OAFCMIKE Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Mink nightclub in Oldham. Is it what used to be Livingstone's? Cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Talk to me in terms of Butterflies, Froggies and Henry Afrika's and I might be able to help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Talk to me in terms of Butterflies, Froggies and Henry Afrika's and I might be able to help... Or Baileys and The Cat's Whiskers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Or Baileys and The Cat's Whiskers.... Or Jo Jo's in Royton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Mink nightclub in Oldham. Is it what used to be Livingstone's? Cheers Mike yeah, never had the 'pleasure' thank fook! Moment the sun goes down in Oldham, I go local... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) Or Jo Jo's in Royton. My haunts listed in the order I frequented them... Jo Jo's Butterflies Nix Henry's Cabaret Candlelight Edited August 10, 2009 by oafcprozac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Or Jo Jo's in Royton. or tramtracks before that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAV Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Club 57 anyone??,some good local bands played there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 or tramtracks before that! You old bastard! I used to practically live in Jo Jo's, from its heyday as one of the north Manchester clubs, to the ultimate demise. One horribly quiet Tuesday night the owner even tried to sell the place to me... for quite alot less than you might think. Anyone else hear the story about why new owners of the club would move into the flat upstairs but always move out again a few weeks later? Involves the ghost of a woman who comitted suicide in the bathroom back when it was a mill owner's house. Usual pile of crap you might say. Except I know that's exactly what happened - she was my great aunt (once or twice removed). (Sorry Mike, I think we've got a bit sidetracked from your question!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometownclub Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 or tramtracks before that! I don't remember it as Tramtracks but do remember it as JoJo's, but mainly as Scandals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Ah yes, I knew there was another name in between! I remember it being Tramtracks as a kid, then it was Scandals when I started going ... might still have been Scandals when the owner tried selling it me! Trying to remember when it became Jo Jos now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy the owl Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Jesus wept, Scandals. My first ever night club i went in.....at 15 years old after attending my cousins wedding day at teh blue rooms in Royton. My sisters boyfriend lent me his driving license and i had about 15 minutes to remember his name and DOB even though i had only met him once before, forget the fact that i only looked about 12 when i was 15. Those Pizza's they used to do in that doorway inside the club were brilliant, why dont they do that in Envy and Liquid now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 The Scandals pizzas! I'd forgotten about them!! Nearly as good as the burger van that parked over the road in the Jo Jos years. We invented some weird and wonderful concoctions there, just to see how many diffeent things you could get on one double burger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outoftheblue Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Jesus! There were some really dodgy clubs in Oldham. The other ones I remember frequenting (And Deejaying in some): R & J's (Reflections, Baileys, Over the Rainbow, Froggies, Zanes etc) Cats Whiskers (BoBo's) Henrys Moorend Oscars Tower Club Dorothys Hurricane (Club 57) Montys Marmadukes (Kittymans) Candlelight Dreamers Scruples Dinos Cabaret There were a few more, but they were the ones that stood out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy the owl Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 The Scandals pizzas! I'd forgotten about them!! Nearly as good as the burger van that parked over the road in the Jo Jos years. We invented some weird and wonderful concoctions there, just to see how many diffeent things you could get on one double burger... You could never beat the "hoggies" hotdogs outside Mr Smiths in Warrington. Had many of those down my shirt whilst barely able to walk. I just remembered the pizzas from Scandals, only other thing i remember was walking up to my girlfriend from behind and gropping her bum whilst "sexy dancing" behind her. As you can guess, i was bladdered and i dont know who was more upset about it, the girl i had mistaken for my girlfriend, her boyfriend stood about 5 steps away, or my girlfriend who was just walking back from the toilets to the sight of me gropping some girls arse with her boyfriend looking on. I loved my teeneage years Jesus! There were some really dodgy clubs in Oldham. The other ones I remember frequenting (And Deejaying in some): R & J's (Reflections, Baileys, Over the Rainbow, Froggies, Zanes etc) Cats Whiskers (BoBo's) Henrys Moorend Oscars Tower Club Dorothys Hurricane (Club 57) Montys Marmadukes (Kittymans) Candlelight Dreamers Scruples Dinos Cabaret There were a few more, but they were the ones that stood out. Was Dino's the one on Rock st that used to sell the big 2 pint glasses of german beer? I was only tiny until i was 17 and could very easily have gone for a swim in one of them glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobxal Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 You could never beat the "hoggies" hotdogs outside Mr Smiths in Warrington. Had many of those down my shirt whilst barely able to walk. I just remembered the pizzas from Scandals, only other thing i remember was walking up to my girlfriend from behind and gropping her bum whilst "sexy dancing" behind her. As you can guess, i was bladdered and i dont know who was more upset about it, the girl i had mistaken for my girlfriend, her boyfriend stood about 5 steps away, or my girlfriend who was just walking back from the toilets to the sight of me gropping some girls arse with her boyfriend looking on. I loved my teeneage years Was Dino's the one on Rock st that used to sell the big 2 pint glasses of german beer? I was only tiny until i was 17 and could very easily have gone for a swim in one of them glasses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nah wasnt that wrens nest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yard Dog Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) Didn't Scandals/Jo Jo's have another name, albeit briefly, after it was called Jo Jo's...something beginning with R rings a bell... EDIT : Hmmmm...Royston's rings a bell.. Edited August 12, 2009 by Yard Dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 You were lucky if you got stabbed in Kittymans, what a place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Didn't Scandals/Jo Jo's have another name, albeit briefly, after it was called Jo Jo's...something beginning with R rings a bell... EDIT : Hmmmm...Royston's rings a bell.. Think you're right there. After my time, but from what I heard demolition was the only merciful conclusion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outoftheblue Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Was Dino's the one on Rock st that used to sell the big 2 pint glasses of german beer? I was only tiny until i was 17 and could very easily have gone for a swim in one of them glasses. Dino's was on Union St, in the old Cafe Monaco building. It became something else, but I can't remember what it was called. Busby's was open til 2am (I think it was the first 'pub' in Oldham to get a 2am licence). It was the former Waterloo on Union St. And I forgot Smokies (Which is probably the right thing to do - full of pretentious ten bob millionaires). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footy68 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Wasn't Busby's known as a place for people who batted for t'other side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy the owl Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Just been told the place im thinking of with the big beers was called "Buddies". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I remember grab a granny night in Smokies. Think it was Thursday, when the bingo was on down the road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoafc Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Just been told the place im thinking of with the big beers was called "Buddies". Buddies? Really? I'd have never got that. The "name of the place on Rock Street that sold beer in steins" has bugged me and my mates for years!! I wouldn;t have said Buddies though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoafc Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nah wasnt that wrens nest Wrens nest was under the old Town Hall building. Right opposite the Nat West at the top of Yorkshire Street. Was a right pain in the arse cos you had to buy 2 halves if you wanted a pint. "We dont serve pints!" WTF?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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