A former South Shields nightclub is set to return to the town for one night only - and even has the support of Little Mix star Jade Thirwall. After leaving the Invaders I played there regularly with Blues Band Vermen, with the late Keith Waring on lead and harmonica,Malcolm,ex lead guitar from Kylastrones,forget bass players name and Les Proud singer. Cheers 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. Ziggy's 19 Bars & Clubs By C9460ITmarkg Kennedy's Bar South Shields 5 Bars & Clubs Open now By steveL794 This is a great Little bar great atmosphere and is such a welcoming bar, well worth a visit great chilling bar 3. Told him Id seen Tubby Hayes and John Dankworth/Clea Laine at Club 11. there was a keyboard player and a drummer called Allan, who drove around Newcastle in a big left hand drive American car. We still went to Bloomers perhaps once a week. La Dolce Vita was situated on Low Friar Street not far from the Mayfair Ballroom. Read more about the Marimba on this link. 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. I went there quite a few times in the late 60s. The second picture down, which has David Macbeth on, also has two of my aunts who both worked at Go Go. It was quite difficult to get a membership in the early days. On club nights the occasional drunken troublemaker would be invited upstairs to the wrestling ring and taught the error of his conduct!HAPPY DAZE!!! The Forever 54 charity night will take place at Arbeia on Saturday, July 2nd. Things started to go wrong the following year when Bob Monkhouse found out that Ronnie Markham (who later rebranded himself as the hypnotist Romark) had been helping himself to the club takings and cooking the books. Great site look forward to any info. Excuse me if I sometimes get things wrong, memory is not what it was from 60 years ago. 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. Happy days! 2. I also went to the Playground on Westgate Road until about 1976. I seem to remember the band playing at The Majestic at the bottom of Westgate Rd. I am researching his club appearances in the UK any help would be ace. Also in Whitley Bay was an out of the way venue near the Ice Rink at Whitley Bay boys club on a Friday night. He said, Dance with me and started doing what he called The Pickett. Tunes such as Back Street Luv by Curved Air and In My Own Time by Family were played a lot. I believe they were the resident band at the Mayfair at that time. On the left, the dark haired lady is Barbara Young, and on the right is her sister Joan Young. I spend my time between Corbridge and Florida. I remember Chic, he did incredible things with the sound and lights. Chas Chandler lived in Heaton and his dad was the roadie. Some pubs might aim to attract a younger 'trendy' crowd; while others cater for a 'traditional' clientele who want nothing more than a pint of proper ale and the environment in which to enjoy some peace and quiet or an uninterrupted conversation. on drums (not Des Omally) and Maggie Miles vocals. Does anyone have a list of bands appearing at the Ballroom in the University Union in the 1960s, Eclection, Family, Jethro Tull, Graham Bond, Taste, Pink Floyd , Alex Harvey for starters. I was only 18/19 years old and really loved the beat, the melody the arrangement and have been hooked all my life. When they played The Cellar Club, So. I was born in Teesside in 1971 my Dad and Godfather had been doing the club circuit until we moved to Brighton about 73. By Sam Johnson 24th Nov 2021, 4:55am - 2 min read. 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 was the original singer with the Gamblers when we split they joined Billy Fury, who also stole my girlfriend ! He gave me my proverbial 5 minutes of fame. It was situated on the forth and fifth floor of a building at 1 Pink Lane, opposite Bowers restaurant. Saw Ralph Brough our lead singer some years ago, we were running the Peterlee half marathon, theres a change. they played for various bands and clubs. Dave Finlay was a very good decorator and I used to pick him up at his house in Jesmond and travel on to Whitley Bay At the time the club was only open on Friday and Saturday evenings . He was a good friend many years ago. I used to visit clubs like the Flamingo,La Discotheque, The Scene,Marquee,Whisky A Go Go,All Star, Tiles etc. My sister is Anna Louise Findlay. Just stumbled across this, I am the son of David Finlay please put all your stories from the hay days so I can get some sort of history to pass on to my kids as my mother jackie and davey split up when I was a baby and I only have his reputation to talk of and dont know if what I am told is true. my info is that Bob Monkhouse did indeed have an input in Change Is..formerly the Picadilly club the resident band that opened the Picadilly in the mid sixties was Man that was a great band. The demon drink (Pernod) was to blame. Garry Steckles, Hi Melina Manning your mum Irene was my first girlfriend, at 16. The top map is an old street plan of the city with the various venues marked with coloured dots. Had great life Its been good reading all the names on this site . I talked to Ken Brady today and he remembers Pete with affection. He was on stage about ten minutes later and when he turned around to sing to people upstairs from the revolving stage the sauce had spread as a large black arc across his back. Sunderland. If I had three wishes . Facebook Instagram Email. 