I'm too young to remember the 70s, so this is for those other 80s children in here.

Who remembers summers in the paddeling pool at Millhouses Park? Remember going "down town" on a Saturday to buy new shoes, in a world before Meadowhall? Remember getting on the bus and only paying 5p?

Remember the subways and the Hole in the Road?

2p wasn't it or was that in thw 70's

I remember going into town ever Saturday to drink cider bought in the Safeway across from the peace gardens with all my mates we were into heavy metal and wore leathers all had long hair waiting for the mods (yes there was mods in the 80's) to come into the peace gardens...after a bit of name calling it would end in a punch up until the police would come and we would all run :D good days lol

didn't it cost 2p to make a phone call in the 80's from a public phone box?

Yes it did cost 2p for phone call, I used to be a rocker around this time and I used to drink Colt 45 (disgusting stuff)

did u go to bradleys records to buy your iron maiden singles in red vinyl :wink:

Yeah I got a Judas Priest single on clear vinyl from there.

Do you remeber the record shop on Chapel walk, downstairs thay had the booths were you could listen to the albums and singles before you bought them.

Used to go to loads of gigs at the city hall, once dropped down from the balcony to the stalls, just so I could get to the front. God that was a long drop down, my knees will be shot in a few more years

Do you remember going into the record department in the co op you could listen to music b4 you bought it there...

and the Virgin shop was a lil tiny shop on the moor full of hippies all taking drugs and stuff lol...

i remember the shop on chapel walk very well :)

and what about the dodgily painted record shop with corrigated iron tunnel in the middle which was opposite Coles in Barkers Pool.

do u mean rocky horror?

What happened to Happy Eater?

Little Chef ate them all up. :D

What about Virgin Records on High Street? I used to buy all my singles from there.

And the Legends Bar.

Complete angler and the Stone House used to be the pubs to go to.

Complete Angler is now the Boardwalk and used to be the Mucky Duck for you oldies.

Anybody go in Crazy Daisy or Romeo and Julliets?

Originally posted by "mikey"

Complete angler and the Stone House used to be the pubs to go to.

Complete Angler is now the Boardwalk and used to be the Mucky Duck for you oldies.

Anybody go in Crazy Daisy or Romeo and Julliets?

Romeo and Julliets became Cairo's? and yes, I remember the Mucky Duck.

mikey wrote:Anybody go in Crazy Daisy or Romeo and Julliets?

Spent a brief part of my stag night (1981) in Romeo & Juliets, there were so many of us they wouldn't let us in the Top Rank(Roxy) so we headed down to Romeo's we hadn't even all got in when one of my mates got glassed by some halfwit !
Ah well the good old days eh....

Does anyone remember about the incident in Roxy's where some lighting fell from the ceiliong and landed on and killed someone?

you would have found me in the WAPENTAKE and REBELS :D

I remember the incident being mentioned in the Star early 90s ? I don't think they were killed though Lickszz, one unconscious female If I remember correctly ?

Originally posted by "Michael_W"

I remember the incident being mentioned in the Star early 90s ? I don't think they were killed though Lickszz, one unconscious female If I remember correctly ?

I can't remember exactly but someone whom I know was on his stag night that night in the Roxy and he told me that they were killed but not 100% gospil.

Originally posted by "Jon"

you would have found me in the WAPENTAKE and REBELS :D

I still say to this day that Rebels is the best night club I have ever been to in Sheffield. For a rock club it was awesome. Not sure it was very safe though! I mean, if there ever had been a fire in there I don't think many people would have gotten out.

Lickszz wrote :
Not sure it was very safe though! I mean, if there ever had been a fire in there I don't think many people would have gotten out.
I often thought the same thing about Sinatras, remember that place ?

another old record shop was Violet Mays (could be spelt wrong)anyone remember that?

Originally posted by "Jon"

another old record shop was Violet Mays (could be spelt wrong)anyone remember that?

No, I don't but I do remember a record shop called Revolver.

anyone remember K & D records ?

The limit is sadly missed, did anyone else go?

The Limit was far & away the best club in town in the 80's. I was gutted when it was closed down. Fantastic music & cheap ale. Heaven!! I can remember going to the Top Rank on Saturday nights & it was called Saturdays( original name )& you needed to be a member to get in
I'm starting to feel old!

I remember Violet Mays and Record Collector (Still There)

Limit was good, once got thrown out for stamping on a plastic glass :D

God those bouncer were tough nuts, straight out the back doors before I knew what day it was, I landed somewhere near Trippet Lane with a sore head.

Anybody remember Blue Bell

Blue Bell or was it the Old Blue Bell - High Street ?

Yes thats the one, it used to get packed in there, round the corner to the Dove and Rainbow and then up to the Golden Ball, oh those were the days

Yeah and if I remember correctly Radio Hallam was above the Dove and Rainbow.

