Anybody got any idea what the strange dart board sign that says 'The Bow' is/ was for? The sign is on the old education buildings on Holly Street. I once heard it was a club?????

The Bow Centre was a drop in type place for the young unemployed used in the late 70's early 80's.

It was used later than that - it was still in use as a community center at least until the mid 90's.

Anybody got any idea what the strange dart board sign that says 'The Bow' is/ was for? The sign is on the old education buildings on Holly Street. I once heard it was a club?????use to be full of skinheads.

use to be full of skinheads.
used to be full of allsorts,i was a rocker in the 70,s/80,s,and used to frequent the place,meetin stef fadiga,a mixed race kid called kieran,a punk nicknamed billy 2 rivers(martin)faisal kelly,mick walker,john bray & his mate adrian, scrape(graham),just to play pool,talk bull**** or just sup tea. one of the staff was a brummie called paul,he managed the football team....happy days. are you the sosk with the tattoo shop???

okismoki, you'd have been going there about the same time as me.

Brummie Paul was lovely. Remember those ace ox-blood red brogues he used to wear?

I was really into black-and-white photography, back then, and developing my own pics. There was an ace darkroom at the Bow Centre, and Paul used to teach us how to develop and print the pics.

Do you remember the really lovely big guy who used to be the cook there? Malcolm? he was a huge, bear of a man, about 30 stone... His heart was as big as he was. He sadly passed away about five years ago.

never saw the bloke who did the cookin,but clive nelson , a black guy,told paul about soul food,paul had a go at cookin it and made a pigs ear of it,we were all laughin at how he tried cooking it. clive showed him,he never looked back...i used 2 work at leopold street education offices,often taking off to meet the afore mentioned mates in the bow,eventually gettin sacked.wonder what happened to paul?????

okismoki, you'd have been going there about the same time as me.

Brummie Paul was lovely. Remember those ace ox-blood red brogues he used to wear?

I was really into black-and-white photography, back then, and developing my own pics. There was an ace darkroom at the Bow Centre, and Paul used to teach us how to develop and print the pics.

Do you remember the really lovely big guy who used to be the cook there? Malcolm? he was a huge, bear of a man, about 30 stone... His heart was as big as he was. He sadly passed away about five years ago.
do you remember frank and carol? frank was a rocker,his best mate was a kid called jay goldberg,he went out with a lass called laura.

do you remember frank and carol? frank was a rocker,his best mate was a kid called jay goldberg,he went out with a lass called laura.

carol who was a biker-y sortof lass, with strawbery-blonde hair?

carol who was a biker-y sortof lass, with strawbery-blonde hair?
yep,thats her,frank was awful to her,i always felt sorry for her,dont know how he kopped for her,she was really attractive,he looked like animal off the muppets

Haven't seen her in, ooh must be 20-odd years. last I heard/saw of her, she was living on Hyde Park, at the same time as me. (before the redevelopment, so she could be absolutely anywhere, now.)

Had some good times in the Bow Centre... Aaah, my green and salad days! lol

Haven't seen her in, ooh must be 20-odd years. last I heard/saw of her, she was living on Hyde Park, at the same time as me. (before the redevelopment, so she could be absolutely anywhere, now.)

Had some good times in the Bow Centre... Aaah, my green and salad days! lol
you and me both.....25 years have gone,along with my hair.....happy days.did you remember any of the others i named????

oh, yes, scrape, and faisal particularly, there was another young lad who had multicoloured hair.. forgot his name, can't forget his hair! lol... punky i think his nickname was...?

one of the staff was called Sue, dolly woman, she was,, shoulder length dark hair.

others you might remember? now then..

Lorna? Michelle? Michael? Jay?

Sosk.digger bobby T,MICK P,mick forbes big roger.all these people used the bow centre. You could play table tennis pool football. I also remember brummie paul it used to be great in there