old nightclubs in south shields old nightclubs in south shields

Bars & Clubs By 688iang The range of beers and ciders is magnificent, all superbly kept by Kath and the staff. Both great clubs and bring back so many brilliant memories, we chose Change Is upstairs for our engagement party in November 1974 and once again not a single photo!I Sounds as if those were the days alright! Any information you have would be great. #93 Roger. Hi does anyone know what happened to Tom Oxley the nightclub photographer? Hi. I was given an unopened and unused car sticker with the distinctive picture of the girl in bloomers (which is kept safely in my favourite memories box) but Im guessing that you already have a lot of the memorabilia. of Newcastle in the 60s. Ho Hum happy days and strange memories. Yes, Bob Monkhouse did own Change Is until it became Bloomers, I think. It sadly closed around 2016 and briefly turned into German bar, Das Wunderbar before closing completely. Loved both Dave and Tommy Findlay Bob Redhead. If you went there please let me know. Should additionally have said that John Harker was also still at school when he met me after school in my uniform and wasnt someone older who hung around at school gates!!! 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. Hi Dave Coates enjoyed reading your post I dont live in Newcastle but had lots of contacts, friends and customers from my Disque records days in town. 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. re comment by margaret duz comment no. I was a DJ at sloopys,(along with Dave), Bloomers, The Oxford plus many more including a club in Whitley Bay on the Esplanade. Im always on the hunt for any photos of either, of these clubs and wondered if you had any at all. Re the Dolce Vita. Hi, does anyone remember by dad Alan Clay? I also went to the Majestic when I was about 14. 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. Real name "Northumberland Arms". We always met at the Pit for coffee where we decided what time to meet before going to the Club Ago Go. The Majestic Ballroom is probably most famous for hosting the Beatles very first appearance in the city on 28th January 1963. The Del 5s drummer was Quentin (think thats how you spell it) Bernie Watsons brother cant think of the other sax player though. 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. Bernie was the organist and his brother another name that eludes me were both from Sunderland. any help would be great as they are my great uncles. Cheers Terry, Message for Nora We worked many times in Newcastle and the North East area. ___________________________________________________________________________. There is a good photo of the group playing in Wetheralls. Some time later I joined the Gamblers. Blue Parrot in Sunniside. no one has mentioned the muscle inn built into the viaduct bottom of dene st, the club was run by wrestlers hence the name.The club room was tiny 40 punters it was full.an H girder ran the length of the bar (head height)where punters rested their beer (or whatever had fell off a wagon)this was circa 1962 on a friday it was jazzers M.C. During the late fifties and early sixties the Maj was a very popular venue for dancing. I left England in 1966 to emigrate to Canada but still look fondly back to my younger days and great music in Newcastle. But you'll always have your memories. Rumour had it that the ex-Club AGogo bouncer Dave Findlay and his brother Tommy were going to put in appearance. We have a photo of the inside of Change Is with girls ( no men in sight!) The band consisted of George Richardson vocal/ piano, Billy Mordue/ drums, John Edwards/ bass, wonderful musicians, great times. I met my husband at Nelson Street jazz club. Myself, Cass and Ken went down to Kings Road and came back with Leather Coats down to the ankles. If you go on Google and type in Rare cds- the Kon-Tors there is a site which will sell you a CD off this record for around 8. My boyfriend was working and was 15. Buy Tickets . worked there opposite the Sounds with Eddie Farrow and Bobby Carr on a temporary basis untill a club in Low Fell was completed.. that name escapes me tho.,.One night at at the Picadilly, Ronnie Pipe in an agitated state (unusual for him MR laid back) informed my old man that the the CRAYS were in.. sure enough. Happy days. Our selection of photographs from the ChronicleLive archive recalls 10 South Shields pubs, past and present. 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. Photo: Shields Gazette Photo Sales 2. Oh Mike Jeffrey. I was a DJ at The Cellar club, The Tavern, Change Is, Sloopys, The Dolce Vita, The New Caverndish and a few more. 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. :)A perfect gentleman. Ill post a comment as soon as I have anything to report. power bi relative date filter include current month; old nightclubs in south shields. My dad played with him in a band before the war as a lad in Newcastle. Used to tell my mam I was going to the one at Whitley Bay as I wasnt allowed to go to the Newcastle one. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); But if you were there and you cant remember much, then this site will jog your memory, at least about the local north east music scene of the mid to late sixties. La Strada in South Shields opened around 1962 and ran throughout the 1960s. i was the original singer with the Gamblers when we split they joined Billy Fury, who also stole my girlfriend ! In October 1968 the Bailey Organisation opened Sloopys disco above La Dolce Vita. Ive lost touch with my dad who was the bouncer with Tommy at the go go club. Cant anyone remember a local band used to play in the dolce la vita called the bits and pieces? Burlesque was my band until car accident and moved to London and became a session singer. 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. Happy Days. Hi George, Im not absolutely sure but think my husband John may have an outside shot. If you want to get in touch enquiry@deadgoodvideo.co.uk. John and I are celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary today and so have been looking back to when we first met in two very special nightclubs in newcastle (long gone but never forgotten) mainly Change Is (later known as Bloomers) and our very favourite place Scamps. 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Equally we are desperately trying to find an internal shot of Scamps? Saw a lot of these bands at the Rex Hotel in Whitley Bay.It was mobbed when Love Affair on.!!! 