Paul Robey 4 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Thanks for the memories and stories so far... I'll check this forum on a regular basis and will try to mention as many folk as I possibly can. If you want to keep up to speed with other BBC Radio Nottingham nostalgia related stuff, please feel free to 'like' my Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/bbcpaulrobey/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 The Room At the Top was above a pub on Glasshouse Street (I think - memory duhh) but I can't remember the name of the pub - somebody answered that somewhere else here so maybe they'll do it again. It was a fiercely mod club. I remember a quite serious stabbing in there one night, fun place. Edit: I think it was the White Hart 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 #27 It was The White Hart Mick. I used to go there too and remember the fluorescent lights and black curtains at the windows. Funny how little things like that stick in your mind. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Drifting off the subject again, The original intention was to have the main entrance to the Victoria station on Glasshouse Street. The foresighted brewery built its pub right opposite where the entrance was going to be, Jumped the gun!!! the entrance was changed to Mansfield Road. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 The sherwood rooms! Saw Cliff Bennett and the rebel rousers there,it must have been late sixties/early seventies,fantastic.Saw him a few years ago when he was doing a free concert in the market square,along with a few other bands,he's still got it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 And Little Richard was later notorious for opening the Intercon at Victoria Centre, supposedly Europe's biggest nightclub at the time! Paul, I would dispute that, although it's 40 odd years ago. I was there on the opening night of Intercon and I think it was Lou Christie performing, along with Pans People. I was there with a friend who worked for Nottingham Topic and we had free tickets and an invitation to a private party in a side room in the club. The performers were at this party too, there was a very nice buffet laid out and my friend pinched a couple of jars of caviar and left with them in her handbag!! I certainly don't remember being in the same room as Little Richard and I don't think that I'd forget that. Another night I saw Hot Chocolate there. There was a balcony at the back of the vast room and I stood up there with friends watching them. Like others have said ..... funny what you remember. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Robey 4 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi Lizzie, here's the story recounted by Andy Smart of Bygones and The Post... http://www.nottinghampost.com/Bygones-Little-Richard-burst-Nottingham/story-12272025-detail/story.html 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 denshaw saw Little Richard there although he doesn't mention it being opening night. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2391&page=2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I doubt if any of my recollections warrant airplay..I know a man on here who has seen Guy Mitchell!! Meeting Johnny Rotten and Chuck Berry don't touch it!!..am I right Dave? ( Chulla). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 # 32. Ok Paul, if it was Tony Sherwood who booked Little Richard he would know the facts. Maybe it wasn't the opening night that I went to then! I went with the same friend on a freebie to see Sacha Distel at the Fiesta in Sheffield. We arrived there to find hundreds of excited girls fighting to get into the place. We forced our way through the throng explaining we were 'the Press', the manager let just us in, we met Sacha Distel, such a heart-throb at the time, and had a brilliant evening! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Little Richard played Intercon on 10th August 1972. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 A couple of other early Intercon gigs were Thin Lizzy (the original three-piece with Eric Bell on guitar) and the now infamous Gary Glitter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Little Richard played Intercon on 10th August 1972. As that was a Thursday, I wonder if it was what we refer to as the 'soft opening' and Lizzie was at the opening Saturday or something. He played Wembley on theprevious Saturday. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moz 164 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi Paul. Some of my memories are already written down on my Blog. Feel free to check it out. Here are a couple of links - Memories of the Dungeon - https://mauricemooreblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/the-dungeon-club/ Gigs I remember going to in the 60s - https://mauricemooreblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/live-music-60s/ I will be writing about live gigs in the 70s, 80s, etc but haven't done them yet. I also record podcasts of the music I listened and danced to at the clubs in Nottingham in the 60s. These can be found on MixCloud eg https://www.mixcloud.com/mauricegmoore/dungeon-days/ Finally I played in the band the Salty Dogs in the 60s. We played venues like the Sherwood Rooms, the Palais (both Nottingham and Mansfield), the March Hare, the Maid Marion, the White Hart, Lenton and various others. Maurice 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moz 164 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I forgot to say Paul, some of the memories I mentioned above have been used in the book 'Sawdust Caesars' by Tony Beesley - the history of Mods told in their own words. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 #38 Yes, I suppose that's quite possible DJB. Incidentally, Little Richard's performance seemed similar to his reception at Wembley the previous weekend, pretty poor by all accounts. I remember visiting Intercon several times during August '72, not the opening night though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Didn't Hot Chocolate play here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Not sure I've seen one memorable gig I was at mentioned on this site much. The Two Tone tour of 1979 landed at...wait for it...Kimberley Leisure Centre that year with The Selector, Madness and The Specials all on the same bill. What a night! After all these years, last week I finally bumped into somebody else that was at that gig and learned something new about it. Apparently, they had been due to play Sandpipers in the Lace Market but the venue was considered unsuitable as the low ceilings wouldn't allow the bands to jump around on stage! Well, that's the tale anyway. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I do recall that Stu,went to see The Cure at intercon and yawned all through a Sad Cafe gig! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I can't imagine Sad Cafe being a rip-roaring night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 And of course, there's the classic - The Police, supported by The Cramps at Rushcliffe Leisure Centre! Also '79 if I recall correctly. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 It really was a case of " fanx Tr'a. Nine Nine Nine,sham were a little livelier...sandpiper? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 #27 It was The White Hart Mick. I used to go there too and remember the fluorescent lights and black curtains at the windows. Funny how little things like that stick in your mind. Wow, I hadn't thought about all that for a thousand years, cheers, I'm smiling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 The one gig I went to which could be described as memorable or legendary was Kraftwerk at Rock City in 1981. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BeestonMick 263 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Drifting off the subject again . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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