New Era Youth Club - Page 4

MargaretR · 09-11-2011, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Kev Gray

Used to go to the Era then and loved Schoolgirl Bitch! Saw them at Ossie Town Hall and we booted holes in the front of their very nice stage which ended up looking like cheese! Good times, some of the best of my life!

A member here -kestrelX - was a member of that band.

kestrelx · 10-11-2011, 16:47

We used to rehearse downstairs in the back room which was where all the boilers and electrics were, there was an old cold storage area bit like a big cupboard three times the size of a transit van, which had a door on it, we used to rehearse in there sometimes because it deadened the sound!

Does anyone remember the guy who ran it; Richie, I forget his surname, I heard a rumour he got in trouble with the law for something unsavoury in the early 80's! Does anyone know what happened?

claretman · 12-11-2014, 21:04

happy memories , used to play football there down stairs on a friday around 1973/4 then sit and watch the older ones dancing to northern soul afterwards , i was mesmerised, needless to say i caught the bug too

developmentjunction · 04-05-2015, 06:45

Went when it first opened. 1968? Played netball for them. They had a white transit van that used to take us around. ALways had dances and bands downstairs and always packed. Went to Austria and Luxembourg and we even got on Radio Luxembourg one night.
A big crowd of us used to hang out there. Progressed from there to the pub next to the cinema on Broadway and of course The Deck in front of the Market Hall
Happy Days

mab · 09-10-2015, 22:54

I went to itb training centre which was next door before it moved to blackburn!in 79/80when i used to go in at breaks and dinner times..

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kestrelx · 13-10-2015, 16:04

Anyone remember the lad who used to do the Elvis Presley dancing around 77 - 78, he was only young, not old as the activity would suggest.

FriendofAccyEra · 05-05-2017, 13:43

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

We used to rehearse downstairs in the back room which was where all the boilers and electrics were, there was an old cold storage area bit like a big cupboard three times the size of a transit van, which had a door on it, we used to rehearse in there sometimes because it deadened the sound!

Does anyone remember the guy who ran it; Richie, I forget his surname, I heard a rumour he got in trouble with the law for something unsavoury in the early 80's! Does anyone know what happened?

Hi there. Richie's surname was McMullen - don't do rumours but Richie moved to London where he managed a youth club in Earls Court. Cheers G,

FriendofAccyEra · 05-05-2017, 13:47

Hi Kestrelx - Richie's surname was McMullen - don't do rumours - Richie went to London and ran a youth club in Earls Court

FriendofAccyEra · 05-05-2017, 19:33

I knew Richie and Rosa too. Good people. I also had some great times in Borwick Hall. Graham