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. 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. 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. 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!!! Ho Hum happy days and strange memories. Shields there was no late licence and it shut around 10-30. What a star she could have been. My father was Carl Hersman who played keyboards. Happy Times. I remember early 70s nightlife which began for me in the Dive Bar underneath the Swallow hotel. and myself on Hammond Organ. Great bloke and wonderful muso. Dave and Tommy Findley worked the door most week-endsI cant remember the name of the resident group but the singer was called Billy , the saxophinist was Peter and the organist was Bernie . 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. Jean x, Jean that would be great. Hi George, Im not absolutely sure but think my husband John may have an outside shot. Whatever happened to them ? I met my husband at Nelson Street jazz club. The Haymarket pub was our haunt and thats where we got to know everyone and Ill try and remember all we used meet up with. 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 was there in the 60s with Joe Brown & The Bruvvers. I was a teenager in the 60s and along with my friends we went to a lot of the clubs mentioned, especially the GoGo, Downbeat Club, the Pickwick in Whitley Bay, and sometimes the La Dolce Vita. 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. What a tremendous website with loads of nostalgic detail of the early music scene in North East. Closed to become Ocean & Collins and has since rebranded as Bliss and is now Voodoo. I left England in 1966 to emigrate to Canada but still look fondly back to my younger days and great music in Newcastle. Amongst those talked about were two men who were heavily involved in the north east club scene in the sixties Mike Jeffery and Ray Grehan. Life goes on. 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. The reunion took place at the Jazz Caf, Pink Lane, Newcastle hosted by Keith Crombie who was involved in the day to day running of several Newcastle clubsback in the sixties. Eileen said: As we get older, we look back with nostalgia at the things we remember from our youth, places we visited, had once passed or had been told about. Great article. There were around a dozen night clubs with top acts appearing in the city every day of the week. If Pete is still around you could use my email to get them together. X, Jean ref Badfinger LP remember when the promoter give it to the JD Geoff Tate, got one myself, Hi George, Just noticed your comment which was addressed to me but (see comment 84) it should have been for Lorraine who i was sharing Bloomers memorabilia with He was from Sunderland and used to come and meet me after school when I was in my school uniform. thank you. The building that held the club has long since been demolished. The Criterion, on the right, Ocean Road, South Shields, 1970s (Norman Dunn), The Neptune Inn, South Shields Pubs, by Eileen Burnett, published by Amberley, The Tyne Dock Hotel, South Shields, 1938. 30 left on 9 February 2013. Roger, thanks for a great website, it continues to bring back memories some good, some bad and some unprintable. Where did his photos go? The dive bar under the Swallow Hotel was called the Gay Trooper in my day.. Wouldnt get away with that now. Like George I have been looking for pics for years. What an era! Tom was a regular photographer for the Bailey Organisation. The building which housed La Dolce Vita still stands but now contains luxury flats. 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. I remember you singing at the Majestic with the Gamblers. Do you know where any of the surviving ex members are now? Dave and his brother Tommy were the doormen the manager was Ken Brady who used to be in the resident group at the Mayfair in Newcastle. . Great site.Keep it up, Paul x. Hi. The club ran for about five years and closed around 1966. 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. Oh I could go on all day. Vogue. I lived in Whitley Bay in the apartment of a house owned by Jimmy Bence. I would like to think so. 