Sadly missed? Blasts from the past - A reminder of Stafford's past

[Mrs M]

Sadly missed - Disco's. The Riverside disco's, under 18 Friday nights, over 18 Saturday nights. The Uni club, the 'Rock' box. The old skating rink on Chell road. As already mentioned, North and Southend clubs. The Yeoman, Top of the world and the Grasshopper suite. Them were the days lol.

 

[age'd parent]

My god that brought back a few memories, the roller skating club, bombing around to carolina moon, and lucozade and cheese and onion crisps up on the stage at the end, coming of the floor into the room on the right of the stage at 9o miles an hour (well bloody fast any way) my first sight of girls with naked legs, adolescent heaven!

 

[basil]

ah yes the yeoman, can you believe that late 60s coach parties would arrive from various parts of the county for a good night out.....

 

[Gramaisc]

And then the Julian Caruso era - and the mud wrestling...

 

[basil]

I've noticed that the coach parties go straight to Tesco these days and whilst waiting for the pick-up they start consuming bread and it's certainly not the value variety, they must be hard working folk....

 

[Gramaisc]

We don't seem to have missed Harvey's bookshop in Market Street so far. I preferred it to The Works. I felt that had a better selection from my point of view.

 

[Gramaisc]

Anyone else remember 'Rags and Tatters' in that yard down the side alley near the Odeon? There was always an interesting array of little shops there, which have all disappeared over the years.

The record shop that was there was called Good Deals at that time and has since moved up to Wolverhampton Road and is now called Collectable Records. It is run by Tim these days as Phil lives in the States now, but returns fairly regularly. In the Bailey's Yard days there was space in the shop for a couple of pinball machines as well.

There was also B Sharp clothing - for those who cared what they looked like.

 

[basil]

Whilst in this area you could buy jossticks from and pardon my spelling here, heffalumps and woozles.....

 

[Mrs M]

Does anyone remember the shop up St Mary's passage (excuse the espression) towards the Bird. It used to sell retro stuff. I bought a couple of suede waistcoats with tassles and a leather waist coat from there. They used to sell affro jackets and sixties stuff. Not cheap either. Very hippyish. It may have been called Dragonfly?

 

[Mrs M]

And then the Julian Caruso era - and the mud wrestling...

Julian used to run a little arcade type coffee shop at the top end of Eastgate st near the chinese takeaway it wasn't very big. I haven't seen him for years. Does anyone know what happened to our local entrepreneur?

Edit:I'll answer my own question, I just found this claptrap

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://stoke.gumtree.com/posting_images/86/37443486__1239394161__1__1-7a3019d3991e3793c1fc87f0881dd75c.__big__.jpg&imgrefurl=http://stoke.gumtree.com/stoke/86/37443486.html&usg=__N59Xs16U4Zc0rs5wUPNsxXSmGV4=&h=268&w=359&sz=17&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=VRg-_o3hyVEuVM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djulian%2Bcaruso%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4GZEZ_en-GBGB312GB312%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

He would try anything, but Hypnotost lol (he can't even spell it right).

 

[Gramaisc]

Does anyone remember the shop up St Mary's passage (excuse the espression) towards the Bird. It used to sell retro stuff. I bought a couple of suede waistcoats with tassles and a leather waist coat from there. They used to sell affro jackets and sixties stuff. Not cheap either. Very hippyish. It may have been called Dragonfly?

We still have The Bizness on Mill Street in a similar vein. Pop in there for all your wierd clothing requirements and young Mr Halliwell will sort you out. Old Mr Halliwell started it in off in one of those little shops in the front of the Sandonia. Closed all day on Wednesdays - and at random times on other days.

 

[Mrs M]

Does anyone remember the shop up St Mary's passage (excuse the espression) towards the Bird. It used to sell retro stuff. I bought a couple of suede waistcoats with tassles and a leather waist coat from there. They used to sell affro jackets and sixties stuff. Not cheap either. Very hippyish. It may have been called Dragonfly?

We still have The Bizness on Mill Street in a similar vein. Pop in there for all your wierd clothing requirements and young Mr Halliwell will sort you out. Old Mr Halliwell started it in off in one of those little shops in the front of the Sandonia. Closed all day on Wednesdays - and at random times on other days.

I remember it well.

 

[basil]

Interesting pic of Jules, i seem to remember he wore a fake tan a good few years before its invention....

 

[Gramaisc]

'Do you need a boost of confidence, to empower your personality ?', he asks.

I would certainly listen to his advice in that direction! There's a man who knows about confidence, if I ever saw one. Top bloke, should have been born in America.

 

[basil]

Surely personality can empower a confidence boost?.....

 

[Gramaisc]

Indeed, the art is in creating a virtuous, rather than a vicious, circle*, as I'm sure JC would tell you.

*More probably an outward spiral, perhaps. Who want's to go round in a circle?

 

[basil]

I once went round in a circle and ended up back at Paddington.....

 

[Gramaisc]

I presume that it was a yellow circle..

 

[basil]

Only on paper......

 

[Mrs M]

'Do you need a boost of confidence, to empower your personality ?', he asks.

I would certainly listen to his advice in that direction! There's a man who knows about confidence, if I ever saw one. Top bloke, should have been born in America.

Cocky i'd say, and yes he should have been born in America. What a crock of .... !

He is exactly the sort of person that Derren Brown warns you against. I'm all for entrepreneurial adventures but he's just a con man.