Originally posted by "mikey"

Yes thats the one, it used to get packed in there, round the corner to the Dove and Rainbow and then up to the Golden Ball, oh t :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: hose were the days

Yes used to go in crazy daisy also Baileys& annabells thats before it was romeo's & julliet's show ing my age now. Do you remember Tiffanny's on London road ?

Yeah errol, Tiffanys (Tree Tops upstairs), that was back in the 70s as was Baileys.Tiffanys then became The Locarno in the 80s, remember the (now demolished) Lansdowne pub across the road ?

Hi Jon , Yes i do remember the record boothes in the co-op as i worked there and used to go in my lunch break and listen to GOOD music !!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Yes remember lansdowne pub where all the united fans went and there were alwaya fighting

There's been a lot of references to rock in this trail. Rebels, leathers, music from the 80s. A lot of the faces that you used to see in Rebels and the music you listened to can all be seen and heard at the Classic Rock Bar on Ecclesall Rd, so if you fancy reminiscing or even bumping into some old faces from the past come down! We even have the DJ (Les) who played the rock at Rebels DJing for us on Saturday afternoons. DJ Mad Sass is always around too.

you are definatley showing your age now errol

Baileys, that was the name before Romeo and Julliets.

What about Turn Ups you go there as well? (Nether Edge version)

What about Bar Rio?

Hey Erroll and John.
I see you remember the Crazy Daizy.
We used to go to the Bowie night and the Roxy night both playing music from the icons themselves.
They were mid week gatherings and used to get packed.
I go back to the 70s in my night clubing days though this topic is about the 80s so i will not go there.
The clubs have changed so much since then, wether for good or for worse is debatable but we used to dance to all the top disco tunes at that time, compared to today when i go in to a night club i don,t recognise any of the music.
Now days i venture about once a year into one and it seems full of kids.
I still have a good night though on the dance floor dancing to some noise that sounds like it comes out of a computer.
I must look a right burke at 43 in there with todays teens but who cares.
:oops:

There was a late night drinking club above the shops in Charles Street opposite what is now Pollards Coffee Shop. Anyone remember what it was called?

Originally posted by "maxt"

There was a late night drinking club above the shops in Charles Street opposite what is now Pollards Coffee Shop. Anyone remember what it was called?

Been there done that, but can't remember what it was called.
It was on about 3 levels?

Anybody remember the Max's?

Originally posted by "maxt"

There was a late night drinking club above the shops in Charles Street opposite what is now Pollards Coffee Shop. Anyone remember what it was called?

Charley Parkers if it's the one I'm thinking of.
It was above "The Underground" pub.

Nomme

I think it was called faces, then changed its name to underground but not quiet sure

Faces was down the stairs on the corner.

Ok you must be right as i cant really remember that far back ha ha, even tho i am in my 40's. love the 80's music thats why i like to go in flares.

Hi, getting a bit cheeky r'nt you never went to turn ups. Heard of bar rio where was it ? anyway you must be getting on if you can remember baileys ha ha . Do you go in night clubs now or do they make you feel old ?

Never went to Turn Ups errol ?, do you mean the original Nether Edge version or the early 80s town version ?, I used to go in the original regularly between 1978 and 1981 when the Brincliffe Oaks was my local !
As for night clubs in town now, well as a 'young' 42 year old I can still keep up with some of them young uns but some of the clubs certainly make you feel old, like the Republic where nearly everyone is pretending to be over 18 !

Originally posted by Michael_W
I remember the incident being mentioned in the Star early 90s ? I don't think they were killed though Lickszz, one unconscious female If I remember correctly ?

Used to work with the lasses hubby,got a lot of compo from Roxy's, could never walk right if I remember rightly

8) Nah Den Ace.........

I started going to the Limit regular from about '87. The music was an eclectic mix of punk/indie/goth/house. I used to drink lager snakebites in plastic glasses - a totally unique taste - it got you where you wanted to go though! I had a flat-top at the time.......anybody else remember the "Psychobilly" craze? I remember coming home with bruises all over my body from slam-dancing/wrecking.

Going to the toilet was a journey and an aif! First, you had to walk past the OCS (Wednesday boys), who used to congregate just outside the toilets. (To be fair, they never bothered any of us. I only ever saw them battling when United or the skinheads came down!) There was always a dodgy black geezer selling drugs as you went in! The toilets were basically unisex - there would be couples copulating in the cubicles and there was a mirror in the lasses, so all the goths would go in there to do their hair!

I also remember sticking to the carpet, dry ice, the "Goth Box", anti-gravity hair and psychopathic bouncers - I too remember being thrown out the back door, a maze which led onto Trippet Lane!

The Hallamshire on West Street was my regular haunt and I also went to Take Two on Staniforth Road, "The Club With Two Brains" at Occasions, "Club With No Name" at The Palais, 50s night at The Dog and Partridge (on 'cliffe) and The Leadmill.

