Elite Snooker Hall.
 

My memory must be going, where was it ?. upstairs somewhere.

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Al, it was right over Redmans, opposite the town hall. The entrance was near the bottom of St James's Street.

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Thanks Wyn, all comes back to me now, but did'nt go there, well only a couple of times, how many tables did they have, who owned it etc.

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I only went in occasionally. Usually got thrashed by the likes of Isaac, Florrie etc. I think Cashman knows a bit about the owners, staff etc, so I'm sure he'll be along presently to enlighten us!

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Elite is on Grange Lane isn't it? been there since I were a lad.

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might have enti but it started out over top of redmans ...we are talking 50's till?

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so I'm not that old then :D

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what about it being down stairs at the St Johns ambulance building at bull brig??

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t'was upsatirs above Redmans in 1970 - aged 14 - knicked off school one day and arranged to meet mate in there for some games at dinner - I gets there early and am waiting when this geezer says " do you want a quick game while you're waiting" - " yea ok" says I and breaks off - and thats the last time I took a shot at anything - 10 mins later and there's me mate grinning his head off, as I'm flabergasted - "Don't you know who that is" says me mate - "no" - "its Hurricane Higgins you plonker"

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the two members of staff for many years were Bert, and Roland the One-Eyed slave. as everyone called him.two great old blokes,had many a laugh with them,also had a one-arm bandit the jackpot being three nines if you jiggled the arm you could move the chambers around, dropped a few jackpot did young cashy.:D p.s. it was a threepenny bit bandit.:)

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there was 11 tables alan,forget now who was the owner.

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The owners were Ben & Dorothy & they came from Eastbourne.

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It did move around a little, however, was above Redmans in my day ... not that I ever passed over the doorstep mind ya', purely a man's domain.

Alex Higgins frequented this on many occasions for practice against less qualified eager opponents.. :D

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yep he was livin with me n me mate at the time.never ever saw a woman up the Elite think they were Taboo katex.;)

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Was long time member.. I have still got this......

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What cashy and wynonie says is quite correct also terry that ticket must be a collecters item, just one question for you all, how did you pronounce the name 'Elite' or E-light? come on be honest.:D

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I pronounced it 'eh leet'. But it was defintely somewhere laydees didn't go.

Talking of pronouncing - why is the Canine club pronounced 'Can9' and not 'k9' ?

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Definitely "E-light" and so did everyone else I knew. You must have moved in more refined circles, Willow! If you'd told any of the inhabitants of the deck or the Derby that you were going up the "Eh-leet", I reckon they wouldn't have known what you were talking about!

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Spent many afternoons up the elite {pronounced** in the late 50s 60s as you say, above Redmans. Remember Roland, quite a character, a few of the players in those days were, Ronnie Power, Jackie Mason, Jack King, to name a few, happy days. Did any body go up{or down** the snooker room under the "Bug Hut"?

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that would be the Central Billards Hall ossy kid, i was born on the bottom block of burnley road below melbourne st and used to nip round to the central as a kid (sell us a fag mr.) lol oh was always E-Lite iantow.

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Quite right Cashman, when I looked at it afterwards I thought what a twit, elite is them rich, posh lot. Of course I meant e-light. We used to play golf on the table next to the bar in the corner on Sunday afternoons. Won/lost a few bob there.

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Yes sure did Central Billiard Hall sure sign of a miss spent youth,:D

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Actually willow it's nickname was the dog club, it started as a club where they used to have whippets and the like that miners were fond of racing, I don't know if they ever used it for showing dogs but I will find out, I was a committee man there before being ill, but I still use the place. The irony of this is that dogs are not allowed in now, you are correct about the pronunciation it is known as the 'can9'

Re: Elite Snooker Hall.
 

was a member there till i stopped drinking, used to call in weekend to catch up with a few people. can9 its always been to me,though have heard people call it the dog club way back.

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I pronounced e-leet. we all did(that is,the people I knew). Also used to frequent occasionaly Walter Lindrums underneath the bughut as has been mentioned. Was too dark and gloomy for me .
Elite was better. Brighter and airy.