Carlton Club Normanton Friday Nights

[Lfcjunkie]

used to go here i think around 1990 -2 as ofte as poss can't really remember cos i was shit faced every time i went,straight home from work bath( got a lift there every time) hee hee but bloody hell nobut a £1 in it could have even been 50p but i may have paid for lift:thumbsup: what aclub it was where i met John Britton,Mouse ,Pele,Blake Helliwell,Kev Johnson people i consider friends ever sinceand many other dedicated open minded collectors who dj ed there,what about the sounds played there long before going big and the diverse range they played you could here stuff like The Fascinators-"in other words"-to Mandrill-"my kind of girl" in the same spot cheap beer fucking top quality music and a bloody chance to win a raffle for a £1 recession busters or what,seriously this club must have been one of the best you could go to at the time also the warm ups to Wilton were fantastic too

ps musnt forget the ladies on the door Denise etc apologies to anyone i forgot

give this club thumbs up any of you that went

atb

dave longy

[Nz Soul]

was there a few times when wilton was on after it

if i remenber right u could buy tickets for wilton a bit cheaper than on the door

[Chalky]

I DJ'ed there several times, was a regular DJ at the Tracky Club at the time and could be found in a club somewhere in the area every weekend, great days!

[Soulcarp]

used to go here i think around 1990 -2 as ofte as poss can't really remember cos i was shit faced every time i went,straight home from work bath( got a lift there every time) hee hee but bloody hell nobut a £1 in it could have even been 50p but i may have paid for lift:thumbsup: what aclub it was where i met John Britton,Mouse ,Pele,Blake Helliwell,Kev Johnson people i consider friends ever sinceand many other dedicated open minded collectors who dj ed there,what about the sounds played there long before going big and the diverse range they played you could here stuff like The Fascinators-"in other words"-to Mandrill-"my kind of girl" in the same spot cheap beer fucking top quality music and a bloody chance to win a raffle for a £1 recession busters or what,seriously this club must have been one of the best you could go to at the time also the warm ups to Wilton were fantastic too

ps musnt forget the ladies on the door Denise etc apologies to anyone i forgot

give this club thumbs up any of you that went

atb

dave longy

great place up front foreward thing played some great tunes then on to wilton,those were the days regards johno

[DerekG]

Bub & Myself used to DJ there regularly and attend at every opportunity with many friends from Barnsley.

Bought sold and played many good tunes there.

Can't remember a single journey home - absolutely & utterley shitfaced (especially if we won raffle)

It was a great night out.

[oldsteve woomble]

Gig Reilly & me went over from Cleethorpes a few times before our early forays to Wilton.... (certainly weren't 'regulars' tho..)

Same time-ish as Jim & Soap's Cons Club bashes....

from me as requested!

[Naughty Boy]

Gotta agree with all previous. Great local venue of the time with a great crowd.... went both to dj and a regular punter ... and no bollotics:ph34r:

Wicksy

[Naughty Boy]

Bub & Myself used to DJ there regularly and attend at every opportunity with many friends from Barnsley.

Bought sold and played many good tunes there.

Can't remember a single journey home - absolutely & utterley shitfaced (especially if we won raffle)

It was a great night out.

Shitfaced somethings dont change Dek

Edited July 26, 2010 by Naughty Boy

[Iancsloft]

I DJ,d a couple of times there it was brill a typical workin man club cheap ale ruff as owt and the music was at times mindblowin anyone remember the other place down the road the Greyhound stadium i think it was when i did a spot there it took me n Canada Kev ages to find the place this owd bloke we asked for directions pointed to a light in the field and said

thats it lad ur theer yon hut he he

[Guest]

Bub & Myself used to DJ there regularly and attend at every opportunity with many friends from Barnsley.

Bought sold and played many good tunes there.

Can't remember a single journey home - absolutely & utterley shitfaced (especially if we won raffle)

It was a great night out.

Meat raffle if i remember right with no vegi alternative t'was good then.