Great days! They broke my heart when they closed the Limit. I went on the closing night. When was that.......89/90/91? I remember a bloke called John filmed it - has anybody seen it?

Also, what was the name of the record shop just up from the Forresters on Division Street?

Regards,

Spacehopper.

Originally posted by errol
Hi, getting a bit cheeky r'nt you never went to turn ups. Heard of bar rio where was it ? anyway you must be getting on if you can remember baileys ha ha . Do you go in night clubs now or do they make you feel old ?
Bar Rio was on Charles Street.In the 70s it was owned by two men called Mick and Les,and their slogan was "Fly on down to the Bar Rio".I`ve still got an old photo of me in one of their Bar Rio t-shirts.

Remember WESTERN JEAN COMPANY and JEAN GENIE, two shops on fargate, and BRADLEYS RECORDS also on fargate.

remember VIOLET MAY's record shop off the Moor?

Remember the courtyard bar of the origianal STONEHOUSE pub, used to drink there in 81/2/3, superb place.

Remember BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME on Glossop road (now a pizza place) that sold hippie clothes and beanbags and had a t room upstairs always smelling of dope?

Remember THE UNDERGROUND bar on Charles Street, now CHARLES STREET nightclub? Decked out like a subway station it was, quite futuristic in 1984 I recall thinking.

Remember the pub culture craze of 1982 to make pubs into "FUN PUBS"....lasted until 1984 and made a lot of my local faves themed bars, THE PLOUGH at Sandygate, BRINCLIFFE OAKS, netheredge to name but 2 conversions.


Oh, I could go on....

[QUOTE]Originally posted by goldenfleece
[B]Remember the courtyard bar of the origianal STONEHOUSE pub, used to drink there in 81/2/3, superb place.


I thought I was the only one who remembs the courtyard in Stone House. The 'Outside-In' place. Amazing place and why the hell did they get rid of it? It was the number one meeting place all through the 70's for me. Didn't realise it survived until the 80's. In those days it was into the Courtyard, followed by the Pig & Whistle (now Fountains Bar), the Old Blue Bell in High Street (now
Cavells), the Dove & Rainbow, the Mulberry, and then ending up at the Crazy Daisy. Did life get any better than that???

Originally posted by Houdi
[QUOTE]Originally posted by goldenfleece
[B]Remember the courtyard bar of the origianal STONEHOUSE pub, used to drink there in 81/2/3, superb place.


I thought I was the only one who remembs the courtyard in Stone House. The 'Outside-In' place. Amazing place and why the hell did they get rid of it? It was the number one meeting place all through the 70's for me. Didn't realise it survived until the 80's. In those days it was into the Courtyard, followed by the Pig & Whistle (now Fountains Bar), the Old Blue Bell in High Street (now
Cavells), the Dove & Rainbow, the Mulberry, and then ending up at the Crazy Daisy. Did life get any better than that???

Originally posted by Jon
did u go to bradleys records to buy your iron maiden singles in red vinyl :wink:

What about Curtiss on The Moor. They always had Klaus Wunderlich organ records blasting out on Bang & Olufsen gear. I once went in there and listened to "School Love" by Barry Blue. Decided not to buy it and got a nasty look from the assistant.

There was also 'Cann, The Music Man' on Chapel Walk. I remember we got our first radiogramme from there.

Hal, you went in to buy Barry Blues School love.
No wonder you got a funny look.:)

Originally posted by Spacehopper
8) Nah Den Ace.........

Also, what was the name of the record shop just up from the Forresters on Division Street?

Regards,

Spacehopper.

That'll be FON which later mutated into WARP!

FON!! I always thought that it stood for **** Off Nazi's. Was that true?

I remember ordering a pre-release of House Arrest by Krush from them.

Ahh, they were the days - all nighters in aircraft hangers and dodgy warehouses... waiting on slip roads for the venue to be revealed... getting raided by the federation. Happy hazy acid filled nights and days. :D

Originally posted by Tony
FON!! I always thought that it stood for **** Off Nazi's. Was that true?

I remember ordering a pre-release of House Arrest by Krush from them.

Ahh, they were the days - all nighters in aircraft hangers and dodgy warehouses... waiting on slip roads for the venue to be revealed... getting raided by the federation. Happy hazy acid filled nights and days. :D

FON did indeed stand for F*** Off Nazis. As a record label, they had some great releases - 'House Arrest' by Krush, 'Hustle' by Funky Worm and Age Of Chance's incendiary version of Prince's 'Kiss' all spring to mind.

Wasn't FON run by a mouthy Asian bloke - was he called Amrik Rai? Summat like that anyway.

