badgerx16 Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 I can remember eyeing up the King Edward's boys on the bus (I was at the Girls' Grammar School). Oh happy days Were we really that alluring ? I remember the sports days when the girls came round to KES, and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Were we really that alluring ? I remember the sports days when the girls came round to KES, and vice versa. No, not really - but you were BOYS. However, the Tauntons boys were better looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 The Woolston Cinema - it had double seats in the back two rows! I enquired about buying it earlier this year (not for me - a performing group) - they wanted £300K for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW11_Saint Posted 14 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Oh you were of St George's!!!! Mike's Burgers used to set up shop in the lay-by outside the Air Cadet hall opposite the fountain near the Civic. There you go, the Air Cadet hut and the old fountain. I used to go to Percy Horn's barber shop all the time, it was always chock full of punks (like me....), rude boys, skins....had to get there early to avoid a long wait. And Subway Records. You could get any record you could think of in there. And there was one of the first Space Invaders games in there that only had a high score of 9999 and then went back to 0. Henry's ran Subway a close second; they used to do a sealed bag of 10 singles for a quid, I got some right gems. Toomers sports shop was fab as well, I remember being gutted when that shop shut. TDD has mentioned the bird aviary, but there was a coffee shop just down the road, probably where Beatnik Emporium is now. It used to smell brilliant!!!! And there was a tobacconist in London Road that used to sell all sorts of weird tailor mades and rolling baccy. I could be thinking of things all night at this rate.... I went to Percy's as a little boy (used to use that special seat that went across the adult one) and went back again when I was older for the old 'flat-top' - he became a legend with the younger crowd. Going in Subway was always an experience - the more rude the staff were to you the better your experience! Was the coffeeshop Greensleeves? (or something) next to Toomers? The tobacconist rings a bell too. There were lots of odd little shops around Bedford Place - remember Delbridges, the bird /pet shop? I got given our school tadpoles to 'look after' over the holidays... next thing my mum marched me up to the Birds Aviary to dump them in the pond there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 The Woolston Cinema - it had double seats in the back two rows! I enquired about buying it earlier this year (not for me - a performing group) - they wanted £300K for it. So what is it now? Just empty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 lots of great memories what was the name of the mens clothes shop in StMarys Street, just down from Shirt KING but on opposite side of road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 I went to Percy's as a little boy (used to use that special seat that went across the adult one) and went back again when I was older for the old 'flat-top' - he became a legend with the younger crowd. Going in Subway was always an experience - the more rude the staff were to you the better your experience! Was the coffeeshop Greensleeves? (or something) next to Toomers? The tobacconist rings a bell too. There were lots of odd little shops around Bedford Place - remember Delbridges, the bird /pet shop? I got given our school tadpoles to 'look after' over the holidays... next thing my mum marched me up to the Birds Aviary to dump them in the pond there! Dolly Dinner used to be opposite Toomers Spent many an evening in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 The avairy.....the lido.....parking in the old dairy, on match days....oh happy days!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Great thread! My dear old dad used to run off a list of cinemas the city used to have. I can remember the Odeon, ABC, Classic, Gaumont, Plaza (on Northam Bridge). There used to be two in Woolston too I think and one in Bitterne although I can't remember the names. I can remember the great coffee shop near Plummers and the Tudor Coffee Bar. Also the Checkpoint at the Bargate and the Lonesome Pine in Woolston! See how old I am I also remember Edwin Jones and Mays (near the Bargate). I can remember eyeing up the King Edward's boys on the bus (I was at the Girls' Grammar School). Oh happy days The one in Bitterne, which was replaced by Bitterne Bowling was I think, The Ritz. There were two in Portswood - The Broadway (now the Bingo hall ) and one just past Boots called (again, I think) The Palladium. Shirley had two - The Atherley and The Rialto and there was The Savoy in Swaythling. I believe that there also was The Gaiety in Below Bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 I wonder if any of you originate in Sholing. There used to be a little general store on the corner of South East Road and Kathleen Road, opposite Spikes Corner. The lady who owned it had a glass eye. I can remember as kids we used to crack up, deciding who she was actually looking at. Kids are so cruel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 No, not really - but you were BOYS. However, the Tauntons boys were better looking! Wash your mouth out girl !