o/t Sunderland Bars/ Clubs in the 70's.

BM, what was the Royalty called prior to that name. Could have sworn it had another title. Now called The Stumble Inn.

 

first under age pub, was called the grapes on dundas st..just before you got to the scary.barclay court..

 

1st underage was the Blandford. 15 yr old on a Saturday dinner time.

 

Anyone remember the name of the night club that was around the corner from the Mowbray Hotel near where the hells angels club is now?

 

Me da bumped into Bobby Thompson in the dun cow in the late 1960's early1970's !, he could gan out with a 10 bob note get drunk with me uncle have a fish lot and still have change left, then up to the toilet in the house, then fall down the stairs pissed. As I have said before to see my uncle driving the reliant robin afterwards was hilarious, i was in a couple of times when he took the corners at 50 mph it sounded like a spluttering outboard motor, i wonder how i survived. you could drink and drive back in them days.

 

My first under age drink was in the Smiths Arms at the Green in Southwick, we used to take our school ties off and the school badge and ask for a pint of scotch please mister I didn't know the names of any other beers at the time and no chance of getting into my local, the Slipway cos the wife who ran it was a mate of my mothers and knew how old I was

 

Was it the El Cubana or something like that?
Toward road I think?

 

Rascals?

 

I'm sure rascals was in another part of town..I was thinking the Hot Spot, but not sure of that either..

 

This is the one I was thinking of..It later became the Hot Spot.

 

Boilermakers was class for bands.

 

Yeh we went there aswell
Did it not burn down

 

Whether it burnt down or it was set alight for an insurance claim I'm not sure but seen some great pub bands in there.

 

Yeh my favourite
Lucus Tyson
Brass ally
Becket we're ok

 

Rainclouds by Beckett. Love it. Still got it on vinyl. Seen them others a good few times as well.

 

Seen them make there debute
At the boilermakers club in Gateshead
About 1970 ish

 

Bad Manners.... Superb.

 

I saw the Buzzcocks there last year in it's present name as North Shore and it was a cracking night with the excellent local punk band 1977 backing them up.

 

North shore. Whats it like?

 

Didnt the mowbray have some kind off disco place?


Just the name rascals has got me thinking.