Does anyone remember the Top Rank

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Do any of you (Er oldies i'm afraid) remamber the "RANK" tuesday nights for teenagers. We used to go every week and loved it, appart from the occassional mugging outside! Listened to Slade, Roxy Music and all that disco music nonesence. The collars, the flares, the segs, the cardboard hankie in pocket, the tank tops (No 17) two tone levi staypress, ben shermans, crombies, monkey boots (Girls) the straddle cut, the blue beat hat, arrr them were the days.............

yep remember 1 night in 1970,attired in crombie, b sherman, levi staypress & my pride & joy-oxford brogue boots [granddad boots] they would n't let me in cos i had boots on, i was gutted they cost about 6 weeks wages & the last thing on my mind was kicking some 1 & spoiling em-lol.

yes use to go every tue always had to catch last bus home

Hello

 

Do any of you (Er oldies i'm afraid) remamber the "RANK" tuesday nights for teenagers. We used to go every week and loved it, appart from the occassional mugging outside! Listened to Slade, Roxy Music and all that disco music nonesence. The collars, the flares, the segs, the cardboard hankie in pocket, the tank tops (No 17) two tone levi staypress, ben shermans, crombies, monkey boots (Girls) the straddle cut, the blue beat hat, arrr them were the days.............

 

Yes I remember it well. It was the highlight of the week, that and going to silver blades ice rink. I was always allowed to be out late on a Tuesday and catch the last bus home (11.15 pm). Those were the days - good memories!

i remember the top rank well me and my best mate lorraine spent many a happy hour there we usedto go on saturday and sometimes sunday night if we had enough money left.the club always opened with the dj then it was the turn of the maurice naylor band alternating through the night.you never saw any trouble there we used put our handbags in the middle of the floor and dance round them .can you imagine doing that now they would be swipt before they even touched the ground

yes good times you would never leave them handbags even when the boys tried to dance with you

Never went on a Tuesday night my mum wouldnt let me but they used to have an under 16's on Saturday mornings for a while that I was allowed to go to always really enjoyed it.

I remember it well - I loved it. I thought I looked so good in my crombie, Ben Sherman shirt, stayprest trousers, and Dockers! Shame on me. I wonder why females used to often dress like fellas then? It was a great era - I sound like my mum now

Early seventies, went in the Mulberry prior to going to TR, in walked two punks wearing dog collars and tied together by dog leads. Big Mick lee, behind the bar, says to first one you can stay but you mates got to go. Tug of war ensues. Hystrerical.

 

Happy days.

I remember going to the Top Rank on Saturday mornings.Do you remember the slushes?(Drinks)

I worked initially as a part time DJ at the Top Rank in 1969 with Bob Dean and the Maurice Naylor Sound. I started working the 'kid' sessions - on Saturday Morning 10-12 noonwe would get about 1200 kids attending, Saturday afternoon 2.00 til 4.00pm we had to compete with the owls or blades matches so attendances were down to about 500 and Tuesday night 7 til 11 for the under 16's we got over 1500 young people in.I went on to work full time (Steve Juste) it was manic but extremely enjoyable. Has anybody out there got any more memories of the Top Rank in the late 60's /early 70's

Never went on a Tuesday night my mum wouldnt let me but they used to have an under 16's on Saturday mornings for a while that I was allowed to go to always really enjoyed it.

 

Remember the saturday mornings well!!Half a dozen of us from Tapton,first time I ever danced with a lass was the 'Top Rank' 1970ish!!!!!! Colin.