Anyone Remember The Bluebirds Club ?

[BLUETIT]

Re: Anyone Remember The Bluebirds Club ?

I can remember my mum taking me to see Bambi in the Prince of Wales.

What was Simon Haworth doing in the Prince of Wales ?

[cyril evans awaydays]

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I can remember my mum taking me to see Bambi in the Prince of Wales.

My Grandfather was cinema manager there for several years (during the Bambi era I hasten to add).

[Organ Morgan.]

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You've also just described the old Prince Of Wales cinema (a friend went there once).

You're going back a bit recalling when it showed dodgy films.

My sole visit there was to see one of Robin Askwith's Confessions of flicks. Plenty of thruppenny bits on view but quite tame. Nevertheless, one couldn't help notice the majority of the clientele wore macks of various lengths and were mostly hunched figures who held a hand to the side of their face hoping to conceal their identity.

I remember a much younger fella bowled in whistling merrily who didn't give a sausage about being recognised. The cheeky fecker had the nerve to wear a Liverpool FC top in the centre of Cardiff.

Assuming he was from Scouse land we decided to aim our Doc Martens in his direction outside after the show. We didn't on learning he was Welsh and a resident of Cowbridge.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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You're going back a bit recalling when it showed dodgy films.

My sole visit there was to see one of Robin Askwith's Confessions of flicks. Plenty of thruppenny bits on view but quite tame. Nevertheless, one couldn't help notice the majority of the clientele wore macks of various lengths and were mostly hunched figures who held a hand to the side of their face hoping to conceal their identity.

I remember a much younger fella bowled in whistling merrily who didn't give a sausage about being recognised. The cheeky fecker had the nerve to wear a Liverpool FC top in the centre of Cardiff.

Assuming he was from Scouse land we decided to aim our Doc Martens in his direction outside after the show. We didn't on learning he was Welsh and a resident of Cowbridge.

Even back then the city centre was awash with Liverpool shirts

Not Liverpool City Centre though

They were wearing Everton tops

[blue matt]

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I went there before just about every home game in the early 70s. Consumed rather too much Guiness and Bacardi & Coke! Also attended a few Player of the Year functions at the club. On on such occasion one of the players mistakenly believed that I had insulted his wife and had me by the throat before his missus corrected him.

a bit harsh that, surely a slap would have done ? ? ?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I can remember my mum taking me to see Bambi in the Prince of Wales.

I remember seeing in the PoW 'Song of The South', which Disney susequently made 'unavailable'.

[cyril evans awaydays]

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a bit harsh that, surely a slap would have done ? ? ?

Simpler times. Now you need to turn the other prosthetic cheek!

[Mr Soul '68]

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I went there before just about every home game in the early 70s. Consumed rather too much Guiness and Bacardi & Coke! Also attended a few Player of the Year functions at the club. On on such occasion one of the players mistakenly believed that I had insulted his wife and had me by the throat before his missus corrected him.

Which Grange End 'hero' was it?

[Grievous Angel]

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Which Grange End 'hero' was it?

That would be telling. Even a clue might give him away.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Simpler times. Now you need to turn the other prosthetic cheek!

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Sorry Sludge, I kinda de-threaded this by bringing up the PoW cinema. I do find it interesting though that when I read comments, I can't really tell if they're describing the old BC or the PoW!

p.s. I think anacronyms are allowed by page 2.

[Wales-Bales]

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I'm sure I stumbled in there on the odd occasion!

[tforturton]

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I remember going for a drink in the Bluebirds Club, before a game. Can't say I went there often, though I did also attend some supporters' meeting there at one point.
I also saw a film in the Prince of Wales. My grandmother took me and my brother to see some Disney film with a monkey in it - I think it was 'The Barefoot Executive', but not 100%. Must have been very early seventies?

[splott parker]

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Me and my mate were watching a film in The Prince of Wales, bloke next to us offered me some popcorn out of the box on his lap, how we laughed when we realised he’d cut a hole in the bottom of the box and had a banana in there.

[life on mars]

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The stench of allbright and woodbines

Sticky floor

Cold pasties and pickled eggs

No wonder no fecker ever went in there

Wasn't that everywhere even early 70's