Were you fascinated by the big digital clock in the Town Square centre? Regards, Hi John My sister, Pat Broadbent used to work in the cloakroom. How I wish it was still there. Near the North/South Shields ferry landing. There used to be a Barclays Bank by the flats between Manchester Road and Featherstall Road South. Needless to say, the doormen found it most amusing happy days!!! I remember in the mid 70s seeing Tommy Cooper, it was classed as one of the posher Oldham nightclubs. Feel free to add your comments and memories of Going Up Town, 1980s or any other decade you wish to recall. Lots of fireworks had gone off in it. HMV doubled in size taking over the former Superdrug unit. 18th Birthday Dec 29, 2022. Loved it! Mark Jordan also worked in Pickwicks Bar at the junction Yorkshire Street and Union Street. The building was eventually sold off, closing up shop in 2006. Just outside of the town centre on Manchester Road was Mother Hubbards. Back then, westbound buses stopped on the side nearest the B&Q Supercentre and Oldham Way. In the 90s there wan an antiques and collectibles shop on Waterloo St that sold rare records. Leave them in the comments section below. I would say that Oldham bus station was a good choice of dating venue, though pretty dank by the Information/SaverSales kiosks. One platform accommodated a control tower. Manchester nightlife in the 1970s. I used to go to the Golden Disc at top o George Street. There may have been fake beams and that most pastoral style of wallcovering known as Artex. Graham isnt at the barbers at the moment due to illness but I am sure he will be back soon. Sadly my dad passed away a few months ago and we were all very proud that he made history when he came to Oldham and opened the first chinese restaraunt. It features nightclubs in Oldham and Oldham Town Centre, who offer clubbing, live bands and nightlife. For a start, it was warmer. Please report any comments that break our rules. It was part and parcel of the joys of Going Up Town along with Tommyfield Market. From memory Linda worked in the front album bit and Marje in the singles bit. I remember a record shop on the outside shop fronting the old market hall. Wimpy moved from a smaller unit next to the Royal Bank of Scotland to a more prominent corner unit, formerly used by Burton and latterly Boardmans. ", Colin Hudson: "There's many a lad who went back down the stairs quicker than they ascended. My Grandma, Mildred managed Silvios, I remember going in the backroom which was always very smoky as a kid. Great to hear peoples stories and memories about Oldham during the 80 and 90s. I remember that grand opening of Tescos too, the DJ celebrity was David Hamilton (Diddy David Hamilton). 29, 1970 Madison Square Garden, new York City, NY i attended Freehold Juniors in then! (HMV has closed, though re-emerged as a pop-up shop for Christmas time). Russells Piano Cafe occupies that unit nowadays. Straight away she gave me 1.25 worth of record tokens and told to go and buy it and bring it to her, which it did. I also had a good friend that use to work at Benetton but she worked in the newly built offices on Union street on the top floor dealing with the admin side of the retail business. It was close enough for the pubs on Yorkshire Street and clubs on Union Street. How about Montys at the bottom of Yorkshire street? Hi Jenks, I think you might be able to settle an argument for me. Not a million miles away from Oldham is the oft-disputed birthplace of fish and chips which is the small town of Mossley. they may remember the special Wandering Dragon. was this when it was a fun pub similar to Henry Afrikas, around 1992? At present, only the westbound section of Mumps Bridge bus station remains in use. I also remember them having the occasional one in the Periquito hotel. In 1970 the brothers sold out to Grand Metropolitan, owners of Watneys. 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? He then sold up and bought the Town House . 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. A large group of young people stand gathered at the intersection of MacDougal and West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village . The song we always selected was the one that begins hello, this is joni. Required fields are marked *. I think way back in the 70s it was called Tramtracks, and after Scandals it was Jo Jos, before being demolished to make way for flats and houses. Ma Dobbs what a lady. 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. 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. Lams or Lambs, not sure about the spelling. Tesco was in the precinct for a while as I recall my mum complaining when they closed if. DREAMERS was the place to be back in the day. Ps dave. In the late 1970s, the club were runners-up in the . Though I never went in, I did remember The Regent. HP10 9TY. 