Accy disco...new era yc

Karateman · 11-03-2012, 15:02

Anyone got any old photos of Accy Disco on Abbey St or the New Era Youth Club paradise st from the late 60's early 70's preferably inside the buildings.
Fond memories of those places around 68....73 ish. Went on a 2 week camping trip to Austria with about 8 others from the New Era in 69. Went via Belgium, Luxemburg and eventually arrived at Mayerhofen in Austria.

Had a great time...and first time abroad....

Can remember having my hand stamped going into the Disco and not washing so I could get back in the following day, and trying to fill in the bits with a biro when it started to wear off........had blue flourescent lights that made your dandruff glow white and little cubbyholes where you could hide and snog your girlfriend...LOL

Phil

Atarah · 12-03-2012, 22:38

Happy Happy Days! The Disco was really the first place I went dancing i.e. before The Cav at Blackburn and before Burnley Mecca and even before Accy Con! Me and my mate Ellen Morley just loved it up there! We were AMAZED at the strobe lights and found that if we got some fluffy white swansdown trim from Moffitts, and sewed it around the neckline of our dresses, we would cause a "bit of a stir" as all anyone could see of us was white teeth and white swansdown! The lads up there used to try and pull the trim off our dress and watch it float down to the floor! We went back to Moffitts most Saturdays, bought approx 1/2 yard each and stitched new swansdown on each week! We also met "The Burnley Crowd" up there. A group of approx 6 lads, from the Rose Grove area, who came over on the train and caught the last train back! At The Disco I started my first romance with one of the Burnley lads! Happy, innocent times!

Karateman · 16-03-2012, 22:21

Anyone else any memories of the Disco...and the New Era....?

Phil

Wynonie Harris · 17-03-2012, 10:28

Accy disco...Big Mick Ward, ACT bus driver by day, DJ by night spinning all the latest soul sounds from the USA...lads in tailored suits, ticket pocket, 3" pocket flaps, 18" vents, 6-button cuffs...dancing in a big circle...rows of mirrored and chromed scooters parked up on the Lloyds bank car park opposite...yep, the memories come back!

Karateman · 17-03-2012, 11:56

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Accy disco...Big Mick Ward, ACT bus driver by day, DJ by night spinning all the latest soul sounds from the USA...lads in tailored suits, ticket pocket, 3" pocket flaps, 18" vents, 6-button cuffs...dancing in a big circle...rows of mirrored and chromed scooters parked up on the Lloyds bank car park opposite...yep, the memories come back!

I was one of the chromed scooter boys...White GP lambretta with RALPH on the windscreen and the star and stripes helmet,loads of chrome and mirrors...I remember Tark (Chromed scoot) Tubby Turner and Woody(sadly both passed away I believe) Steve Ward, Baz, Steve Prior, Eric Moon and a few more....

I have a photo......young and reckless

susie123 · 17-03-2012, 12:32

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Originally Posted by Karateman

I was one of the chromed scooter boys...White GP lambretta with RALPH on the windscreen and the star and stripes helmet,loads of chrome and mirrors...I remember Tark (Chromed scoot) Tubby Turner and Woody(sadly both passed away I believe) Steve Ward, Baz, Steve Prior, Eric Moon and a few more....

I have a photo......young and reckless

What a pretty boy!

Karateman · 17-03-2012, 18:26

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Accy disco...Big Mick Ward, ACT bus driver by day, DJ by night spinning all the latest soul sounds from the USA...lads in tailored suits, ticket pocket, 3" pocket flaps, 18" vents, 6-button cuffs...dancing in a big circle...rows of mirrored and chromed scooters parked up on the Lloyds bank car park opposite...yep, the memories come back!

Passed him in Gt Harwood the other day as I was driving through...

Phil

Karateman · 17-03-2012, 18:27

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Originally Posted by susie123

What a pretty boy!

I'll have you know it took me ages to get my hair like that......lol

Trying to think where it was taken now..........here we go again...could have been Leeds Poly, dont think it was in Accy

Phil

Wynonie Harris · 17-03-2012, 22:22

Scooter looks good...not sure about the hairy sitting on it though!

Would imagine you also remember Geno.

Karateman · 18-03-2012, 20:44

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Scooter looks good...not sure about the hairy sitting on it though!

Would imagine you also remember Geno.

Cant say I am familiar with the name Geno....did he have a scooter , a nickname maybe, take it he was maybe italian from the name......

Grey matter isn't what it used to be...LOL

Phil

Wynonie Harris · 18-03-2012, 21:01

Quite right, his last name was something Italian, but I can't remember what it is now. Had a scooter, used to knock around with the Soul crowd, big Motown collector. You'd probably know him if you saw him.

cashman · 18-03-2012, 22:18

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Quite right, his last name was something Italian, but I can't remember what it is now. Had a scooter, used to knock around with the Soul crowd, big Motown collector. You'd probably know him if you saw him.

He was n apprentice n worked wi me fer 6 years, lives up bash these days, was brought up on Maudsley St, just a few doors down from me nans.