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Does anyone remember a little club around the back of Canal walk? I think it was called Eruption or something similar. Had some right old nights in there. The toilets were like the ones in Trainspotting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Buying sweets in the shop opposite Bitterne Park primary; 12 fruit salads for a penny, flying saucers, red shoe laces, sherbet fountains, and also Potato Puffs, ( think they were 3 pence a packet ). ( All 'old' money' of course ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Ordnance Survey U25 Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Oh you were of St George's!!!! Mike's Burgers used to set up shop in the lay-by outside the Air Cadet hall opposite the fountain near the Civic. There you go, the Air Cadet hut and the old fountain. I used to go to Percy Horn's barber shop all the time, it was always chock full of punks (like me....), rude boys, skins....had to get there early to avoid a long wait. And Subway Records. You could get any record you could think of in there. And there was one of the first Space Invaders games in there that only had a high score of 9999 and then went back to 0. Henry's ran Subway a close second; they used to do a sealed bag of 10 singles for a quid, I got some right gems. Toomers sports shop was fab as well, I remember being gutted when that shop shut. TDD has mentioned the bird aviary, but there was a coffee shop just down the road, probably where Beatnik Emporium is now. It used to smell brilliant!!!! And there was a tobacconist in London Road that used to sell all sorts of weird tailor mades and rolling baccy. I could be thinking of things all night at this rate.... That was there until fairly recently (ie last 10 years or so) wasn't it? I'm sure we nipped in there to pick up a couple of slim pannatellas after school once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 I went to Percy's as a little boy (used to use that special seat that went across the adult one) and went back again when I was older for the old 'flat-top' - he became a legend with the younger crowd. Going in Subway was always an experience - the more rude the staff were to you the better your experience! Was the coffeeshop Greensleeves? (or something) next to Toomers? The tobacconist rings a bell too. There were lots of odd little shops around Bedford Place - remember Delbridges, the bird /pet shop? I got given our school tadpoles to 'look after' over the holidays... next thing my mum marched me up to the Birds Aviary to dump them in the pond there! PMSL!! I remember spending ages sculpting my flat top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 lots of great memories what was the name of the mens clothes shop in StMarys Street, just down from Shirt KING but on opposite side of road. LOL...... Just thinking of the name made me smile. If it is the one you are talking about "Gill Brothers" Get your stay press, Farah's, Grandad shirts, Y Cardigans and puffa coats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNorthernSaints Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 I wonder if any of you originate in Sholing. There used to be a little general store on the corner of South East Road and Kathleen Road, opposite Spikes Corner. The lady who owned it had a glass eye. I can remember as kids we used to crack up, deciding who she was actually looking at. Kids are so cruel! Remember that opposite barbers Gustav Glace(spelling) where i used to get my ears lowered. Good memories of also watching Sholing Sports in the 70's when a top team in Hants. Sad that the area where the ground was is now houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Seeing the original Queen Elizabeth & the Queen Mary, the United States, the Canberra and Oriana, the Geest banana boats, the Union Castle ships; all whilst fishing on the docks. Obviously loved the floating bridge, also the old Guy Arab buses, ( hated the Leyland ones they put on the #14 route ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Oh yeah - the docks! I remember when you could walk right up to the docked ships. Not sure which dockgate you went through to get there but it was the one off Millbrook flyover or the one next to the Hovis building I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Remember that opposite barbers Gustav Glace(spelling) where i used to get my ears lowered. Good memories of also watching Sholing Sports in the 70's when a top team in Hants. Sad that the area where the ground was is now houses. That's the one. Gustav's used to be a butcher's shop beforehand because the barber's was originally at the bottom of St Monica's Road near the Brickyard. I didn't know Sholing Sports Ground was houses! Shows you how long since I've been up that road. Blimey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 (edited) Floaters-Riverside? Scullards Connor & Mitchells Park tavern Fine Fare (Bitterne) Centre Inn-Dog & Duck Habitat Fridays-Peggy Sue's-Burbanks Simons wine bar The Fighting Co cks! Lovely pub Edited 14 October, 2009 by SOTONS EAST SIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Left over 20 years ago... Memories? Was a Merry Oak boy myself (long gone, I think?)... Thornhill Towers, where my nan lived - have they been pulled down yet? Replays - best record shop! Southampton Zoo - with the chimp who used to smoke the lit cigarettes thrown at him... Cowherds where you could get a pint at 15 years old! Prinny's in Bevois Valley Prince Regent in Swaythling Martines (in Eastleigh?) My uncle owned the "Admiral Cunningham" pub in Fareham - rough as **** The Physik girls... The Buchanan girls... (sigh) Happy days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 AND! Fester and the Vomits Bob Pearce Blues Band Friday's was a good shout! What was the Italian restaurant (when Italian food was "exotic" - La Lupa or something?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 AND! Fester and the Vomits Bob Pearce Blues Band Friday's was a good shout! What was the Italian restaurant (when Italian food was "exotic" - La Lupa or something?