New Era Youth Club
 

Has Any Body Out There Got Any Stories About New Era From The Past 20 Or 30 Years
Thanks Bob

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I used to play in the netball team in the 70's. Do they still have the netball/football/tennis courts downstairs now?

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used to go to the all night disco's in the 80's

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I went to the disco's in the mid eighties, there weren't many places to go then, it was ok very tame!

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yea they still have a football court there in side downstairs my son goes to the youth club there

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I went to the disco a couple of times in the 80's. A lot of my mates raved about the Era but I preferred the Funnies disco. Never really enjoyed Era disco the music and atmosphere at Funnies was way better IMHO.

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I used to go there in the 70's, Cal did the disco if I remember rightly, I also went to a few of the all nighters & played in the New Era netball team,

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I used to go almost every night in the mid 70's Ritchie was the youth leader. Ben Spack used to call in regularly. It had it's own punk band 'school girl bitch' who actually brought out a single. We had weekends away to Borwick hall. And who could forget Rosa the little Italian lady who used to make us potato cakes & biscuits. Ah they were the days

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used to go in the late 70s early eighties wednesday night disco,i enjoyed it, it was the high light of our week all them years ago.you would get all different groups of people there,punks,new wavers,mods,etc etc i cant recall ever any trouble,good memories though.

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Is that where you met staggeringman ,MANDS just cant see staggers as a punk hehe http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15_1_52.gif
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mick i actually met paul at the sports centre,he was a swimming attendant, quite a ladys man then,i worked in the cafe,great memories there to,sporty disco was ok but not as good as the new era.

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i remember the sportsy disco was a lot of fun ....until the trouble started and one lad got stabbed. kind'o petered off after that and we started going to the funnies instead.

anyone remember the big D in ossy?

a friend of mine has just mentioned it.

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Used to go there in the errrrrrrr 70's had my first drink of lager and lime there... ( thought it was the real thing)

then we used to go to the chippy op the old baths....

seems like yesterday...

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I went to the New Era in the early-mid 70's. Think it was Cal who did the disco, would love to know if anyone of the following are members of this site. Elaine Robertshaw, Maggie Johnson, Paul Riley, steven Gaynor, Elaine married Derek whose surname escapes me,Keith Roberts, Des Ball anyone from round that time really. Cheers

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There must be loads of stories because it had a reputation & was reason i was not allowed to go my mum was strict & wouldn't let me go :( unfortunately i did what i was told in those days :(

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i used to go to the big d disco darren lund and graham or gary law used to be the d j,s we used to have a real laugh,some names dawn connelly mandy furness karen nuttall melissa knigge susan butterworth,loads more ut can,t quite remember,can any one else help.:)

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Hi everyone, My name is Pete, i live up in Cumbria and i found out about your club many years ago when some of you came to visit us up here about 1972 to be precise. I live in a little village by the sea called Haverigg,. in Cumbria and around about 72 we, my pals and i met some of you . We got to know you all pretty well in the two weeks that you stayed would love to hear from anyone who might still be connected with the club, although we are now getting on some, who might remember that summer. look forward to your replies , Havriggite.

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Hi haveriggite blimey for a little village theres a huge prision there LOL!!

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For my first ever 'date' I was taken to New Era youth club. I was about 13 or 14, it was the Friday night club in the really dark, dingy room. Very loud and mostly heavy metal fans. I wasn't a heavy metal fan then and I definitely am not now!

I then started going to some of the discos that were held in the main hall. Great fun because the age range was so big - you had kids there and 18/19 year olds too.

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debbie did u ever get up to Cumbria in the early 70 ,s? Haveriggite.

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Prisons not half as big as it should be!

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Ah! the wednesday night discos... I remember big Gary Numan fan Mick Cronshaw turning up as Nash The Slash, wearing a silver top hat, head covered in bandages and sunglasses..and we still knew it was him!

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Uncle Mick! thanks for that , I can think of a lot worse than that cenario up our end,cheers,
haveriggite.

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Mick Cronshaw - gosh I'd forgotten about him. He was an original!

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I also remember when they had a few bands on downstairs. Tiger Tails were a mod band from Burnley, The Molestors, apunk band from Bristol and Victor Drago, a jazz rock outfit whose lead trombonist wore an orange boiler suit!

By the way Gayle when did you drop the use of your surname? So famous shes only known by one name just like Kylie, Lulu, Marilyn and...er...Crippen.

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When I realised that everyone would know who I was without it! You did!

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Ah but I remember your real name!!

Back to the Era, I remember a thin guy who looked a little like Tenpole Tudor who we christened Pigbag because the only record he ever danced to was Papas Got A Brand New Pigbag. Then there was Russ the Human League fan with the lopsided hairdo and Chaddy.....
In fact I`ve got photos of most of `em somewhere

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That is quite a scary picture. I can imagine him letting little children drown for sport :D

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And the guy who thought he was Gary Numan!