Plus they made extensive use of Sheffield's very own globally famous design studio, The Designers Republic. It gave them that instantly recognisable gaudily coloured look that meant you always knew you were holding a FON release, even before you checked for the logo. And when FON packed in, the baton was passed to WARP... who are still going strong nearly 15 years later!! (Albeit in London rather than Sheffield).

I thought that Amrik Rai was on the NME?

But yes ... "It's The Funky Funky Worm" cue mad laughter.... "listen to the music"....

Originally posted by Tony
I thought that Amrik Rai was on the NME?

He was, but it was the same bloke. I don't know if he actually ran FON, but he certainly performed some kind of PR role for them. I've got an article at home from the shortlived 'Cut' magazine in which he was outlining all FON's ambitious plans for the future... at which point they pretty much ceased operating. Shame.

I was a little girl in the 80's and I have really fond memories of growing up.

Bizarre memories like being mesmorised by the fantastic staircase in the Co-OP, I thought it was really magical, must admit I still do, I'm weird aren't i?

I also remember going into the castle market with my nan and there was a man in the lift who used to press the buttons for you, I thought that was great!

I also remember watching the Lord Mayors Parade sat on a railing near the hole in the road and when I got down I couldn't walk because I'd got cramp in my legs, I cried for ages because I'd never had cramp before and I thought I'd never be able to walk again! lol

Now i don't know if this is some sick false memory thing but I remember being outside the cannon pub with my sister and looking up at the castle market and there was a man who was going to jump, we stood watching him for ages, he didn't jump.

I also remember the first time I ever went on a bus on my own, well I was with my friend actually. We lived on the Cross and we went to Hillsborough, it was nerve wrecking. I remember saying to my mum "how do you learn which bus stop to get off at?" I honestly thought it was impossible to be able to find your way around. In fact I'm still rubbish at this now.

The record shop on chapel walk was Phillip Cann The Music Man, opposite this was The Sidewalk Coffee bar, usually full of Mods. Does anyone remember this ? [ 1960s]

i used to go to the top rank on a saturday morning 10p on the door...you couldn't move for tank tops and rupert bear trousers......remember being outside once and the bouncer made me take all the seggs out of my shoes before i was allowed in..he said they'd scratch the dance floor......also remember going to ABC cinema saturdays.......think it was called the ABC minors club.

Originally posted by Lickszz
What about Virgin Records on High Street? I used to buy all my singles from there.

And the Legends Bar.

I used to love going to Lgends,id forgotten about that place thanx for reminding me. had great times there

I remember seeing Kelly's Heros as a kid with 'me Dad' when it first came out in Abbeydale Cinema ...

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I used to practically live in Cann's on Chapel Walk in the 60s. The record department was in the basement and you could listen to records for hours in the little booths without too much hassle from the staff. Just about all my Beatles' records came from there. Although we considered ourselves terribly hip in those days, they were definitely more innocent times. I dread to think what would happen if they still had those private listening booths these days. They'd probably have to install ultra violet light (like they do in the toilets in some braches of McDonald's) so the junkies couldn't use them. Before they moved to Chapel Walk, Cann's were located in Dixon Lane off Haymarket.
Bradley's in Fargate (opposite Wilson Peck) was one of the first shops to stock blues boom and prog rock LPs in the late 60s and Violet May's of course was great for turning up interesting second hand stuff.
In the 60s there was a good record stall in the rag market where you could pick up recently deleted 45s. I remember buying My Bonnie/The Saints by Tony Sheridan & The Beatles for one shilling and sixpence (seven & a half pence). It's one of the records they recorded for Polydor in Germany in 1961 before they signed to Parlophone. It sold diddly squat when it was first released and was hard to find even in 1964.

Yes, that's my memory of Cannes - the booths where you used to listen to the record before you decided to buy it or not. Other places had booths though didn't they?

I miss that hill ridden palce..

I was wondering if any of you old gits saw Durango 95 back themn..

Would like to find : Plague Dogs, an old band, and some others..

OK, Durango wasn't too cool, but we had some storming nights at the LIMIT, Club with 2 brains, and I sorley miss the bash under the city hall... quality town.

NB: i was the singer of Durango 95 - these days I'm living in Moscow, Russia and write solo material..web site is www.lyndsaydarcy.co.uk if any old buggers are interested.. and there is an EP due for release in March'ish

Cheers, it's not my kid!!! Max.. aka D'arcy, git, bastid, and others..

I vaguely remeber the Mucky Duck and Old brewery Tap, but only cause my mum used to go there... lol

I remember Turn Ups at Nether Edge as my mum used to work there, I was too young to go in the evening, but on a saturday morning they had a kids disco and I went there. Anyone else remember that??

Hey does anyone remember the Junior Star discos? They were held at either Romeo and Juliets, the United ground or for a short while, Dingwalls club. I once won a fiver in one of there disco dancing competitions. I was dancing to Billie Jean by Micheal Jackson. EEEEeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!

