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Forum: General Chat 05-08-2003, 13:44
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Posted By ASFC1951
Post Re: The original disco?

It was all the deck, but it was divided into two "tribes". The mods used to hang around at the bus station/street map end and the hairies used to hang around at the town hall end.
Forum: General Chat 09-07-2003, 07:54
Replies: 14
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Posted By ASFC1951
Post Re: The original disco?

Boxes? I meant buses, of course! Must start checking my posts before I send them!
Forum: General Chat 09-07-2003, 07:49
Replies: 14
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Posted By ASFC1951
Post Re: The original disco?

Well, as I was only a kid in the 50's I don't remember Morts. Remember the cinemas, though. I was always fascinated by the lurid posters displayed outside to advertise forthcoming attractions. Better...
Forum: General Chat 22-05-2003, 07:10
Replies: 14
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Posted By ASFC1951
Post Re: The original disco?

I'd forgotten all about the Old Bank! It was a great place for keeping an eye on what was going on on the "Deck". (I wonder if they still call it that?). Another favourite hang-out was the Grill Bar...
Forum: General Chat 08-05-2003, 12:46
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Posted By ASFC1951
Post Re: The original disco?

Sorry, I'll have to pass on that one, as by time the New Era opened (1969?) I was too old for youth clubs and had graduated to the Derby, the Blockade and the Jazz Club.

I remember the Elite...
Forum: General Chat 07-05-2003, 14:53
Replies: 14
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Posted By ASFC1951
Post Re: The original disco?

Yeah, that's right, he was called Mick Ward and he did work on the buses. He certainly had a great collection of records.

Got my suit made at Ernie McKno's on Blackburn Road near the railway arch....
Forum: General Chat 07-05-2003, 12:49
Replies: 14
Views: 1,004
Posted By ASFC1951
Post Re: The original disco?

Remember it well. When it opened in the Summer of '67 it was a welcome alternative to Accy Con - a huge ballroom which seemed to have a high proportion of rockers and ten-years-too-late teddyboys...
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