Anyone on here used to frequent the place in the late 80’s?
Had some half decent bands playing there. 2 of my favourites were Big Macs Wholly Soul Band, and Karrots.
Thursday evenings and Sunday lunchtime were my usual slots 😁
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Anyone on here used to frequent the place in the late 80’s?
Had some half decent bands playing there. 2 of my favourites were Big Macs Wholly Soul Band, and Karrots.
Thursday evenings and Sunday lunchtime were my usual slots 😁
We used to go there from time to time. Not regularly though.
Frank Humhries can tell you about the time a bloke called Gito climbed onto the roof outside and jumped off in the expectation that we would catch him.
Poor bloke limped for weeks afterwards
I remember going there on Sunday afternoons.
Used to go there quite often on a Saturday night for an hour or two before wandering into town. From memory, there wasn’t a band there on a Saturday, but it was one of favourite Saturday night pubs.
I think I'd only ever been there twice. Seemed a pub that was synonymous with Sunday afternoon live music.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Lunchtime chilli and rice..
At around that time I was friendly with BK who played bass with Time Out and I went there once at his invitation. That's it really.
I played there a few times, back in the day - never on the weekend though. The prime nights were always booked solid with the likes of Red Beans and Rice, Fire Down Below, etc. It was a bit of a closed shop.
I also played there a few times. It had a reputation of being a bit rough, but I never found it to be so. The covers band I was playing in at the time were always treated well by both the staff and the punters.
So did I and bumped into Brian recently and had a long chat with him. Great bloke, hasn't changed much. I also used to watch bands in the Dowlais and Big Windsor on a Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grievous Angel
If you see Brian again tell him that Alistair from Merthyr (actually Dowlais :-) ) was asking about him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomcat
The Karrots from Port Talbot my brother in law managed them and went on tour to America with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by William Treseder
Will do mate 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Grievous Angel
They were a great band. The Drummer was the lead singer, and the keyboard player was albino.Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
They did a great cover of Brilliant Mind by Furniture.
saw a few mod revival bands there in the mid 80's, Makin' Time etc, I was only a kid but my sister and her bloke were pretty well known within the scooter scene so I managed to get in with them
The Pub on the Mud
I practically lived in there from the age of 16 ! Popular bands back in the day, were Su Yu, and Kicking the Image.
Were they vegetables for the rest of their lives?Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
Memory not what it was but seem to remember seeing a band called Zipper there having previously seen them play the Cross Keys in Llantwit Major.
I remember Zipper.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Majorblue
https://youtu.be/B8hf9AKnwPE?si=BeGr9lCFMsfaf86s
For those not old enough to go out in the 80s where was this place?
on the embakment grangetown it was also known as the pub on the mud:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by PontBlue
Zipper were a regular band in the Lions Den 1978/79. Great live bandQuote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
Sunday afternoons were all about Mickey G up The Bristol Hotel ….The Inn was always full of “out of towners” :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
For me it was the Bute Dock and then on to Bab's Kitchen, just a short stroll away. (during the strict Sunday licensing days).Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
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Originally Posted by poc
Bab’s Bistro in The Docks…….Jan’s Kitchen was an ‘out of hours’ watering hole on Broadway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Patrice cafe/restaurant on Clifton street. Definitely late openingQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I honestly don't remember it being called 'Bab's Bistro', but I'll accept that you are right.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
'Jan's Kitchen', was that very close to the Clifton?
If it was, I went there a few times until the late hours of the morning. Rough as feck, some really dodgy looking characters, but they never brought grief upon you (unless you really went looking for it!).
Definitely Bab’s Bistro, owned & ran by Babs Burrows. Jan’s Kitchen was the old Numismatics Club, a block or two further up Broadway from The New Dock Tavern. Ran by a right dodgy character, Billy Hood. As you say it was a den of iniquity, he later changed the name to Clayton’s Prison. We very often called in there after a night in the Oak or the Dock. You had to buy a plate of chips though as it was a stipulation of the licence most probably. Had some great laughs in there amongst the characters, great times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Bab’s was a lot less chaotic than Jan’s, very popular early, early morning (I’m talking 6am ish) with blobbing dockers, breakfast & 7 or 8 Strongbows being popular on the menu.
The Albino keyboard player was named GossQuote:
Originally Posted by William Treseder
Babs. My toilet habits haven’t been the same since she closed her doors. 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
The Inn..Cha Chas\ Jacksons \ Pepper Pot…Corfu….best nights out ever!