Hello, this has been a great read. Im the daughter of Ken Maddison who had a resident trio in various local clubs in the 60s the Pickwick in Whitley Bay, La Strada in South Shields, and the Baileys clubs in Newcastle, I remember him being at La Dolce Vita, and (I think) the Latino.Sadly hes not around any more to ask, but I remember as a child hearing some of the names you mention here. The lion was not part of the act, the guy just had it as a pet,it was amazing when he walked into the club with the lion on the lead. I remember Chic, he did incredible things with the sound and lights. Bounce Back 2 the Old Skool . I would love to hear from anyone who is related to me. I also went to the Playground on Westgate Road until about 1976. 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 worked at the Crescendo Club in Whitley Bay in 1968-9 and Ray Grehan owned it then . The dive bar under the Swallow Hotel was called the Gay Trooper in my day.. Wouldnt get away with that now. Can you remember what the music was that was played at the start of every evening- was it by the BarKays? theses lists and memories are priceless but who can remember the truly horrible bands? Many happy memories flooding back. 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. Sandra ditched me after a couple of years and went to London and then Italy where she sadly died aged about 21. Whatever happened to them ? Happy days. Bernie died a couple of years ago and I hear his collection of guitars were donated to The Sage. I absolutely loved the place. I used to go to the Club A Gogo in 1967/1968 as a 15 year old and saw many great bands; Hendrix, John Mayall, Cream, Family and loads of others. He told me about his time as a photographer at Newcastle Night Clubs in the 1960s. Thanks, Great memories, and thanks to everyone for sharing them. I spend my time between Corbridge and Florida. A long time ago! Jean McGowan, Hi Trevor Chance. could.nt aford a leather jacket I was an early mod, not wantin any botha, then bought me 1st real bike from kens on westgate road. Youve managed to make a truly great website even better THANK YOU!!! The Sounds Londoner Ronnie Pipe on piano Herbie Flowers bass Des ??? they were with some very large chaps and i believe an escort of C.I.D. old nightclubs in south shields. Also in Whitley Bay was an out of the way venue near the Ice Rink at Whitley Bay boys club on a Friday night. Cheers I remember Chic standing there looking agahst, anyway that was just the way it was sometimes. LA DOLCE VITA CRAZY NIGHTS!!! How long would it take you to save for the home of your dreams? I still have the Badfinger single I won off the DJ in my treasure box. Mike Jeffery, owner of the Club AGogo and manager of the Animals and Jimi Hendrix was killed in a plane crash in 1973. Detroit sounds the hinge the outfit perfumed garden well me for one as I was in ALL of them our biggest claim to fame was backing the opportunity knocks star the muscle man at the middle club, byker. What a great little site! Alan Price was, I think, born in Jarrow and worked at the tax office. It was a Valentines Dance and we had to do the last part of the show as the audience were clamouring for dance music and they couldnt dance to the Moody Blues! Sloopys Disco was opened upstairs at the Dolcey. The original building has been demolished and has been replaced by a modern block, which now houses offices and a restaurant. Thank you. would love to find out anything from this.thank you Shyirra. I was there in the 60s with Joe Brown & The Bruvvers. Mighty Joe Young was the band of our choice.many musicians stood in with them, Nigel Stanger being one of them, Ronny McLean on tromboneEric Burdon often sang or shouted there and Allan Price raised the roof with his piano and electric organ if I remember rightly. As well as the Crescendo he ran the Club Tempo in London and the Pentland Club in Edinburgh. Find what you're looking for about Nightclubs in South Shields with city-visitor. 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. Any information you have would be great. He even stood in for the pianist who hadnt turned up on my Mum and Dads wedding day! I went to a few with Billys Mills bonzo.. remember Trevor Chance practising above a pub in Clayton Street,.. My dad used to service the fruit machines in lots of these clubs for my uncle in the 60s. During the seventies it was run by David Macbeth, a popular northeast singer in the late fifties and early sixties. Memories just keep flooding back of all those tremendous venues. Im trying to find anyone who may have worked with her. i was the original singer with the Gamblers when we split they joined Billy Fury, who also stole my girlfriend ! Hi Dave Coates enjoyed reading your post I dont live in Newcastle but had lots of contacts, friends and customers from my Disque records days in town. Jean McGowan ( still dancing) xx, Hi David I also used to be a DJ at the New Cellar Jazz Club later the Chelsea Cat sent some pics etc for the site good to hear you are still with us great memories of a great time in our lives. Alfie. Im loving the new web site a fantastic design and fantastic photos. Would be good to have a reunion.. sorry to hear of joe lisles death the 69 club owner. Whow I thought I was the bees knees. He was a drummer at La Strada, South Shields and Sunderland, in the 60s, my