admin 21 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Where was it? Who owned it Did you ever go here? Taken in 1982 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Looks like the "Old Vic" on Fletcher Gate. Cannot remember who owned but I do recall going to the alternative comedy nights. Jo Brand was on one week and got booed off: definitely overrated as a performer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Agreed on all points! Anyone know who owned it? Is it still going by the way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 B) Yes still going stronge but not as you knew it, see LINK. BBC web site/Nottingham virtual tour of club. B) Not a clue on the owner at the time that picture was taken. B) Have you heard of Ian [Doc] Shellards Acoustic Jam. see link below. Blues Matters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 I wonder what the beers like? The "Slinky Minky Show" sounds like it might be right up Ilko's street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 The bloke who used to own it was Jimmy Etherington the new bloke who now owns it Johnny Moore, used to DJ at the Town Arms at Trent bridge that was the only place to be on a Sunday night 20 years ago !!! Did go to a 40th birthday party at the cabaret must admit the Slinky Minky Show where very polished and professional and worked very hard to entertain , worth a visit just for the experience !! But the best night i ever had at the Old Vic was a few years ago when they had a punk night on with 70s punk band vice squad supported by Nottingham's finest Hendrix's sic boy federation , on taking to the stage Hendrix came out covered in red paint which he then daubed all over most of the crowd then proceeded to throw blow up sheep filled with paint at the bar from the stage wrestled a few customers to the floor smashed a few tables and chairs ... a good time had by all . Can not really remember vice squad playing but Bekki Bondage vice squads singer did say this on her web site " The Nottingham show proved to be a 'mad-house' thanks to sic boy federation - Hendrix and the lads are one of the craziest band we've played shows with ;- blow up sheep, showers of beer,bad language and blood splattered sex-toys were part of a nutty evening- and that was just backstage !! Cheers to mr noone and o.b. city. " http://users.tpg.com.au/big_jobs/vicesquad/news.htm you must have seen Hendrix around Nottingham he cleans all the windows http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2..._dead_boy.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
admin 21 Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Jimmy Etherington, yest that was him a Geordie Chap, Thanks And the Window Cleaner... Link BBC Ahh yes now I know him, thanks for bringing to our attention another nottingham character. I never knew he was in a band. There must be money in cleaning windows in the city? B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Paid it a visit over the weekend now called Escucha will recommend a pint of the Italian Peroni Nastro Azzurro on draught .........you'll soon forget how much you paid for it ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thanks for the link to ' Hendrix' He used to clean my windows at The Tivoli and I was talking about him a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't remember his name!!! I was racking my brains out for days, then I gave up and found this , weird innit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I used to visit the Old Vic Music Hall on Saturday nights after the Panthers games in the early/mid eighties. It was a pretty good laugh for a while. I recall some of the characters that would be in there including Jimmy Etherington whith his Geordie? accent and smart suit acting as compere. He'd sing a song or too as well. There was a guy who used to jump on stage and do a full blacked-up Al Jolson routine, Mammy and suchlike. The top moment for me was when a quite large lady would get up to do her Mule train rendition, complete with banging a tray on her head in time. MULE...TRAIN..AH!! CLIPPETY-CLOP CLIPPETY-CLOP - DOWN THE LINE-AH! Happy days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Hendrix's latest offering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqUBBPcFTGk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Thanks for that Nick They just don't write them like that anymore! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Who is this Ken anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Known 'Hendrix fer many a year....one o the last punks in Ilkeston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 3/14/2008 at 12:56 PM, .... said: I used to visit the Old Vic Music Hall on Saturday nights Ā Wow ..... And where the original market traders Monday club all started, Jimmy EtheringtonĀ Nottingham legend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 Pete the Feet was a regular entertainer there. Ā We had an āinterestā in the venue at one time and came up from our home in Hertfordshire on a number of occasions. Ā I think Roy Hudd was on stage on the opening night of āThe New VicāĀ andĀ on another occasion George Melly. Ā Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carolyn1985 1 Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 11/6/2022 at 9:17 AM, radfordred said: Ā Wow ..... And where the original market traders Monday club all started, Jimmy EtheringtonĀ Nottingham legend. I'm really curious as to wht Jimmy was like - his name has been mentioned a lot to me in relation to the venues he ran where gay people used to drink! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesley Red 80 Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Done a couple of Monday Clubs and always wonder how they started Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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