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! Quite a long time ago that Pete Wallis (ex Juncos and Gamblers) was trying to make contact with any of the Gamblers boys. 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. Just stumbled across this great website. Wow, thank you SO much to Rob Quinn for your lovely comments about working with my Dad,Ken Maddison. 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!). Is it true? Pretty Thing at the Scene Club Middlesbrough, that was a night to remember. Met some real characters. Check out our Memory Lane local history website. Eileen, In the late fifties I played many of those venues, usually singing and paying guitar in the group called The Black Cats and The Billy Gamblin Trio. I attended this event At the jazz cafe with my parents Barbara and Teddy Berg. 1. Thank you. The original building has been demolished and has been replaced by a modern block, which now houses offices and a restaurant. Great article. old nightclubs in south shields. Our nightclub, Industry, will be launching at the end of March, we are next door to Arbeia Bar South Shields. My Grandad, Billy Findlay was Davey and Tommys uncle, they used to both work and own some clubs in Newcastle, they also ran the downbeat (all of this is what my granddad tells me) there does seem to be some confusion with people saying they were related etc the second name is FINDLAY not finlay haha! Shields there was no late licence and it shut around 10-30. Jean McGowan, Hi Trevor Chance. please HELP solve the mystery that was geoff manning. 2. Hi Does anybody remember the Dolce Vita house band, a guy named Robbie was the bass player and I cannot remember the names of the drummer, organist and lead Guitarist. Basically we went to anywhere where Eric Burdon was! Wonder if anybody remembers him. Nobody danced once they came out. Yours nostalgically He was with his daughter who is also a sInger. In response to the comments about Bloomers on May 11th by George Sinclair, Just discovered this site. 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. The Club AGogo opened in 1962 and ran for just over six years. My mother Barbara Berg who worked At the Gogo when she was younger is in the second picture, along with the blonde lady on the right who is my Aunty Joan Tenniswood (young) who also worked there! My name is Bryan Jeffrey ex singer with The Playmates, The Mafia And The Surf Board, a lot of our time spent in Germany and Switzerland. Thats apparently where John first saw me but at that time 1972/3 I was much too interested in dancing. 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). 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. June Viner. Oz disco nightclub The date of this photograph remains a mystery but it shows the Oz disco nightclub in Garden Lane. Magnum Is now Unit, but was known as one of Southsampton's main gay clubs in its heyday. Roger, thanks for a great website, it continues to bring back memories some good, some bad and some unprintable. Dont know how she knew cos she had never been there!!! One night there was a huge fight which involved about 30 people and resulted in the wall between the casino and the disco being knocked down. Its said the CID were only two steps behind them where ever they went from the minute they got here. If I could do one thing before its too late it would be to help her reconnect with people from her past in what was the prime of her life. She was the resident singer. He was the minder for Tom Jones when he came to the La Dolce Vita. 17:50, 2 MAR 2023. 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. 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 went to the Playground on Westgate Road until about 1976. My favourite place ever was Scamps. I think he still lives in the North East and owned the Springs fitness centres. Ended up working for the Bailey Org, for short time, I think they kinda helped ruin the scene though. pm me at cmburney@outlook.com. 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!! Enjoy the trip. So if you two ever want to meet up just let me know, my email is david.coates@autosounds.co.uk. I would like to add, we played with Johnny Dankworth at Club Eleven, on the same bill was Danny Williams (Moon River) Great guys and what a night. went to most of the other clubs mentioned, brilliant times ? The Downbeat was situated in Carliol Square, Newcastle not far from Worswick Street bus station. Im trying to find anyone who may have worked with her. Keep up the good work, Roger! Ray Grehan, who owned various night clubs including the Blue Note in Sunderland and the Crescendo Club at Whitley Bay, passed away about eight years ago. Myself and Ken Cooper were friends from Broadwood Junior school and we started going into town aged 14, as rockers with Brylcream quiffs, Jackson the Tailor drapes, drainpipes and beetle crushers and walking around in circles at the Maj Westgate road. Im talking late 50s early 60salso played the Newcastle Empire on a show called Carrol Levis discovery.bit like opportunity knockscame 3rd out of 20 so no fame and fortune .I am 73 now and I have always said the best years were without doubt the 60s..When you said next to London came Newcastlecorrect. I am particularly interested to hear you worked in Change Is (I went there regularly from 1971-74 approx) my memories are of great music James brown, Fatback Band, Hamilton Bohannon, Family- Burlesque and Timmy Thomas to name but a few. 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 Quay Club, which opened in 1965, was a popular venue in the sixties. Where did his photos go? We all gave up the Go-Go after Sloopys opened at about 1967, Then it was Change Is which changed to Bloomers where I met my wife Joan, and by that time everyone had moved on and got married, I got married in 1976 aged 27 and now still Happily married with 3 kids and 3 grandchildren . 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. Thank you for telling me where I can locate some photos taken inside Bloomers Nightclub in the early 1970s. I believe they were the resident band at the Mayfair at that time. If anyone reading this knew my mother or any other members of the Jimmy Bence Orchestra, please leave a comment on this site. Do you know where any of the surviving ex members are now? He even stood in for the pianist who hadnt turned up on my Mum and Dads wedding day! We had a drink with him at the hotel and what a lovely man he is.