mother Rita Clay was taking the money on the door, I remember going to the kids Christmas parties that Sandford Goudie used to put on for us, he also played at the Pickwick in Whitley Bay, I can remember his band was called The Opus Three, he then went on to form a band called Paulas People who were resident at The Blue Star Club, Newcastle. Just stumbled across this great website. Nice to see some old familiar names that I have met in my past days around NE. My credentials for getting the job to the best of my knowledge were I was a pro wrestler along with my tag team partner Jason Joe Robson from the Teams Gateshead and my hobby, hypnotism. Served lovely meals and had big Manny Burgo, ex-boxer on the door. He is 93 living in South Africa. We went often and went for the great music and danced all night. Photo: Shields Gazette Photo Sales 2. I seem to recall that The Rocking Berries played there on one occasion in the Spring of 1967 and they dedicated Hes in Town to my girlfriend Margaret Armstrong. I met my first girlfriend Yvonne there, started going to the Downbeat also Club Eleven in Sunderland with my close pal Rod. I was the only doorman for over one year. FANTASTIC SITE. However at night it became a private membership club with jazz being served up by some of the best musicians around. The sound system was said to be second to none. We were also friends with Clive Lee who was a total fruitcake in the style of Freddie Starr! Just discovered this site. Does anyone remember seeing Dick Haymes at either La Dolce Vita or Greys & The Cavendish in the 1960s? Facebook Instagram Email. I can remember seeing The Nashville Teens who played Tobacco Road it seemed like a dozen times. He said that he had photos of the Kray twins from the Dolce Vita, as well as the likes of Tom Jones and other stars of the era who performed at the club. We all gave up the Go-Go after Sloopys opened at about 1967, Then it was Change Is which changed to Bloomers where I met my wife Joan, and by that time everyone had moved on and got married, I got married in 1976 aged 27 and now still Happily married with 3 kids and 3 grandchildren . didnt Bob Monkhouse have something to do with Change Is? The decor must be 30 yrs old. me and me mates were rockers, wed move down to the rockliffe arms and the station hotel then the club a go go. The building that held the club has long since been demolished. But the Gogo was the best of them all I remember seeing Chris Farlowe, Brian Augers Trinity, Spencer Davis Group, The Family, Zoot Money, Geno Washington, Georgie Fame, Otis Redding. 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. Read more about the Club AGogo on this link. So he cannot remember if the signage was still showing. I had a great time.Lots of memories. Was at a place called St.Charles, outside Chicago, a couple of years ago and who should be playing there but Bill Smedley (Righteous Brothers). In 1967 I spent a short time singing with the Don Smith orchestra of the Oxford Galleries after we finished we always used the Cavendish club or Billy Bottos in Byker. Had some great evenings there in the late 1950s as well as any evenings at the Oxford Gallerys and the Majestic. Your dad is on Jesmond and not too well at present, Re comment 72 by David Parks Hi Margaret, I gave my mate his and told him see that guy look at the back of his jacket just as he turned round and it was `Chris Farlow. Is it true? 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. I was only 5 or 6 but my uncle Michael who owned the places used to give me Coca Cola he seemed like a god to me then! Geoff Wonfor became famous as a music video producer. Fantastic read! During the sixties, seventies and beyond the Mayfair hosted some unforgettable nights featuring many of the top chart and touring bands of the era; bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, Black Sabbath, The Clash, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy and Nirvana, to name just a few. - Mike Mezz. If anyone knows how to get info on the bands that played there I would be most grateful. The Guys & Dolls ran as an unlicensed venue and described itself as a coffee dance club. Two Scotsmen together in a nightclub, what could possibly go wrong! Life goes on. The drummer had an American car. Had great life Its been good reading all the names on this site . I had the Landlords bitter the following day in Wetherspoons and it tasted . 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!). I attended this event At the jazz cafe with my parents Barbara and Teddy Berg. Im 75yrs. Oh how I wish I couldve been there! Does anyone have memories of seeing the singer Dick Haymes at any of the following in Newcastle. ___________________________________________________________________________. I remember early 70s nightlife which began for me in the Dive Bar underneath the Swallow hotel. I was given an unopened and unused car sticker with the distinctive picture of the girl in bloomers (which is kept safely in my favourite memories box) but Im guessing that you already have a lot of the memorabilia. In the 21st century, we've seen many pubs adapting to cater for families, or attracting sports fans by providing large-screen coverage, and increasingly serving meals - not just pork scratchings. On the left, the dark haired lady is Barbara Young, and on the right is her sister Joan Young. 