lynnl Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Can anyone tell me what happened to the co-op hall on winwick st where we used to go dancing on Saturday nights. Also there used to be a commercial laundry in Thelwall Lane Latchford where my mum and aunty worked years ago. Is it still there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevofaz25 Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Co-op Hall was flattened many years ago- site is now PLP Vauxhall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 Screeming Lord Sutch played at the Co-op Hall. He used to be carried on stage in a coffin. Part way through the first number he would kick the lid off and jump out of it. In later years he stood for Parliament under The Raving Mad Looney Party. They have to start somwhere I suppose. Â Â Not too sure about the laundry, but I think it is now a hair dressers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnl Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Very sorry to hear about the co-op hall. We used to have some good times there. My sister and I used to go to a nearby off-licence and get a bottle filled up with draught sherry and drink it through a straw before going on to the co-op. Very naughty weren't we? Actually the night we were leaving Warringto to come to Oz I got arrested and taken to the police station for fighting with another girl. It was New Year's eve and we had to catch the train at Bank Quay station to go to London and then on to Southampton. They only let me go because I was leaving the country. Good riddance they said. We only just made it to the station on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theinsider Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 It was also the venue for one of the local am-dram socities! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 The girls dancing round their handbags, under that revolving ball thingy - great days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Arrrh,the dreaded draft sherry from the shop in Orford Lane,a shilling a pint,put into an old pop bottle,then on to the bricky field to down it in one,then onto the Bell Hall or Co-op Hall.The smell of sherry still makes me feel sick 45 years later! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Arrrh,the dreaded draft sherry from the shop in Orford Lane,a shilling a pint,put into an old pop bottle,then on to the bricky field to down it in one,then onto the Bell Hall or Co-op Hall.The smell of sherry still makes me feel sick 45 years later! Â Friday nights at the co-op hall just sign in/pay your ticket money to the doorman and then get your hand rubber stamped so you could go outside . and straight over the road to the British Tar pub 5 pints of Greenalls Mild and back to the co-op for the last half hour ....wonderful days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Co-op was alright, but at the time Tracy's behind Woolies was better and more intimate, although a fire hazard! I remember the revolving gate to get in and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 That started out as Tiger Tim's I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 That started out as Tiger Tim's I think. Â I thought it was called The Hamlet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Correct. Just testing you. The guy who owned it was called Tiger Tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 It was also the venue for one of the local am-dram socities! Â It was indeed..... my mum spent 50 years in the CO-OP amateur operatic society!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pommie lass Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I thought I'd missed this topic before but looking through the posts again I notice I posted a reply under a different name then forgot all about it and joined again recently. Silly me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra kinsey Posted November 27, 2019 Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 Can anyone tell me the exact location of ( Jack Frodshams Motorbike shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 Jack Frodsham's was on Winwick Street in the wide bit ,where the horse market used to take place, & on the opposite side to Central Station. Since you are asking about Frodsham's you may also remember the Beachcomber Cafe where some bikers used to gather. That was opposite Froddy's. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 19 minutes ago, Davy51 said: Jack Frodsham's was on Winwick Street in the wide bit ,where the horse market used to take place, & on the opposite side to Central Station. Since you are asking about Frodsham's you may also remember the Beachcomber Cafe where some bikers used to gather. That was opposite Froddy's. Â I used the Beachcomber back in 1966, I don't really remember any bikers though there were a few young US soldiers(teenage conscripts really) who just kept telling us how they thanked God every day that they had been posted to Burtonwood instead of Vietnam! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 I am thinking more about 68/9 Latch. I was a Hogie Wagoner myself but the local Hell's Angels used to go in the Beachcomber. I think the may have found it too cold in Bank Street car park as they all looked quite elderly to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 60 winwick street was the address. not sure where that was in relation to the railway line. Bought a few motor bikes from there over the years. trying to remember if it was before the rainbow cafe or after as you walk from town centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 13 hours ago, Davy51 said: I am thinking more about 68/9 Latch. I was a Hogie Wagoner myself but the local Hell's Angels used to go in the Beachcomber. I think the may have found it too cold in Bank Street car park as they all looked quite elderly to us. Hogie Wagon on a Friday night at 11.30(closing time in 1966)..... Blood and broken teeth all over the place !!! Get the foot long Hogie and eat the sausage and onions by the time we reached Bridge Foot(on the way home to Latchford) then throw the bread into the Mersey  😂 Oh and as a footnote didn't the "Bikers" also go in the Vulcan Pub on Dallam Lane ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Evil Sid said: 60 winwick street was the address. not sure where that was in relation to the railway line. Bought a few motor bikes from there over the years. trying to remember if it was before the rainbow cafe or after as you walk from town centre. The Rainbow was directly opposite the Beachcomber, I think it was next door to The Bay Horse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 Don't know about the Vulcan ,Latch. I believe the Noggin at Risley was a biker haunt. We used to walk down Bridge St to the Roebuck or Feathers in winter for a warm inside & to get buzzed alarmingly by the War Cry sellers & the cockle sellers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019  The Vulcan was pretty much a "No Go" pub unless you wore your leathers.. A bit like The Slaughtered Lamb in American Werewolf in London ..The Tar was a much safer bet Health and Safety wise ! 😆😆  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 I don't actually remember the Vulcan pub but didn't the site have something to do with the town's railway history & that of the origins of the West Coast Main Line ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Davy51 said: I don't actually remember the Vulcan pub but didn't the site have something to do with the town's railway history & that of the origins of the West Coast Main Line ? Not sure... But it was opposite the railway sidings and bridge that led into British Steel rolling mills plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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