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. Can anyone settle this argument please? Dirty Stop Outs' Guide to 1970s Manchester is an affectionate. Dreamers was upstairs on Yorkshire Street, small but played some good music. https://www.facebook.com/YesteryearOldhamThenNow?fref=ts, I think you might mean The Wrens Nest owned by Peter Wren who was an item with my friend Linda, and who was also a drama teacher in Oldham College. 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 The Ghost of Christmas School Discos Past, S.V.s Formative Years Festive 50 (1985 1986), The Ghost of Quizmas Past: 24. Were you fascinated by the big digital clock in the Town Square centre? I seem to remember a cafe next door to it as well and at the bottom of the arcade on the corner was a newsagents stall. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. HMV doubled in size taking over the former Superdrug unit. At present, only the westbound section of Mumps Bridge bus station remains in use. Julia. So many memories! Thank you several times over for confirming where I thought Ballyhoo was! 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. Man Utd return to Premier League action on Wednesday evening as they take on Crystal Palace. We asked you for some memories online and here are a few: Jacqui Stephenson-Kirkbride went clubbing there from 1992-97. kemper: the coed killer; donte randall jackson. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Elsewhere within this blog is detailed reference to St Peters Precinct. He then sold up and bought the Town House . My parents called me Queen of the Salads! Home Team: Teams O-R. I remember going to scruples and montys and later used to go to dreamers. Oldham Saloon. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. DREAMERS was the place to be back in the day. Today, the original GMPTE stands have been razed with car parking in place of the stands E -H. Four stands remain, albeit with standard cantilever bus shelters. Butterflies was the haunt of many a drinking teen, although it seemed to be superseded by Froggies also on Union Street (which may now be a Job Center)? The indoor market looked as nondescript inside as it did on the inside. Does anyone know of Lindas whereabouts? Quite posh! 14:13, 23 FEB 2018. How I wish the Oldham of 2011 had such musical variety today: the Entertainment Exchange and nearby Sainsburys store are the most dependible sources now. In no particular order i used to love going to Froggies Henry Afrikas Romeo and Juliets Dreamers Javelin became an amusement arcade in around 83/84. A proper record shop in Oldham would be a fine thing, though this would buck the trend towards people downloading chart music. Oldham itself wasnt short on chippies either. It was close enough for the pubs on Yorkshire Street and clubs on Union Street. It was part and parcel of the joys of Going Up Town along with Tommyfield Market. Feel free also to add to the list of forgotten Oldham shops from the 1980s. I think Mothers Kitchen fits the bill. Everytime i hear that song, i am transported back to C & A!! Its a shame to see the lovely building falling into dereliction. was this when it was a fun pub similar to Henry Afrikas, around 1992? I am sure that the owner of Dunkins Donuts was also the owner of Mothers Kitchen and his name was Tony. Perhaps a retro technology shop wouldnt be a bad idea! She bought dunkins donuts from Tony in around 1980 81. ", Chris Shackleton said: "I didn't but I made a coffee bar on the top floor not long before it shut.". The restauraunt was called New Lung Wah. Springbank PUB 2 Bars & Clubs 8. Tesco was in the precinct for a while as I recall my mum complaining when they closed if. Something went wrong, please try again later. The station closed following Yelloways demise in 1989, though the travel centre continued for a few years as a National Express agent. These existed as a stopgap solution whilst Spindles replaced St Peters Precinct. Anybody remember what Romanos on rock st was before Romanos ? Thank you for your comments. Beyond Oldham Way was the Belgrade Hotel. They remain so now. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. It was during the 70s that the M62 motorway was completed, but also when Manchester Ship Canal began a steep decline at its headwaters in Salford and Trafford as container traffic began to make it unviable. The UCP Tripe shop was between the two arcades. Sadly I think he took his own life. 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. Marje (or Marjorie) and Linda used to work there. When are the next train driver and rail worker strikers? Myself and my friends used to go out shopping in Oldham every saturday we would catch the 403 bus our first stop was always Trilbys I loved that shop I spent all my pocket money on a black taffeta skirt with green netting -thought i looked really cool !! Most of the first floor was allocated to Shoemarket. I also remember there being a set of external steps from Town Square leading to St Peters Precinct. 10. Was that opposite the junction inn? Prior to 1989, a handful of services used the more rudimentary facilities. 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. Why might walking round the dance floor anti-clockwise at Pips have resulted in trouble? Who remembers the Record Fairs on Rock Street back in the 80s/early 90s? 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. Flying MIA to cruise out of FLL Dec 29, 2022. Stops on St. Marys Way and Yorkshire Street were well used as of now. When I used to see my late Grandma in Chadderton, we would go up town on the 421 bus and call in C&As first and foremost. . I also used to use the same barbers on Henshaw street and the co-owner of Queen street barbers is Graham Smith, I have been going to have my haircut since he was at Henshaw street mainly because Graham was in the same year at Grange school as me. 