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Whisky A Go Go
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Remember these girls….used to go to Oriel’s house to get our French crew cut every few weeks and gave Cherry a lift home on my scooter a few Times…..the best part of the evening for me….great times and great girls…Ken Fraser was my best mate …..he lives in Australia now,we are in touch regularly. Barry Hart.
Lost in Moseley
proper brummie kid
Could you be persuaded to arrange a reunion before June - to make up for those we missed
Terence David Lines
master brummie
It was Laura Dixon’s dance studio.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Margate memories. Long way on a Lambretta GT. Bugsy John Jarvis getting done over by the McKinners from Ramsgate. Duffy setting fire to the kitchen and myself falling asleep on the beach in blazing sun I had not been to sleep for a while( Too many French Blues and Purple Hearts) Rolled over in my sleep woke up done both sides redder than a cocked lobster. Sick as a parrot for days. Sunstroke give it a miss.
Lost in Moseley
proper brummie kid
Hi Terry. Just to let you know that Bobby Summers passed away a couple of years ago.
Can I just correct the piece about Bugsie and Ramsgate, this was clearly an urban myth, it never happened.
Can I just correct the piece about Bugsie and Ramsgate, this was clearly an urban myth, it never happened.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Brilliant it was the talk of the Tahiti cafe in Margate.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Last time I saw Bugsie, we had a Union meeting at the Odeon in New Street 1981. I said Bugsie what you doing here, he said I am a shop steward, I said do BT know about our past he said less said the better. He never ever denied the story, saying that he was on that much gear in those days he probably thought it happened.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
I knew a lot of us had passed away. Never hear anyone mention Pretty Graham, Noel Barnes, Declan Burn but little Freddie has had a mention. I did know about Colin,Shaun, Black H.
Lost in Moseley
proper brummie kid
Keep repeating the myth will not make it true.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
I remember in January 1967 being in Birmingham with Marion, Bugsie appears from out of nowhere. I do not know what he had taken scared the living daylights out of Marion.
She realised what the alternatives were out there and married me.
Lost in Moseley
proper brummie kid
Poor Marion
Terence David Lines
master brummie
As this is not true, just a story circulated around Margate how do I remove it.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
I was aware Bobby Summers had passed away.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
I Married Marion in 1968. Still together 54 years last February.
Dionysius//88
master brummie
TDL I told a friend of mine who was one time member on BHF about your posts , he remembers Bugsie he was of the same opinion of you , if you met him around 11pm on the way home from town he was on another planet . my mate also went to plenty of the usual hangouts West End , Locarno , Le Metro , Whisky etc . He said they were great days indeed , oh one thing he added was he met Bugsie one dinnertime in the Shakespeare on Summer Row , believe it or not John as his name was fully garbed in leathers and a great big bike outside can you believe it a total turn around to what your cult was about
best wishes , keep posting my friend by the way has been banned on here
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Bloggsie Bates when with Jugs O Henry, I think they played their last gig in Birmingham at Le Metro before they moved down to Lancaster Gate. Me and John Overthrow we’re down there one weekend. Sunday afternoon Bloggsie took us to an Italian Restaurant just down the road. We all ordered Spaghetti Bolognaise which non had eaten before. Now we have a problem it keeps sliding off the fork. Bloggsie said to John Overthrow give me your fork. He piled it high in the centre of his plate and bent over and just sucked it up, the speed it went in his mouth the tail ends whipped all over the place. Bloggsie sat there trying to clean his face with a knapkin.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
The Shakespeare. Temple Bar in the basement, lost track of how many fights kicked off in there. Having non of that, can you believe they would start a fight wearing a Edward Lerman tonic mohair suit with hand stitched lapels. £44 guinea a time. Main culprit one Patrick Duffy. I remember Duffy having the horror’s in the Whiskey thought traffic bollards were chasing him. He was having a LSD moment. Purple Hearts and French Blues were enough for me, just wanted something to keep me awake all night.
Dionysius//88
master brummie
TDL at a funeral in 2010 of one of my friends childhood / teenage mates , My friend told me he ended up with Duffy as the wake was in the afternoon , Duffy openly admitted to him at the time he would take anything in the 60's if it was anything to do with drugs . The thing is both he and Bugsie didn't realise back in those days they didn't realise how incoherent they where . Bugsie if he was clean was as astute as anyone , I've also been asked to ask did you ever frequent the Le Metro ?
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Went to Le Metro once as Jugs O Henry we’re playing there and Colin Bates ( Bloggsie) who was a good mate of mine and John Overthrow ( better known as Lickle man as had trouble pronouncing little) was a guitarist in Jugs. Le Metro set in the arches under the railway in Livery Street if I remember right.
Dionysius//88
master brummie
Yes I'm told , also another group that frequented the Spencer Davis , and then over to the Surfside stop for a coffee .
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Just started a thread on the Surfside Stop. Went first Saturday when I got back from Jersey in 1966. It was dead.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Spencer Davis regulars at The Whiskey. Stevie Winwood was only 14/15 at the time and we were told his mother would not let him travel outside the Midlands.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Yes I'm told , also another group that frequented the Spencer Davis , and then over to the Surfside stop for a coffee
Early hours of one Sunday morning in the summer around 4ish. Duffy said who’s he looking at over there. He was on his way to knock him out as he used to say, I jumped on Duffy and said it me cousin Derek.
Lost in Moseley
proper brummie kid
Hmm, Duffy’s turn now. Poor Paddy
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Patrick Duffy lives in Druids Heath I believe nowadays, a mate Mick a Galway lad has his phone number. I saw Pat in Northfield 2006, he came across the Bristol Rd. Still had shrink to fit Levi’s on.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Now someone must know who these two girls. They dressed the same although they may have only been friends. They were always following Mary Quant clothes.
But one early Sunday morning they told a joke about I Cant Dowt A Candle. These girls were well know at The Whiskey I think they came from Great Barr. Never remembered their names.
But one early Sunday morning they told a joke about I Cant Dowt A Candle. These girls were well know at The Whiskey I think they came from Great Barr. Never remembered their names.
Dionysius//88
master brummie
TDL Do you remember Sean Mahoney , Percy, Terry Draper , Jimmy Gunner , Bobby Barr , Leo, I don’t know how many more he’s going to come out with ? He remembers in about 67/68 Cream appeared at The Whisky without roadies they had to unload their own van in Navigation St . Clapton quite distinguishable black leather boots hair down his back and a black leather jacket .