The Office Club?
That's where the old Carstairs Club was,on Lord Street next to
where the Versuvio restaurant was.
Thats were all the towns characters went

Come on Chas i thought you knew them all, where is mike now
the office club aka the carstairs ( Alfi Presburge)
This must be my best subject (o what a life)

Originally Posted by Nell

The Office Club?
That's where the old Carstairs Club was,on Lord Street next to
where the Versuvio restaurant was.
Thats were all the towns characters went

The Carstairs Club was really a very nice place. Quiet and never any trouble. I was resident drummer there for a few months in 1964/65 with Derek Huson on piano and the crazy bass player whose name I can't remember, but earlier, he had played at the Glenpark Club with Robin Grace and Bill Muir. He must have worked at a carpet shop or something because he told the same joke every week about the woman coming into the shop and asking "If I buy my carpet here, can I get felt for nothing?"

[QUOTE=Wilky]The Carstairs Club was really a very nice place. Quiet and never any trouble.
I went in once when it was still the Carstairs with my Brother,it
was the day of Billy Hodges funeral I remember that.Then
I would go sometimes with my brothers on a Saturday when it
was the Office.I loved it when the characters would get up to
sing,with the late Alf Presburg playing the Organ.
I never saw any trouble the times I went in.
You would see Alf staggering out later on, with his wife June
trying to keep him upright while getting him into a taxi.My Mum
worked at the Fox and Goose and you woud see Alf in the Doubles Bar.......a likable bloke he was and always grinning.

Nell
remember it well

Originally Posted by significant one

Come on Chas i thought you knew them all, where is mike now
the office club aka the carstairs ( Alfi Presburge)
This must be my best subject (o what a life)

I was never a connoisseur of the various drinking establishments, prefering to stick in the Imperial and Toad Hall until 1980 when I decided to get down to some hard work.

Another one I heard about was Robert Henry's but never went there. I think it was were the Greek Restaurant is today.

As for Mike L. Never seen him !

Originally Posted by significant one

Hi Ken
It was a great dane that Les used to walk
Regards to you all over in OZ
From the old Waddy!! billy and Les say hello

if your talking about bill defty, tell him to get himself over here & i'll take three blacks off him. i didn't know he was back at the waddy,last time i saw bill was when i used to pick my grandaughter up from brightelmston & he was there picking his daughter up, another coincidence we have steve mcmahon over here coaching our perth glory & his boys were in the same class as my grandaughter Rebecca & they have arranged to meet,small world eh,g'day from oz.

Hi Ken
Billy plays at Les Dods club now more for the gambling i think
Steve mcmahon eldest lad works in the tee rooms (wine bar) in Birkdale village
Billy now has a little lad called Connor 4years old (still life in him)
Lets see if we can get him over to you ( three blacks might interest him) Billy just got to the final at Pontins two weeks ago met les in the final

Originally Posted by smithy99

As a taxi driver in the mid 60s I took alot of people home from the Tropicana on Eastbank St. Most of them lived down Heathfield Road and never paid their fare.

"Wait here a minute, love, and I'll just nip in the house for some money."

Also the RAF Club on Sussex Rd. There was a club down Hawthorne Grove, Meols Cop. Forgotten the name. My sister used to hang out at the Carstairs Club where there were some 'nice' people.

The club down Hawthorne Gr was called The Red Triangle Club branch of the YMCA NO Bars here though or dancing girls taking of their clothes They were 2 snooker tables (Full Size) a half size one and Table Tennis with on exciting nights ,whist drives, bingo and sort of local caberet acts remember seeing Sir Ronnie Fearn there doing his famous duo with (who i cant recall) but to the song sisters made popular by the Beverly Sisiters oh by the way writing at the moment from Alexandria Eastern Ontario Canada

Originally Posted by blueman

oh by the way writing at the moment from Alexandria Eastern Ontario Canada

Almost in Quebec then! Hope you're having as nice weather as we are in Southern Ontario. Are you there on holiday?

Originally Posted by significant one

Hi Ken
It was a great dane that Les used to walk
Regards to you all over in OZ
From the old Waddy!! billy and Les say hello

well that explains that, i used to look at that dog when i saw les on lord st with it & i thought that's a strange looking alsation, it looks more like a great dane,bill defty's daughter is called jamie lee & she was my grandaughters friend at brightelmston & ask him if he remembers Kim prescott [my daughter] do you know if alan watt, poss thomlin & stan kitchen are still around, also i used to see les johnson in nabbs when don henderson & his wife ran it,regulars in those days included alan ratcliffe, danny lenehan, roy buckley, les & kenny geirnart,& another window cleaner known to us as crash jack,i wonder any of us did any work,give my regards to les dodd too & tell him i had a letter from alan ratcliffe a few months ago, he was living in lytham st annes,alan was my best mate right from our schooldays,g'day from oz.

Hi Ken
Jamie lee is my goddaughter gets closer all the time a also know kim Shop above manz world on lord st we had the big shop across the road most of the names you said are still about saw kenny in the supermarket
Les daughter got married yesterday in Gretna green billy and i did not get an invite i think Christine thinks Billy corrupts Les with the cards
Isnt Kim over in Oz with you????????
Late for work talk latter

hi o significant one, yes kim & her family are over here, i have explained somewhere they own the auction rooms close to perth city & are doing nicely with it, another coincidence is that when they went to a meeting with the owner with a view to buying, his name was harvey jackson, who is the son of ross jackson who had the radio & tv repair shop on the corner of bispham road & old park lane & was well known to our family, i tell you mate it's a small world eh ?.keep in touch & regards to everyone over there from us in oz.

Originally Posted by Ken B

well that explains that, i used to look at that dog when i saw les on lord st with it & i thought that's a strange looking alsation, it looks more like a great dane,bill defty's daughter is called jamie lee & she was my grandaughters friend at brightelmston & ask him if he remembers Kim prescott [my daughter] do you know if alan watt, poss thomlin & stan kitchen are still around, also i used to see les johnson in nabbs when don henderson & his wife ran it,regulars in those days included alan ratcliffe, danny lenehan, roy buckley, les & kenny geirnart,& another window cleaner known to us as crash jack,i wonder any of us did any work,give my regards to les dodd too & tell him i had a letter from alan ratcliffe a few months ago, he was living in lytham st annes,alan was my best mate right from our schooldays,g'day from oz.

Do you know what happened to Alan ratcliff