Who recalls the Hoffenbrau at the back of the Moor in Sheffield.

Uesd to be a good Friday night out, all that dancing on tables and drinking steins. And that Ompapa Band Ah Ah Ah!

That was in the 1970's i tink i only just sobered up!!!!!!! Hic

Originally posted by Wattsy
Who recalls the Hoffenbrau at the back of the Moor in Sheffield.

Uesd to be a good Friday night out, all that dancing on tables and drinking steins. And that Ompapa Band Ah Ah Ah!

That was in the 1970's i tink i only just sobered up!!!!!!! Hic

Do you recall what was on at lunchtimes in the late 70's?

Originally posted by nuf_said
Do you recall what was on at lunchtimes in the late 70's?

It was big dippers* for 50p

*Rhyming Slang

my uncle was manager when i was about 13-14,when he left and i was a bit older i was a regular on saturday afternoons when it wasn't the footy season....:blush: :blush: i was only about 17 and me and the lads used to think it was quite good:) it was sometimes embarresin getting up to go to the bar:blush:

Originally posted by Hal9001
It was big dippers* for 50p

*Rhyming Slang

Correct - were you late back for work too?

lol

i always thought that it was the "dirty-dippers" at the Hofenbrau?

lol

PT

I had my Stag Night there it was a good do I think? :)

I didnt go in the afternoons to watch strippers i went Friday evening or Saturdays

Thoes steins were heavy to cary around

yes i rember it i fell between the table top and the bench seats still got the scar to rember it by lol scraped half my shin off didnt feel it till next day

Originally posted by nuf_said
Correct - were you late back for work too?

Not only was I late back for work, but one Saturday I was late for a match at the lane, thanks to a young lady dressed (or not!!) as a silk purse (more rhyming slang).
The memory of it helped me through many of those awkward teenage nights.

the hoffenbrau was great ,i also fell off a table ,we then used to go straight on to scamps next door ,they were great nights out

the hoffenbrau was great ,i also fell off a table ,we then used to go straight on to scamps next door ,they were great nights out
i could have sworn it was samanthas next door,mindst you 70's is a drunken haze

It was big dippers* for 50p

*Rhyming Slang

I lost my stripper virginity there.
I was with a mate that suggested we pop in for a burger and a pint.
Never mentioned these little devils to me.

So picture the scene. An 18 year old lad just about to take a chomp out of his grease burger when some lass turns in on stage dressed as a schoolgirl with a whip.
I missed my gob with the burger. :o

Not only was I late back for work, but one Saturday I was late for a match at the lane, thanks to a young lady dressed (or not!!) as a silk purse (more rhyming slang).
The memory of it helped me through many of those awkward teenage nights.

So she helped you become a merchant banker. :hihi:

I had my first night out in sheffield there (what an education!)- it was at its peak in the late seventies- once got thrown out cos we went in without paying and the bouncer noticed!! Never went in again.
It was scamps- but had lots of names before and after that!

I can just about remember my hen night and dancing on the tables , great night out .

I used to bloody love it there! Steins of ale, loose drunken totty, it was like a slice of heaven!

i could have sworn it was samanthas next door,mindst you 70's is a drunken haze

No it wasn't Samathas, it was the Penny Farthing, then it changed it's name to Scamps.:thumbsup:

Used to have a trek round at dinner time now and again, a game of snooker not quite sure of the name a hall nr. Cambidge St somewhare. Then down to the 'hoffenbrau'
for a stien or two and watch the big dippers. The funny thing is use to wake up next day with an aching wrist, and was never quite sure if it was the snooker or lifting stiens of lager that caused it :( :hihi:

:) yep,remember it well,all us young guys standin round tryin 2 look cool avin 2 hold the stein with 2 hands[so heavy] then seein the waitresses runnin round with 3 in each hand-lol.the club next door was the penny farthing.any 1 rember the genevieve club just up the road from the bier kellar.

p.s.werent there 2 bier kellars in sheff the other 1 bein up near the hole in the road,or is this my to many stein affected memory.

