Boring Crap You Remember About Old Venues?

[Guest in town Mikey]

I was chatting to a mate at the weekend when the Chandlers - You're Love Makes Me Lonely was played.

I blurted out, this was the first record played at Stafford in 85. I know because we were at the front of the queue, and were first in. The floor was empty so I dumped my bag and made sure I was the first one to dance there that year.

Shawn's reply was, you know some really, REALLY boring crap

[grant]

I was chatting to a mate at the weekend when the Chandlers - You're Love Makes Me Lonely was played.

I blurted out, this was the first record played at Stafford in 85. I know because we were at the front of the queue, and were first in. The floor was empty so I dumped my bag and made sure I was the first one to dance there that year.

Shawn's reply was, you know some really, REALLY boring crap

yep thats pretty boring Mikey:lol:

[grant]

But doesn't that record lose it all at the end??

it slightly speeds up if thats what u mean webby

[Citizen P]

I've always thought that,

If you could remember it-you were never REALLY there

Tony

[grant]

I've always thought that,

If you could remember it-you were never REALLY there

Tony

was i at heywood last month Tony?

[Stevie]

Here's something I remember about Keele - black snot when you blew your nose in the morning.

Never happened anywhere else - put it down to the place needing a good going over with a duster once in a while....

[Guest gordon russell]

the sign outside the torch said THE GOLDEN TORCH they just took the lightbulbs out of the GOLDEN so it shone at night THE TORCH......didn,t shine during the day obviously lol

[Pauldonnelly]

Here's something I remember about Keele - black snot when you blew your nose in the morning.

Never happened anywhere else - put it down to the place needing a good going over with a duster once in a while....

pmsl spot on my friend..

[Citizen P]

was i at heywood last month Tony?

Can't remember...

T

[Guest roggert]

the sign outside the torch said THE GOLDEN TORCH they just took the lightbulbs out of the GOLDEN so it shone at night THE TORCH......didn,t shine during the day obviously lol

fecks sake i spent nearly 2 years talking about the golden torch niters ,people thought it was a myth -nosuch place!!!!! then they turned the lights off !!suddenly everybody knew where i was going to! perhaps long names dont stick in the memory when youre smashed, CASINO ,WHEEL,junction ,dungeon ,mojo etc are quoted but not full names.!did blocking mean you lost the ability to quote names . Ialways remembered nicknames feak,radio toots dodger tito, never real names- i suppose nigel babbington smyth was easier to say as bajja!!!!!!

[Jez Jones]

Serving breakfasts at the Junction in Crewe why did they think that would be a goer :D

[Guest]

Serving breakfasts at the Junction in Crewe why did they think that would be a goer :D

They did it as they thought we all looked undernourished Jez

In respect of " boring crap you remember about old venues " , it relates to The Junction again ......

Tartan Bitter .

I think that is why my prostate is iffy these days

Malc

[Alan Walls]

I was chatting to a mate at the weekend when the Chandlers - You're Love Makes Me Lonely was played.

I blurted out, this was the first record played at Stafford in 85. I know because we were at the front of the queue, and were first in. The floor was empty so I dumped my bag and made sure I was the first one to dance there that year.

Shawn's reply was, you know some really, REALLY boring crap

Nothing boring about that Mate, there's many old Stafford head who'd love to make that claim!

[Guest porky yorkie]

was i at heywood last month Tony?

Yep you were there, cos you hid against the background of a brick wall from Liz.

Tony can't remember if he was there or not after one of liz's small Vs.

[NEV]

The right hand set of steps coming down from the balcony at The Casino had one step so much smaller than the rest!!

And let me guess Phil.............you fell for it every time

If you lent against the walls above M's your back got f**kin soaked with all the condensation

Edited October 28, 2010 by NEV

[Dave Rimmer]

The right hand set of steps coming down from the balcony at The Casino had one step so much smaller than the rest!!

The last step at the 100 Club, coming up, is slightly higher than all the others

[Guest toby]

The last step at the 100 Club, coming up, is slightly higher than all the others

Dave do you remember when Woody missed all the steps on the way down........bosh right on his hooter(did not look pretty mind you)

Should'nt laugh but by f*** that was funny...........sorry Woody

[Stevie]

The last step at the 100 Club, coming up, is slightly higher than all the others

As is the first step coming down.. spooky!

[Guest martyn]

The right hand set of steps coming down from the balcony at The Casino had one step so much smaller than the rest!!

And the phone booth in the record bar had a really shit veneer shelf

[Guest martyn]

Dave do you remember when Woody missed all the steps on the way down........bosh right on his hooter(did not look pretty mind you)

Should'nt laugh but by f*** that was funny...........sorry Woody

Contemplating a warm up fall at Wigan https://www.soul-source.co.uk/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=82187

[macca]

sitting between two scooterists in the lounge at the fleet wih them 'verballing' about rebores, del'orto carburettors and ancilotti racing seats.

[Guest]

sitting between two scooterists in the lounge at the fleet wih them 'verballing' about rebores, del'orto carburettors and ancilotti racing seats.

