old nightclubs in south shields

I briefly played guitar with the George Ricco Band, rotating between Wetherals, La Dolce Vita and the Cavendish, 1965/66, In this day and age, we could never have what we had back then. Ill gladly let you have copies of what I have a photo of Bloomers but boarded up and no sign and an internal shot of girls dancing and dry ice on the dancefloor from late 1960s also a flyer for the opening of Bloomers in July 1973. They always wore wine coloured suits and cowboy small ties. 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. norwood surgery opening times; catholic bible approved by the vatican. I wonder if anyone would be able to help me to find them or is there a way I can access them without being a member? Jean McGowan, Hi Trevor Chance. Im always on the hunt for any photos of either, of these clubs and wondered if you had any at all. Brought back a loot of memories. 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). Magnum Is now Unit, but was known as one of Southsampton's main gay clubs in its heyday. We were also friends with Clive Lee who was a total fruitcake in the style of Freddie Starr! In response to the comments about Bloomers on May 11th by George Sinclair, i was discovered there by Dame Margot Fontaine and sent to RCA records to begin my recording career. How embarrassing. The drummer had an American car. The Best Nightlife in South Shields - Tripadvisor Wonder if anybody remembers him. didnt Bob Monkhouse have something to do with Change Is? The concept was that the club would not be the same from one week to the next. Remember Mike Jeffrey trying to get Legalite roulette system into me CIU clubs. Are you David Coates from the Felling and Ken Cooper from Windy Nook ? Your email address will not be published. Great bunch of guys. Apparently thats where John first spotted me when I was dancing and that was all I was interested in at the time! The late Joes favourite tale which I have heard dozens of times was the night they were working the GoGo and a very young band were guests, in Joes words bloody useless. Tommy Oxley worked as a part-time Court Usher then. I was hired by Ron Markem and Bob Monkhouse In January 1969 as Reception Manager for the Change Is club. We did Rehearsal Room, a Tyne Tees weekly feature on local bands, a half hour show presented by David Hamilton, we did 3 numbers loads of fun, and , we even got well paid for it. Id listen to the bands, be dazzled by the girls! What a very comprehensive and informative site and great to see some of the places that meant quite a lot to me in my younger days. We went to Newcastle in 1967 to see them play Southampton. Most clubs regularly visited (after tanking up at The Half Moon) I particularly remember the folk/jazz nights we had at Change Is in early 70s. 2. Great site and yes the Club Agogo was a Great Venue.I met my wife there in October 63 and we married in June 66.We are still together.Neville McKittrick the Invaders Singer was a colleague of mine at British Paints.Last I heard of him he had his own Paint Company in Canada.I would love to make contact again. Bars & Clubs. Jean x. Does anyone remember seeing Dick Haymes at either La Dolce Vita or Greys & The Cavendish in the 1960s? Lived in Heaton as I remember. 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. I remember the Old Cellar club with Mrs Bailey on the door. Yours nostalgically I only wish more photographs had been taken to record all this! Great bloke and wonderful muso. Met some real characters. old nightclubs in south shields - kvkraigad.org Does anyone remember the Kontors band; Alan price, Chas Chandler, Bernie Maguian, Gordon Cleghorn, Nick Brandon, Chunky Bourne, Barry Preston? I then returned to a normal life !!!! We made many friends and had a wonderful time with so many happy memories. Went to a Motown concert at the Sunderland Empire a couple of years ago and, would you believe it, sitting next to me was Frank Pemberton who used to own Club 11 in Sunderland with Mickey Pemberton (I think). The building that held the club has long since been demolished. The person I refer to is David Finlay(spelt right) he is my farther and he was married to my mother Jackie for 3 years he had me and my sister with my mother, they split up not long after I was born and never really had any contact with us, you are confusing the name with the other Davey Finley of the same era but funny enough I also have an uncle Tommy who is my fathers brother but they are not the ones u think!! 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. I came up to Newcastle in 1968 when the clubs in london were on the way out. 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. they played for various bands and clubs. 54-56 Ocean Road, South shields, NE33 2JD 0191 4967500. 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. Heres a few other pictures that should bring back the golden age of northeast clubbing: . Also played at Ray Grehans Cub in Roker Avenue Sunderland with Little Eva and the Fortunes. King Crimson did their 1st try out gig at Change Is. It opened in 1959 and ran for around 6 years. He was playing at the Arcadia Theatre. There were two lads called Tich and Grass who frequented the club and fancied themselves as hard men.They beat up Paul Williams, who was then with Mayall, when he bumped into one of them. Im not sure what Dave does now as my dad lost touch with him. The club was in a street of semi derelict terrace house and the club itself was an ordinary terraced house with the music on the upper floor. I wanted to tell him but I chickened. If anyone reading this knew my mother or any other members of the Jimmy Bence Orchestra, please leave a comment on this site. Great band, very professional. It was a great place to go to if you liked dancing which I did. The group met up last October for a reunion in Gosforth. I still have the Badfinger single I won off the DJ in my treasure box. It has been lovely reading through these posts , brought a smile to my face x. I,VE JUST REMEMBERED I WAS THE DJ on the opening night of Sloopys the disco above La Dolce Vita. She was the resident singer. Great times Anna. I am still alive!! I loved the clubs The downbeat where the animals used to play, great memories to treasure. I was the original keyboard player in the Junco partners when we were resident at the agogo. 