Also a caf/bakery shop, was this owned by Emerys. It was situated above Aladdins cave, the Indian restaurant in 9 - 11 Mumps, that you had to access to get up into the club. With the emphasis on killer pictures, the book brings together an often-riotous collection of Mancunians having a blast, watching world class acts and dancing themselves dizzy. In 1970 the brothers sold out to Grand Metropolitan, owners of Watneys. Think I went to Henry Africas once or twice only , Grandma used to talk about Duck a Muffins on the outside of the indoor market . 10. Yes there were two Golden Discs, though I remember the one in Hilton Arcade the best. A further stand was built along Cheapside. Under the Seton bridge of course. Anyone remember Dave (the neck) from Bulls Head. 'I'm a Greater Manchester nurse. Can anyone settle this argument please? Although I too cannot recall the location of the Sounds record shop, but I will ask my brother to see if he can remember it. Even so, it made for a good occasional treat and was a dependable source for posh milk shakes and coffees. Good friend of mine used to work at a barbers just up past C&A will have to ask him the name and now co-owns Queen Street Barbers. In the late 1970s, he was on the dancefloors of New York's legendary clubs - the Paradise Garage, 12 West, Studio 54 - working in what he calls "homo promo": in the disco era, record labels. Ps dave. Graham Lambert of inspiral carpets fame was in my year. On occasion I used to help out in school holidays. In the late 1970s, the club were runners-up in the . This was (and still is) used for sales pitches and temporary stalls. At the time, Littlewoods also sold the usual mainstream cack (or chart music in polite terms) as well as HMV. I remember a record shop on the outside shop fronting the old market hall. Duck A Muffin was like a giant meatball, probably made of beef, pork or mutton with breadcrumbs. Thank you for your comments. A-D on the left and E-J on the right. Ana Sayfa / Genel / oldham nightclubs 1970s. Re: 70's / 80's clubs.. Reply #3 on: 14:46:27, 11/08/08 . A group of friends think it was called Lams but this is causing a big debate anyone remember. It met High Street between Boots and I think Comet (or Currys). I remember going to the grand opening of Tesco in St Peters Precinct, but I could have sworn the celebrity who opened it was the Disc Jockey, David Jacobs ? Thank you. I remember the record shop at the inside market, bought my first records there, think it was called Javelin records shop. I too remember Froggies being in the basement of Butterflies, the entrance being opposite The Star Inn. I worked for Jim ..when the new market hall opened I got the job in the new shop but I swapped roles with someone and managed the Lord st shop instead .I remember when Jim used to bring all the new stock to the stall he used to have his pet monkey in the back of the van ..LOL Lots of fireworks had gone off in it. The hot chocolate was always impressive there. Buying records and CDs from HMV and Golden Disc. I can recall it being quite exotic for recession-hit Northern England with its faux oak beams, seating booths and equally exotic prices. The mid-1980s saw McDonalds take over the former Yates Wine Lodge unit. jillys was downstairs at first, upstairs was called Rafters,later Fagins. Prior to being a nightclub [The Cats Whiskas], it was if my memory serves me right previously a bowling alley and a theatre long before then. So cute! Trams, Boats and Trains: Could Passenger Pleasure Craft Return to Manchester City Centre? Bamboo Club is an excellent club for people & persons that come out to have a good night out. Rediscovering some of the little-known venues and now forgotten nightclubs, bars and shops was a real pleasure, as was getting hear brilliant tales from some of the citys real characters.. thames town china real estate; apartments for rent in london, ontario for 600; viking name for grandpa I remember seeing the Market hall burn down, I was coming back from Marianne Jepson dance class on the Saturday morning. I am sure that the owner of Dunkins Donuts was also the owner of Mothers Kitchen and his name was Tony. With two platforms of four stands, it had toilets, an information kiosk, and a SaverSales shop, backing on to the shopping precinct next to Toy and Hobby. cheryl pepsii riley daughter; does bill pullman have parkinson's; Jalkapallo irritation aine frottement; Jkiekko frank basile net worth; where is kingston 10 in jamaica; apartments downtown chicago that accept section 8; xwf water filter lowe's; Further up was the turning circle on Manchester Road. Using premises vacated by the Co-op in the late 1970s, Kings Hall offered market style shopping. Me and a group of friends have been in heated discussions as we remember it different, some of us are saying it wax on Union Street and you went downstairs to it and some of us are saying it was on Yorkshire Street and you went upstairs to it. Some stallholders had wooden kiosks, such as Stewarts carpets, or