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. Good times at the Smokies final party, 2007. I dont know what Montys was before. Name of some famed night club in Stockport are Bamboo Club, Chapters, Club HQ, Cobdens Bar Coco, Heaven & Hell, K Klub Stockport, Live Lounge, Trunk, Pad etc. On Waterloo Street, it was close to the Oldham Coliseum and even closer to the site of the Empire Theatre, demolished in 1981. She said: My mates and me would spend our weekends in there, it was in a great location and we danced all night. Happy memories. When I was 16 I got a saturday job at Littlewoods I worked six hours and came out with 10 I though I was rich. In 1970 the brothers sold out to Grand Metropolitan, owners of Watneys. Theres a few memories. The 343 to Hyde used it amongst others. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Cars are valuable today, but these top the list of all production muscle cars the! ", Julie Beardsellsaid: "I met my husband there! It deeply affected me. The stall I used to go to was run by a bloke who looked like Peter Cushing. Russells Piano Cafe occupies that unit nowadays. I also remember the UCP tripe shop which I think was part of the old indoor market, or was located close to where Levers chippy would be now. Backflips outside . Read more: Berni inns in the 1980s. Upstaging the older precinct years before its topping out ceremony, the neighbouring Town Square was Oldhams most popular of the two. Updated 14:15, 23 FEB 2018. 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. the bally hoo was near the mother hubbards, its where the menzies avant hotel is now, bit of a daft name, froggies was an even dafter name, those were good times, in my late teens/early twenties, own flat, cash in pocket, building up a resistance to alcohol, meeting young ladies etc, dreading the day when you have to grow up, settle down and start behaving yourself. 29, 1970 Madison Square Garden, new York City, NY i attended Freehold Juniors in then! As soon as you mentioned the heart shaped wooden chairs, that was my trigger. The Iceland within Littlewoods and Bardsleys bookshop on Yorkshire street also stick in my mind. Yorkshire street upstairs other club was the iguana. The Golden Disc is the one record shop of the 80s I remember. A-D on the left and E-J on the right. 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. Their unit was about the same size as a shoe box. Anyway, I used to buy all my punk singles at The Golden Disc when it was roughly where the entrance to Spindles is, on the side where the smaller new bus station is. (HMV has closed, though re-emerged as a pop-up shop for Christmas time). In the 80s there was some kind of Diner (possibly Amercian) in thr old Shaw St warehouse behind thr Bluecoat School, can anyone remember what it was called? Remember meeting a girl called Janice outside there one Sunday night in 89. Oldham used to be a good night out with the cats whiskers club Dreamers & Henry Africas but times have changed its a shithole now & best avoided if possible . Bosses say they will take 'swift action' to ensure 'our future guests receive exemplary service and product'. Thank you. Within its three floors, you could have your ears pierced, buy a new pair of shoes and have a burger, without even touching the main centre. Ditto the above with TESCO on Chadderton Way and Greenacres. I found that since the 1970s, fan loyalty has increased, and that about 55% of a . For many, a chance meeting blossomed into marriage, for others the . also Pips in fennel st, the biggest club or at least most well known due to adds . Over the years thousands of Oldhamers danced the night away at Smokies nightclub. Aldi shoppers stock up on nostalgic 1.59 Special Buy that 'takes them straight back to childhood', "Just the smell of this takes me back to my childhood. You can still listen to him on Boom Radio. Do you remember? 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 Further up was the turning circle on Manchester Road. I remember the record shop at the inside market, bought my first records there, think it was called Javelin records shop. I always remember going in and asking if she had the Spirit in the sky album by Norman Greenbaum. Talking of record shops was the one in the Arcade originally called Discland.A friend of mine who was into classical music once went in there and asked for a fairly rare recording of a Beethoven piano and violin sonata.The owner looked at him rather strangely and said he didnt have it but would something by Russ Conway do instead! Turning right would take you towards WHSmith, the toilets, St Peters Precinct and a third Boots entrance. 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. Duck A Muffin was like a giant meatball, probably made of beef, pork or mutton with breadcrumbs. The 343 to Hyde used to use it amongst others. There was a little amusement arcade further up and a butchers at the front of the entrance. I can recall the toy shop opposite the bus station on the row of terraces that included upwards towards the church. It really is and was the best city in the world. This was shared with National Bus Companys long distance services as well as Yelloways excursions. C&A (or in longhand form, Clemens and August) had quite an impression on your family, and as I know myself, many Oldhamers. Also facing Javelin was Sizzlers burger bar. Oldham has changed so much in recent years. Oldham Street affords a fascinating stroll along a mix of trendy bars and restaurants, small boutique shops, and yawning gaps where shops or even buildings used to be. Some visitors may remember meeting some big names of the time, but perhaps not . Regards, Hi John For example, going to the shops and meeting up with friends instead of going online. Bredbury Hall Hotel & Club is considered among the top clubs and bars in Stockport, Manchester. Tommy field indoor and outdoor markets. Yes it was Porkys. Graham isnt at the barbers at the moment due to illness but I am sure he will be back soon. