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info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

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Hi All,

I know there will be people out there can help me with my quest! I am trying to find the address of Barbarella's and Peppermint Place Nightclubs please!

I remember a small club on Corporation Street somewhere where Yates/The Crown are and I thought it was Barb's but a friend said no.....and we are both too young to remember (honestly)

I "remember Peppermint Place being on Broad Street by Five Ways but another friend said it was at the top of New Street!

And does anyone remember Hosteria's Wine Bar??

Please Help!:)
 
Re: New Member- info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

Welcome Gal enjoy,do you mean Horts wine bar at Five Ways:)Mossy
 
Re: New Member- info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

:)Hi there

No it was def. Hosteria's....it was on lower Hurst Street below the Fox Pub and it was the early 80's. It had an open fourecourt and had a Spanish theme to it! No-one ever remembers it but it was there cos I went to it!

But Thanks anyway!
 
Re: New Member- info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

Romantic Gal i cant remember that place at all but i am sure you are correct somebody on here should know it,the other place you mentioned on Corporation St was Sloopys

Mossy :)
 
Re: New Member- info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

Barbarellas..was my first club membership, it with in Cumberland St, just off Broad St, right hand side, going from town, 300 yards past the hall of Memory.
Practically opposite where the Hyatt hotel stands now.
 
Re: New Member- info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

Seen the name of the latest member?. You'd better watch out for your heads fellas especially John. GGJ.
 
Re: New Member- info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

Well Hello & welcome, New Romantica:P uurmh! whats the Wham bam bit?

Ooops s,cuse digression,, Remember your aforementioned clubs, went there but could
never remember how i got there or back ??Wow ,,man pass the pin dude yeh like :010:Purple Haze seemed to be playing in both (all the clubs) strobe lights, Dan Druff was everywhere,
Nice lad but not in a Kaftan,, hadn,t got the legs for them :D
Ok reminiscently ramblings rumbled over,, Whats with the Monika ,Shela ? why the Romantica aka New?
Art thou doing a "Thesis" for thy gag year? oops pardonez mois, Gap year?
No probs Babes, just enlighten us prols with your reasoning quest,
then all mayhap perchanceth thy way,,
rsvp, &/or rip/oste JohnY :cool:
 
Re: New Member- info on Barbarella's and Peppermint Place nightclubs

Barbarellas was on Broad St just past the Alex,and the club on Corporation St next to the Crown Hotel was Sloopy's. Wasn't Peppermint Palace one of the newer places around John Bright st or was that Spearmint Rhino?

Phil

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Hi Peppermint Place was definately Broad Street, I think it had the tiniest dance floor in history. If I remember right it was the last building before the 'new' 5 ways complex. It was the first nightclub I went to! Was Maxamillions next door??? not sure - but Faces was inside the five ways shopping centre - good times!:cool:
 
I remember Barbarellas very well. I used to go there in the 1970s - saw lots of punk bands there - I loved it...

There were also Rebeccas and Pollyanas - I dont remember where Pollyanas was but I think (and I'm sure someone will correct me if wrong) Rebeccas was on the site where Edward's No 8 was in the 90s... (maybe it's still there I don't know...). I always understood that the clubs were owned by Eddie Fewtrell and named after his daughters...Was there another club with a similar name as well - maybe a fourth daughter?

When I was very little there was a club called 'Castaway' or 'The Castaways' on I think Bradford St. There was a big sail (like on a boat) outside the entrance. My mum always looked a bit disaproving when I commented on how nice it looked....

Peppermint Place I don't remember at all...
 
Pollyannas was at the top of Newhall St, about 30 yards down from Colmore Row...I drank half a pint of lager out of a girls boot in there..laughs...happy days.
 
Thanks for the Welcome...and all the info! I did have Barberella's confused with Sloopys.....Peppermint Place was on Broad Street, where the Cinema now is (Showcase). Faces was in the Shopping Centre (became XL's) and I am reading Eddie Fewtrells Auto biog. and some of the clubs were before my time so I needed further info......

Boogies, Boogies Brass., Paramount, Goldwyns, Edwards no. 7/8.....all great places and there will never be an atmosphere like it again!!!!!!

