carcrash Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 It's a rather spooky place. A mates band was playing there a few months ago and i went down early for the soundcheck. As I was lifting a guitar amp onto the stage something seemed to push me and there was nothing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertec Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 Thankyou to everyone for your input it has been a great help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox20thc Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Don't know if my mum has become confused.. old age. She says that the boardwalk, before it was rebuilt as the black swan was the original sight for the Marples, which moved to its new location after the war. The story goes, my grandparents were in there having a drink and then went to the gaumont to see a film, they had not been long gone when the pub took a direct hit in a bombing raid. There were so many bodies that instead of digging them out they quick limed the place, so hauntings are apparantly related to the victims of the blitz. (apologies if this is totally wrong, family tales tend to get out of control) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertec Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 Originally posted by fox20thc Don't know if my mum has become confused.. old age. She says that the boardwalk, before it was rebuilt as the black swan was the original sight for the Marples, which moved to its new location after the war. The story goes, my grandparents were in there having a drink and then went to the gaumont to see a film, they had not been long gone when the pub took a direct hit in a bombing raid. There were so many bodies that instead of digging them out they quick limed the place, so hauntings are apparantly related to the victims of the blitz. (apologies if this is totally wrong, family tales tend to get out of control) No your mum isn't confused there used to be two Black swan Hotels in Sheffield the one your mum is on about was near ponds street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBoogie Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I love The Boardwalk, it's a really good venue...my dad always goes on about the days in the 60s when he used to go to gigs at the Mucky Duck. Apparently when I go I carry on the family heritage?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenfleece Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Would love to see some internal pictures of the Boardwalk back in 80/1 when it was Compleat Angler and a modern trendy place with all the latest furnishings and shiny bar staff. I got turned away once for wearing jeans with holes in......and that was UNUSUAL at any pub in the early 80's and way before all pubs had door staff on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertec Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Originally posted by goldenfleece Would love to see some internal pictures of the Boardwalk back in 80/1 when it was Compleat Angler and a modern trendy place with all the latest furnishings and shiny bar staff. I got turned away once for wearing jeans with holes in......and that was UNUSUAL at any pub in the early 80's and way before all pubs had door staff on. I did quite a lot of research about this pub but could only find pictures of the exterior nothing from the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughy101 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 i had a cousin ,called neville ford,he used to sing at the mucky duck on the talent nights, he had a nickname "cosmo", he used to sing my cheree amour,and i left my heart in san francisco, he fell through the roof at daniel doncasters,and was killed, he left alot of broken hearts, there were hundreds at his funeral,all the mucky duck regulars,they didnt half give him a send off, THOSE WERE THE DAYS. does anyone remember him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netty1 Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Originally posted by goldenfleece Would love to see some internal pictures of the Boardwalk back in 80/1 when it was Compleat Angler and a modern trendy place with all the latest furnishings and shiny bar staff. Hi, I' found this site whilst surfing & researching the Complet Angler. Just last week I acquired 17 x 45mm slides of the interior of The Complet Angler taken to record conversion work commissioned by Samuel Smith's Brewery during 1979/1980. I'm not sure how to upload them on the internet for viewing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 Netty, If you have a digital camera on a tripod, you might be able to get decent pictures of the slides when they are projected onto the screen. Other than that I think you can get a scanner for slides with a backlight. Your only problem is getting the scans of the slides onto your computer. Actually getting them onto the internet is easy, most forummers can help you with that, if you haven't any of your own webspace. If you were to email them to me for instance, I could put them in my history of sheffield pubs website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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