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. I believe they were the resident band at the Mayfair at that time. What an era! La Dolce Vita included a large cabaret lounge with seating for 500 and an illuminated glass dance area in front of the stage. 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Rob . I bet he wasnt too happy when he was told. Cant anyone remember a local band used to play in the dolce la vita called the bits and pieces? We actually had our engagement party (Nov 1974 I think) upstairs in Bloomers or Change Is not sure when name changed. 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. It was a great place to go to if you liked dancing which I did. even had chairs in the corridor of the hotel they stayed at. I would like to add, we played with Johnny Dankworth at Club Eleven, on the same bill was Danny Williams (Moon River) Great guys and what a night. By this time the Club AGogo on Percy Street was in decline and the opening of Sloopys was probably the final nail in the Club aGogos coffin. Im always on the hunt for any photos of either, of these clubs and wondered if you had any at all. Great site. The Tunnel nightclub, Jarrow, December 1991 (Image: NCJ Archive)1 of 9 Sylvesters nightclub in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, circa 1990s (Image: NCJ Archive)2 of 9 The Casablanca. Saw a lot of these bands at the Rex Hotel in Whitley Bay.It was mobbed when Love Affair on.!!! 1. Mike Pemberton and Mick Pickering had Club Eleven, what memories. In the late 1950s it was converted to a ballroom and became the Majestic. The Forever 54 charity night will take place at Arbeia on Saturday, July 2nd. Yes, Bob Monkhouse did own Change Is until it became Bloomers, I think. We had a drink with him at the hotel and what a lovely man he is. I only wish more photographs had been taken to record all this! Hi Does anybody remember the Dolce Vita house band, a guy named Robbie was the bass player and I cannot remember the names of the drummer, organist and lead Guitarist. The Old Ship Inn 8 Bars & Clubs By Fairydusters It's like stepping back in time in this bar. Bringing back lots of stories! I have fond memories of the Cavendish Club from 1967. Yes my mate the late Geordie Short was the drummer, they were regulars at the Bombers club and Central club and were resident band at the now demolished Mount Pleasant club until Geordie passed away. Hi June I do remember the Palleta, it used to be the place to go during the day, they cannot have done much business as we all used to buy one drink and make it last for hours until we got kicked out. Your email address will not be published. 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!). The 'leisure industry' pubs of 2021, of course, exist in a very different world to their mid-20th century predecessors when the town's hardworking men - seafarers , shipbuilders, coal miners and the like - were the main customers in the street-corner and riverfront bars. The club was opened by the very Famous radio DJ Simon Dee. I did overhear a conversation in which one of the guests asked the other if he had been present at the Gogo on the night that Dave Findlay knocked out Keith Crombies teeth! I would like to think so. Great article. The Cavendish Club at the bottom of Grey Street opened as a nightclub in the early sixties and became part of the Bailey Group. According to her they had sex on the floor there. Before then, they always return false. Also seem to remember a free concert at Leazes Park with a lot of local bandsmay have been 1967-68? He was always a dapper dresser!! Cheers. Like you and George I have searched through every possible website trying to find photos and memorabilia. old now and remember the Change Is days like they were yesterday. I was with the MARTELLES, we played at Club Eleven every Thursday, it was a blues night gig, great from the basement blues music. Wow, this is very interesting information, Im Mark Ward Im the son of Chuck & Kathy Ward, along with Mike Jeffries they founded the Marimba in High Bridge and were true sultans of the Jazz and Latin America music scene in Newcastle, I have always been searching for information and any photographs of the Marimba, on searching I have always been a bit let down that my father has never had any mention for the part they played in this cool and underground scene, when everybody else was bopping. Your parents would be overjoyed if you managed to find any photos. 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. Initially the Downbeat was a jazz venue but towards the end of its life it featured mainly Rhythm & Blues bands. Bars & Clubs By 688iang The range of beers and ciders is magnificent, all superbly kept by Kath and the staff. The building that housed the Guys & Dolls is still standing. Ive lost touch with my dad who was the bouncer with Tommy at the go go club. What a great site this is, many personalities mentioned I knew well. If you went there please let me know. Ho Hum happy days and strange memories. I remember you singing at the Majestic with the Gamblers. Fuelled by this success, they picked a fight with Family singer Roger Chapman who proceeded to chin both of them in two minutes. Me and my brother had some great nights in La Strada. My first event that I went to was every Saturday at the Miners Welfare hall which I think was in Burnopfield where the reqular group were Trevor Chance and the Gamblers. Chic was there when I was set upon by a couple of London thugs connected to the Krays, I remember one of the patrons saying that buggers goin back to the smoke with a couple of cracked ribs. I went to Change Is probably from 1969 until Scamps opened at the end of 1973. You and I used to share guitar vocals with Ken Maddison in the early 70s at La Strada until I moved to Montego Bay. Thanks to Roger, I have been able to share memories with someone else who was working in Change Is at that time and I know he mustve played great music as I was always the last one dancing every night! 