Yes there was one on the High Street

Spooky coincidence - my Mum was just showing me a picture of me (I guess around 17/18 year old) sitting at a table in that very Beer Kellar - that would have been around 1971

It later became Crazy Daizys - I dont think Sheffield could stand TWO beer kellars and as the one off the Moor was huge I am guessing the one on the High Street changed its direction ( or went bust) because I dont remember it being that big

:) yo m8,nice 1,thought there was 2 kellars,cheers,or should i say prohst-lol.

Who recalls the Hoffenbrau at the back of the Moor in Sheffield.

Uesd to be a good Friday night out, all that dancing on tables and drinking steins. And that Ompapa Band Ah Ah Ah!

That was in the 1970's i tink i only just sobered up!!!!!!! Hic

Wow what memories that brings back. The Hoffenbrau and the Pennyfarthing next door. Had some great times in both places. I even spent my Hen night there. Fantastic night out what I can remember of it.

Used to go regularly. Stonking night. My friend had her hen party there - great fun.

Yet another place I worked as a 'bouncer', as I remember it was utter chaos, but a brilliant atmosphere, everyone used to get totally p*ssed, but thankfully (while I worked there), very little trouble broke out.

Happy days.

Hey Datal. You werent one of the bouncers who threatened to Bar me cos my friends sneaked confetti in on my Hen night in 1975 were you lol lol lol.

i could have sworn it was samanthas next door,mindst you 70's is a drunken haze

samanthas (the old heartbeat ) was above the skating rink on queens road they used to do northern soul all nighters at one bit

Hey Datal. You werent one of the bouncers who threatened to Bar me cos my friends sneaked confetti in on my Hen night in 1975 were you lol lol lol.
Nettie!! I would never have said that to you, but maybe that was the managements policy, I would have said "get in & enjoy yourselves", confetti was the least of their problems at the end of the night, vomit, broken glass, L plates, blown up condoms & kiss me quick hats etc used to be scattered everywhere so a little confetti was no problem surely.

Anyway I hope your still happily married.:thumbsup:

Datal.

Can I remember the Hoffenbrau.....True bl***y true I can. Every day I am reminded cause I met the wife there. Far too many stiens!!!

Nettie!! I would never have said that to you, but maybe that was the managements policy, I would have said "get in & enjoy yourselves", confetti was the least of their problems at the end of the night, vomit, broken glass, L plates, blown up condoms & kiss me quick hats etc used to be scattered everywhere so a little confetti was no problem surely.

Anyway I hope your still happily married.:thumbsup:

Datal.

No Datal I am Very Happily Divorced but I still have my memories of great nights in the Hoffenbrau. :) :thumbsup:

I used to bloody love it there! Steins of ale, loose drunken totty, it was like a slice of heaven!

I'll second that emotion, what A venue!

i used to go past the hoffenbrau every saturday after my mum would drag me round sheffield doing the shopping always wondering what the big woodern circles on the front were and as we were from rotherham my mother hadnt a clue either,or she was just playing dumb,but my wife who is 6 years older than me remembers it well,was one of her haunts as well as the craisy daisy and the limit to nme but a few,just to think as i was walking past all those years ago,she was probably inside kopin off with some geezer,err,then again best not to think about the missus like that is it.

went to the one in blackpool one lunch time and slept it off on the beach that beer was strong lol

my first husband was an assistant manager there in the mid 70s and he said they just used to get the hoses out and sluice the entire floor down after closing ... :gag:

I never actually went in there myself but I heard some real tales about what went on there .... and I'm only now realising at this late stage why I wasn't allowed :help:

I never actually went in there myself but I heard some real tales about what went on there .... and I'm only now realising at this late stage why I wasn't allowed :help:

Probably because you would have corrupted the men Rubes ;)

i saw my first naked lady at HB i think it was a sunday afternoon not sure, i was just 15, they used to have strippers on must have been around 1977

Did it turn into Dingwall's afterwards?

i used to go past the hoffenbrau every saturday after my mum would drag me round sheffield doing the shopping always wondering what the big woodern circles on the front were and as we were from rotherham my mother hadnt a clue either,or she was just playing dumb,but my wife who is 6 years older than me remembers it well,was one of her haunts as well as the craisy daisy and the limit to nme but a few,just to think as i was walking past all those years ago,she was probably inside kopin off with some geezer,err,then again best not to think about the missus like that is it.

weren't the circles meant to be the ends of beer barrels or something?