Over the period of time when the all - nighters were run at The KGB in Sheffield , the condensation that ran down the walls

( caused by the heat from too many bodies and lack of sufficient ventilation ) , warped the wooden carpet grippers under the carpet in various places , therefore lifting it up , which meant the replacement of them .

Malc

Edited October 29, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Harry Crosby]

Over the period of time when the all - nighters were run at The KGB in Sheffield , the condensation that ran down the walls

( caused by the heat from too many bodies and lack of sufficient ventilation ) , warped the wooden carpet grippers under the carpet in various places , therefore lifting it up , which meant the replacement of them .

Malc

Myself and our mutual friend Mr coleby, have had numerous conversations over the years about THE LEGENDARY WIGAN PIE WARMERS

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Myself and our mutual friend Mr coleby, have had numerous conversations over the years about THE LEGENDARY WIGAN PIE WARMERS

3 Pies,2 Sausage rolls, and 1 x pastie --in there every week for about 5 years ,i think!!!!!

T.C

[Citizen P]

l bought one....HONEST!! Was a Wednesday night though!!

Was it still warm???

Tony

[Guest proudlove]

Serving breakfasts at the Junction in Crewe why did they think that would be a goer :lol:

MMM............Breakfast................brilliant when your still tripping...........................................

Allegedly.

[Guest Swish]

Serving breakfasts at the Junction in Crewe why did they think that would be a goer :lol:

Jez I still havbe a voucher for my breakfast at Crewe.

They must have been absolutely baffled when hardly anyone wanted one.

Still it was a good way to spot dings and/or the squad.They might as well have had massive neon signs on their heads saying: WE ARE SQUAD or WE ARE DINGS

My mind is racing now.

I wonder if the dings thought:

Hey these seem like nice normal blokes enjoying a breakfast , lets have a chat with them, no one else seems to want to.

And I wonder if the Squad thought:

"lets pull these fuckers we cant seem to catch anyone else".

At the police station it maybe went like this:

SQUAD: Ok wheres the gear stashed?"

DINGS: What's gear?":lol:

[Guest]

Jez I still havbe a voucher for my breakfast at Crewe.

They must have been absolutely baffled when hardly anyone wanted one.

Still it was a good way to spot dings and/or the squad.They might as well have had massive neon signs on their heads saying: WE ARE SQUAD or WE ARE DINGS

My mind is racing now.

I wonder if the dings thought:

Hey these seem like nice normal blokes enjoying a breakfast , lets have a chat with them, no one else seems to want to.

And I wonder if the Squad thought:

"lets pull these fuckers we cant seem to catch anyone else".

At the police station it maybe went like this:

SQUAD: Ok wheres the gear stashed?"

DINGS: What's gear?":D

The building that housed The Junction Bob , is now a snooker club called " Dishers "

The next time we are down that way , we will have to see if they will honour the voucher

In respect of this thread's original subject - " Boring Crap You Remember About Old Venues " - The Junction was a cheese warehouse before it became an entertainment venue .......

Malc

Edited October 31, 2010 by Malc Burton

[Pauldonnelly]

the bloke who delivered crates of Milk to the Wirrina All-Nighters at 5-30am Saturday morning was my Dad.

[Guest]

the bloke who delivered crates of Milk to the Wirrina All-Nighters at 5-30am Saturday morning was my Dad.

When he delivered , did anyone play anything by The Four Gold Tops ?

Malc

[Citizen P]

........or anything by Dairy Wells

:lol:

Not bad.

For you;)

Tony

[Guest suehey]

At the Blue Orchid allnighter (just outside Notts) you got a voucher for 'chicken in a basket'

Sue

[Rhino]

coming out of the pier at morecambe in the morning and looking through the boards at the sea underneath and thinking this shitty wood not strong enough to hold all these people............. or was that the start of another come down

[Guest roggert]

At the Blue Orchid allnighter (just outside Notts) you got a voucher for 'chicken in a basket'

Sue

still got one of those tickets somewhere for free chicken in basket. always remember lights under dance floor as well -i wastold it was a swimming pool underneath-was that just gear talking?

[Guest roggert]

the cloakroom attendant at samanthaswas an old neighbour of mine named gracie . who used to beat her husband when she got pissed -i was 10 at the time she was next door, fooks sake social commentary- whats happenning to me ?

Edited November 24, 2010 by roggert

[Guest Dave Atkinson]

still got one of those tickets somewhere for free chicken in basket. always remember lights under dance floor as well -i wastold it was a swimming pool underneath-was that just gear talking?

It was a swimming Pool and we fitted the Dance Floor over it. The free Chicken in a Basket got us around the local licensing laws. I ran it along with John Carlin.

[Barry]

I can remember the order of the wood panels on the wall in M's foyer - I won't bore you with it.

[Barry]

coming out of the pier at morecambe in the morning and looking through the boards at the sea underneath and thinking this shitty wood not strong enough to hold all these people............. or was that the start of another come down :hypo: :hypo:

The drain-holes in the piss stones went staright through to the beach/water.