The Con club

[wadey]

"The Swinging Hangmen" The Swinging Hangmen on Manchesterbeat - the group and music scene of Manchester in the '60s

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by maxthecollie

The four pennies. Wasn't Lionel Morton their vocalist an ex Blackburn Cathedral Choirboy?

Sure was Max, somewhat an arrogant sob, the Pennies were good and didn't he know it, he certainly was the great I am

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by wadey

jaysay you might like this site Manchesterbeat - the group and music scene of Manchester in the 60s

Thanks wadey a good site have tagged it and will have a good read later cheers

[Alan Gilmartin]

Lionel Morton, was a big headed ******, but out of his league when he married Julia Foster, she was class, he was crass.

[Alan Gilmartin]

does this bring back memories.

[cashman]

Shame the "Reflector Ball" on the ceiling aint on the pic Al.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

Lionel Morton, was a big headed ******, but out of his league when he married Julia Foster, she was class, he was crass.

Ya your certainly right with that one Wyn, don't think they lasted long, think the last time I saw our Lionel was on a kids program years ago, might have been something like playaway or somat

[MargaretR]

It didn't look that good when I was a regular in the late 50s.
Those 'vestibules' in the corners weren't there, the stage was higher, and the ceiling wasn't red.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

Shame the "Reflector Ball" on the ceiling paint on the pic Al.

I think that's a picture taken after it was refurbishment cashy, think they took it down, nearly sure it was in the cellar when I used the Tory offices in the 90s

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

It didn't look that good when I was a regular in the late 50s.
Those 'vestibules' in the corners weren't there, the stage was higher, and the ceiling wasn't red.

Think those vestibules were just doors margaret and they were certainly there in the early 60s, but the stage was much higher as you say, must have been at least 5' high

[susie123]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Think those vestibules were just doors margaret and they were certainly there in the early 60s, but the stage was much higher as you say, must have been at least 5' high

Yes I remember the stage being much higher.

[cashman]

Yep that stage aint right to me fer the 60s, The photo must be dated wrong Al?

[Wynonie Harris]

Might be my memory playing tricks on me, but I'm sure they didn't have freestanding tables and chairs back in the day - just a row of tip-up seats fixed along the side and back walls.

[Gordon Booth]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

It didn't look that good when I was a regular in the late 50s.
Those 'vestibules' in the corners weren't there, the stage was higher, and the ceiling wasn't red.

You're right , MargaretR. The stage was 4 to 5 foot high-I remember the MC running down the steps to separate you if you dared to dance with your bodies touching, even in a waltz! Times have changed.
So we were both regulars in the late 50s? Just think, we may have danced together- eat your heart out, Less.
I remember queuing up for the New Years Eve tickets-the queue went right down the steps and along the road-you just had to have tickets for that night.
Wyonie, you're right- almost everyone had to stand up, there were just seats along one or two of the walls- the girls all sat there, the boys all stood at the other side-it took a lot of courage to walk right across the empty dance floor to ask a girl for a dance and a lot more courage to walk back alone when she said 'No'.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Might be my memory playing tricks on me, but I'm sure they didn't have freestanding tables and chairs back in the day - just a row of tip-up seats fixed along the side and back walls.

I noticed that wyn, just assumed it wasn't taken on a monday? Perhaps it was that way fer the sat night waltzes?