Change Is opened with a flourish on 9th February 1969 with a promise of first class entertainment from the best acts around. The original building has been demolished and has been replaced by a modern block, which now houses offices and a restaurant. Does anyone have a list of bands appearing at the Ballroom in the University Union in the 1960s, Eclection, Family, Jethro Tull, Graham Bond, Taste, Pink Floyd , Alex Harvey for starters. Oh how I wish I couldve been there! She was the resident singer. The Del 5s drummer was Quentin (think thats how you spell it) Bernie Watsons brother cant think of the other sax player though. Kennedy's Bar South Shields 5 Bars & Clubs Open now By steveL794 This is a great Little bar great atmosphere and is such a welcoming bar, well worth a visit great chilling bar 3. We made many friends and had a wonderful time with so many happy memories. 2. Lovely to see Ray Grehans name mentioned. It has been lovely reading through these posts , brought a smile to my face x. I,VE JUST REMEMBERED I WAS THE DJ on the opening night of Sloopys the disco above La Dolce Vita. You and I used to share guitar vocals with Ken Maddison in the early 70s at La Strada until I moved to Montego Bay. Without the contribution of these two men the club and music scene of the north east would have been considerably different. Kennedy's Bar South Shields 5 Bars & Clubs By steveL794 This is a great Little bar great atmosphere and is such a welcoming bar, well worth a visit great chilling bar 3. Told him Id seen Tubby Hayes and John Dankworth/Clea Laine at Club 11. I went there quite a few times in the late 60s. I remember a night run by the students union at the Mayfair where they would have on 3 or 4 top groups of the sixties. Saw a lot of these bands at the Rex Hotel in Whitley Bay.It was mobbed when Love Affair on.!!! In the event they failed to show up, probably much to the relief of the host Keith Crombie. The last couple of times I've been in the beer has been very poor, I tried the Landlords bitter and old speckled hen but both were tasting dodgy. Facebook Instagram Email. Good bands played there. I know this is a long shot. Davey, worked at club agogo sadly passed away yesterday morning great man. l have always lived in the North east area and found loads of old haunts from the 50s on here. Another of those in attendance was Marcus Levey, who with his twobrothers ran La Dolce Vita before selling the club to the Bailey Organisation in 1965. Is it true? What a great site this is, many personalities mentioned I knew well. 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. He was on stage about ten minutes later and when he turned around to sing to people upstairs from the revolving stage the sauce had spread as a large black arc across his back. Pete Coulson here ,was lead singer with the Pilgrims & later Bassist with the Hillcresters e mail is geordie38@wildblue.net would like to correspond & anyone else who remembers me from those good times,now living nr.Boston USA, cheers, Hi Holly here lead singer with Toby Twirl. Best wishes, Trevor. there was a keyboard player and a drummer called Allan, who drove around Newcastle in a big left hand drive American car. Does anyone remember the Sands Club at Whitley Bay which is where I met my husband, his favourite haunts were the Old Vic Whitley Bay and also the Sovereign pub which was a good starting point for an evening out. I am a cockney! I still love to dance but have ditched the false eyelashes! Alfie. Do you know where any of the surviving ex members are now? I went to Change Is probably from 1969 until Scamps opened at the end of 1973. Ziggy's 19 Bars & Clubs By jacquelinesQ1680QF Brings back many memories. Great site and yes the Club Agogo was a Great Venue.I met my wife there in October 63 and we married in June 66.We are still together.Neville McKittrick the Invaders Singer was a colleague of mine at British Paints.Last I heard of him he had his own Paint Company in Canada.I would love to make contact again. LA DOLCE VITA CRAZY NIGHTS!!! Photo: Shields Gazette Photo Sales 2. Hi We were more 18 year olds from Sunderland who found our way to the Club A Gogo hoping to meet someone to give us a lift home! old nightclubs in south shields. THE 10 BEST South Shields Bars & Clubs (with Photos) - Tripadvisor If you go on Google and type in Rare cds- the Kon-Tors there is a site which will sell you a CD off this record for around 8. Dave and his brother Tommy were the doormen the manager was Ken Brady who used to be in the resident group at the Mayfair in Newcastle. And Shani, you mentioned your Dad