Going to the Dial Arch or the Guard House when the Woolwich Equitable is right there is absurd imo. Two nastily gussied-up troughs for the riverside development set versus a place with character and decent beer
They used to only have one beer option on. Do they still wait till one barrel of beer gets used up before they put on a new one? They had the label on the other pump as if showing what you could be having if you stay around long enough.
Plus a pub that doesn't open for daytime drinking has no right to get any plaudits.
I am sure there is somebody on CL who mentioned that they had been to this gig in 1963. Lucky beggar! My abiding memory of the Granada in 1964 was queuing right around the block to see Mary Poppins. The Granada was one of only 3 remaining Cinemas in Woolwich in the 60's (out of an original 8). The interior was a wonder of modern architecture, but nevertheless the Cinema became a Bingo hall some time in the 70's or 80's.
I saw the Rolling Stones there in January 1964, The Ronettes were also on the bill. Sadly I never kept the programme and can’t remember who the other supporting acts were.
I saw the Rolling Stones there in January 1964, The Ronettes were also on the bill. Sadly I never kept the programme and can’t remember who the other supporting acts were.
I saw the Rolling Stones there in January 1964, The Ronettes were also on the bill. Sadly I never kept the programme and can’t remember who the other supporting acts were.
I was also there and like your self cant remember who else was on the bill.
I saw the Rolling Stones there in January 1964, The Ronettes were also on the bill. Sadly I never kept the programme and can’t remember who the other supporting acts were.
Sweet Jesus, 5 or 6 years older and I might have got to those gigs. Imagine seeing Buddy, The Beatles or the Stones at your local Granada and not on some giant corporate stadium tour taking a second mortgage on a ticket and peering sideways at dots on a stage miles away, or watching the whole thing on a screen ffs.
Sweet Jesus, 5 or 6 years older and I might have got to those gigs. Imagine seeing Buddy, The Beatles or the Stones at your local Granada and not on some giant corporate stadium tour taking a second mortgage on a ticket and peering sideways at dots on a stage miles away, or watching the whole thing on a screen ffs.
What strikes me the most about those images is the amount of chewing gum just cast onto the ground. It’s such a blight and a really disgusting habit when after you’ve chewed you throw it onto the ground. The damned stuff is literally everywhere. Personally I’d ban it or tax it out of use.
As you will know some scenes of the film Blowup with David were filmed in Maryon Park. Did anyone see the filming.
Granada Woolwich, I saw Gene Vincent and Brenda Lee there dont remember the year, I would think early sixties. Still have the programme,but no date as it was a tour.
As you will know some scenes of the film Blowup with David were filmed in Maryon Park. Did anyone see the filming.
Granada Woolwich, I saw Gene Vincent and Brenda Lee there dont remember the year, I would think early sixties. Still have the programme,but no date as it was a tour.
I was at art college in Bromley in the mid 1960's, one of the girls in the laundromat scene in Blowup was one of the students there.
She used to get work as a film extra at £15 a day, a lot of money in those days.
I still remember my mum's six-digit number you had to quote to put the purchase towards her dividend!!
Life was so simple then!!
Back in the 1960's I lived with my nan for a while in Abbey Wood near the RACS on Mcleod road and I too can still remember the number she needed for her stamps! For some strange reason I can also remember my granddads 1963 British racing green Ford Zephyr 4's number plate. Strange how odd remnants from your childhood stick in your memory
I can remember all my old man's reg numbers, the first being his Sutherland Green Austin Cambridge (191 CLD). I still have to go back and check ours when I have to put it into a parking machine. Most people just don't have the connection they used to have with their cars now.
When my missus managed to scrape all down the side of ours a few weeks ago it was just a case of "f**k it, let the insurance sort it out"
My old man would have been gutted, partly because he'd have felt stupid doing it but mainly because he'd damaged his pride and joy.
Was going through some old photos yesterday and found a picture of the old man’s Cambridge.
I still remember my mum's six-digit number you had to quote to put the purchase towards her dividend!!
Life was so simple then!!
Back in the 1960's I lived with my nan for a while in Abbey Wood near the RACS on Mcleod road and I too can still remember the number she needed for her stamps! For some strange reason I can also remember my granddads 1963 British racing green Ford Zephyr 4's number plate. Strange how odd remnants from your childhood stick in your memory
I can remember all my old man's reg numbers, the first being his Sutherland Green Austin Cambridge (191 CLD). I still have to go back and check ours when I have to put it into a parking machine. Most people just don't have the connection they used to have with their cars now.
When my missus managed to scrape all down the side of ours a few weeks ago it was just a case of "f**k it, let the insurance sort it out"
My old man would have been gutted, partly because he'd have felt stupid doing it but mainly because he'd damaged his pride and joy.
Was going through some old photos yesterday and found a picture of the old man’s Cambridge.
my second car was this one's brother, the Oxford .. VERY comfortable car
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Do they still wait till one barrel of beer gets used up before they put on a new one?
They had the label on the other pump as if showing what you could be having if you stay around long enough.
Plus a pub that doesn't open for daytime drinking has no right to get any plaudits.
My abiding memory of the Granada in 1964 was queuing right around the block to see Mary Poppins.
The interior was a wonder of modern architecture, but nevertheless the Cinema became a Bingo hall some time in the 70's or 80's.
https://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/mindex64a.htm
http://www.45worlds.com/live/listing/buddy-holly-and-the-crickets-granada-cinema-woolwich-1958
Imagine seeing Buddy, The Beatles or the Stones at your local Granada and not on some giant corporate stadium tour taking a second mortgage on a ticket and peering sideways at dots on a stage miles away, or watching the whole thing on a screen ffs.
Bill Haley at the Odeon in Nov 79, I'm sure my mum went to this.
The Banshees
Woolwich Odeon 1981