brick built units which backed onto St Marys Way and Lord Street. It was a great place where you could stock up on your groceries and buy non-food items. Those were the days. Russells Piano Cafe occupies that unit nowadays. . The memories of 71-74 when I was at Oldham Tech as it was then. The anchor store, as of now was Boots, with at the opposite end, Toy and Hobby on street level, and Presto at precinct level. I can recall the toy shop opposite the bus station on the row of terraces that included upwards towards the church. Manchesters bar, club and music scene of the 1970s is celebrated in a book, with foreword by The Smiths bass player Andy Rourke. you fall in played a lot of football there on a Saturday used to work on tommy field my stepdad bill Delaney used to work with cannon and ball before the fame as welders i also remember working at the Broadway club in failsworth on Oldham road with my brother Keith we met mat Monroe who payed for our taxi back to Oldham and gave some flowers for my mum. Written by former Piccadilly Radio youth presenter and girl about town Rikki Wright, it celebrates the era dominated by venues like the Free Trade Hall, Russell Club and The Electric Circus. I also remember being entranced by their large glitter ball. Though I never went in, I did remember The Regent. Editors' Code of Practice. Feel free to add your comments and memories of Going Up Town, 1980s or any other decade you wish to recall. Inside the caf had a stereotypical country cottage ambience. It had shops and cover. At present, only the westbound section of Mumps Bridge bus station remains in use. It was in the building that has just recently been knocked down. i loved it there, nightclub downstairs and a restaraunt/bar/piano bar upstairs, quite sophisicated for the 80`s. Used to get all my Star Wars Figures from here in the 80s. A-D on the left and E-J on the right. Happy memories. Egerton Arms: Egerton Street. Just outside of the town centre on Manchester Road was Mother Hubbards. !, B&Q shoppers praise 7.50 dehumidifier that eradicates mould and condensation in 48-hours as temperatures plummet, "Condensation gone, black mould gone. Anybody remember what Romanos on rock st was before Romanos ? Congrats to you both document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). Golden Disc was also in Hilton Arcade, certainly by the 80s. My mother worked at C&As for over ten years and loved the staff discount that she received which helped enormously when purchasing our school uniforms every year. How I wish it was still there. Just so you know, Ma Dobbs was known by all the kids in the 70s as the one who would sell you any top twenty record for the cheapest price, but you could only buy the top twenty records, no others. The cafe was called Mothers Tea Shop he also owned Dunkins Donuts and Sizzlers in the arcade he did American burgers before Macdonalds arrive . No . I worked at 3 out of the 4 shops .. , The record shop in the arcade was called Golden Disc, Javelin was the amusement arcade, Ma Dobbs my beloved Mother and brother Jim both loved and remembered. This would be around the 1983 mark. romanoffs became Rotters. Comments have been closed on this article. HMV doubled in size taking over the former Superdrug unit. Special anniversary weekend :) Dec 31, 2022. My Mum used to work in the warehouse, but also covered for lunches or in the holidays at any of the other shops/stalls. Sadly no pictures. It was situated above Aladdin's cave, the Indian restaurant in 9 - 11 Mumps, that you had to access to get up into the club. Scandals? Which legendary band had to cancel their Rochdale gig after town elders campaigned to have them banned? Never had a bad night in there. I was a Dreamers man. Marje (or Marjorie) and Linda used to work there. Leave them in the comments section below. Most of the first floor was allocated to Shoemarket. This was built as a stopgap prior to the current indoor market (built in two phases), following the fire of its more majestic market hall in October 1974. Hello Chris. I was way too young to visit the Ballyhoo on Manchester Road, but I have heard of the place. DREAMERS was the place to be back in the day. at the top of Manchester St was Golden disc and in the maket hall was the Record bar or Ma Dobbs as some knew it , it was eventually run by her son Jim. There used to be a Barclays Bank by the flats between Manchester Road and Featherstall Road South. Dreamers was on Yorkshire st lower down from the oldham hotel and Yelloways coaches. Tommy field indoor and outdoor markets. Opening the same year as the new Town Square shopping precinct (1981) was Oldhams main bus station. I also remember Kings Hall where the Co-Op was. I used to go to the same clubs as you did in their heyday! Cars parked on the roof and at ground level with access via trolley-friendly escalators. What was it before? HP10 9TY. Bosses say they will take 'swift action' to ensure 'our future guests receive exemplary service and product'. Instead of walking through from WH Smith and Boots into the Spindles (like you do now), you actually walked through an external door onto Peter St. facing an entrance to St. Peters precinct. I would say Oldhams last independently owned record shop was Save Records on Tommyfield Market, which closed in 2010. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Today, the Argos store has moved into the former Index store in the Spindles shopping centre, as did Superdrug. It was called Hydes, they also had a toy/newsagents stall in the indoor market, to the left of the entrance opposite Littlewoods. A large group of young people stand gathered at the intersection of MacDougal and West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village . This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Met my dates outside toy & hobby at the bus station, that way if they looked bad I could stay on the bus. rowntrees sound was a pub with a small disco behind that opened thurs to sat playing current soul and disco sounds of the day, the pub was the main meeting place for the manchester soul crowd, regulars included jonah, johnny mac , steve proudlove , zan, gordon thompson , ricky warburton barry big eyes , steve dodd, mad tony, eddie battin, and View all posts by mancunian1001. Editions of 25" maps dating from the 1870s to the 1930s 6" scale maps dating from 1848 and 1851 Oldham town centre is covered by larger scale 5ft to 1 mile maps dating from 1848 10ft to 1 mile. I most certainly remember Oldhams very own Country Larder. oldham nightclubs 1970s Shyam Kuti, Parikrama Marg, Vrindavan, Mathura. Do other people have fond memories of this bar? RIP. John Thompson went to the club in 1993-95. My brother and I used to frequent the Golden Disc record shop and indeed the Sounds record shop on Saturday afternoons, we used to run a mobile disco at weekends called Eruption Roadshow and would purchase the top 10 records of the week to make sure we had the latest and most popular hits. A Convair CV-600 from the, now defunct, Bar Harbor Airlines fleet. Manchester's bar, club and music scene of the 1970s is celebrated in a book, with foreword by The Smiths bass player Andy Rourke. They did the nicest hot chocolate with whipped cream for miles around. MacFisheries is a bit before my time, but I do remember The Proper Oldham C&A on Market Place. But if you leave me your name and number, i promise that when i get home Ill call you. What a LADY! The old mothers tea shop was a fave for my mum and gran especially when it was cold and they could afford it! I painted the jacket potato posters on the walls for an extra fee (cash in hand of course as were my wages of 15 per Saturday probably around 1994/5/6). I used to be the DJ with the moustache and rubber chicken at Froggies, I have a feeling the other record shop MAY have been called Sounds. So many lovely memories of visiting Kings Hall (Im sure this is where my shoe obession started along with the Mansfields shoe shop or was it Saxons opposite C& A that became What Everyone Wants Remember all the different bus stationseven the one to the left of Mumps at the actual bus depot.we used to go all over on those buses with our mums and grandma every Saturday! There was another roller skating rink in Ashton town centre in the early eighties too called wheels.I remember Toy and Hobby being where you met dates. Next door was Javelin which was bigger and sold mainly current records. Berni Inns around the country How about Montys at the bottom of Yorkshire street? This blog brought back some great memories for me and its nice to see other people adding their observations to it as well. 1970/71 Watford v Carlisle United, Division 2, 12th September 1970 . Ive not been to Levers chippy for years and could say the same about Mr Chippy. 11TH OCTOBER 1975. are you still I touch with Jim ? Remember The Free Trade Hall? Jeez the memories. Hi Mel. This, alas, is chart music and budget price compilation albums. 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Oh and other places of note that should be mentioned in any going uptown article in Oldham, no visit would be complete without Butterworths chippy and cafe on on Union Street between the Odeon and the ABC if I remember correctly. The joke was that you went there after funerals for a Tea in the rooms above. It was 1970. Pips, Rotters, The Electric Circus? I fondly remember golden disc I bought all my records from there. I remember MacFisheries because I worked there on Saturdays. I was dating a girl Christine Hawkin, her Mum & Dad ran/ owned the sweet shop inside market. The year 1977 brought Twix Cookie Bars, while Reese's Pieces and Whatchamacallits came along in 1978. C&A (or in longhand form, Clemens and August) had quite an impression on your family, and as I know myself, many Oldhamers. He passed away at around 40 years old. Littlewoods used to have a good music section in the mid-1980s. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Bars & Clubs 7. 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