They only took you to hold the coats

must admit BG, a couple of times during the year all my mates from the pit would go either to Wakey Tiffs or Batley the times we were turned away from Tiffs cos they were from Barnsley , ended up in Heppy’s and you can guess what happened in there most of the time

A bit later I saw The Tourists there, fronted by Annie Lennox, what a night that was.

What's available night club wise in the city these days.
I have great memories of the Mecca, intercon, moonraker heppys and one at alverthorpe but can not remember the name.
The pubs of the time had great characters.

Chiaroscuro?

Used to be the old Co-op store. Very popular in its day.

[The pubs of the time had great characters.'"

We used to go to the Frontier quite regularly during the mid to late '80's but 9 times out of 10 the headline act was "The Dooleys"




One memorable night however was when Barry McGuigan was fighting for the World Title and they were showing it live on the TV screens in the club and there were more people watching the boxing than The Dooleys

Thanks for that 131.

It'll take a heck of a lot to beat the Kalahari Bush men at Balne Lane Club on a Monday night or the Flanshaw Hotel. Great times, great music .

Some great names on these lists. Oh to have been old enough in the 60s and 70s.

Showaddywaddy and The Dooleys not your cup of tea then PT ??

End of the day who ever you were watching or what ever venue you were in they were great times, I loved the 70s and 80s.

" Those were the days my friend, i thought they'd never end " now who sang that.

Mary Hopkin, Kev owd lad!

Well, it wasn't Showaddywaddy or The Dooleys.....

Saddo.

Coats???
Coats???
None of us could afford a coat.....

The closest I’ve ever been to watching ELO was the tribute act that played at Wakey theatre - me and my Dad were right near the front and we both fell alseep.

Who married Tony Visconti who produced / played with Marc Bolan & David Bowie over many years

I saw ELO at a Heart Beat '86 charity event in Birmingham that also include The Moody Blues, Roy Wood & Wizzard, Robert Plant, some of UB40 (that was time to go for food) and many more. It might have been the last 'proper' ELO gig before they reformed years later. George Harrison played too as a stand in Brummie. The Move were going to reform that day but Carl Wayne was busy elsewhere.

Be nice if they could turn the old ABC into a live music venue like they’ve done at the picturedrome in holmfirth .lots of the old bands are still doing the rounds and still got it, these old cinemas are perfect with the sloping floors for those that are vertically challenged to get a decent view as well .

The Blue Light.

Wasn’t that what they tried to do with unity hall?

Might work but parking may be the big issue.

Also not sure how many it holds. There are quite literally dozens of 10,000 plus arenas around these days and pubs for the start up bands. Not sure there is a market for it tbh.

I have fond memories of the ABC but truth is it’s nothing special and imo needs knocking down. I’m all for heritage but we have that in the Theatre on Westgate.

The real ELO had that effect on me.

One of the sons of the Bushmen, Costello I think had a band that played at the Wakefield Arms in the early eighties, the Zillionairs I think they called themselves.

They were pretty good. One night there drummer was sick and I covered for him, great fun. Anyone remember them?