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Writers Cathy Crabb, Lindsay Williams and composer Carol Donaldson were regular at the club and said it was where you went to nurse a pint of Guinness and blackcurrant, dance to the Smiths and the Cure and plot starry-eyed escape routes out of Oldham. I also used to go on the market looking for imports, picture discs, coloured vinyl, and everything else. It was 1970. On its original site (opposite Tommyfield Market), I only went Dianas Coffee House once. Met my dates outside toy & hobby at the bus station, that way if they looked bad I could stay on the bus. I was a Dreamers man. If the 1970s were your childhood then you'll likely have fond memories of a more traditional and, let's face it, rather low-tech Yuletide. advance, nc homes for sale by owner. We sat in upstairs. I bought my hair & makeup products from bonanza & Ruth & Geralds. Spent my teens at trax roller rink. Elsewhere within this hallowed soupon of server space, this insignificant spec of cyberspace is an article on the joys of shopping in Ashton-under-Lyne during the 1980s. As well as catching the usual suspects up to Oldham (346 or 340 then 409), we would change at Shopping Giant for a 421 to Block Lane (Chadderton Broadway/Moston, Gardeners Arms). To order the clip clean and high res for your commercial pr. I thought the bali hoo was the better one, it was a bit more posh than the others, remember the cats whiskers club and went to the empire also met most of the old cast of coronation st at the Oldham playhouse did work in the co op store in the furniture upstairs the meeting place outside used to meet at c and a girlfriends or blind dates remember yates wind bar on the high st lots of hanghovers after drinking the cheap plonk alexander park on the rowing boats and the first time i went on a skiff if you had no balance. I like a happy medium between digital and analogue worlds. A typical night in Pips.1 of 16. Next door was Javelin which was bigger and sold mainly current records. I too remember Froggies being in the basement of Butterflies, the entrance being opposite The Star Inn. On Union Street was Butterworths. Those were the days. excellent blog, I have not lived in Oldham since my teens in the 1970s, but the nostalgia i have read triggers many memories,, someone mentioned Ma Dobbs i remember her well, a kind elderly scrawny lady who had only a few teeth left but a big smile she worked in a record shop owned by her son i think, she was soft and kind hearted to kids, when pocket money didnt quite stretch to the price of a single which cost maybe cost 50p, if you only had had 40p then she would sell a top 20 record 40p but only when the boss was not around , they probably never made a profit in that shop, when he was not around the shop was packed with kids, trying to get a bargain. Id forgotten about the lovely thick milkshakes at country larder where I had a Saturday job when I was about 14-15 but I cant remember how we made them (maybe a machine with a spout that frothed it up??? I think it was called Hamleys, but could be wrong. ", Katherine Birminghamsaid: "Seedy, sticky floors & great music. However. Mardi Gras Dec 29, 2022. In 2015 a production named Dreamers, came to Oldham Coliseum Take for example photography, with the joys of using a memory card in a present day camera, or loading 35mm/120 in a film camera. Inside the caf had a stereotypical country cottage ambience. and we used to buy little wooden beaded / painted people in a string that we would tie on our shoes. The 50p member 1 if not entrance fee. Do other people have fond memories of this bar? So cute! Our Diddy one (of ABC Television and Radio 2 fame instead of Knotty Ash) has outlived the store by more than three decades. You could not make it up. This is a list of seasons played by Middlesbrough Football Club in English and European football, from 1883, when the club first entered the FA Cup, to the most recent completed season.Middlesbrough Football Club were founded on 18 February 1876, by members of Middlesbrough Cricket Club.For the first years of their existence Middlesbrough participated in competitions such as the Sheffield Cup . These fascinating capture clubbers inside popular Greater Manchester venues of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The song we always selected was the one that begins hello, this is joni. All the chairs had cut out heart shapes in the backs and on the tables. The nightclub, that was a small venue known for its big tunes in Yorkshire Street, was demolished in 2015. There used to be a Barclays Bank by the flats between Manchester Road and Featherstall Road South. It was called Porkies or Porkys but I dont think it lasted long. The junction is now where Rymans stationery shop sits since they built Spindles. Feel free to add your comments and memories of Going Up Town, 1980s or any other decade you wish to recall. I was dating a girl Christine Hawkin, her Mum & Dad ran/ owned the sweet shop inside market. Seriously? Blast from the past! The jukebox in C&A I cant hear Dont Go Breaking My Heart Elton John and Kiki Dee without thinking of that jukebox! Pips, Rotters, The Electric Circus - they're all in here. I have found an image on Flickr.com of the Market Hotel which might conjure up a few memories. In a nutshell, it was a brutalist precinct designed by the same architect as the Civic Centre. talking of the junction inn, paste this in google Dianas cafe was very popular at the time and I remember the owners name was Savas I think, we used to play football with him and a few of his friends on the all weather pitch on Horsedge St on Sunday afternoons. Stand J was right at the bottom on the angle. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. I remember SOUNDS but cannot remember where it is, I can remember DIANAS cafe, and also the FAMOUS ARMY & NAVY STORE where the games shop is now, and also I remember LITTLEWOODS where I started my first job, after leaving school. Free shipping for many products! Digital technology may be great for overall convenience, but we need to be analogue every now and again. The show features the Dreamers Community Choir and an all-female cast, who combine TV credits on Shameless (Sally Carman), Coronation Street (Rachel Leskovac) and Emmerdale (Marie Critchley). How about Montys at the bottom of Yorkshire street? Im stuck on the name too, but I vaguely remember it. Spending Saturday mornings in Golden Disc in Hilton Arcade flicking through the 7 and 12 singles, and the saloon type door the Golden Disc had! maybe Buddies or something like that, i was going to post this question and ask but it may be the same question. Sadly, we were not destined to be together. I know you and your brother Ged. She said: I wont forget the sticky carpets and the wet floor in toilets. He passed away at around 40 years old. ps My sister worked at the New Theatre Tea shop on waterloo street my fav was creamed mushrooms on toast I loved going there it felt like you were back in time. Im sorry but Im not here. 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). Egerton Arms: Egerton Street. Manchester's bar, club and music scene of the 1970s is celebrated in a book, with foreword by The Smiths bass player Andy Rourke. The record shop in the Arcade was called The Javelin Records Golden Disc was at the top of West st. near the walkdown, towards the Magistrates court. Why did David Bowie spent a night sleeping rough at Stockport train station? Buying clothes in Zutti, Trilby and their other store called Uptown. The two worlds can co-exist. In 1971, the EPA created DOCUMERICA, a photo documentary project that recorded the negative effects of modern life on the environment. A-Z of Oldham Athletic football programmes oldham nightclubs 1970s 4 from 1960s have been stored in! What was the name of the Indian restaurant facing the library on queen St that you went downstairs to ? He was a big bloke but fair and consistent, but if you started fighting or anything like that and you were out. 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. The building was eventually sold off, closing up shop in 2006. I remember a record shop on the outside shop fronting the old market hall. I never really liked Montys. I was 11 or 12,and I was so shocked. I do remember there being a barbers on the first floor. Another must visit department store was Littlewoods, with entrances on High Street and Albion Street. No . I used to go in Javelin, Discland and the Golden Disc, next to the Regent pub, circa late 70s and into the 80s. Plus I remember J stand because of the amount of 343s I have caught in my time. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Littlewoods used to have a good music section in the mid-1980s. The coffee was very popular and we were forever changing the filter papers and carrying two stacks of four cups to refill the brewing stations. I remember a shop in inside market that sold wham cushions and Michael Jackson cushions and mirrors. It was opposite a doughnut stand. They had red gingham heart check fabric window curtains and matching seats. A-D on the left and E-J on the right. By the bus station I remember Hallmarks where you could buy stationery. $3.48 + $13.82 shipping . The mid-1980s saw McDonalds take over the former Yates' Wine Lodge unit. Their other branches in Bury and Rochdale closed around the same time (they also had a fourth branch in Lincoln). There were school uniform stores on there. My sister, Pat Broadbent used to work in the cloakroom. Then off to Butterflies for the Friday night rave or Dirty Dreamers if it was a Saturday cos Butterflies reverted back to its true,shirt and tie roots on a Saturday. Javelin was the record shop in the arcade during the 1970s and was then bought out by Golden disc which is how you end up with two of them. i can understand what you mean, also used to do a bit of photography and there is something satisfying feeling that old SLR and listening to the mechanical parts do their work and hearing it click in the same way music lovers like to touch the album as they put it on the record deck and read the lyrics and info on the cover. By 1910, the club was playing in the top flight of English football after the club had finishing in the runners-up spot in the 1909-10 season. 1970s, 1980s Berlin Nightclubs, Dancing, Disco, HD from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Vaguely remember the cafe name, Silvios but nothing elseand interesting to hear of all the different clubs a bit before my time. View all posts by mancunian1001. As a 9 or 10 year old, I was mad into punk rock. Your email address will not be published. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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 ? Hi Mel. It was a wonderful, buzzing bar and eaterie. 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. In North Shields, for quite a long time in the 60's, the basement of "The Jungle" was a night club. They did the nicest hot chocolate with whipped cream for miles around. No visit to Oldham was ever complete without a visit to the famed Tommyfield Market. Also Halfords was a 2 storey shop behind the large spiral concrete ramp on George Street. 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. We used to finish late and then get off to Zolly Boshers til chucking out (or raided; whichever came first usually the raid). The book is officially launched in March 2018 and is available to buy now on Amazon. Bars & Clubs 7. I think his last name was Greenwood but I am not 100% sure of that, maybe someone else can confirm please? Left-leaning performance poet, visual artist and public transport enthusiast on the autism spectrum. There was also another cafe on the arcade which ran parallel to Hilton Arcade with a Victorian style interior which I liked. Congrats to you both This would be 79 / 80 when it was over really. I remember Scruples,on Yorkshire Street,Henry Afrikas where Sainsburys is now.Montys,Chaddy Squash club,Bali hoo,Candlelight,Dreamers,Scandals was my fave. Tommy Heffron the doorman commented its better than watching a video working here on a Friday Happy Days. Even so, it made for a good occasional treat and was a dependable source for posh milk shakes and coffees. 