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Post by mpprh on Aug 2, 2009 8:57:36 GMT
As there seem to be a few of mature years here, I guess there are substantial resources on "old morecambe".
Who remembers :
Morecambe Bowl
Aircraft flights round the bay
The Trap Door
"Jacks" snooker club
Burtons
Moby Dick
Ivy Diddle
Apollo Lounge
Kismet Room
Super Swimming Stadium
Horse drawn landau's
Green buses
Colin Crompton
Nellie Bolton
Heysham Head
Go cart racing
Boat trips to IoM
Glasgow holiday weekends
Odeon cinema childrens club
The Hatch Club
The Red Well
Wakes weeks
Trimpell petrol tankers parked by the stone jetty at breakfast time
I'm sure that I'll think of some more !
Why now, you ask ? I had lunch in Montpellier last week with someone I haven't seen since we left school in 1970. We talked about memories - actually half memories !
Peter
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 2, 2009 14:06:37 GMT
The only one that I don't remember is 'Kismet Room' But I certainly know of all the other's. In fact I helped with the flights from the beaches both at Heysham and Happy mount prom.
You must surely remember 'Brubecks' coffee bar. And there is / was the Admiralty??? club on Heysham road.
Trev..
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Post by mpprh on Aug 2, 2009 20:25:02 GMT
Is it possible that I am too young to remember Brubecks and the Admiralty ?
But, please, someone remind me of the name of the nightclub under Smiths Cafe on the prom !
Kismet room was upstairs and left in the Broadway.
Kismet & Apollo were managed by Cyril who had wife & two sons keeping things in order in the two bars.
The Apollo was upstairs and right at the Broadway. Before relaunch in around 1971 it was called the Palm Court lounge.
Peter
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Post by kidstypike on Aug 3, 2009 7:37:16 GMT
Admiralty Club???......Heysham Road???......Think you may mean the Naval Club located not far from the Cumberland View
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 3, 2009 9:42:46 GMT
Hi Dave. Yes you are right....... It was the 'Naval club' I knew it had something to do with boats ;D
Brubecks was trendy coffee bar at the junction of Northumberland street and Victoria street.
I can't ever remember anything underneath Smiths on the prom though.
Cheers. Trev
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Post by lifeboat1721 on Aug 3, 2009 21:47:56 GMT
Empire, Arcadian Cinema's, Floral Hall and the "Train Set" ;D ;D
Ian
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Post by tommmydee on Aug 6, 2009 21:10:00 GMT
teds grill and the mini fair at heysham
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Post by WillowTheWhisp on Aug 9, 2009 7:39:08 GMT
How about the Alhambra Theatre? And pony rides on the beach. And, not all that long ago but sadly missed,  the nettle beer in Heysham. |
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 9, 2009 13:18:53 GMT
Well I remember going to see 'Toad of Toadhall' at the ROYALTY THEATRE.
Now that must be a long time ago.
I was also a regular at the Palladium Cinema.
Regards. Trev..
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 9, 2009 18:54:36 GMT
I saw a picture in my files tonight that reminded me of the Horse drawn Landaus as in the picture below. I am sorry that I never had a trip in a Landau. the picture also shows Wards ship breaking yard at the Stone Jetty but I can't remember that.... Honest!!   Cheers. Trev.. |
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Post by mpprh on Aug 9, 2009 21:23:43 GMT
I saw a picture in my files tonight that reminded me of the Horse drawn Landaus as in the picture below. I am sorry that I never had a trip in a Landau. the picture also shows Wards ship breaking yard at the Stone Jetty but I can't remember that.... Honest!! Cheers. Trev.. I don't remember the ship breaking yard, but on the land that is now fairlea & fairhope avenues there were piles of rusted iron from ships. This would have been around 1959. Peter |
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Post by trevnhil on Aug 10, 2009 12:24:09 GMT
Hi Peter. Unfortunately I have no access to Aerial pictures of the 50s. But certainly the pictures of the 60s show that building was well underway.  Regards. Trev.. |
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Post by extrastrongmint on Aug 10, 2009 20:16:06 GMT
We have only been here since 1992, but I remember:
Nettle Beer in Heysham.
Blobbygate in Happy Mount Park.
The Midland Hotel going through numerous hands and back again...and it is trouble once more.
The Chinese Cocklers.
The years it took to redo the prom.
Angela, the lovely dog warden who died suddenly.
The punk festival - Kicked out by our council...and now they have gone to Blackpool, where they flock in their thousands. Weep Morecambe.
esm xx
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Post by mpprh on Aug 10, 2009 21:19:46 GMT
Hi Peter. Unfortunately I have no access to Aerial pictures of the 50s. But certainly the pictures of the 60s show that building was well underway. Regards. Trev.. They were both quite a bit shorter then. Marton Drive, Warwick Ave, Homewood Ave, Ashfield Ave, St Albans Rd, Ranleigh Ave and Hamilton Rd were not finished and most not started. I can remember being chased off the building site half way down Fairlea Ave by the builders. I would have been 10 ish. maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=morecambe&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.589577,56.513672&ie=UTF8&ll=54.07509,-2.828228&spn=0.006622,0.013797&z=16 Peter |
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Post by WillowTheWhisp on Aug 10, 2009 22:40:54 GMT
I am sorry that I never had a trip in a Landau. . I remember having a ride in one when I was very young. I was on holiday with my Mum and Dad at the time. |
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I had been telling my hubby about the time I was in Morecombe when the Moby Dick and Hotel was hit by lightening and burnt down. My parents, sister and myself had just come off the Moby Dick when lightening stuck