Tillman:- yes it became "Dingwall's Rhythm and Booze" IIRC

yeah apparently they were supposed to be the end of beer kegs

Probably because you would have corrupted the men Rubes ;)

I don't know why you would say that, owdlad :confused:

I think there was definitely some corrupting going on between a certain person and certain other people, but it was definitely nothing to do with me :suspect:

Did it turn into Dingwall's afterwards?


Yep I think so.Thats the first time I saw the band Vision and the band the ex bassist out of ABC joined

the hoffenbrau was great ,i also fell off a table ,we then used to go straight on to scamps next door ,they were great nights out

My mum used to be a cleaner at Scamps during the 70's and I can remember going with her on a Saturday morning and thinking it was so cool to be in a nightclub (albeit in the daylight!) well, I was about 8/9 at the time! I can also remember going next door to the Hoffenbrau with my mum to borrow cleaning stuff and it used to fascinate me that the cleaners in there used to stand on the long tables and mop them! :loopy: I can still see them mops - absolutely scruffy!!! :hihi:

Wasn't it called the Hofbrauhaus?

Who recalls the Hoffenbrau at the back of the Moor in Sheffield.

Uesd to be a good Friday night out, all that dancing on tables and drinking steins. And that Ompapa Band Ah Ah Ah!

That was in the 1970's i tink i only just sobered up!!!!!!! Hic

Yes, I remember it well, but I think it was called Hoffbrauhaus. Had some fantastic nights there, all the dancing on tables etc.etc. Brilliant.

Wow what memories that brings back. The Hoffenbrau and the Pennyfarthing next door. Had some great times in both places. I even spent my Hen night there. Fantastic night out what I can remember of it.
I remember it well, great nights, loved dancing on the tables, until I fell off that is!! Had my hen night there and it was fabulous, that was in 74, cant believe its so long ago. Going for a lie down now, these old bones you know!!!!!!!

Yes it became Dingwalls I saw the Eurythimics there I also worked there when it became Berlins.

Yeh remember that place, late 70's hard rock, dope, plastic glasses of beer, ****** oohh yeh you bet. Same crowd used to go to the Improvision on a Sunday night at the old (bugger don't remember the name of the night club) just up off pond st. Awesome bands there, including Joe Coker on regular basis.

Hiya, new to this site. I remember hoffenbrau and the crazy daisy. We used to start off in the blue bell on high street, dove and rainbow, golden ball and the hen and chickens, then up to the three tons. Loved crazy daisy was a regular! Sang on stage too LOL

I worked there for all of a day, with 3 steins in your hand all you could do if someone tried to go up your skirt ( very short )was to pour the steins over their head.The manager did not approve ( very short employment )

At the end of my first year of teaching in Sheffield I went with some of my Sheffield mates to the Hofbrauhausfor the first time to see the lunchtime stripper
.I saw that many teachers there it was like being back at college!!

Anybody got any pics? used to spend many thurday night there it would be nice to see it again after all these years.

Anybody got any pics? used to spend many thurday night there it would be nice to see it again after all these years.
Will look in my photo collection, I've got one I think it was my 21st birthday, I had to get uo on stage and attempt to play with the OOmpah band, then it was on to the Penny Farthing, then Wimpey's for a burger

Can I remember the Hoffenbrau.....True bl***y true I can. Every day I am reminded cause I met the wife there. Far too many stiens!!!

Snap sixsigma, only I met my husband there :hihi: It was a tuesday night in May 1974, got dragged there on a friends office"do" spotted this cool looking Chinese guy on another table . Havinng had a "wine from the wood":hihi: I plucked up courage to ask him to dance ( Bruce Lee has a lot to answer for :hihi:) and that was that , the coup d foudre as they say, love at first sight:love: and here we are 35 years later with two fantastic kids and I love him even more today aahh:love::love:

My OH told me that they used to have strippers on through the week..is he right?