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 (edited) lots of great memories what was the name of the mens clothes shop in StMarys Street, just down from Shirt KING but on opposite side of road. It was called Sydneys...I remember buying a pair of high waisters with 36 inch flares. They did some great Budgie jackets. Gill Brothers was the place to but Trevira patch pockets. Edited 14 October, 2009 by Give it to Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Saint Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Does anyone remember a little club around the back of Canal walk? I think it was called Eruption or something similar. Had some right old nights in there. The toilets were like the ones in Trainspotting!!! LOL! I remember this place! It was called Eruptions. Friday and Saturday nights were rather lively and a fair few illegal substances were consumed on it's premises! The head bouncer was this huge, big eared bloke called Dave. He was as thick as they come but ok if you kept on the right side of him. I remember seeing some awful things there. There was one time on a Saturday night that Saints had lost 4-3, cannot remember who against, but it all kicked off when some of the away fans turned up. There is one member of this forum who was there that night that did some very bad things to one travelling fan who was caught chatting to some local girls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 The Birds Nest think turned into Side Cars and the laughing Asian fella!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Someone remind me where the helicopter landing pad was... near the Gaumont? I don't think that it was a landing pad as such. More like a small hard standing on which a helicopter was displayed? It was down a slight slope from the road by the Police Station and, as described earlier, outside the ATC hut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 LOL! I remember this place! It was called Eruptions. Friday and Saturday nights were rather lively and a fair few illegal substances were consumed on it's premises! The head bouncer was this huge, big eared bloke called Dave. He was as thick as they come but ok if you kept on the right side of him. I remember seeing some awful things there. There was one time on a Saturday night that Saints had lost 4-3, cannot remember who against, but it all kicked off when some of the away fans turned up. There is one member of this forum who was there that night that did some very bad things to one travelling fan who was caught chatting to some local girls! I think that Dave was an ex Top Rank doorman? In recent years he had the Riverside Club in St. Denys but suffered ill health and I am told he has passed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbul Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Ordnance Survey U25 Club Oof, that's a bit close to home, are you current or ex OS? Of course, there was the old Civil Service Club in Malmesbury Road. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Oof, that's a bit close to home, are you current or ex OS? Of course, there was the old Civil Service Club in Malmesbury Road. RIP. ex- 1973-76. I wanted to be a surveyor but the waiting list was too long so I went in as a draughtsman. I left after digitisation made it boring, but the 6 months in Antiquities set me off on a career in Archaeology where I got to be a surveyor by another route (plus other stuff). Used to play football and snooker at the CS club. What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbul Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 The Fighting Co cks! Lovely pub Ah, the Old Grappling Genitals as it was, er, affectionately known. There was another equally squalid pub over the road where Tesco Express is now....Rose and Crown? And of course, if you're talking infamous Millbrook pubs, don't forget the Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Ah, the Old Grappling Genitals as it was, er, affectionately known. There was another equally squalid pub over the road where Tesco Express is now....Rose and Crown? And of course, if you're talking infamous Millbrook pubs, don't forget the Saints.You missed the best The Bricklayers arms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 As a sprout I lived in Bitterne, my Granny & Grandad lived in Shirley, on the odd exciting occasion we would "sail across the Ocean" on the Floating Bridge. being first on scared me as I feared we might not stop, watching the black ball go down the pole at the stern and going up at the bow meant we were off: quite the adventure when I was 4. Going down to Western Shore to see the Queens Lizzie 1 & 2 and Mary departing or arriving. The Red Routemaster buses on the aft deck of the Queen Mary as she left Southampton for the final time. The Hovercraft from Woolston. The Paddling Pools on the Common Boating lake up the Sports Centre with the tin hand paddle boats, and the water fights on hot days mastered by sitting on one side of the boat and paddling the otherside to skim the water at another boat. The 2p Orange train up the Sports Centre The Witches Hat roundabout up the Sports Centre. Weekend nights down the Ice Rink, dodging the plebs with hire skates, saving the girls as they were about to fall. Then at 9 and 10pm the ice was cleared of hire skates so those with their own skates had 15 minutes (71/2 minutes for Girls then the same for the boys) to show off, the DJ always played Blue Monday 12". Shopping in Safeway opposite Edwin Jones on a Friday evening. Getting lost in Edwin Jones and getting Jelly Baby's from the staff while we waited for my Mum to collect me. Father Christmas's Grotto in Edwin Jones The smell of Fawley wafting over the city. Just a few before I get boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Great stuff. The playground (can't think of a better word for it!) area at the Sporty will always be a big childhood memory for me too. Orange or Lemon sparkle from that grotty little hut afterwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Great stuff. The playground (can't