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Wondered when someone would mention this great little club,it took over from Pele and Mouse,s first(??) venue --The Rugby Leaguer at Sharlston, I met my wife Rani there in Jan 1989 (but apart from that ,i have nothing but great memories of The Carlton and Hawkhills Club--turn down by the cake shop -off the main road!!).Chuddy,Mouse,Kev Jonno,Ron Pedley,Bruce Carter,Bub,Derek G,John B,Trev T,Sue Warwick,The Holmes,s,Big Sue Gilbert,Billy and Denise,Pat and Lynn Brady, and so many more.One of the best nights was Bub,s birthday--we organised a stripper who covered Bub in squirty cream(it was a big can!!) and a crate of Pils(lager,that is) -a great night,then there was the Xmas fancy dress nights---walking thru the Ghetto,s of Normy with me and Trevor Thomas wearing Pyjamas,Kev Jonno was a gangster(complete with inflateable suit--hard to get up when he fell in a puddle whilst under the influence!!!) I went back there with Trev a few years ago and had a look in the Functio room --and couldn,t believe how small it was!!

Dave and Rose ,and Vince behind the bar and the famous 25 pence meat raffle,me getting dropped offby the side of the dual carriageway at Stourton by the York lot with a pint of Guinness most weeks,i had to take the glass back the following week.At the end it was the forerunner to The Wilton All nighters(which originally had just been tried for a few"late finish do,s).

Great memories of a great little club(and the sessions at peoples houses afterward) once at Chuddy,s hose when Bub was reading one of the bairns a bednite story,next day Chuddy was informed that"A giant read me a story"!!!!!

Tony Coleby

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Almost forgot the following--Cockney Steve(never had any money --but got there every week!!) Geoff Burke( aka Wild Bill Hickock R.I.P.) Graham Ellwood,Dave Ripley,Tommy from Ormskirk,Dave Molloy, even took Dave Rimmer one night as he was visiting at my pub!!

T.C.

[Lfcjunkie]

Bub & Myself used to DJ there regularly and attend at every opportunity with many friends from Barnsley.

Bought sold and played many good tunes there.

Can't remember a single journey home - absolutely & utterley shitfaced (especially if we won raffle)

It was a great night out.

i saw bub there a few times so i probably bumped into you shit faced as well never won the raffle,but my mate john britton says sometimes it was a pack of ale .....to get more shit faced with lol...great club derek

atb

dave

[Dave Rimmer]

Almost forgot the following--Cockney Steve(never had any money --but got there every week!!) Geoff Burke( aka Wild Bill Hickock R.I.P.) Graham Ellwood,Dave Ripley,Tommy from Ormskirk,Dave Molloy, even took Dave Rimmer one night as he was visiting at my pub!!

T.C.

and we went back to the pub afterwards as well, so consequently, although I remember going to the Carlton Club, I have very little memory of anything else

[Naughty Boy]

Almost forgot the following--Cockney Steve(never had any money --but got there every week!!) Geoff Burke( aka Wild Bill Hickock R.I.P.) Graham Ellwood,Dave Ripley,Tommy from Ormskirk,Dave Molloy, even took Dave Rimmer one night as he was visiting at my pub!!

T.C.

Steve is still the same

[Guest Northern PhanTom]

used to go here i think around 1990 -2 as ofte as poss can't really remember cos i was shit faced every time i went,straight home from work bath( got a lift there every time) hee hee but bloody hell nobut a £1 in it could have even been 50p but i may have paid for lift:thumbsup: what aclub it was where i met John Britton,Mouse ,Pele,Blake Helliwell,Kev Johnson people i consider friends ever sinceand many other dedicated open minded collectors who dj ed there,what about the sounds played there long before going big and the diverse range they played you could here stuff like The Fascinators-"in other words"-to Mandrill-"my kind of girl" in the same spot cheap beer fucking top quality music and a bloody chance to win a raffle for a £1 recession busters or what,seriously this club must have been one of the best you could go to at the time also the warm ups to Wilton were fantastic too

ps musnt forget the ladies on the door Denise etc apologies to anyone i forgot

give this club thumbs up any of you that went

atb

dave longy

Only made it once enroute to the Wilton, from what I remember some good tunes and up for it crew.

Hated stoppin off on the way to a nighter, in fact didn't do that many soul nights, funny how times change.

Tom

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

C.mon where,s every bugger else that used to attend regularly??

T.C.

