Dead interesting Luna. Our kid was Mel Cs mothers drummer for a while. Last I heard she was a Tina Turner tribute act. Was Terry Phillips the Muscleman from Opportunity Knocks?
Dead interesting Luna. Our kid was Mel Cs mothers drummer for a while. Last I heard she was a Tina Turner tribute act. Was Terry Phillips the Muscleman from Opportunity Knocks?
Wasn't that Tony Holland?Originally Posted by Chris48
anyone remember The System? It closed and then the System 2 opened a while later
I get mixed up with those names too. I think they are different people.
ps,
I just found these web-pages:
http://www.maxalding.co.uk/holland/holland.htm
http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?a=Phillips,+Terry
Last edited by lindylou; 03-27-2008 at 04:23 PM. Reason: adding web-page
The Windmill is still on the wall although the cafe is gone. It is a famous cafe around the Beatles story as that is where they used to eat bacon butties after playing at various venues.The cafe you mentioned was on Smithdown Rd. It was called the "Old Dutch" cafe, it had a big windmill on the wall. If you are going out of town past Wavertree Playground it was past the railway bridge on the right.
The reason I knew the address was because the owner was a friend of mine and I worked there part time for a while. Don't worry about the mistake, we have all done it at one time or another.
Yes, Joan (Mel C's mum) is a Tina Turner tribute act and Terry Phillips was Mr Universe! It was Tony Holland on Opportunity Knocks as The Muscle Man as Kevin said. I remember auditioning for that show when I was just 15. I was a bag of nerves and bloody awful! Great memories though.
Another one: a few years after I left mr Pickwicks, I was working with a five piece combo doing really nice restaurant/hotel gigs etc - Manchester Piccadilly Hotel and The Excelsior at Manchester Airport I remember well and around this time we were booked onto a hotel in Blackpool to play for the Conservative Conference do and Maggie Thatcher.
I wore a blue dress and the lads wore blue shirts for the first set around this time and Maggie came onto the stage to say a bit. She walked up to use my mic and said, 'Oh how lovely, you're all wearing blue!' She obviously thought that we had done so for her! What a night - they knew how to knock it back and that's all I'll say!
Best wishes
Luna Girl
The Cabin (dead hard to get into) Check Mate, Oscars, and there was one half way up bold street called the Odd Spot (these are all mid 70's to early 80's). Occasionally went to others Pyramid, one on duke street which was decked out in bamboo and plastic palms( Fire hazard methinks) cant remember the name..the "black" clubs ... Somali, Ebo, and dont forget Chauffeurs on Hope Street, boy have I been bladdered in some of these places.
The Bier Keller was a bit wild (Now the 051) that stuff they sold was luney juice.
Reeces 60s
ballroom, upstairs just along from Owen Owens
Used to teach ballroom dancing. shortage of men. Ok for a pickup?
Mardi Gras
Jazz on Fridays. Jerry & the Pacemakers
Up the road Mask coffee club.
Get locked in at the Irish club (Dock Rd)
Sony Webb and the Country Three.
Sampson & Barlows ( london Rd) Black Cat Club
Top floor loo. Pee to the sounds of Hank Walters and The Dusty Road Ramblers, down below The Spinners,
Out the back bagpipes from the scottish club!
Them were the days. All the music you ever wanted.
I played there with Sony Webb (Kenny Johnson) and the Country Three. It was all beetbicks then. An experiment. Went down well. Got a re-booking.
Just discovered this thread, it brings back so many memories
For me it was The Flintlock, Rumfords, She. Used to work the disco in Cindys (shame of shames), anybody remember the downstairs DJ Jimmy Sink, always played Northern Soul and could dance anyone off the floor. Pre club it was always the Captains Cabin on Victoria Street. Oh sweet memories!
Labour Club, Dingle
Here's an oldie from the early sixties. The Miller Brothers when we wern't playing at The Black Cat Club ........Bit of Hessie's gear here!
The Babalou or The Beachcomber?
(same owners)
I see most of you would have got away with frequenting Uglys.
Indeed I did.
They needed someone of great beauty to benchmark the ugly against.
Didn't waste my time applying!
Checkmate next door to and part of chequers off bold street seel street i think always to wrecked to recal !! and Cagneys in london road roxy bowie
nights steve proctor was DJ .The system sounds familiar what era was it 80's? or later .Planet X was another punk goth club in various places around the town
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