Legendary Liverpool Clubs Of Yesteryear.

[scousejoan]

Hi Joan, if you really want the post deleting just send a Personal Message to Kev asking him to remove, but looking at the thread there is no need to delete the post.

Thank you John your a gent.

[phredd]

Thank you John your a gent.

Joan

We only have Ladys and Gents on here so dont worry hun xxx

Phredd

[scousejoan]

Joan

We only have Ladys and Gents on here so dont worry hun xxx

Phredd

Iv'e done it again phredd, posted the same thing twice, and thank you also .

[john]

Iv'e done it again phredd, posted the same thing twice, and thank you also .

John the Gent

[shytalk]

your probably right I went every where in the dark back then,
no this place was a cafe and nothing what so ever to do with clubs, God you can remember door numbers! not so shy really are ya.I'm sorry I posted now, any way how do I delete the other post, please.

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.

[scousejoan]

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.

Thats the one, I recall a bit of an argument over it being called Dutch Eddies or Dutches, any way I only went there once, I was right about the railway Bridge though wasn't I
eh, eh, wasn't I.

[kevin]

...It was opened by Stan Roberts and Jim Ireland, they went on to open numerous clubs and manage a lot of bands.

Jim opened the Babalou and the Beachcomber.
A mate of mine was married to his daughter for a while - very useful for free entry!

The Cavern in 1967-8.
The Odd Spot, Uglies, Beachcomber, Cheuffeurs etc in the 70's.

PS
Having now read the full thread I've remembered The Blue Angel (Allan Williams was a mate of my uncle), The Pyramid, and in later years Kirklands and Streets.

Favourite was the Odd Spot though, particularly when Neil English, then Terry Molloy ran it - with Chick on the till.
Worked the door sometimes when the regular guy, Bobby, was ill. But only because I knew all the regulars by sight - if you weren't known (in the early days) you didn't get in.
Once caused a great fuss by turning away Pete Price - Mr Merseyside who couldn't believe a local didn't know him. The fecker was a stranger to me but he got in, ego severely ruffled, by screaming for Chick.

Happy days!

[Rodger]

hi all!
if anyone is interested...
there is a weekend tribute broadcast on 105MHz FM for the ledgendary Rick Dane and RJN
playing all his best music!
sounds great to me! so many happy memories!!

[Steven]

Wow ! Those clubs bring back some memories. Does anybody remember Sheila from the Gladray

Please don't remove your post Joan, it all adds to the interest. And Yes, I did go to Dutch Eddy's (The Tudor) in Parly.

[Jim SH]

Just joined today and stumbled across this!

I used to make regular trips down to Liverpool every weekend and went in all the following at least once or twice..The Wookey Hollow. The Cabin in Wood St (still there). Russells, Tuxedo's and the Continental (Met Debbie Greenwood!) - didn't one of them become Cream? Romeo's and Juliet's (arghh!) Eric's (My favourite, saw The Clash, Siouxsie, Specials and Stranglers amongst others) The She, Ugly's, Coconut Grove and.....The Grafton!

Happy days...

[lindylou]

Yep, I remember all of them. I went to the Wookey a few times as it was just a 5 min walk from where I lived.

let's think - was the Continental the same club as Russells under a new name ?? Then it became Cream ??

I went to the Continental once or twice but it was so long ago I can't think !


Romeo & Juliets was a new name .. the original name when I used to go there was the 'Top Rank' ( then it got changed to 'Baileys' )

[Ged]

Phew, those last few you mention Ste, I can see why you've put Sh

[lindylou]

Phew, those last few you mention Ste, I can see why you've put Sh

... and don't forget the Montrose

[Ged]

Billy and Wally.

My mate had his staggie in there

[lindylou]

The Montrose was ok in it's hey day. Went there once or twice when it was alright - saw Pete Price on there one night doing his stand up comedy/singing routine.

The Montrose - like everything else - went down the nick when all the scalls started frequenting it, and before it closed down it became little more than a pick up joint.