[Guest]

Almost forgot the following--Cockney Steve(never had any money --but got there every week!!) Geoff Burke( aka Wild Bill Hickock R.I.P.) Graham Ellwood,Dave Ripley,Tommy from Ormskirk,Dave Molloy, even took Dave Rimmer one night as he was visiting at my pub!!

T.C.

I remember CS very well : he was a better tapper than Fred Astaire

Malc

Edited July 29, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

I remember CS very well : he was a better tapper than Fred Astaire

Malc

When we lived in Harrogate ,i told Steve there was a Tapas bar in the town --he came thro several times!!!!

Rani

[Richard Bayley]

I remember CS very well : he was a better tapper than Fred Astaire

Malc

Best one I've seen Steve pull recently (ie this year) is a wet-handed "fist bump" with a punter leaving a venue, in the hope of getting the door stamp to rub off on him - it worked! :lol:

[Illya]

Carlton Club, I went a few times with I think Al Rhodes and the Holmes. I remember Chuddie playing Gil Scott Heron, Lady Day and John Coltrane, top tune Couldn't dance to then and sweat just listen to now. I think he was the first man to play it out, forgive me if I am wrong

[Harry Crosby]

C.mon where,s every bugger else that used to attend regularly??

T.C.

Me tony, bubs birthday what a scream that was, the stripper was dressed as a police woman if i remember rightly, his face when she walked over, pretended he was in trouble, and then just opened her jacket great days, great club

[Chalky]

Me tony, bubs birthday what a scream that was, the stripper was dressed as a police woman if i remember rightly, his face when she walked over, pretended he was in trouble, and then just opened her jacket:lol: great days, great club

bloody hell forgot all about that night

[Harry Crosby]

bloody hell forgot all about that night

Wasn`t many occasions, bub was lost for words chalky, can still see his face, total shock

[bri pinch]

ME AND DAVE (PINCH) APPEARED HERE QUITE REGULARLY, FROM 89 AND THRU TO WHEN THE WILTON ALNIGHTERS STARTED, GREAT VENUE, GREAT DAYS

BRI PINCH

[Dave Pinch]

IT MUST HAVE RUN FOR A FEW YEARS. WHILE I REMEMBER GOING QUITE REGULARLY FROM 89 TO AROUND 93 I REMEMBER DJING THERE MUCH LATER ON 98/99 MAYBE. PETE LOWRIE WAS ON THE SAME NIGHT. I THINK TREV THOMAS WAS RUNNIN IT AT THAT TIME THO.

DAVE

[Guest]

Wasn`t many occasions, bub was lost for words chalky, can still see his face, total shock

What you may not know H , is that Bub had a visit from the police a few days earlier ...... that is why it freaked him

Malc

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

What you may not know H , is that Bub had a visit from the police a few days earlier ...... that is why it freaked him

Malc

Malc---he probably thought they,d come to talk to him about a body ,dug up in Wombwell Woods,or a missing Autoglass sales-driver,or a woman locked in the cellar who is supposed to be dead,or a schoolteacher who,s been using someone, else,s identity!!

Barry Norman

[Guest]

Malc---he probably thought they,d come to talk to him about a body ,dug up in Wombwell Woods,or a missing Autoglass sales-driver,or a woman locked in the cellar who is supposed to be dead,or a schoolteacher who,s been using someone, else,s identity!!

Barry Norman

Malc

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Malc----i.m organising an idiots night out ---for people who love soul music but also have a secret fetish for things like young ladies,pencil skirts,suspenders,stilletto heels, etc --we,re all meeting at Sean Hampseys next do on 13 th Nov which just happenens to be my Birthday and our Wedding Anniversary---i think Mr Dewhirst may join us( the southern softie who.s banned from his own town --Mirfield!!!)----Would love to see you there

Barry Norman

[Guest]

Malc----i.m organising an idiots night out ---for people who love soul music but also have a secret fetish for things like young ladies,pencil skirts,suspenders,stilletto heels, etc --we,re all meeting at Sean Hampseys next do on 13 th Nov which just happenens to be my Birthday and our Wedding Anniversary---i think Mr Dewhirst may join us( the southern softie who.s banned from his own town --Mirfield!!!)----Would love to see you there

Barry Norman

As i missed the last one through other commitments , I am endeavouring to make sure I will be at Hampsey & Tats' next duck do in November , come hell and high water , and therefore , I will be pleased to join the " Idots' Night Out " .