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Which one, there were a few of them including a girl, Dawn

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:Banane47: i remember the big d it was good at the time but makes me cringe when i think of it now, thinking i was cool when i was dancing, i used to go with my sister does anyone remember us mellisa and heidi knigge:p

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Thanks To All The People Out There Who Got Back To Me About New Era Youth Club Another Member Lampman Is Doing Some Research On New Era For The 5 Th Birthday Of The New Place Opening And Would Like To Copy Any Old Photos Of The Place

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heidi i was in the same year as your melissa,we all used to go to the big d every fri night,god thats some years ago, i still see your melissa some times she was in my pub a couple of months ago she's a right laugh,have great memories of school!:)

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I joined the New Era Youth Club when it first opened in 1969 (At least, I [think that was the year). I was on the student committee and helped organize a concert by the Spinners Folk Group. We also visited the farm up in Cumbria that was owned by the club. I can't remember the name, but it may have been Hallbeck or something like that. I'm just not sure. It was a wonderful youth club back then, a great place for young people to hang out. There was never any trouble and it didn't have a bad reputation. In fact, to this day, I often refer to it as a shining example of what a youth club SHOULD be like, so I'm sorry to read in other posts that it ended up having a bad reputation. What went wrong?

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i went to new era disco; on wednesday nights in the eighties ; i hung around with lee curtis ; nipper ;stuart; derrick ; and all that lot ; i loved it ; wish there was something like that now so my kids can go ;

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Went with school for trampoline training late 60's early 70's

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I've a feelin the place in Cumbria is Borwick Hall Helen, which is a youth centre owned by Lance County Council, I worked there in the 70s, well I delivered a bottle cooler, If I remember rightly its just south of Kendal

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My daughter used to go at that time you may know her;)

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i mite do ; tell me abit about her and i;ll let you know ; she mite of known my sister to ;

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Hi Guys,
looking to talk to anyone who remembers the punk nights at New Era late 77.
I know local bands like Schoolgirl bitch/cybermen/
aswell as other E:Lancs bands like grout/demolition/dregs/pathetix/stiffs
played & out of town acts like molesters from Brighton & punk heavyweights like Lurkers & Eater from London all played New Era & bold st working mans club.
C'mon you old punx get in touch:) did you see any of the above bands play live? in accy or over at LODESTAR
can you remember any of the old punk faces?
I was at Erics mostly myself being a mickeymouser, but the funny thing is I moved up to Barlick later & was Youth Leader at the Basement! Did'nt know then that Schoolgirl Bitch had actually played the Basement!
I work at The royal (queens park) a lot now!
mickmada

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I was only 5 yrs in 77 :(

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Hi Mick, we used to rehearse in the basement of the New Era in 1977 - 78. There was what I think was an old industrial freezer, sometimes in there other times in the room next to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKHXrXXzNso

Cheers,

Nick.

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I used to go the New Era every night in the 80's as I live up on Royds Street, Woodnook. I remember we used to do the all-night DISCOs to raise money to go on trips to Spain. Twelve of us went in a minibus with Greg the youth leader. Also, Ken and Doreen. We also used to go to Borwick Hall and the Lake District doing outdoor activities. I was also in the netball team and remember playing some very rough teams from Blackburn. All-in-all the New Era was fun.

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Used to go to the Era then and loved Schoolgirl Bitch! Saw them at Ossie Town Hall and we booted holes in the front of their very nice stage which ended up looking like cheese! Good times, some of the best of my life!

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Hiya! I went on the trip to Spain too with Mick Cronshaw and Chaddy! Got in touch with Doreen lately and her daughter Michelle! Those all night punk 'discos' were magic.

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A member here -kestrelX - was a member of that band.

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We used to rehearse downstairs in the back room which was where all the boilers and electrics were, there was an old cold storage area bit like a big cupboard three times the size of a transit van, which had a door on it, we used to rehearse in there sometimes because it deadened the sound!

Does anyone remember the guy who ran it; Richie, I forget his surname, I heard a rumour he got in trouble with the law for something unsavoury in the early 80's! Does anyone know what happened? :confused: :D

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happy memories , used to play football there down stairs on a friday around 1973/4 then sit and watch the older ones dancing to northern soul afterwards , i was mesmerised, needless to say i caught the bug too

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Went when it first opened. 1968? Played netball for them. They had a white transit van that used to take us around. ALways had dances and bands downstairs and always packed. Went to Austria and Luxembourg and we even got on Radio Luxembourg one night.
A big crowd of us used to hang out there. Progressed from there to the pub next to the cinema on Broadway and of course The Deck in front of the Market Hall
Happy Days

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I went to itb training centre which was next door before it moved to blackburn!in 79/80when i used to go in at breaks and dinner times..:)9

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Anyone remember the lad who used to do the Elvis Presley dancing around 77 - 78, he was only young, not old as the activity would suggest.

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Hi there. Richie's surname was McMullen - don't do rumours but Richie moved to London where he managed a youth club in Earls Court. Cheers G,

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Hi Kestrelx - Richie's surname was McMullen - don't do rumours - Richie went to London and ran a youth club in Earls Court :)

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I knew Richie and Rosa too. Good people. I also had some great times in Borwick Hall. Graham