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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. Can anyone settle this argument please? Dirty Stop Outs' Guide to 1970s Manchester is an affectionate. Dreamers was upstairs on Yorkshire Street, small but played some good music. https://www.facebook.com/YesteryearOldhamThenNow?fref=ts, I think you might mean The Wrens Nest owned by Peter Wren who was an item with my friend Linda, and who was also a drama teacher in Oldham College. 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 The Ghost of Christmas School Discos Past, S.V.s Formative Years Festive 50 (1985 1986), The Ghost of Quizmas Past: 24. Were you fascinated by the big digital clock in the Town Square centre? I seem to remember a cafe next door to it as well and at the bottom of the arcade on the corner was a newsagents stall. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. HMV doubled in size taking over the former Superdrug unit. At present, only the westbound section of Mumps Bridge bus station remains in use. Julia. So many memories! Thank you several times over for confirming where I thought Ballyhoo was! 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. Man Utd return to Premier League action on Wednesday evening as they take on Crystal Palace. We asked you for some memories online and here are a few: Jacqui Stephenson-Kirkbride went clubbing there from 1992-97. kemper: the coed killer; donte randall jackson. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Elsewhere within this blog is detailed reference to St Peters Precinct. He then sold up and bought the Town House . My parents called me Queen of the Salads! Home Team: Teams O-R. I remember going to scruples and montys and later used to go to dreamers. Oldham Saloon. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. DREAMERS was the place to be back in the day. Today, the original GMPTE stands have been razed with car parking in place of the stands E -H. Four stands remain, albeit with standard cantilever bus shelters. Butterflies was the haunt of many a drinking teen, although it seemed to be superseded by Froggies also on Union Street (which may now be a Job Center)? The indoor market looked as nondescript inside as it did on the inside. Does anyone know of Lindas whereabouts? Quite posh! 14:13, 23 FEB 2018. How I wish the Oldham of 2011 had such musical variety today: the Entertainment Exchange and nearby Sainsburys store are the most dependible sources now. In no particular order i used to love going to Froggies Henry Afrikas Romeo and Juliets Dreamers Javelin became an amusement arcade in around 83/84. A proper record shop in Oldham would be a fine thing, though this would buck the trend towards people downloading chart music. Oldham itself wasnt short on chippies either. It was close enough for the pubs on Yorkshire Street and clubs on Union Street. It was part and parcel of the joys of Going Up Town along with Tommyfield Market. Feel free also to add to the list of forgotten Oldham shops from the 1980s. I think Mothers Kitchen fits the bill. Everytime i hear that song, i am transported back to C & A!! Its a shame to see the lovely building falling into dereliction. was this when it was a fun pub similar to Henry Afrikas, around 1992? I am sure that the owner of Dunkins Donuts was also the owner of Mothers Kitchen and his name was Tony. Perhaps a retro technology shop wouldnt be a bad idea! She bought dunkins donuts from Tony in around 1980 81. ", Chris Shackleton said: "I didn't but I made a coffee bar on the top floor not long before it shut.". The restauraunt was called New Lung Wah. Springbank PUB 2 Bars & Clubs 8. Tesco was in the precinct for a while as I recall my mum complaining when they closed if. Something went wrong, please try again later. The station closed following Yelloways demise in 1989, though the travel centre continued for a few years as a National Express agent. These existed as a stopgap solution whilst Spindles replaced St Peters Precinct. Anybody remember what Romanos on rock st was before Romanos ? Thank you for your comments. Beyond Oldham Way was the Belgrade Hotel. They remain so now. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. It was during the 70s that the M62 motorway was completed, but also when Manchester Ship Canal began a steep decline at its headwaters in Salford and Trafford as container traffic began to make it unviable. The UCP Tripe shop was between the two arcades. Sadly I think he took his own life. 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. Marje (or Marjorie) and Linda used to work there. When are the next train driver and rail worker strikers? Myself and my friends used to go out shopping in Oldham every saturday we would catch the 403 bus our first stop was always Trilbys I loved that shop I spent all my pocket money on a black taffeta skirt with green netting -thought i looked really cool !! Most of the first floor was allocated to Shoemarket. I also remember there being a set of external steps from Town Square leading to St Peters Precinct. 10. Was that opposite the junction inn? Prior to 1989, a handful of services used the more rudimentary facilities. 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. Why might walking round the dance floor anti-clockwise at Pips have resulted in trouble? Who remembers the Record Fairs on Rock Street back in the 80s/early 90s? 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. Flying MIA to cruise out of FLL Dec 29, 2022. Stops on St. Marys Way and Yorkshire Street were well used as of now. When I used to see my late Grandma in Chadderton, we would go up town on the 421 bus and call in C&As first and foremost. . I also used to use the same barbers on Henshaw street and the co-owner of Queen street barbers is Graham Smith, I have been going to have my haircut since he was at Henshaw street mainly because Graham was in the same year at Grange school as me. 