New Romantic Gal....cos I was a fan of the 80's......ABC, Heaven 17, Human League etc......Great Era!:cool:
 
Yes Kandor ,
You Are Spot On , When I Read There Thread ,I Smiled
I Knew They Was Wrong It Was Cumberland St And It Was Along Side The Old Bush House Of Broad St ,[ For Those WhomDon,t Recall Bush House , It Was The Old B,ham City Housing Department And If I Correctly Remember Rightly The Rep Thearter Was There Then Along Side The Hall Of Memory Broad St Was Full Of Old Second / Antigues Shopsw Just Before The Tow Rope All Nighter
 
Yes Kandor YouWas Bang Right On Cumberland St Was Up The SIDE
Of The Old Bush House And Thats Where Barberella,s Was
And When You Came Out Of There After Having A Good Time You Would Call IntoThe Tow rope For A Coffee And SomthinkTo Eat And May be Stay Talking To Early Hours In The MorningAs You Walked Along Broad Stret Next ToThere Before Hiting The Benches On Broad St Outside The Hall Of MemoryYou
Would See People Kipping On The Benches Because They Had To Much To Drink And They Missed The Last Bus Home , There Was A Couple Of Old Junk Shops And A Couple Of So Called Antigues Shop ,s
I Think The Rum Runner Club Openend Up Before Barbies Cme On The Scene , -Can YouRemember If It Did Or Not .
Have A Nice Day Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,;;;
 
Yes I remember it well "as the song goes":) The Rum Runner opened before Barabarellas and Rabecca's. I loved looking in those Antique come Junk shops next to the Tow Rope. Does anyone remeber the gay couple Barry and Carmen we had some laughs with them!
 
Wendy

There were quite a few gays that used the Tow Rope and the Rum Runner in the mid 60's, Gays anywhere were a novelty in those days, now they are the norm.

I used the Rum Runner infrequently but I stopped using it after four of us (two couples) were refused entrance and were given no reason. The only reason I could think of was my mate at the time was of Indian ethnic origin. We just left and went elsewhere, you didn't argue with bouncers in those days.

Phil
 
All,
Pollyannas, Ground Floor of Newater House, started life as the Revolution[cold war theme], owned by Don Fewtrell? Prior to that part of it was the office of Air India. Was always a strange place for a club!
Rebeccas was on Severn Street, all three floors of it[A bit like three different clubs in one]. Sloopys was a personal favorite in the 70's and had live music too. Good times!:)
Also 'Le Metro' which became 'The Holy City Zoo'[Andy Gray, ex. Villa, part owner] in one of the railway arches in Livery Street on the corner of Lionel Street.
 
Barbarella's was a favourite place of mine, used to stagger up broad street every friday night after having a few in Costermonger, Cabin, Hole in the Wall & Guilded Cage. Sloopy's was useful if at end of night you fancied another drink just before you got the night service bus home , I don't remember Peppermint Palace but I do remembr Rebecca's and Pollyanna's.

Used to go to Rum Runner but nearly all the time I could not get in - didn't look old enough, :angel: another place was the Cedar Club and the Elbow Room.
 
I remember Barry was something of a celebrity around the town a bit of a comic, he used to camp it up and most of the police knew him.:)
 
Wendy ,
I Most Certainly Remember Barry And Carmen ,Two Most Wonderful And Colourful
And Highly Attractive Couple You Could Ever Meet Especialy When Barry And Carman Are Out On The Town , Afew Of My Friends And Myself Used To Go Back To There Place
And Drink All Night And Party ,Before We Go Back To Barrys We Used To Go To The Pink Elephant In Old Bromgrove St Before The Redelevont Of The Area I Wonder Whether They Are Still Knocking About May be They Have Gone Back To London
Or Manchester Barry Used To Tell Us About The Partys With The Old Stars
Even Told Us Of A Party He Wrnt To With Old EithSharples Off Corrie, St,
We Met HimAT Terry Wogans Flat In Bromford Before He Was Going Back To London
Wendy YouHave Got Me Thinking Of The Good Old Days , Thanks , ASTONIAN ,;;
 
Yes Astonian thats the guy! He seemed to be at every party in Brum. My husband tells me he was often in The Trocadero. I am wondering now how he knew!:rolleyes::D
 