A night especially " for people who love soul music , but also have a secret fetish for things like young ladies , pencil skirts , suspenders , stilletto heels , etc " ? I have to admit that I have a pencent for an attractive young filly with a trim ankle , but can I give coming along dressed in the pencil skirt , suspenders , and stilletto heels a miss ? I am a tad hesitant in wearing them , as I have not donned these items since 1975 , when I was arrested by the Old Bill for soliciting outside Wombwell British Legion , waiting to go in to a Vicars and Tarts evening .

As for fetishes , ask Dewhirst about the chair suspended from the ceiling of his flat , that he " entertained " young ladies in

I will bell you Tony .

Malc

[Blake H]

Played the odd tune there myself!

Blake

[Sean Hampsey]

Played the odd tune there myself!

Blake

mmmmmmmm think I did too Blake

Is this the place you had me on one night, mid 90's?

Sean

[Sean Hampsey]

Malc----i.m organising an idiots night out ---for people who love soul music but also have a secret fetish for things like young ladies,pencil skirts,suspenders,stilletto heels, etc --we,re all meeting at Sean Hampseys next do on 13 th Nov which just happenens to be my Birthday and our Wedding Anniversary---i think Mr Dewhirst may join us( the southern softie who.s banned from his own town --Mirfield!!!)----Would love to see you there

Barry Norman

Sorry Tony and Malc, I'm not sure thats the proper dress code for our do.

Except for the laaaaaaaaaaaaadies of course!

An small army of cross dressers might upset the larger than life Bully... who is quite sensitive to such activities.

Sean

[Bully Boy]

Sorry Tony and Malc, I'm not sure thats the proper dress code for our do.

Except for the laaaaaaaaaaaaadies of course!

An small army of cross dressers might upset the larger than life Bully... who is quite sensitive to such activities.

Sean

Not at all Sean, they can wear what they want as long as they leave my arse alone

The Bulmeister General!

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Malc-----have already checked with Mr.Hampsey --on Nov 13 th it will strictly be in the tradition of the Harlem Shuffle Nights at Clifton Hall --i.e--"NO RIFF -RAFF"!!!

Coronation St/Emmerdale/Eastenders scriptwriters team(like the idea of dressing up near Wombwell club(think we cud use that!!)

Justin Fashanu

[Guest]

Malc-----have already checked with Mr.Hampsey --on Nov 13 th it will strictly be in the tradition of the Harlem Shuffle Nights at Clifton Hall --i.e--"NO RIFF -RAFF"!!!

Coronation St/Emmerdale/Eastenders scriptwriters team(like the idea of dressing up near Wombwell club(think we cud use that!!)

Justin Fashanu

Eeeh lad , that takes me back to when Hampsey was a fresh faced youth , and I just had a face .

Thank the Lord that the evening ( too upmarket to be called a " night " ) frowns upon such leisure wear : To paraphrase Groucho Marx , I would have had to seriously think about attending a night that would allow me in dressed like that "

What concerns me now , is that Bully assumes that Tony and I help out with the batting on the other side of the bus .

I can assure you Bully my dear chap - I am more akin to Fred Elliott than Billy ........

Malc

Edited August 2, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Eeeh lad , that takes me back to when Hampsey was a fresh faced youth , and I just had a face .

Thank the Lord that the evening ( too upmarket to be called a " night " ) frowns upon such leisure wear : To paraphrase Groucho Marx , I would have had to seriously think about attending a night that would allow me in dressed like that "

What concerns me now , is that Bully assumes that Tony and I help out with the batting on the other side of the bus .

I can assure you Bully my dear chap - I am more akin to Fred Elliott than Billy ........

Malc

[/A Soul Night on 13 th November ----i say ---A soul Night on 13 th Nov our Ashley--i say--quote]

[Guest just mo]

Gig Reilly & me went over from Cleethorpes a few times before our early forays to Wilton.... (certainly weren't 'regulars' tho..)

Same time-ish as Jim & Soap's Cons Club bashes....

from me as requested!

Ah yes. I remember it well

Dj'd there once with Jim. It was fancy dress night

Can recall Anita and i'm pretty sure Wendy too were in fancy dress!!!