Does anyone remember the Heartbeat nightclub. Wa one of the first major owned nightclubs in Sheffield. It was Stars in a previous incarnation on Queen's Road. Remember one of the managers Bob Woolley and the mighty atom (gone painting). Remember on the closing night a fight broke out and they used the long bar as a target range with the pint pots. They did the best to hit the bar manager as he ran the length of the bar to phone the police. Anyone any other memories.

I remember it well Barry Cambell who used to be the d.j. at the Esquire was the d.j there along with the prat mighty atom.I finally ended up being with my first wife there,good and bad memories:mad: I remember queueing up those stairs to get in and if I remember rightly there was a bit of a dress code to get in.
There used to be a bowling alley downstairs that later turned into a olde tyme music hall didn't last long before it became a bingo hall !There was also a casino called club tiberius is it still a casino ?

What brilliant memories! Went there all the time in the late 60's and early 70's. Remember a 'stag' night there once when they had 2 lady artistes and after getting down to the bare essentials asked for volunteers to join in the fun. There was baby oil everywhere. My mate (Stuart) - part time DJ - got involved and ended up doing things you weren't supposed to in those days. Used to drive there in my red MG Midget - what a poser:cool: Didn't half fancy a girl who went there almost as much as me - she was always with her mate and they came from Southey Green-lived opposite the old cinema - think her name was Pat. Eventually got to go out with her but for some reason didn't last long. Shame - she was gorgeous. Ah, the good old days.

Originally posted by ExKingTed2
What brilliant memories! Went there all the time in the late 60's and early 70's. Remember a 'stag' night there once when they had 2 lady artistes and after getting down to the bare essentials asked for volunteers to join in the fun. There was baby oil everywhere. My mate (Stuart) - part time DJ - got involved and ended up doing things you weren't supposed to in those days. Used to drive there in my red MG Midget - what a poser:cool: Didn't half fancy a girl who went there almost as much as me - she was always with her mate and they came from Southey Green-lived opposite the old cinema - think her name was Pat. Eventually got to go out with her but for some reason didn't last long. Shame - she was gorgeous. Ah, the good old days.

Yes I organised it, worked there with Stuart on a few occasions. The comedian was Joe Belcher we asked him compare the mardy get wouldn't. One stripper had a broken arm. The older lady who stu performed with must have been someones great great great Grandma. The best thing about that night was when I went into the changing room to discuss in order they were appearing. I had to try and hold a face to face conversation with this woman stark naked and a foot shorter than me.

How is Stu remember him to me my stage name down there was Derek Dane

Ah yes, those were the days, Saturday nights, along with my mates from Upperthorpe:Graham Shaw, Walt, Steve, Butch. All piling in hoping to score, and all piling out at 2am, making up reasons why we didn't! I think that when it first opened it had the bowling alley and Craywood casino on the bottom floor, then above that the ice skating rink and on the top floor the Heartbeat club.The first time the rink opened,I remember Queens Rd was full of ambulances! Everyone in Sheffield was under the impression that it was easy to ice skate and that they could. I tried it once and forty years later still have the bruises:) I don't know if the bowling alley is still around but thats where all the bus drivers and conductors used to go if they were working late at night and early the next morning. Being a bus conductor and later a station porter at Midland station have got to be the worst jobs I have ever had ( If I leave out being a FLOUR GRADER!)

The bowling alley is now a bingo hall, the Heartbeat is now Stars & Strips open for functions etc not sure if it is still open as a nightclub and there are two new ice rinks open on attercliffe road. Spent many a happy underage night at the Heartbeat, my brother taking my taxi money for a last drink then we would have to walk up EastBank Rd to the Valley home - kids these days have no idea how to enjoy themselves:D

Originally posted by ALZYMER
Ah yes, those were the days, Saturday nights, along with my mates from Upperthorpe:Graham Shaw, Walt, Steve, Butch. All piling in hoping to score, and all piling out at 2am, making up reasons why we didn't! I think that when it first opened it had the bowling alley and Craywood casino on the bottom floor, then above that the ice skating rink and on the top floor the Heartbeat club.The first time the rink opened,I remember Queens Rd was full of ambulances! Everyone in Sheffield was under the impression that it was easy to ice skate and that they could. I tried it once and forty years later still have the bruises:) I don't know if the bowling alley is still around but thats where all the bus drivers and conductors used to go if they were working late at night and early the next morning. Being a bus conductor and later a station porter at Midland station have got to be the worst jobs I have ever had ( If I leave out being a FLOUR GRADER!)