HI Wendy
Thats One Of Barry,s And Carman Haunts ,I The Way Back Of The Sixties , For Obvisious Reasons ,But During That Period They Always Started There Every Night ,And They Would Tour Every Venue And Establishments Around The City And Because Of The Limited Night Club Venues ,
They Would Always End Up At The Pink Elephants Night Club
All The Night Clubs Was,nt Around In Those Days Like The Ones Mentioned
Nor Of The Fewtrells Clubs At That Given Time , It Was Mainly The Very Old PubsAnd Down Around The City Centre, So Regarding The Night Life Was Very Limited ,It Go,s So Back The Very Old New St Station Had Never Had Its First Renovation,And Since Then I Think It AS bEEN aLTERED tWICE ,
Barry And Carman Was The King And QUEEN Of Brum , In Every Form And Shape , I Presume Your Husband Told You They Were Both Gay And Boy Sexualy,They Dressed Very Highly In There Fashion And Covered In Gilt And Glitze With Highly Expensive Gold And Real Big Diamonds And Very
Extroverted They New And Mixed With All The Big Names In The Celeb World And Parted FromHere All Over The Country
And Regarding There Looks ,There Ain,t Nobody In The Celeb World Today
WhomCan Match There Looks ,There Was Only One Person I CanOnly Name And That Would Have Been LADY Di,Barry Was The Queen Of All Drags
And Of Course Carman ,Thre Was,nt Any body That Did,nt Know Them ,
They Would Mix With ALL Types Of People Regarding Of Your Race ,Creed
Colur , Rich Or Poor ,Barry And Carman Have Mixed With ALL tHE sUPER
Stars And They Had Money , They Slept By Day And Played By Night
They Lived In The Kings Heath Of B,ham They Used Taxies Every Where And They Never Had To Pay A Taxie Driver A Fare Because Of Whom They Was They Always Started At The Troc, And Done The Circuit ,
Call In At The Tow Rope, For COFFEE, Then Cross Over To The Rendovuos
Express Coffee Bar And Resturant About 1 pm- 1 30,pm OIn The Morning
Before Trapeing Down The Back Of The Vry Old New Station To The
Pink Elephant Club , Stay Till Five And Go Back Home
There Was Another Club They Used To Go To But I Cannot Think Of It AT
The Moment This Was Before The Rum Runner OpenedUp
The Troc Was Highly Known Along With Yates Bar AS A Gay Bar For The
OlderMan There Was Afew Younger Ones Used To Go There ,But Did,nt
Stay There , There Was Alot Of Old Pubs Arond The Market AreavYou Would Go For A Tot Regarding Barrie, And Is Dragg , He Would Have Put Danny La Rue To Shame , Wendy I Wonder If They Are Still Living ,
And Als Wonder Where They Are Now ,Obvisious They Are In The Prime AS We All Are Pensioners , I Was Very Surprized You Mentioned Them ,
I Myself Have Thought Of Asking On The Forum To See If Any body Would Rember Them But I Thought Nobody Would , Have A Nice Day Wendy
Best Wishes ASTONIAN ,
 
Barry lived in a house converted to flats in the same road as my parents in Kings Heath. There was always a stream of visitors day and night and I can remember the sight of Barry dressed up in his finest female gear complete with high heels, running down the road after his dog using the most colourful language. The dog was a miniature poodle which on one occasion had its coat dyed pink. They left after about two years, the road was never the same after

Colin
 
HI Barry ,
Yes You Are Quite Right I Have To Laugh At Your Thread They Was Massionettes, Thats How He Always Dressed , And He Always Had Is Poodle
That Was His Baby , I Was Surprized To Hear You Said He Only Left Two Years Ago.
I Thought He Might Have Been Dead By Now ,
 
Peppermint Place was on Broad Street, on the same side as and close to the Five Ways shopping centre, going towards town.

I went there just once and was thrown out for opening the emergency exit to let some air in on a hot night. :biggrin:
 
next to five ways shopping centre were tiger tiger was. a little post office stood onthe corner . they closed it down about 66-67 and the first name of the club was chaplins could not get in i was only five , on the same side slightly down from there was the infamous saints and sinners cafe
 
I used to frequent Barbarellas and the bars/pubs around there in the 70's and I remember going to the Hosteria - I used to call it the 'Posteria Bar' and if I remember it was fairly near to the Punk Fashion Shop called Kahn & Bells - do you remember that? It was owned by Patti Bell - she used to live (might have been married to) Steve Gibbons, from the Steve Gibbons Band, she ran the shop with Jane Kahn - both were always a sight to behold back then, especially as they were kind of Celebs in the Punk Scene - wonder if I met you at all? I died my hair all sorts of colours, sometimes greased it back Bowie fashion - my oh my, how things have changed. The Steve Gibbons Band used to play Barbarellas and some of the other 'Punk Venues' up and down the Country. I went to some of their parties which were wild to say the least. Do you ever remember the '2 Julies from Blackpool? Did you ever hang around in the cafe almost opposite Kahn & Bells? It was a run down place and most of the social drop outs hung out there. They had a Jukebox with some pretty cool songs, one of my favourites was Bob Marley, No Woman No Cry - wonder if anyone else remembers those places. Andy W.
 
New Romantic Gal, you will find whatever you want on the thread 'Birmingham Nightclubs of the past'.
 
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