BarrysBlues 0 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Has anyone recollection of a club in Radford called The Top Hat or The Silk Top Hat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 The only clubs i can think of in Radford were the Variety club, the Stork club on Alfreton road and one on Ilkeston road the Tally ho. That was early seventies though. Den. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 there was a top hat club on corporation road in Ilkeston but the main one in Radford was either the stork club or tally ho ( later the drum ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OLDACE 196 Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 There was a Top Hat Club on Arkwright Street in the mid 60s, it was a casino, didn't last long. It was down from the Hong Kong Restaurant on the opposite side of the road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,877 Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Late seventies the Society club on Lower Parliament St had a sign outside with a picture of a top hat on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 And what a 541t hole it was too....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Has anyone recollection of a club in Radford called The Top Hat or The Silk Top Hat From The Palace and the Punks by Tony Hill “I was watching Oil City Confidential, a documentary about influential pub rockers Dr Feelgood. Their manager, Chris Fenwick, described their first gig outside London, at the ‘Silk Top Hat Club,’ when called the Pig Boy Charlie Band. Surely he meant the Topper? Indeed he did - he confirmed it over the phone. ‘I remember Lee Brilleaux making his entrance down these stairs onto the stage in his gig gear - denim jacket, gloves - and putting on a great show, and the DJ (presumably Gay Lord Mick) saying something like; ‘Fookin’ ‘ell, you've got a star there mate.'’ So in 1971 an early incarnation of Dr Feelgood, playing stripped-down rock ‘n’ roll, were laying down the foundations of punk in Jacksdale.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Palace-Punks-ebook/dp/B0059HBWW4 £1.53 for Kindle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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