I progressed onto the Limit club ........ the first proper club i went to at the age of 15. Plastic cups and your feet sticking to the carpet!!

And does anyone remeber Rebina Shoes (not sure if thats spelled right)? A must for all self respecting 80's goths who wore black pointed buckle boots!! It was on a little alleyway off High Street if I remember rightly. And the shop at the top of Cambridge Street that sold all the punk and goth clothes and crazy colour air dye?

Ahhhhhhhhhh, takes me back!!!


Fetish Fairy

The Sidewalk Coffee bar, usually full of Mods. Does anyone remember this ? [ 1960s]

I remember this from the 70s although not full of mods then. My Grandma used to work there:D - free chips, lovely.

Anybody remember Penny's before it was Isabella's, before it was............what is it now........? I think it was Europa last I heard.

I must be getting old, I remember most of these places, especially the Dove and Rainbow, where the walls were wallpapered with pages from the Star and everybody used to stand outside at night (well if it was warmish, anyhow).

The Stonehouse was brilliant, never the same place after they did it up.

Anybody ever been in the Penny Black in Pond Street, and who remembers Roxy's when it was called Steely's??



:D :D

Originally posted by MissEllie
I remember this from the 70s although not full of mods then. My Grandma used to work there:D - free chips, lovely.

Anybody remember Penny's before it was Isabella's, before it was............what is it now........? I think it was Europa last I heard.

I must be getting old, I remember most of these places, especially the Dove and Rainbow, where the walls were wallpapered with pages from the Star and everybody used to stand outside at night (well if it was warmish, anyhow).

The Stonehouse was brilliant, never the same place after they did it up.

Anybody ever been in the Penny Black in Pond Street, and who remembers Roxy's when it was called Steely's??:D :D

must be even older coz i remember all this. Pennys was originally the Penny Farthing and was next to Hoffenbrauhaus bierkeller. i remember the dove and rainbow when it was a huge rectangular bar with little rooms through the back before they knocked it into one and decorated it with pages from the Star (early 70's). Stonehouse was the bizz. maybe we should start a campaign to restore the old courtyard? now that would be something.

above the underground (the 3 storey bar come club) wasn`t the top floor raffles at one point?? any one remember this??

I'm afraid as an outsider, the words eighties and sheffield only conjure up one image!


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Originally posted by lyndsay
I miss that hill ridden palce..

I was wondering if any of you old gits saw Durango 95 back themn..

Would like to find : Plague Dogs, an old band, and some others..

OK, Durango wasn't too cool, but we had some storming nights at the LIMIT, Club with 2 brains, and I sorley miss the bash under the city hall... quality town.



Cheers, it's not my kid!!! Max.. aka D'arcy, git, bastid, and others..


hi lynsay

it's pete f..., remember, from the fcs, yes i remember durango 95.... i had the badge and the picture sleeve single from my days at radio sheffield

do you remember any of my old bands.... fcs, nihilistics, ggf, exit, bear cage, coal bros (with rob overdrive), tarana, maniac, slbc, pasc, media prem etc

according to ogi mcgrath dig vis drill i'm a "band slut"!

keep on rockin'

the user Andy is bringing back a lot of memories for me, in addition did the hole in the road have some sort of aquarium inside it? and a tobacco shop.

yes, hole in the road had a fish tank. there was a council employee who had to feed 'em everyday. steve mcclarence wrote an article about them/ him/ it in the sheffield telegraph around 1993, around the time they were filling it in in order to take the weight of the supertram.

by the way, they buried hyde park flats in the hole in the road to save money on rubble.

i've got loads of pictures of the place, plus around 3,000 of sheffield which are all scanned and are being prepared for an on-line archive.

Wow this thread has brought back so many memories!

Remember the Golden Egg on Fargate? And the fountain at the top of Fargate? There was a waiter/waitress service Wimpy too.

How about Wilson Pecks? You could listen to music in booths there too and I remember buying my first record there.... Two little boys, Rolf Harris!!!!! This was no 1 for 7 weeks in 1969! I was 5.

What about Cole Brothers? It had a hair dressers and one of the restaurants was silver service!!! On my birthday my mum took me for a Knickerbocker Glory! It was such a treat.

Someone mentioned Bringing it all Back Home on West St. it used to be at Hangingwater traffic lights (now a second hand dress shop) before it moved to West St. I am disabled and had to go to the Children's Hosp loads. My mum would take me to the cafe at Bringing it all Back Home on West St for a piece of Tiger cake after hard visits!!! It made my unpleasant hospital appointments bearable! LOL

And I LOVED the fish in the Hole in the Road. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realised how dangerous the Hole In the Road could be, as a child I just thought it was so cool.

Can anyone remember a hippy shop opposite the travel exec shop near Coles (poss Burgess st?). I used to buy puzzle rings and incense from there.