playing piano at La Strada, which my Dad did too wow, amazing. Your dad is on Jesmond and not too well at present, Re comment 72 by David Parks Should additionally have said that John Harker was also still at school when he met me after school in my uniform and wasnt someone older who hung around at school gates!!! Roger, thanks for a great website, it continues to bring back memories some good, some bad and some unprintable. Remember them all.. I had my engagement party (yes I met John there) upstairs in Change Is in October 1974 and not a single photo was taken..such a shame! What a very comprehensive and informative site and great to see some of the places that meant quite a lot to me in my younger days. Also in Whitley Bay was an out of the way venue near the Ice Rink at Whitley Bay boys club on a Friday night. He was with his daughter who is also a sInger. Sunderland. I worked in the baileys club Bloomers in bath lane first manager was Dave abbot who went to a bailey club in Stockton second manager was Bob Duncan who after three years moved over to manage La Dolce Vita . The Criterion, on the right, Ocean Road, South Shields, 1970s (Norman Dunn), The Neptune Inn, South Shields Pubs, by Eileen Burnett, published by Amberley, The Tyne Dock Hotel, South Shields, 1938. He even stood in for the pianist who hadnt turned up on my Mum and Dads wedding day! The second picture down, which has David Macbeth on, also has two of my aunts who both worked at Go Go. old nightclubs in south shields. My dad nicknamed one of youre daughters shoulders I think her name was Siobhan or Dionne or something? My Dad also played on on the early ITV programme One oclock Show, does that ring any bells with people out there? A former nurse said she feels "lucky to . Had great life Its been good reading all the names on this site . to be just a newcastle club owner & darn with the peace & love universal. Chas Chandler went on to become an impresario on the north east scene and was heavily involved with the Animals. If I could do one thing before its too late it would be to help her reconnect with people from her past in what was the prime of her life. Pretty Thing at the Scene Club Middlesbrough, that was a night to remember. My old mans band (Alan NIcholson snr). Some magic names and places. Happy days, Dawn the Nelson Street Jazz Club is mentioned on the page about the Marimba Coffee House. The club was in a street of semi derelict terrace house and the club itself was an ordinary terraced house with the music on the upper floor. After the refurb of the Crescendo I carried on working for Ray firstly on his new house in Forest Hall and then on his new project which was amusement arcades in Sheffield and Nottingham I think he was talked into these by his brother in law I dont think his heart was in this part of the business as he loved the buzz of music and clubs when the Crescendo burned down he went on to buy The Deleval Arms on Scotswood road but it never opened.The last time I saw him was around 1977 but he seemed to have lost his sparkle definitely not the man I knew.As I had moved away from the area shortly after this I was shocked to learn years later that he had passed away he had been one of the best bosses I ever had. The Mayfair finally closed its doors in August 1999 and was later demolished to make way for the Gate Leisure Centre. The Forever 54 charity night will take place at Arbeia on Saturday, July 2nd. A personal perspective by Roger Smith. Great memories, if somewhat hazy due to my then drink problem !! Great article, as with Michael(the previous poster)I have a family connection to these times. I remember you, Dave Elliott, Bob Anderson and my other dads mate Alf. ideal for struggling musicians. I had a great time there and made a dreadful mistake by leaving to work at Leicester for Top Rank. I have a photo from The Viewer (the forefunner of the TV Times) showing a line-up of pianists and singers, Dad is on there but the only other pianist I recognise is (the much-admired, not least by my Dad) Billy Hutchinson. I was the only doorman for over one year. That building and those surrounding it were demolished and have been rebuilt. He was an alto sax/clarinet player with Don Smith in the 60s and I worked in the cloakroom for about a year. Brought back a loot of memories. Magnum Is now Unit, but was known as one of Southsampton's main gay clubs in its heyday. How embarrassing. (remember him?) My favourite thing to do was go immediately to the clubs ( can you believe I used to think going to the pubs a waste of good dancing time!) Ive exhausted all avenues looking for answers. I lived there from when it opened in late1973 or early 1974. 