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. Clubs: Oldham Athletic. Did you ever experience the joys of Duck a Muffin? I was taken there for a treat and thought it the height of sophistication. From Rotters and Rafters to the swirling psychedelia of Deeply Vale and UMISTs Heavy Rock disco, and from Northern Soul to the pogoing punk of The Electric Circus, this is a love letter to and celebration of Manchesters nightlife of yesteryear. Yes! They did the nicest hot chocolate with whipped cream for miles around. Congrats to you both Exclusive Nights Night Clubs Call 1.5 mi | 1 Kinder Avenue, Oldham, OL4 5HJ No Ratings Write a review More info Apollons Night Club Night Clubs 6.9 mi | 40 Charles Street, MANCHESTER, M1 7DB No Ratings Write a review More info Xoxo Cocktail Lounge Night Clubs 3.2 mi | 15 Market Place, Middleton, MANCHESTER, M24 6AE No Ratings Write a review Do you remember? You could not make it up. There was no Black Friday or Cyber Monday . We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Scandals? Of course, theres the (in)famous Candlelight club which was the haunt of slightly older clubbers who insisted on going that extra hour or two after all other pubs and clubs had closed. 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 i had quite a lot of fun there and met some interesting people. I could have sworn I used to pass the place on many a 421 up town, from my late grandmas house. 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. The UCP Tripe shop was between the two arcades. However. Anyone remember Dave (the neck) from Bulls Head. Dreamers was on Yorkshire Street, and you went upstairs to it.Mick. Happy memories. Geraldine Rimmer went to Dreamers on a Friday and Saturday. Golden Disc was also in Hilton Arcade, certainly by the 80s. I used to go with my Dad when he did make-up for the Gilbert and Sullivan shows. ", Ginny Alexandersaid: "I used to be in there every weekend had many a good night met my husband in there. It was a great place where you could stock up on your groceries and buy non-food items. RIP. Over the years thousands of Oldhamers danced the night away at Smokies nightclub. What a LADY! Never had a bad night in there. I remember the day the old inside market burned down. Good times at the Smokies final party, 2007. Always sold us lads LPs for 1.50 when they were 2.00 or more. I have many fond memories of shopping there in the 80s and 90s and even the 00s. Our Diddy one (of ABC Television and Radio 2 fame instead of Knotty Ash) has outlived the store by more than three decades. Most of the first floor was allocated to Shoemarket. Back in the 1980s, the indoor market was a dull green structure akin to a supermarket. Ditto the above with Halfords being a two storey unit. Also froggies, it was in the basement of butterflies, the jobcentre is on the site of the former cats whiskas. A club that defines one extreme of the 1970s New York club scene was CBGB. The Toymaster shop was on Yorkshire Street, just before the iron railings, but after Barclays Bank. ", Marks and Spencer shoppers SO horrified by 2 snack in stores they think 'it's April Fool's Day', "Nope. hi all, just to add to my brothers comments about oldham town centre, as he said our mum used to work at C&A, that is where HOME BARGAINS is now,and our dad was also a driver for them, as Dez says, we used to get our records for our disco from the GOLDEN DISC which was next to MAYS jewellers, and also next to the MARKET HOTEL which was where the bus garage is now, we also used to get them from DISCLAND in the arcade, which is still there, run by ALAN the manager, I can also remember getting some records from an elderly lady called MA- DOBS, can anyone else remember her? Inspired by mid-century Hungarian-French photographer Brassa's street photography of Paris in the early decades of the 20th century, Abramson (1948-2011) began photographing nightclubs on Chicago's South Side - clubs like: Peppers Hideout, Perv's House, the High Chaparral, the Patio . Berni's became Beefeaters when Grand Met, sold the chain to Whitbread in 1995. Editors' Code of Practice. All I can remember was that the toy shop on the road up to the church was a Toymaster franchise. Airport Cell Phone Waiting Lot Dec 31, 2022. Graham Lambert of inspiral carpets fame was in my year. Did the Cats Whiskas become Bobos? Then there was Henry Africas. Also used to go in a bar on Greaves Street which is now boarded up, anyone remember its name? 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. 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??? 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