I'm going to remember things all day now! Sheffield IS great, but there's no doubt in my mind, it WAS great too. I have such happy memories of living here.

Originally posted by mikey
2p wasn't it or was that in thw 70's I remember 2p bus fare for kids, I think it was early eighties?

Mill Houses wasn't for paddling, it was for being frozen half to death!!!!! That water came straight from a refridgerator:suspect:

How about hanging around the 'Markets'? how boring was that! I remember sitting in the cafe in the Sheaf market surrounded by sparrows and pidgeons trying to nick my sandwich. You were lucky if you didn't get bird droppings in you cup of tea:gag:

were FCS? Fresh Cut Sandwiches or F**k City Sh*tters? I never saw them play but always meant too :(

I remember hanging around on the Gallery trying to look hard to provoke a response from the skins or the pigs :) Happy days

and just to add - YOP schemes - almost compulsory - legalised slavery for 25 quid a week - fake promises of jobs at the end - we were just too stupid to realise the next intake of cheap labour would be there instead :)

yes, fcs was the f... city sh..ters and i was their drummer!

you were lucky if you missed us!

was there a smelly record shop run by an angry old man on norfolk street in 1983? might have been another street but the racks were jam packed with tattered cardboard sleeves, and it wasn't hitsville or that one on the wicker.

Originally posted by Internetowl
and just to add - YOP schemes - almost compulsory - legalised slavery for 25 quid a week - fake promises of jobs at the end - we were just too stupid to realise the next intake of cheap labour would be there instead :) I was on one of those YTS things, It was a manufactured job to give adults and teenager something to do. Starting Point on the Wicker - what a joke!

the fcs once got nick reynolds to announce on radio sheffield that there would be a guided tour of sheffield by me and lou (fcs guitarist) . we would take people around places in sheffield where "the fcs had practiced, gigged, and generally hung around"!

it went on: "anyone interested can meet pete and lou in the peace gardens tomorrow at one o'clock...and it says here 'bring a bottle (optional)'".

no-one turned up!

radio hallam also once interviewed pulp in the peace gardens when they had breakfast there one morning as a publicity stunt. they were pretty unknown at the time, and i think steve genn (mr morality) is mentioned.... but i thought it was his brother who was in pulp at the time rather than steve. anyone shed any light?

ok i'm off to buy an anorak...

hey, and whatever happened to BRADLEYS RECORDS!

Originally posted by kirky
i used to go to the top rank on a saturday morning 10p on the door...you couldn't move for tank tops and rupert bear trousers......remember being outside once and the bouncer made me take all the seggs out of my shoes before i was allowed in..he said they'd scratch the dance floor......also remember going to ABC cinema saturdays.......think it was called the ABC minors club.

I bet thar looked a reyt clown in that lot........good to see some things in Sheffield haven't changed :D :D :D

Green-Veggie, the hippy shop was on Cambridge St it was called Pippy's

some pictures of sheffield (kelvin) in the late eighties....

http://photobucket.com/albums/b171/sheffieldarchives/

password: dontdoit

Originally posted by Internetowl
and what about the dodgily painted record shop with corrigated iron tunnel in the middle which was opposite Coles in Barkers Pool.

It was called Impulse records and had to pulled down after the burger bar nextdoor caught fire. I also remember the burger bar played MTV it was the first time I saw it :hihi:

Do you remember the American Car showroom across from what is now Lloyds Number 1?

Originally posted by pete_fcs
radio hallam also once interviewed pulp in the peace gardens when they had breakfast there one morning as a publicity stunt. they were pretty unknown at the time, and i think steve genn (mr morality) is mentioned.... but i thought it was his brother who was in pulp at the time rather than steve. anyone shed any light?

There is a photo of this very occasion in Mark Sturdey's book about Pulp, and also in Martin Lilleker's book on the Sheffield music scene. I don't think the stunt was to promote Pulp - it was to promote some other ramshackle gathering of Sheffield musos that did include Jarvis and Steve Genn. If I recall correctly, the photo shows them in dressing gowns eating breakfast in the middle of Fargate, though they could well have been in the Peace Gardens too.

what about Harringtons in the castle market for your jeans or baggies.

violet may record shop on the moor where you could get good seconhand stuff & trade a few.

Originally posted by pete_fcs
yes, fcs was the f... city sh..ters and i was their drummer!

you were lucky if you missed us!