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. 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. My dad Bob Stephenson (pianist) played at both La Dolce Vita and La Strada. Plus Dave living in W. Bay! The club was opened on 6th February 1963 by the Levey brothers from Wallsend. 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. 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. 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! Ive lost touch with my dad who was the bouncer with Tommy at the go go club. Geoff Wonfor became famous as a music video producer. Near the North/South Shields ferry landing. 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). Also seem to remember a free concert at Leazes Park with a lot of local bandsmay have been 1967-68? Couldnt believe my luck. The club closed as Change Is and reopened as Bloomers. 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. 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). What a great little site! The time of the Club AGoGo was probably the best for live music in the city. He was with his daughter who is also a sInger. Please see cornell . 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. My friend joy married Tommy. Fantastic read! Maggy Ross could be Maggy Heskith who died a few years ago. So the Kon-Tors had to play a second set at Wetheralls in Sunderland as part of the fee. The Del 5s drummer was Quentin (think thats how you spell it) Bernie Watsons brother cant think of the other sax player though. Jean McGowan, Hi Trevor Chance. Rob . La Dolce Vita went into decline in the seventies and had several name changes before finally closing its doors as a venue in 2002. I went to Change Is probably from 1969 until Scamps opened at the end of 1973. My dad played with him in a band before the war as a lad in Newcastle. The Majestic closed as a music venue in 1967 and became the Gala Bingo Hall. (Payne) He was a singer on the circuit in 70s or Bevan Orchard who played keyboard for him? 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. In the late 1950s it was converted to a ballroom and became the Majestic. I found a photograph of my great-great-grandmother Mary Jane Fergusons public house, the Station Hotel, in Laygate Lane, South Shields. I think my dad was a drummer for a while with a band called the After Eights. :)Alas, me and my friends said theyd never be famous with a name like that!!!!! Im not sure what Dave does now as my dad lost touch with him. Burlesque was my band until car accident and moved to London and became a session singer. so it was really interesting to read the posts from Dave Pinder, Shani Lawn and Jo Slater, who also have connections to that time. I was told that Davey FINLAY my dad was sent to prison for 10 years for something done down the country but as I dont really know him I cant say. My boyfriend was working and was 15. Was told to read your comments from one of the girls, Jen Sherwood, and it was nice to see that you are both still with us. 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. 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!). I also wore a lot of mascara and false eye lashes which sometimes pealed off! Our selection of photographs recall an era of social club beauty contests, colliery wagons,. I think he still lives in the North East and owned the Springs fitness centres. Does anyone remember Joe and Pat McBeth,fab dancers, Does anyone know of any Italian restaurant where someone called Frank Calzini or Franco Calzini worked in 1967 it was in Pink Lane. I then returned to a normal life !!!! loved those ..times i/ve never lost my love of Jazz, and am still singing those beautifull songs in and around the Northeast. how about that for happenstance. There is a good photo of the group playing in Wetheralls. Real name "Northumberland Arms". If anyone has any input on my post please respond. Pete Wallis ( ex Juncopartners and Gamblers), Re Jean McGowan, there are some photos of the inside of Bloomers nightclub on Facebook site called 70s Newcastle Nightclubs if thats a help still have not found a photo of the outside in its hey day but still looking. But you'll always have your memories. Hi, does anyone remember by dad Alan Clay? 1. Yes, Bob Monkhouse did own Change Is until it became Bloomers, I think. From enjoying a post-work tipple to celebrating the football result on a Saturday evening, the pub is the hub of the community, and an iconic part of Britains high streets.. 