5th Gear - Baltimore Pike, Media, PA. 19th Hole - North Hills, PA. 25th Hour - Wilkes Barre, PA. 94th Aero Squadron - 2750 Red Lion Rd. ANNE MILLAR (TAYLOR) I DONT REMEMBER THE VENUE ANNE, BUT WE WORKED ALL OF THE AREA IN THE SIXTIES. Ronnie P knew all about them being a Londoner tho little heard of them in Newcastle at the time.He said women and children wernt safe from them. `you may already have it? Used to tell my mam I was going to the one at Whitley Bay as I wasnt allowed to go to the Newcastle one. 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. Ziggy's 19 Bars & Clubs By C9460ITmarkg 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. 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. i was the original singer with the Gamblers when we split they joined Billy Fury, who also stole my girlfriend ! 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? Further to my last comment, some of the regulars I remember from La Dolce Vita were The Barton Brothers (Andy and Phil), Brian Stanners, (Formula One) and Pauline Hall (Fenwicks) Often return back to the area and go walkabout. Then went soth and played with Entire Sioux Nation. Restaurants in South Shields 1. He had a son with cerebal palsy who needed to attend Prudhoe hospital on a regular basis and he felt he needed some sort of base in the north east. Uncle Bob n Uncle Alf. 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. Happy days, Dawn the Nelson Street Jazz Club is mentioned on the page about the Marimba Coffee House. Gosh this all brings back some fab memories of going dancing with my boyfriend at Change Is/Bloomers in Bath Lane from 1972 onwards and where I became a member at 14, still at school, yes 14, a rebel. Does anyone remember anyone from there? 15 years of age in 1962. my 1st beer was in the railwaiy, whist livin on hillheads road. We went and sure enough it was them minus the Leopard skin leotard tho. According to her they had sex on the floor there. During the late fifties and early sixties the Maj was a very popular venue for dancing. While, the 1860s-built Criterion, on Ocean Road, closed in 2012 to become a Ladbrokes bookmaker, before reopening in 2018 after enjoying a major refurbishment recreating how it originally looked in Victorian times. 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!) Phila. The last couple of times I've been in the beer has been very poor, I tried the Landlords bitter and old speckled hen but both were tasting dodgy. Not in the same league as the other clubs in the area, but full of the essentials of life - beer, women, music and food. Buy tickets from a trusted primary outlet. Brilliant site! Billy. I worked at Newcastle Crown Court from 1978-1980, and during that time, I worked with Tommy Oxley, who has been mentioned here on this site. Thank you again Roger Im now in trouble for being late for an appointment as Ive just read through all of the comments again!!! They gave me a flyer which had their past and present in it. (remember him?) Thanks for the memories though, and keep up the good work. Wow, thank you SO much to Rob Quinn for your lovely comments about working with my Dad,Ken Maddison. The club, which is in Greys Court at the bottom of Grey Street, has had several makeovers since opening as a cabaret club in the early sixties. HiFred If you have any photographs of that time I would love to see them. please call me, if you dont want to speak here i TOTALLY understand, Worked greys club 1974 worked night club then casino had great memories also worked moulin rouge dean street for Teddy berg when they took over the bottos etc. Quite a long time ago that Pete Wallis (ex Juncos and Gamblers) was trying to make contact with any of the Gamblers boys. Rehearsals were sometimes in the Engineers Club in Ellison place. Im 75yrs. On club nights the occasional drunken troublemaker would be invited upstairs to the wrestling ring and taught the error of his conduct!HAPPY DAZE!!! Also loved the Gogo. 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). He was with his daughter who is also a sInger. He later managed Hendrix and Slade. l have always lived in the North east area and found loads of old haunts from the 50s on here. Sorry to waffle on just wanted you to sayhello if it should be by any chance the Bill Colwell from 1967/8 years at our Newcastle shop. The resident band at the Crescendo was the Del 5, the singer was Billy Wilson from Gateshead, there was 2 sax players one was Peter Parkinson from South Shields but Im sorry the other name eludes me. The summer of 1967 I emigrated to Saskatchewan, Canada. There is a good photo of the group playing in Wetheralls. We all used to gather around the juke box trying to get our favourite records played. We also played at the Seaburn Hall Cats night out regularly and the Rink ballroom. Hi Wow Rue and The Rockets have certainly filled out ! I would love to hear from anyone who is related to me. Ken, remembers you as a great singer. 