Did you ever go to Don Valley Training on Carlisle Street - if so we were on the same IT course - I was only there briefly got threw off for messing about - a member of FCS was there at the same time....

what a joke :)

Another chap who wanted soo bad to be in the music biz at the same time was Muz Fenton - anyone know if he made it?

yes, muz or murray went on to become a band manager.

you probably already know this but he was in artery and then saw an advert that sparked the formation of the f... city sh..ters. no he didn't join the fcs but the ad inspired him to start another band, death trash.

death trash released their first album in 1987 i think.

the bloke on carlisle street was probably lou, as he did an e.t. course there in graphics or summat, and used his time to design t-shirts for his new band the plague dogs.

lou went on to record a track with dee dee ramone in 1992. dee dee was signed to red eye management as were the plague dogs, and was looking for a backing band in the uk at the time.

thanks for the steve genn stuff damon, i have the recording but not the book!

ta

Originally posted by pete_fcs
yes, muz or murray went on to become a band manager.

you probably already know this but he was in artery and then saw an advert that sparked the formation of the f... city sh..ters. no he didn't join the fcs but the ad inspired him to start another band, death trash.

death trash released their first album in 1987 i think.

Murray at the time I knew him (early 80's) played in a couple of bands - used to rehearse / get ****** above the Gardners Rest - the band was called 'Quite Un-nerving?' or sommat similar - he also was involved with something called 'Incubus' but I don't think either made any sort of progress...

Originally posted by Internetowl
he also was involved with something called 'Incubus' but I don't think either made any sort of progress...

the name incubus rings a bell. if you buy martin lillekers book about sheffield bands 1974 to 1984, it's all in there. there's one copy left in a shop in rotherham!

Personally ithought the 80s were crap,be honest what came out of it only terrible music and rank clothes???:gag: :gag:

that's true brooksy, but like with any wreck, let's salvage a few things!

Ah the 1980's. 1983 was my year, 16 & just left school.
I remember the 2p busfares & phonecalls, hole in the road.
But my best memories were Vickers nightclub, rara skirts & batwing tops. Ribena shoes from the market & X clothes.
I use to go to town with 37p, 2p my bus fare there, get half a beer from the Bario (remember the pub), get a few drinks bought me, then wipe of my make up & hope to get the bus back for 2p & be questioned by the bus driver about why I was out so late.

Originally posted by dynamicdebz
Ah the 1980's. 1983 was my year, 16 & just left school.
I remember the 2p busfares & phonecalls, hole in the road.
But my best memories were Vickers nightclub, rara skirts & batwing tops. Ribena shoes from the market & X clothes.
I use to go to town with 37p, 2p my bus fare there, get half a beer from the Bario (remember the pub), get a few drinks bought me, then wipe of my make up & hope to get the bus back for 2p & be questioned by the bus driver about why I was out so late. I wore the same type of clothes back then.I loved the eighties those were my free and single days when i didnt have a care in the world.:)

Originally posted by Jon
did u go to bradleys records to buy your iron maiden singles in red vinyl :wink:

record shops i remember in the 80's were

bradleys records on fargate and chapel walk - before i was into punk i was into adam and the ants and used to buy all the records from there with my spending money, i remember buying the reissued young parisians 7" and friend or foe album on cassette, but i think i got all the albums / singles from bradleys

amazing records (first 2nd hand record shop i bought from back in about 1985 ish) i remember buying crass - reality asylum and gbh - sick boy 7"s from there, didnt it later move to leeds, also got done for bootlegs i think i heard.

virgin records on the high street, bought loads from there

that small shop that was further up from virgin on the high street, was down a short alleyway near the number 52 bus stop

warp (obviously) used to shop in it when it was across the road on division street and called fon, all the punk albums were upstairs, up some rickety wooden steps (always remmeber they had the dead kennedys - skateboard party lp but sadly never bought it :( i used to know the owners of fon / warp and quite a few peope who worked there including Winston parrot (? or was that both of em? i know one went off to form all seeing eye, i knew the black guy, soul dj)

the little 2nd hand shop on the gallery above the markets, where you had to dodge the skinheads - we got chased once through the markets but my mate froggy had a word, and they never did again :)

hitsville and kennys spin off shop kennys records - i believe the owners of hitsville wernt too happy about kennys new venture cos he left them with a bad back, next minute he had his own 2nd hand shop :P used to love buying the 10p singles from those and the 50p / £1 albums, got some rare stuff from those boxes :)

record collector always had a nice cheap lp sale on :)

jacks records i knew the bloke who ran it, me and a mate once got given a record each for helping to price his punk singes up, still look in the record collector mag to see what they are still selling, mind u they aint been advertising in it for ages, jacks still around?

there was also a good record shop down off the far end of london road ......play it again, thats was excellent.

wasnt hmv on fargate before it moved to near the peace gardens and the high street?

also a guy i knew at college had a small shop later on, it was upstairs above a clothes shop on the corner of cambridge street?, opposite cole brothers, and next to the car park across from the city hall

hey, kenny's records!

some happy memories there, melthebell, in the late eighties, collecting all of thin lizzy's albums for about two quid each...

....and slade albums were even cheaper, given that they were even more unfashionable now than they were then!