Remember Grahan Shaw played football with him for Hillesbrough Park Rangers, how is he doing?

Originally posted by desy
Remember Grahan Shaw played football with him for Hillesbrough Park Rangers, how is he doing? Theres been a recent thread on Graham Shaw, put it in the search and read it, its interesting.

That was the Graham Shaw who played for United not the thin youth that lived on Blake street Upperthorpe

Thats right desey, His nickname was 'WASP' Idon't know why. I don't have a clue where he is or what's happened to him as I have lived in Florida for 20 years. I last saw him in the early 80's. He was a doorman at Napoleon's Casino on Ecclesall Road and I was a croupier.

Very good days, the Heartbeat was the friendlier of all the clubs. My old mate Chris Hey was one of the DJ's (and very good to) but was sadly killed in a car crash at Ladybower in the mid 60's.

The Cavendish Club on Bank Street was another good venue, particulally on a Sunday night.

Chris was my mentor when I was at Silver Blades great guy . always sadley missed his life was took too soon.

started going to heartbeat probably 1970/71.we used to even take some of our own soul records with us which the dj would play,cant remember his name,remember mighty atom being pretty crap in those days,got to know him in later years @josephines,still not impressed!! during the heartbeat days would go in the albert, montgomery(beer+wine only pub),bucaneer etc b4. Also used to go to the merry england.Used to go out to the charade @ the stag roundabout in rotherham every so often on friday nites but it did get a bit heated @times ,they always knew we were from sheffield because of all the umbrellas hung up in the cloakroom on warm summer evenings.Big joe was the doorman @ the heartbeat who was well known around town for years,he took gossips with dave beach for a number of years.Anyone ever see him around this days? we would have suits made to measure in those days for about £17 @ jacksons and pay weekly on our way down to bramall lane,also get our heads cropped every 2/3 weeks @ lou burgins or alfredo's. waffling on now!!!!! great times tho'

malagablade isn't Ian Ireland is it. If so pm me.

sorry desy my names brian,

Chris was my mentor when I was at Silver Blades great guy . always sadley missed his life was took too soon.

Desy,

It was good to hear from someone who remembers Chris, yes he was a great guy. You probably remember that he was a mad Wednesdayite (like myself) and I often saw him at the Leppins Lane gate to the North Stand, I still think of him when I pass this spot.

Now for something very strange, I discovered that the girl who was driving the car on the fateful day worked with my mother. Just over 11 years ago I found myself working in the same office as a guy who was a passenger in the car, they say that Sheffield is the largest village in England but this is wierd.

Do you remember Chris's Mini van with the mattress in the back? I recall one instance with Chris and a girl in the Queens Rd car park in the early hours of the morning, I will leave the rest to your imagination.

Old man Williamson who was the assistant manager of Silver Blades use to make comments about the mattress to him. But I thought he was just joking. I have the press cutting of the front of the "Star" the day it happened.

I remember the Star feature with a photo of him on the front page, it was a headline if my memory serves me well. I was on the top deck of a bus reading it from the guy in fronts paper, the worst journey home I ever had.

I didn't go to the funeral, I don't know why not but a mate and I drove slowly down Denham Rd when (I think) they were placing his coffin into the herse.

What was the actual date?

I did go to the funeral. We came up with a trophy and a dj competition down at the ice rink. It was won by a guy from Barnsley called Pat Sweetwater.

I certainly do. It was a regular meeting place for myself and three or four mates during the late 60s / early 70s (Barry, Ernie, Ken - where are you now?). We'd meet in the Bowling Alley Bar on a Friday or Saturday before going up to the Heartbeat. It probably had the finest sprung dancefloor around at that time, and it was the first time I ever heard sounds like Billy Butler - Right Track and The Upsetters - Return of Django, as well as the regular Motown stuff. The beer was typical nightclub slop, and you needed a tie, trousers and jacket to get in, but we had some great times. I once estimated I tried to chat up about 2000 girls in there and failed miserably every time!

I used to go there later in the 70s to the Samantha's Northern Soul All-Nighters, and even to a few in the last few years, run by John Vincent. Now it is sadly no more, and, the last time I looked, awaiting demolition. Such is the way of one's formative experiences.

Yes. Played there on numerous occasions as the keyboard player with Tony Irvine & the Typhoons.

- No stage though, so it felt a bit strange.

On one night having finished our last spot, I remember we were asked to go downstairs to the ice rink and perform there. The stage had a dance band using it so we had to set up on the ice. Not a good idea really considering all the electric stuff we used.

I wonder what Health & Safety would make of it nowadays?

Good memories. Friendly atmosphere.