for Nora A Cumbrian group Rue & The Rockets were the resident band at the Majestic for a number of years and had a massive following in Newcastle. Thanks, Great memories, and thanks to everyone for sharing them. In October 1968 the Bailey Organisation opened Sloopys disco above La Dolce Vita. Like you and George I have searched through every possible website trying to find photos and memorabilia. I heard later from her father, that she married a fellow called Bill. Can you remember a guy called Louie who also worked at Change is? He was playing at the Arcadia Theatre. Ill get back to you on that. Can you believe we dont have a single photo of this momentous occasion? We were also friends with music journalist Phil Penfold. Good Luck, Hi Jill, Wish I had been a fly on the wall.. ______________________________________________. Eileen Burnett wrote the book South Shields Pubs, published by Amberley, in 2014. Covid-19 permitting, most of us hope to enjoy the hospitality of pubs in South Shields, and elsewhere, once again in the not-too-distant future. How embarrassing. Unofficially, the jazz sessions at the Marimba continued long after midnight. He now lives in High Heaton I believe. Great memories, if somewhat hazy due to my then drink problem !! Just discovered this site. Memories just keep flooding back of all those tremendous venues. After the party scene at John Osbornes house, the camera pans along a set of party goers as the police raid the party, and Oxley is one of those. THE 10 BEST South Shields Bars & Clubs (with Photos) - Tripadvisor I have a photo from The Viewer (the forefunner of the TV Times) showing a line-up of pianists and singers, Dad is on there but the only other pianist I recognise is (the much-admired, not least by my Dad) Billy Hutchinson. I think Wednesdays was Cats Night Out mainly only records being played but Saturdays it was bands,The Kylastrons were a favourite I remember in their leather trousers playing Hall Of The Mountain King with loads of echo. He was a good friend many years ago. Lovely girl I have fond if hazy memories of that weekend! The Greg Burman Sound was resident at the Quay Club and I will never forget Greg showing me the proper way to play James Browns I Feel Good top bloke. would love to find out anything from this.thank you Shyirra. Near the North/South Shields ferry landing. Some of the other people there were Wally Nash (now a business man living in the USA) who managed the Marimba for Mike Jeffery and later the Blue Note in Sunderland for Ray Grehan; Sandford Goudie who owned the La Strada clubs in Sunderland and South Shields; Trixie Sullivan who was Mike Jefferys secretary and personal assistant (at the time he managed Jimi Hendrix), vocalist David Macbeth, Teddy Berg owner of Greys Club, Barabara Berg and Joan Tenniswood who both worked at the Club aGogo in the sixties. Jean McGowan ( still dancing) xx, Hi David I also used to be a DJ at the New Cellar Jazz Club later the Chelsea Cat sent some pics etc for the site good to hear you are still with us great memories of a great time in our lives. I remember going to the GOGO, but could only go in young set. Hi blog 28 mentions thelate Mike Carr.. been on wikepedia and seems he still walks among us.. thankfully. Jill, Hi Jill, My favourite thing to do was go immediately to the clubs ( can you believe I used to think going to the pubs a waste of good dancing time!) Good times- great musicians. Just found a post from Jane Maddison whos dad Ken Maddison was my bandleader for many years after I left groups to settle down. I then returned to a normal life !!!! June 14th, 2022 mandarin high school basketball mandarin high school basketball I had an input early in the posts re La Strada and Ken Maddison and was lead vocalist at the Sunderland and South Shields nightclubs. Brilliant site! A friend in music (Colin Bradley who played in a Teesside band called The Road Runners with Paul Rodgers and Micky Moody in the 60s) was kind enough to send me a link. 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? It was fun to meet and party with many stars of the times, Marty Wylde, Kathy Kirby etc. The lion was not part of the act, the guy just had it as a pet,it was amazing when he walked into the club with the lion on the lead. He must have been in his late fifties in the time I knew him, and I think me may no longer be with us forty years on. AJS 170. Sadly Bob and Alf are no longer with us R.I.P. I played most north east theatres and eventually retired (I think) in 2016. I think he still lives in the North East and owned the Springs fitness centres. I worked at La Strada with your Dad in the early 70s. Bars & Clubs. FABULOUS SITE MY HUSBAND DENNIS BRAZIL REMEMBERS THESE CLUBS WHEN WORKING IN NEWCASTLE YEARS LATER BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED I REMEMBER FROM WORKING IN NEWCASTLE WITH A FRIEND LOVED NEWCASTLE AND THE CLUBS ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WE ARE IN LEEDS. Another guy from that era I worked with was the tragic big Geordie Short, his group Bits & Pieces were well known around the WMC scene, they ended up as resident group at the now demolished Mount Pleasant club. Both my grandmothers once worked in the Tyne Dock Hotel, now Kennedys at Tyne Dock, and I remember passing Slake Terrace on my way to work in Newcastle, with the Grapes Hotel and many other public houses before they were demolished. My friend joy married Tommy. 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 10 South Shields pubs, past and present - from the Criterion to the 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. On the left, the dark haired lady is Barbara Young, and on the right is her sister Joan Young. i used to be a singer and guitarist in Newcastle in the 1960s in the MAYFAIR with The Gamblers (they became Billy Furys band) i then was a singer with George Ricco on the Bailey circuit and we moved to Jim Wrights 2 rooms in gallowgate Newcastle. Then when I went to work at the Ministry in Longbenton the next day people were coming up to me saying they saw me onstage with Wilson Pickett. Also in Whitley Bay was an out of the way venue near the Ice Rink at Whitley Bay boys club on a Friday night. Oh how I wish I couldve been there! Nine lost North East nightclubs of the 1970s, 80s & 90s We worked many times in Newcastle and the North East area. Sadly it all changed and went bad, but interesting times! It was a great place to go to if you liked dancing which I did. We started out at the jazz clubs and remember many nights at the New Orleans Club (I dont see that mentioned anywhere) followed up with going on to the Downbeat or the GoGo. Reviews; Claim your business; Escape. I was so petrified that I felt that every part of my body froze. of Newcastle in the 60s. Shields there was no late licence and it shut around 10-30. I went to a place in 1972 which I knew only as the dive bar and could never understand why. Anyone coming to the club during that period would have had to have been let in by me. Notice: Function is_feed was called incorrectly.Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Any info would be really appreciated. What an era! Then late 1962 we changed to mods and started going to the Go-Go, and also the West End boys club. He was an alto sax/clarinet player with Don Smith in the 60s and I worked in the cloakroom for about a year. My Dad used to make roulett tables for Ray Grehan in the 60s, Hi my name is Helen Findlay the daughter of Dave Findlay. I talked to Ken Brady today and he remembers Pete with affection. Thank you for telling me where I can locate some photos taken inside Bloomers Nightclub in the early 1970s. He even stood in for the pianist who hadnt turned up on my Mum and Dads wedding day! I went back to work the club circuit in the 70s 80s and 90s but it was not the same, Hi, I wonder if anyone remembers a night club in Northumberland St I think it was above Callers it used to have a resident belly dancer and a casino. 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! But I am sure that they also got a lot of bands from London. Sounds as if those were the days alright! Read more about the Marimba on this link. Brought back a loot of memories. The second picture down, which has David Macbeth on, also has two of my aunts who both worked at Go Go. I have tried unsuccessfully to find photos but no one took photos way back then and so all of those precious moments and memories were never captured. Mum is 80 now and terminally ill with cancer. When they played The Cellar Club, So. The drummer had an American car. I have tried to find photos of places frequented for such a short time but at the time felt like it would last forever. Thank you. Jean x. How time flies. 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. Oz disco nightclub The date of this photograph remains a mystery but it shows the Oz disco nightclub in Garden Lane. Often return back to the area and go walkabout. 2 inch thick marine ply shells with heavy duty internal struts and mounting frames but man the sound was awesome, power, punch and clarity. Do you know where any of the surviving ex members are now? Oh Mike Jeffrey. June 9, 2022 . June Viner, Sorry should have said Frank Pickering and Mickey Pemberton. But last week I did visit an old friend in Whitley Bay and realised that my Dad must have been working at The Pickwick shortly aftter it opened (which I guess was why we moved to Whitley in the first place). Most of the lads my age in 1972 aspired to have their hair like the lovely Marc Bolan. I was too young to have gone to the legendary Club AGogo as I was still at infant school at Stanley, Co.Durham in the late 60s & 70s, but a good mate of mine John from my village in Burnopfield, was a regular there throughout the Go gos duration & John has told me over the years, all the stories & Im jealous as hell that I never had at least one night at the Club AGogo to enjoy it! I was a regular there in the 60s maybe 63-64-65ish Tatler Club in the Haymarket. Great band, very professional. My number is 0191 4922316 Suzanne x, Hi Suzanne, great to have someone else writing about Change Is. Dont know how she knew cos she had never been there!!! The demon drink (Pernod) was to blame. Loved them! Remember some of the places between 1968 to 73 as a 18 plus year old. Ken was great with fashions and always wore the latest gear, he got a job at City Stylish so we always tried to keep up with the latest trends. A long time ago! Jean, I wonder if you could share any photos you may have of Bloomers nightclub. Hi, does anyone remember by dad Alan Clay? 9. Bars & Clubs By 688iang The range of beers and ciders is magnificent, all superbly kept by Kath and the staff. there was a keyboard player and a drummer called Allan, who drove around Newcastle in a big left hand drive American car. And dont even think about the Downbeat!! Not in the same league as the other clubs in the area, but full of the essentials of life beer, women, music and food. Those of us of a certain age will remember clubs like La Dolce Vita, Greys Club, the Cavendish and the Club AGogo. He was always a dapper dresser!! I always say that a photograph is a moment of time captured, that youll never get back! 1 of 10 The Neptune Inn, South Shields Pubs, by Eileen Burnett, published by Amberley 2 of 10 The Tyne Dock Hotel, South Shields, 1938. thankyou for bringing back fantastic memories every one. Ownership changed hands around 1966 and eventually the Gogo closed its doors two years later after the Bailey Organisation opened a disconightspot called Sloopys above the La Dolce Vita. Regards George, Re Photographs and Tom Oxley. The Club AGogo was situated on Percy Street, Newcastle on the top floor of a building which was also above the famous Handyside Arcade (or Arcadia as it was sometimes called). We have a photo of the inside of Change Is with girls ( no men in sight!) South Shields Nightclubs, for Nightclubs in South Shields, Tyne and industry nightclub south shields - bl.cause-play.com My wife Joan still meets up with the girls every week, Jen Sherwood, Eleanor Robson, Brenda Grieves, Marlene Charlton, Wendy Wilson, Ros Daly, Jean Orr, Elaine McCleod. 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). Bringing back lots of stories! Bars & Clubs By 688iang The range of beers and ciders is magnificent, all superbly kept by Kath and the staff. I wonder if Stan Henry the owner of the Bailey organisation has any archives. My Dad also played on on the early ITV programme One oclock Show, does that ring any bells with people out there? The Guys and Dolls, Marimba and the El toro featured a lot in my life then, my sister Ann Taylor worked as a receptionist at the Turks and has contributed previously, happy days. 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