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. Good times at the Smokies final party, 2007. I dont know what Montys was before. Name of some famed night club in Stockport are Bamboo Club, Chapters, Club HQ, Cobdens Bar Coco, Heaven & Hell, K Klub Stockport, Live Lounge, Trunk, Pad etc. On Waterloo Street, it was close to the Oldham Coliseum and even closer to the site of the Empire Theatre, demolished in 1981. She said: My mates and me would spend our weekends in there, it was in a great location and we danced all night. Happy memories. When I was 16 I got a saturday job at Littlewoods I worked six hours and came out with 10 I though I was rich. In 1970 the brothers sold out to Grand Metropolitan, owners of Watneys. Theres a few memories. The 343 to Hyde used it amongst others. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Cars are valuable today, but these top the list of all production muscle cars the! ", Julie Beardsellsaid: "I met my husband there! It deeply affected me. The stall I used to go to was run by a bloke who looked like Peter Cushing. Russells Piano Cafe occupies that unit nowadays. I also remember the UCP tripe shop which I think was part of the old indoor market, or was located close to where Levers chippy would be now. Backflips outside . Read more: Berni inns in the 1980s. Upstaging the older precinct years before its topping out ceremony, the neighbouring Town Square was Oldhams most popular of the two. Updated 14:15, 23 FEB 2018. 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. the bally hoo was near the mother hubbards, its where the menzies avant hotel is now, bit of a daft name, froggies was an even dafter name, those were good times, in my late teens/early twenties, own flat, cash in pocket, building up a resistance to alcohol, meeting young ladies etc, dreading the day when you have to grow up, settle down and start behaving yourself. 29, 1970 Madison Square Garden, new York City, NY i attended Freehold Juniors in then! As soon as you mentioned the heart shaped wooden chairs, that was my trigger. The Iceland within Littlewoods and Bardsleys bookshop on Yorkshire street also stick in my mind. Yorkshire street upstairs other club was the iguana. The Golden Disc is the one record shop of the 80s I remember. A-D on the left and E-J on the right. 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. Their unit was about the same size as a shoe box. Anyway, I used to buy all my punk singles at The Golden Disc when it was roughly where the entrance to Spindles is, on the side where the smaller new bus station is. (HMV has closed, though re-emerged as a pop-up shop for Christmas time). In the 80s there was some kind of Diner (possibly Amercian) in thr old Shaw St warehouse behind thr Bluecoat School, can anyone remember what it was called? Remember meeting a girl called Janice outside there one Sunday night in 89. Oldham used to be a good night out with the cats whiskers club Dreamers & Henry Africas but times have changed its a shithole now & best avoided if possible . Bosses say they will take 'swift action' to ensure 'our future guests receive exemplary service and product'. Thank you. Within its three floors, you could have your ears pierced, buy a new pair of shoes and have a burger, without even touching the main centre. Ditto the above with TESCO on Chadderton Way and Greenacres. I found that since the 1970s, fan loyalty has increased, and that about 55% of a . For many, a chance meeting blossomed into marriage, for others the . also Pips in fennel st, the biggest club or at least most well known due to adds . Over the years thousands of Oldhamers danced the night away at Smokies nightclub. Aldi shoppers stock up on nostalgic 1.59 Special Buy that 'takes them straight back to childhood', "Just the smell of this takes me back to my childhood. You can still listen to him on Boom Radio. Do you remember? 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 Further up was the turning circle on Manchester Road. I remember the record shop at the inside market, bought my first records there, think it was called Javelin records shop. I always remember going in and asking if she had the Spirit in the sky album by Norman Greenbaum. Talking of record shops was the one in the Arcade originally called Discland.A friend of mine who was into classical music once went in there and asked for a fairly rare recording of a Beethoven piano and violin sonata.The owner looked at him rather strangely and said he didnt have it but would something by Russ Conway do instead! Turning right would take you towards WHSmith, the toilets, St Peters Precinct and a third Boots entrance. 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. Duck A Muffin was like a giant meatball, probably made of beef, pork or mutton with breadcrumbs. The 343 to Hyde used to use it amongst others. There was a little amusement arcade further up and a butchers at the front of the entrance. I can recall the toy shop opposite the bus station on the row of terraces that included upwards towards the church. It really is and was the best city in the world. This was shared with National Bus Companys long distance services as well as Yelloways excursions. C&A (or in longhand form, Clemens and August) had quite an impression on your family, and as I know myself, many Oldhamers. Also facing Javelin was Sizzlers burger bar. Oldham has changed so much in recent years. Oldham Street affords a fascinating stroll along a mix of trendy bars and restaurants, small boutique shops, and yawning gaps where shops or even buildings used to be. Some visitors may remember meeting some big names of the time, but perhaps not . Regards, Hi John For example, going to the shops and meeting up with friends instead of going online. Bredbury Hall Hotel & Club is considered among the top clubs and bars in Stockport, Manchester. Tommy field indoor and outdoor markets. Yes it was Porkys. Graham isnt at the barbers at the moment due to illness but I am sure he will be back soon. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Writers Cathy Crabb, Lindsay Williams and composer Carol Donaldson were regular at the club and said it was where you went to nurse a pint of Guinness and blackcurrant, dance to the Smiths and the Cure and plot starry-eyed escape routes out of Oldham. I also used to go on the market looking for imports, picture discs, coloured vinyl, and everything else. It was 1970. On its original site (opposite Tommyfield Market), I only went Dianas Coffee House once. Met my dates outside toy & hobby at the bus station, that way if they looked bad I could stay on the bus. I was a Dreamers man. If the 1970s were your childhood then you'll likely have fond memories of a more traditional and, let's face it, rather low-tech Yuletide. advance, nc homes for sale by owner. We sat in upstairs. I bought my hair & makeup products from bonanza & Ruth & Geralds. Spent my teens at trax roller rink. Elsewhere within this hallowed soupon of server space, this insignificant spec of cyberspace is an article on the joys of shopping in Ashton-under-Lyne during the 1980s. As well as catching the usual suspects up to Oldham (346 or 340 then 409), we would change at Shopping Giant for a 421 to Block Lane (Chadderton Broadway/Moston, Gardeners Arms). To order the clip clean and high res for your commercial pr. I thought the bali hoo was the better one, it was a bit more posh than the others, remember the cats whiskers club and went to the empire also met most of the old cast of coronation st at the Oldham playhouse did work in the co op store in the furniture upstairs the meeting place outside used to meet at c and a girlfriends or blind dates remember yates wind bar on the high st lots of hanghovers after drinking the cheap plonk alexander park on the rowing boats and the first time i went on a skiff if you had no balance. I like a happy medium between digital and analogue worlds. A typical night in Pips.1 of 16. Next door was Javelin which was bigger and sold mainly current records. I too remember Froggies being in the basement of Butterflies, the entrance being opposite The Star Inn. On Union Street was Butterworths. Those were the days. excellent blog, I have not lived in Oldham since my teens in the 1970s, but the nostalgia i have read triggers many memories,, someone mentioned Ma Dobbs i remember her well, a kind elderly scrawny lady who had only a few teeth left but a big smile she worked in a record shop owned by her son i think, she was soft and kind hearted to kids, when pocket money didnt quite stretch to the price of a single which cost maybe cost 50p, if you only had had 40p then she would sell a top 20 record 40p but only when the boss was not around , they probably never made a profit in that shop, when he was not around the shop was packed with kids, trying to get a bargain. Id forgotten about the lovely thick milkshakes at country larder where I had a Saturday job when I was about 14-15 but I cant remember how we made them (maybe a machine with a spout that frothed it up??? I think it was called Hamleys, but could be wrong. ", Katherine Birminghamsaid: "Seedy, sticky floors & great music. However. Mardi Gras Dec 29, 2022. In 2015 a production named Dreamers, came to Oldham Coliseum Take for example photography, with the joys of using a memory card in a present day camera, or loading 35mm/120 in a film camera. Inside the caf had a stereotypical country cottage ambience. and we used to buy little wooden beaded / painted people in a string that we would tie on our shoes. The 50p member 1 if not entrance fee. Do other people have fond memories of this bar? So cute! Our Diddy one (of ABC Television and Radio 2 fame instead of Knotty Ash) has outlived the store by more than three decades. You could not make it up. This is a list of seasons played by Middlesbrough Football Club in English and European football, from 1883, when the club first entered the FA Cup, to the most recent completed season.Middlesbrough Football Club were founded on 18 February 1876, by members of Middlesbrough Cricket Club.For the first years of their existence Middlesbrough participated in competitions such as the Sheffield Cup . These fascinating capture clubbers inside popular Greater Manchester venues of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The song we always selected was the one that begins hello, this is joni. All the chairs had cut out heart shapes in the backs and on the tables. The nightclub, that was a small venue known for its big tunes in Yorkshire Street, was demolished in 2015. There used to be a Barclays Bank by the flats between Manchester Road and Featherstall Road South. It was called Porkies or Porkys but I dont think it lasted long. The junction is now where Rymans stationery shop sits since they built Spindles. Feel free to add your comments and memories of Going Up Town, 1980s or any other decade you wish to recall. I was dating a girl Christine Hawkin, her Mum & Dad ran/ owned the sweet shop inside market. Seriously? Blast from the past! The jukebox in C&A I cant hear Dont Go Breaking My Heart Elton John and Kiki Dee without thinking of that jukebox! Pips, Rotters, The Electric Circus - they're all in here. I have found an image on Flickr.com of the Market Hotel which might conjure up a few memories. In a nutshell, it was a brutalist precinct designed by the same architect as the Civic Centre. talking of the junction inn, paste this in google Dianas cafe was very popular at the time and I remember the owners name was Savas I think, we used to play football with him and a few of his friends on the all weather pitch on Horsedge St on Sunday afternoons. Stand J was right at the bottom on the angle. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. I remember SOUNDS but cannot remember where it is, I can remember DIANAS cafe, and also the FAMOUS ARMY & NAVY STORE where the games shop is now, and also I remember LITTLEWOODS where I started my first job, after leaving school. Free shipping for many products! Digital technology may be great for overall convenience, but we need to be analogue every now and again. The show features the Dreamers Community Choir and an all-female cast, who combine TV credits on Shameless (Sally Carman), Coronation Street (Rachel Leskovac) and Emmerdale (Marie Critchley). How about Montys at the bottom of Yorkshire street? Im stuck on the name too, but I vaguely remember it. Spending Saturday mornings in Golden Disc in Hilton Arcade flicking through the 7 and 12 singles, and the saloon type door the Golden Disc had! maybe Buddies or something like that, i was going to post this question and ask but it may be the same question. Sadly, we were not destined to be together. I know you and your brother Ged. She said: I wont forget the sticky carpets and the wet floor in toilets. He passed away at around 40 years old. ps My sister worked at the New Theatre Tea shop on waterloo street my fav was creamed mushrooms on toast I loved going there it felt like you were back in time. Im sorry but Im not here. 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). Egerton Arms: Egerton Street. Manchester's bar, club and music scene of the 1970s is celebrated in a book, with foreword by The Smiths bass player Andy Rourke. The record shop in the Arcade was called The Javelin Records Golden Disc was at the top of West st. near the walkdown, towards the Magistrates court. Why did David Bowie spent a night sleeping rough at Stockport train station? Buying clothes in Zutti, Trilby and their other store called Uptown. The two worlds can co-exist. In 1971, the EPA created DOCUMERICA, a photo documentary project that recorded the negative effects of modern life on the environment. A-Z of Oldham Athletic football programmes oldham nightclubs 1970s 4 from 1960s have been stored in! What was the name of the Indian restaurant facing the library on queen St that you went downstairs to ? He was a big bloke but fair and consistent, but if you started fighting or anything like that and you were out. 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. The building was eventually sold off, closing up shop in 2006. I remember a record shop on the outside shop fronting the old market hall. I never really liked Montys. I was 11 or 12,and I was so shocked. I do remember there being a barbers on the first floor. Another must visit department store was Littlewoods, with entrances on High Street and Albion Street. No . I used to go in Javelin, Discland and the Golden Disc, next to the Regent pub, circa late 70s and into the 80s. Plus I remember J stand because of the amount of 343s I have caught in my time. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Littlewoods used to have a good music section in the mid-1980s. The coffee was very popular and we were forever changing the filter papers and carrying two stacks of four cups to refill the brewing stations. I remember a shop in inside market that sold wham cushions and Michael Jackson cushions and mirrors. It was opposite a doughnut stand. They had red gingham heart check fabric window curtains and matching seats. A-D on the left and E-J on the right. By the bus station I remember Hallmarks where you could buy stationery. $3.48 + $13.82 shipping . The mid-1980s saw McDonalds take over the former Yates' Wine Lodge unit. Their other branches in Bury and Rochdale closed around the same time (they also had a fourth branch in Lincoln). There were school uniform stores on there. My sister, Pat Broadbent used to work in the cloakroom. Then off to Butterflies for the Friday night rave or Dirty Dreamers if it was a Saturday cos Butterflies reverted back to its true,shirt and tie roots on a Saturday. Javelin was the record shop in the arcade during the 1970s and was then bought out by Golden disc which is how you end up with two of them. i can understand what you mean, also used to do a bit of photography and there is something satisfying feeling that old SLR and listening to the mechanical parts do their work and hearing it click in the same way music lovers like to touch the album as they put it on the record deck and read the lyrics and info on the cover. By 1910, the club was playing in the top flight of English football after the club had finishing in the runners-up spot in the 1909-10 season. 1970s, 1980s Berlin Nightclubs, Dancing, Disco, HD from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Vaguely remember the cafe name, Silvios but nothing elseand interesting to hear of all the different clubs a bit before my time. View all posts by mancunian1001. As a 9 or 10 year old, I was mad into punk rock. Your email address will not be published. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. 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 ? Hi Mel. It was a wonderful, buzzing bar and eaterie. 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. In North Shields, for quite a long time in the 60's, the basement of "The Jungle" was a night club. They did the nicest hot chocolate with whipped cream for miles around. No visit to Oldham was ever complete without a visit to the famed Tommyfield Market. Also Halfords was a 2 storey shop behind the large spiral concrete ramp on George Street. 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. We used to finish late and then get off to Zolly Boshers til chucking out (or raided; whichever came first usually the raid). The book is officially launched in March 2018 and is available to buy now on Amazon. Bars & Clubs 7. I think his last name was Greenwood but I am not 100% sure of that, maybe someone else can confirm please? Left-leaning performance poet, visual artist and public transport enthusiast on the autism spectrum. There was also another cafe on the arcade which ran parallel to Hilton Arcade with a Victorian style interior which I liked. Congrats to you both This would be 79 / 80 when it was over really. I remember Scruples,on Yorkshire Street,Henry Afrikas where Sainsburys is now.Montys,Chaddy Squash club,Bali hoo,Candlelight,Dreamers,Scandals was my fave. Tommy Heffron the doorman commented its better than watching a video working here on a Friday Happy Days. Even so, it made for a good occasional treat and was a dependable source for posh milk shakes and coffees. 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