:)

Originally posted by Damon
There is a photo of this very occasion in Mark Sturdey's book about Pulp, and also in Martin Lilleker's book on the Sheffield music scene. I don't think the stunt was to promote Pulp - it was to promote some other ramshackle gathering of Sheffield musos that did include Jarvis and Steve Genn. If I recall correctly, the photo shows them in dressing gowns eating breakfast in the middle of Fargate, though they could well have been in the Peace Gardens too.

thanks for that, i couldn't figure out why steve genn was in on it! :)

Originally posted by pete_fcs
hey, kenny's records!
....and slade albums were even cheaper, given that they were even more unfashionable now than they were then!

:)

i remmeber winning a slade lp at the fair, i think it was high hazels or maybe endcliffe park?
it was sladest and when i really got into music they WERE unfashionable so i gave it my younger sister to destroy :)



oh another record shop i forgot was rare and racy, used to love that shop, i remember all the psychik tv records, hearing the tibetan monk cds and thinking hm wouldnt mind some of that for when im smashed :
also wasnt the owner once done for dope and there was an lp made to fund his defence?
i cant remember the band now, i can picture the sleeve tho, red and white? - pete will know which one :)

Originally posted by melthebell
i remmeber winning a slade lp at the fair, i think it was high hazels or maybe endcliffe park?
it was sladest and when i really got into music they WERE unfashionable so i gave it my younger sister to destroy :)



oh another record shop i forgot was rare and racy, used to love that shop, i remember all the psychik tv records, hearing the tibetan monk cds and thinking hm wouldnt mind some of that for when im smashed :
also wasnt the owner once done for dope and there was an lp made to fund his defence?
i cant remember the band now, i can picture the sleeve tho, red and white? - pete will know which one :)

melthebell, the defence lp might have been released by mighty sheffield records and called vinyl virgins, in 1988/9, featuring pschoterrorists etc.

this is only a guess, going on the description of the cover!

i thought sladest was one of slade's best albums! if you see it on cd in a bargain bin, snap it up! you might like it again!

nah the album was an early 80s album, by pressure or somebody?, local sheffield band i think, maybe leeds? *gets ready to run* it was called solidarity or something

just had a look in my record collector price bible :P

it could be pressure co (caberet voltaires spin off band) theres a live in sheffield 82 album, maybe that, not sure, rings a bell though

Tony and Damon,
Amrik Rai was indeed an NME journalist. He famously reviewed a gig [can't remember who] at a venue in Derby and witnesses wrote in to say that he had never strayed from the bar and thus never actually saw the band playing. He was also 'chinned' by ClockDVA leader Adi Newton [Gary Coates] after he savaged a performance by 'the white souls in black suits'. For a while he managed Chakk, before getting involved in FON, alongside my old friend, Alan Fisch. Rai is now a radical Sikh.

Originally posted by melthebell
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just had a look in my record collector price bible :P

.....

not sure what it is then...

but while you're in the record collector bible, look up pulp: if their tapes are in there, there's a compilation tape from 1986 with pulp and my old band the f... city sh...ers worth a tenner!

Originally posted by timo
Tony and Damon,
Amrik Rai was indeed an NME journalist. He famously reviewed a gig [can't remember who] at a venue in Derby and witnesses wrote in to say that he had never strayed from the bar and thus never actually saw the band playing. He was also 'chinned' by ClockDVA leader Adi Newton [Gary Coates] after he savaged a performance by 'the white souls in black suits'. For a while he managed Chakk, before getting involved in FON, alongside my old friend, Alan Fisch. Rai is now a radical Sikh.

is this the same amrik who was involved in setting up the republic club in the late nineties?

if so a fellow-band-member of the time threw a pint of beer over him in the rutland!

Pete,
It may well be the same Amrik, but I don't know for sure. He always seemed to have some project or other up his sleeve when I briefly knew him. I played in Chakk rivals, Workforce for a while [sax, percussion, keys, tapes]. Rai interviewed us for NME after our first Peel Session and single, but the NME interview mysteriously never saw the light. I put it down to the fact that he was also the manager of Chakk, and didn't want similar [although more experimental] bands such as Workforce and Hula to steal Chakk's thunder.

The Amrik Rai I knew was dating a very cute part-Polish blonde girl called Barbara [mid to late 1980s]. He was known for developing sudden, intense passions for new hobbies. I recall him [rather improbably] once announcing a great passion for coarse fishing, and he vowed to catch a Pike after witnessing one savage a duck. Strange days...

timo

it sounds like the same person...

i have a press cutting with his photo on, sort of wavy brown hair, not very tall, always looked a bit serious, never one to belly-laugh but a nice chap i thought :)

hi we used to go there most weekends paddling in the pool and messing abpout on them silly paddle boats we always ended up argueing over which way to go at millhouses park in the early eighties

you would have found me in the WAPENTAKE and REBELS :D
Me too Jon even though I was underage :o