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). I was around a bit earlier-my brother Tony Gillman (friend of Kieth Crombie)was heavily involved in music scene through New Orleans Jazz Club and used to organize Beach /Forest Barbecues(sometimes unauthorized by council I believe)we seemed to `move away from scene quite quickly-Jazz Bands and all.Great fun and wonderful memories of Melbourne street which ultimately inspired my visit to New Orleans and Nashville-music cities USA-great times. Yes Trever. We actually had our engagement party (Nov 1974 I think) upstairs in Bloomers or Change Is not sure when name changed. Has anyone out there got an actually photo of Bloomers with its name on the building been looking for years .thank you. I also went to the Playground on Westgate Road until about 1976. :)Alas, me and my friends said theyd never be famous with a name like that!!!!! i still havent managed to see any pics of inside Bloomers and would be really pleased if you could help, as Im not on Facebook. It features nightclubs in South Shields who offer clubbing, live bands and nightlife. 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. Jane Maddison, How are you? Oh how I wish I couldve been there! Just discovered this site. Dont know how she knew cos she had never been there!!! The club was situated on Bath Lane, Newcastle and was spread over three floors with a reception, a disco and a cabaret room, all with curved walls. Not in the same league as the other clubs in the area, but full of the essentials of life beer, women, music and food. A weird coincidence is that the bearded chap in the middle is a friend of my wife, hes called Jason Robson, he used to work on the boxing show at the Hoppings, I wonder if he also worked at the Go Go? 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! I cant believe that we dont have a single photos of inside the club? Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raigad Uncategorized old nightclubs in south shields. 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. John Colin Woodland, greetings. there was a keyboard player and a drummer called Allan, who drove around Newcastle in a big left hand drive American car. I was quite good friends with Russell Smith, son of baileys owner, John Smith and I remember the house band at the Latino having a mad Australian front man. They were on the beaten track, but does anyone remember Billy Bottos Club on Shields Road (owned by a big local bookmaker) and the 69 Club, which was managed by Tot and Gloria Anderson, who also used to manage The Avenue in Whitley Bay, just opposite the Pickwick. How long would it take you to save for the home of your dreams? 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. 69 Club Westgate Street plus MANY social clubs all around the North East. Do you remember the DJ Big Phil not sure if he ever worked in Change Is but he certainly worked in Scamps, which was the place I went to the most from 1974- onwards probably til I got to the stage where I couldnt go clubbing and get up for work in a Bank anymore-old age I think its called! I was only 5 or 6 but my uncle Michael who owned the places used to give me Coca Cola he seemed like a god to me then! Does anyone remember the Carousel Club in Chester le Street? . If you contact me, I think that I have a couple of pictures of your Dad at La Strada that you might not have seen. Other acts that appeared at the Majestic Ballroom in the sixties include; The Moody Blues, The Kinks, The Spencer Davis Group, The Hollies, Van Morrison and the Small Faces. I will never forget you were working at the theatre royal and u let me see the stage set for Alice in wonderland and let me have a go on the big swing in the stage. 9 South Tyneside nightclubs and pubs we loved and lost - Shields Gazette I also went to the Majestic when I was about 14. I know I had a great time working at many NE clubs during the late sixties and early seventies. Now a block of flats. Happy Days. Wright). During the mid/late 1960s I was half of the singing duo, Shirley and Johnny. What an era! The band names mentioned on this site Junco Partners Alan Hull (bless im) and The Sect. Couldnt believe my luck. 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. Me and my brother had some great nights in La Strada. 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I am now almost 80 and still follow the era and the music. I used to visit clubs like the Flamingo,La Discotheque, The Scene,Marquee,Whisky A Go Go,All Star, Tiles etc. old now and remember the Change Is days like they were yesterday. A former nurse said she feels "lucky to . The builders had only erected the wall a few days earlier HAPPY DAYS !!! Buy Tickets . 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. any stories to share or anyone who knows my granddad or great uncles feel free to share! Good times- great musicians. to be just a newcastle club owner & darn with the peace & love universal. old nightclubs in south shields - mail.fgcdaura.sch.ng At the Dogs Bowl in South Shield we played with Chris Barber and his band, What a great guy Pat Halcox was, Also on the bill was Soonny Boy Williamson, that late great Southern states blues man. We were also friends with music journalist Phil Penfold. Great memories. I seem to remember the band playing at The Majestic at the bottom of Westgate Rd. 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. I was about 17 when Wilson Picket pulled me up onto the tiny stage at the Newcastle Club aGoGo Jazz Lounge. I met John there in March of 1974 and we were there several times a week. Chic was there when I was set upon by a couple of London thugs connected to the Krays, I remember one of the patrons saying that buggers goin back to the smoke with a couple of cracked ribs. Bernie MacKie was rhythm guitar and started his working life in a shop on Gateshead High St. called Barkers, an electrical shop. You mentioned Bill Colwill there was a Bill C. who used to be always at the Mayfair maybe to do with the music and he was in my shop every lunch time with a Colin Topping and a guy called Brian. As well as the Crescendo he ran the Club Tempo in London and the Pentland Club in Edinburgh.

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