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. 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. Where did his photos go? Thank you again Roger Im now in trouble for being late for an appointment as Ive just read through all of the comments again!!! dancing from 1969. He later managed Hendrix and Slade. It was fun to meet and party with many stars of the times, Marty Wylde, Kathy Kirby etc. Sydney Australia. There is a good photo of the group playing in Wetheralls. I remember going to the GOGO, but could only go in young set. It closed in 2015. Most public houses have been swept away by what we are told is progress, but the communities that once lived in those areas often still remember the days when men would come out of the shipyards and offices to pop in for a pint. Robbie use to lean out of the passenger window as they were driving around shouting LOOK NO HANDS ! Would anyone know where I may get hold of a photo of the Gay Trouper pub. But who were the men and woman who owned and ran the north easts iconic clubs and kept us entertained throughout the sixties? My mate and I were upstairs buying hot dogs and I got ours and put plenty of Tomato sauce and Mustard on both and went to move away from the counter when a guy in a light tan suede cowboy Jacket backed into me covering his suede tassels in sauce. The photo is of her from when she used to sing at Mayfair and when she appeared on American Bandstand. I have very blonde hair so Don Smith the band leader insisted on calling me Mike White. of Newcastle in the 60s. It was so dark and there were couples kissing in corners and dancing where they stood. truffle pasta sauce recipe; when is disney channel's zombies 3 coming out; bitcoin monthly returns Like George I have been looking for pics for years. Some of the pubs in our image selection, such as the New Ferry Tavern which overlooked the ferry landing on the River Tyne, have gone. Occasionally, I heard it referred to as the Gay Trouper. The Marimba was open for just over a year before being gutted by fire. The reunion was a great success so full marks to Ian Wright for coming up with the idea and organising the event. Great venue. Our selection of photographs recall an era of social club beauty contests, colliery wagons,. Thank you I went to opening night and subsequent first Sunday of Whitley Bay AGoGo. 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. Nowadays though I would just dance solo but back then I never did did. My dad nicknamed one of youre daughters shoulders I think her name was Siobhan or Dionne or something? The building that housed the Marimba no longer exists. The Dolly Peel 12 Bars & Clubs Open now By SteveLorro Very cosy little pub, friendly atmosphere, friendly staff and plenty of beers to choose from. Also meeting up on Saturday at the Pit then up to the Go-Go in the afternoon, purple hearts were the thing to have instead of alcohol. I remember the DJ Dave, I thought he was so hip. In North Shields, for quite a long time in the 60s, the basement of The Jungle was a night club. He was the minder for Tom Jones when he came to the La Dolce Vita. The Downbeat was situated in Carliol Square, Newcastle not far from Worswick Street bus station. JT, Hi Micky Dunn/ John Taberham, Real name "Northumberland Arms". During his time working for the organisation he became aquainted with both Vince and Michael Lavaglio and Denis Stafford.. he always found them to be perfect gentlemen in his dealings both on a business and social level. My social life started at the Cellar Club in South Shields, moved on to the GoGo whilst it was at its height, back to the Cellar (renamed the New Cellar and then the Chelsea Cat), with a few detours along the way via the Latino, Dolce Vita, Greys Club, Change Is and finally Julies. Under new management I. Davey, worked at club agogo sadly passed away yesterday morning great man. Went to nearly all the clubs mentioned. La Dolce Vita went into decline in the seventies and had several name changes before finally closing its doors as a venue in 2002. The Whitley Bay boys club venue was called Zone 22. and myself on Hammond Organ. I frequented most of the clubs at one time or another so it has been brilliant to find this website to bring back the memories. Ziggy's 19 Bars & Clubs By C9460ITmarkg My dad owned Greys Club making it the club to be seen at! Real name Northumberland Arms. & Mel Torme At The Cresendo L/Palso also opened a casino upstairs had chemmy games until the early hours later sold it to Ray Grehan.mussoes used to Gig all night in the club into the early hours. Hey everyone Loved both Dave and Tommy Findlay
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