think of a better word for it!) area at the Sporty will always be a big childhood memory for me too. Orange or Lemon sparkle from that grotty little hut afterwards! Was that the one tucked away in the corner down at the bottom of the hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easty Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Originally Posted by Redondo Saint "Someone remind me where the helicopter landing pad was... near the Gaumont"? "I don't think that it was a landing pad as such. More like a small hard standing on which a helicopter was displayed? It was down a slight slope from the road by the Police Station and, as described earlier, outside the ATC hut". The Southampton heleport was down at West Quay road, just about opposite TGI's and McDonalds are. Used to be run by Twyford Moors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 Shirt King Gran Moda Adam & Eve (getting the 11.05 bus back to Bursledon when all the lads with cars were turning up) 4 Phone Boxes Scooter convoys to Bournemouth CasBah Spa Tavern Floating Bridge Docks Station (nearby Abbatoir) Townsend Thoresen Ferries Heli Port Pirelli Factory The Royal Pier (Mecca Dances) The Metro (at Top Rank) Skyways Hotel The Shop in St Marys run by an old lady where youngsters could buy prophelatics (not available at Chemists then!!) Wimpey Bars Boiler Makers German Eadies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 LOL! I remember this place! It was called Eruptions. Friday and Saturday nights were rather lively and a fair few illegal substances were consumed on it's premises! The head bouncer was this huge, big eared bloke called Dave. He was as thick as they come but ok if you kept on the right side of him. I remember seeing some awful things there. There was one time on a Saturday night that Saints had lost 4-3, cannot remember who against, but it all kicked off when some of the away fans turned up. There is one member of this forum who was there that night that did some very bad things to one travelling fan who was caught chatting to some local girls! ERUPTIONS! that's right! I'm fairly sure it's not there any more. Can anyone who remembers tell me what's now in its place - I'd love to know. Didn't it get it's name after it was badly damaged in Southampton's Great Fire of 1978? I was actually around that day - the whole area was cordened off but I got some pics of the burning buildings. Some other posters keener than me must have some great snaps of that day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 You missed the best The Bricklayers arms! Remember that place ! There was one bar, a 'snug' I think,at the front that was smaller than a living room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 From my childhood I always remember the 'Strong Country' signs on the road when travelling down to visit relatives. From later years I recall many pubs,especially the Eldridge Pope ones,and of course The Juniper Berry on a trawl through town. And of course ice hockey watching the Vikings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 And of course ice hockey watching the Vikings. I had a mate who was one of the Canadian imports for the Vikings, silly bugger got done for drink driving within months of arriving here, so as we lived in Silchester north of Basingstoke muggins here became the Taxi driver to Southampton.............. The upside was all the Hockey Hookers: he worked his way through the bulk of them, including the munters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 So what is it now? Just empty? Afraid so - apparently the Woolston Cinema is 'awaiting redevelopment'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 14 October, 2009 Share Posted 14 October, 2009 The one in Bitterne, which was replaced by Bitterne Bowling was I think, The Ritz. There were two in Portswood - The Broadway (now the Bingo hall ) and one just past Boots called (again, I think) The Palladium. Shirley had two - The Atherley and The Rialto and there was The Savoy in Swaythling. I believe that there also was The Gaiety in Below Bar. Shirley had three cinemas - Atherley, Rialto and The Regent (in that block where the Fair Trade shop is now situated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 15 October, 2009 Share Posted 15 October, 2009 Interesting few photo's here. LOL ... Picketts and Pursers is where I got Mrs EofA's wedding ring 26 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rut Posted 15 October, 2009 Share Posted 15 October, 2009 Shirley had three cinemas - Atherley, Rialto and The Regent (in that block where the Fair Trade shop is now situated). There also used to be a cinema in Totton (The Savoy). Near The Ele' on Junction Road. It is now a block of flats. There's a pic of it here: http://www.southernlife.org.uk/eling_images.htm Along with a lot of other Totton pics (including the Travellers Rest pub). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastcowzer Posted 15 October, 2009 Share Posted 15 October, 2009 And The Monster Squad, I think Smallest pub in So'ton, about two doors down from the Odeon. 'The Portland Arms', - I think. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFLUENCED.COM Posted 15 October, 2009 Share Posted 15 October, 2009 (edited) Ah, the Old Grappling Genitals as it was, er, affectionately known. There was another equally squalid pub over the road where Tesco Express is now....Rose and Crown? Royal Oak Remember that place ! There was one bar, a 'snug' I think,at the front that was smaller than a living room. Both bars in the Bricklayers are a reasonable size tbf. I remember the good old fashioned Off Licence's within the pubs, getting stupid pence for returning bottles then spending it on a quarter of chewy nuts Edited 15 October, 2009 by INFLUENCED.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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