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. Brought back a loot of memories. He is 93 living in South Africa. We also went to the Cellar Jazz Club in South Shields and to the jazz club at the Grange Hotel in Fulwell, Sunderland where lots of art students from Sunderland Art College went. The Guys & Dolls club is less well known than some of the other Newcastle clubs of the early to mid sixties. I have googled and tried Face book but without any success. it is the same Ken Brady. 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. Initially the Downbeat was a jazz venue but towards the end of its life it featured mainly Rhythm & Blues bands. Any info would be really appreciated. 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. i was a regular and married Vicky Hope a gorgeous bunny girl sadly she died 5yrs ago. It opened in 1959 and ran for around 6 years. Thanks It sadly closed around 2016 and briefly turned into German bar, Das Wunderbar before closing completely. View listing packages . old nightclubs in south shields. I met my first girlfriend Sandra Findley then with all her friends who use to go there, Linda & Sylvia Stoddart, Pat Larby, Cath, Eleanor and Jen. I remember the DJ Dave, I thought he was so hip. Thank you. by | Jun 15, 2022 | seguin accident report | is money matters america legit | Jun 15, 2022 | seguin accident report | is money matters america legit 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. . He also played at The Cavendish and LA Dolce Vita. The club was taken over by the Bailey Group in 1965. Our 10 photographs from the ChronicleLive archive recall some of the many and varied pubs, past and present, of South Shields, As anyone who's ever done it will vouch - South Shields is a great place to have a night out (in normal times, anyway!). 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. I love this blog I am originally from Sunderland and have been trying to recall some of the clubs from this time this site has hit almost all of the ones I went to (mostly on Wearside) starting with the Seaburns cats night out on Wednesday nights, the Cellar (lying about our ages to get in) the Grange, the Bay Hotel and Wetheralls. I can remember seeing The Nashville Teens who played Tobacco Road it seemed like a dozen times. It was a no-brainer that these lads were something very special. 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. what a great club. You know, that little moving side to side that all the Motown groups did on tele. Does anyone remember her and her then boyfriend Ron Thomas who worked at the A Gogo (later going on to work at the Quay Club) always had an alsation with him and lived in Sandyford. June 30, 2022; my septum piercing won't flip up; vegan mochi cake recipe [Just stumbled across this, I am the son of David Finlay please put all your stories from the hay days so I can get some sort of history to pass on to my kids as my mother jackie and davey split up when I was a baby and I only have his reputation to talk of and dont know if what I am told is true. The Mayfair finally closed its doors in August 1999 and was later demolished to make way for the Gate Leisure Centre. I have never heard of Tom Oxley, but would love to know more. Saw some great people there including Joe Harriott and Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand). We worked with the likes of the Shadows, Seekers, Joe Brown, Lonnie Donegan, Roy Castle, Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, the Barron Knights, Freddie Starr(oh dear), Jimmy Tarbuck, Dave Allan, Engelbert Humperdinck, Val Doonjcan to name but a few. It had a bad name she said. I worked in the baileys club Bloomers in bath lane first manager was Dave abbot who went to a bailey club in Stockton second manager was Bob Duncan who after three years moved over to manage La Dolce Vita . My grandfather owned a number of clubs and pubs before WW2, including Balmbras in the Cloth Market, of Blaydon Races fame, and Uncle Toms Cabin, an infamous sailors pub in North Shields. even had chairs in the corridor of the hotel they stayed at. Great time being a teenager in the 60s in Newcastle. a great bunch of people used to drink the night there. Anyway, I moved to the states in 1970 and after moving around a lot I ended up here in California where I have a couple of gyms. 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. The line up was Ken Brady, Jimmy Crawford, Alan Blacks, Barry Preston, Spud Tate ( sadly 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. 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! Hope all is well. 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. He now lives in High Heaton I believe. Occasionally, I heard it referred to as the Gay Trouper. - Mike Mezz. Enjoy the trip. Where is she now I wonder. Sounds as if those were the days alright! Primary Menu. Best years of my life. 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.

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