9 South Tyneside nightclubs and pubs we loved and lost - Shields Gazette We went to Newcastle in 1967 to see them play Southampton. Enter Your Postcode Submit. My boyfriend was working and was 15. 9 Jun 2022 . We went and sure enough it was them minus the Leopard skin leotard tho. Great site!! Really interesting reading. My memories of that time are very hazy, I know we had good times, I just cannot remember many of them. Most clubs regularly visited (after tanking up at The Half Moon) I particularly remember the folk/jazz nights we had at Change Is in early 70s. We still went to Bloomers perhaps once a week. My Mam, Cathy worked in the Cavendish 60s 70s in the kitchen, my dad Eddy, worked in the cloakroom with Jack I worked in the cloakroom to help out a few times alongside Jack. I was born in a Newcastle club (the Hillfield on Grainger Park Road, which my parents owned) and spent a lot of my late teens at the Pickwick in Whitley Bay (my home town), with frequent trips to Newcastle and the big-city night spots, mainly the Agogo, followed by the Cavendish and the Dolce Vita, or Greys if we were a bit flush. We used to wet the backs of our hands and press them onto someone elses hand trying to transfer the fluorescent stamp that was needed to get into JAZZ LOUNGE. I was best friends with Pongo (Keith to me) and for a short while roady for them. I read all the stuff about The Maj and Rue And the Rockets, does anyone remember the resident DJ, a young girl (said to be the youngest professional DJ around. Can anyone remember my dad, who was the manager of Change is nightclub in late 60s early 70s James/Jimmy Cowie a Scottish chappie from Aberdeen. they were with some very large chaps and i believe an escort of C.I.D. Cheers. Not in the same league as the other clubs in the area, but full of the essentials of life - beer, women, music and food. Two Scotsmen together in a nightclub, what could possibly go wrong! So he cannot remember if the signage was still showing. Yes the Go-Go times were brill and wish we had photos of everyone we went round with as memories of them times are a bit vague for me but Ill try and write down how those days were. Near the North/South Shields ferry landing. - Mike Mezz. I believe they were the resident band at the Mayfair at that time. 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. Great bloke and wonderful muso. All The Clubs from back in the day | Facebook Anyway, I moved to the states in 1970 and after moving around a lot I ended up here in California where I have a couple of gyms. There were two lads called Tich and Grass who frequented the club and fancied themselves as hard men.They beat up Paul Williams, who was then with Mayall, when he bumped into one of them. Dusk nightclub to return to South Shields for one night only, as Just found a post from Jane Maddison whos dad Ken Maddison was my bandleader for many years after I left groups to settle down. The building that held the club has long since been demolished. Comment by Michael finlay December 12, 2011], How can u be his son micheal -when u cant even spell his name rite -and he hasnt got a clue who jackie is, Anyone remember Purple Haze, a school band from Redwell School in 1968 Johnathan,Richard,Frank and Michael, Hello everyone I dont supose for one minute that anyone remembers me, I was lead singer for The Strangers and The Strollers,what Im really trying to find out kylastron Mac is buried so I can go and pay my respects to an old and dear friend who I lost touch with a long time ago thanks, Hi The Mayfair Ballroom opened by the Mecca organization on 12th September 1961 and continued to be a major venue in the city for 38 years. The drummer had an American car. Hey everyone Can you remember what the music was that was played at the start of every evening- was it by the BarKays? Bob Redhead. While, the 1860s-built Criterion, on Ocean Road, closed in 2012 to become a Ladbrokes bookmaker, before reopening in 2018 after enjoying a major refurbishment recreating how it originally looked in Victorian times. After the gig was finished Joe was going home and this band of youngsters were sitting in the arcade, one of them said Joe, lend us 10 bob to get some chips, were skint and starving so Joe took pity and obliged, that band turned out to be the Faces and the kid he loaned the 10 bob to was Rod Stewart, Joe was always moaning he never got his 10 bob back. 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. Many thanks for the site. 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