Lets B Avenue Posted 17 October, 2009 Share Posted 17 October, 2009 Yes, they should mark the anniversary in some way in my opinion. Perhaps The Fleming Arms could have a fireworks party and a bonfire in the car park? I would attend. QUOTE] Can we re-open "The Coach House" or "Turpins" as it became in the late 70's disco age? I saw in the deaths in the Echo that "Gay Robin" died about two weeks ago" He really was gay as gay can be. With his pink Ka and about 200 cuddly toys inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 17 October, 2009 Share Posted 17 October, 2009 found it: It's now named Romill Close I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 (edited) Hope no-one minds this going a bit out of town but who can forget the 'save Twyford Down' protesters? Werte they not called the 'dongers' or something similsr? ..and who can forget when the powers that be tried to clean up derby Road by slowing down the already slow kerb crawlers with thsi ingenious scheme: and more recently the cheeky chappies who used weedkiller to do this, which made the nationals iirc: : Edited 18 October, 2009 by hamster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjphilsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 found it: It's now named Romill Close I believe. Thank you. genuinely chuffed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Thank you. genuinely chuffed! ditto, it's nice to have my weird fascination with searching for obscure **** recognised. You would (I am sure) be surprised at some of the crap that I came acrsoss whilst looking for them. Did people know about the ghost cat of St Deny's? He appears in a few photos quite randomly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigersaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 found it: It's now named Romill Close I believe. Did this originally used to be the start of the old Allington Lane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Did this originally used to be the start of the old Allington Lane? Yup, just about here: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=allington%20lane&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl but I think the pic is from wheer the old Allington Lane was cul-de-sac'ed by the M27. I'm going to west End tomorrow evening and will check it out, I may even pull some of that ivy down and take another pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Hope no-one minds this going a bit out of town but who can forget the 'save Twyford Down' protesters? Were they not called the 'dongers' or something similar? : I know at least two of those protesters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK the 2nd Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 The tattoo was actually on his chest - just said 'Mo'. He'd have his shirt wide open all weathers to show it off. Was a funny geezer - really hard to understand him and sometimes he'd go 'crazy' for no real reason. ie he'd just decide to run after a bus screaming 'f**** c****' at it. Could be surprisingly intelligent & clued up about things sometimes though. The old bill definitely did hate having to deal with him cos he genuinely didn't give a flying one. Sadly he died about 3 or 4 years ago. Officially! (over the years there were so many rumours about him dying but this time it was true). There is a plaque with his name on in The Ele'. Mo Hutchings RIP I think it simply says. Definitely a Totton legend. Thanks Rut. You have a better memory than I do and your description is spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Thank you. genuinely chuffed! I believe that this was, originally, the western end of Allington Lane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjphilsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Yup, just about here: http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=allington%20lane&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl but I think the pic is from wheer the old Allington Lane was cul-de-sac'ed by the M27. I'm going to west End tomorrow evening and will check it out, I may even pull some of that ivy down and take another pic. Wierd as it may sound. I am really looking forward to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 I can remember jumping/diving off the bridges at Mansbridge and the Redbridge Causeway and never once thinking that I could kill or paralyse myself (tombstoning was a phrase that hadn't been invented then....). We thought it was perfectly normal to jump from the central arch of Cobden Bridge! I also, vividly, remember us kids from the estates by the Bitterne Brewery commando raiding Saturday Banana down at the ITV studios to get on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Great thread. Knew both Mo and Robin and didn't know they had passed away. Two different Southampton characters (to say the least). RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Anyone from Totton remember Zico ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW11_Saint Posted 18 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 18 October, 2009 ..and who can forget when the powers that be tried to clean up derby Road by slowing down the already slow kerb crawlers with thsi ingenious scheme: "'Humps' for 1/2 Mile" - you couldn't make it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW11_Saint Posted 18 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 18 October, 2009 I'm sure it was Redpath, the name was very well known around town thirty or so years ago. There was always a tradition on the 'Monster Coach' of letting him get towards the doors, then driving off for a bit... believe it may have come from when he was being chased by opposing fans and the bus went off as he ran towards it (Chelsea? - could explain the end of that song about him - "he only runs when the Chelsea come"). Someone on here must know the full story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Does anybody remember! Sports in Bitterne.Owner had a lovely Vincent Black Prince always parked outside. Jim Guard cycles by Bitterne train station. The old Air raid shelter in the middle of MerryOak green. And the Hovercraft service to the IOW below the Itchen bridge! Yes the cycle shop on the corner. The "grotty" Sperrings shop was a couple of doors away from it. A bit further along was "The Hasty Tasty". It had one of the first microwaves that I ever saw. After a night in town with the GF (now wife) I used to get off the bus at the top of Lances Hill, buy a pie and chips and eat it whilst walking home to Thornhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Yes the cycle shop on the corner. The "grotty" Sperrings shop was a couple of doors away from it. A bit further along was "The Hasty Tasty". It had one of the first microwaves that I ever saw. After a night in town with the GF (now wife) I used to get off the bus at the top of Lances Hill, buy a pie and chips and eat it whilst walking home to Thornhill. I remember frequenting a coffee bar near there - it must have been on West End Road. At that time, I chose my current running mates by the size of their motor bikes LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjphilsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Anyone remember Bert Hinklers House? Didn't it get taken apart and flown to Australia?? http://www.hinklerresearch.org.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Anyone remember Bert Hinklers House? Didn't it get taken apart and flown to Australia?? http://www.hinklerresearch.org.au/ I used to live in Hinkler Road and grew up there. There used to be a massive crater where Jewsons is/was which I was told (rightly or wrongly) was caused by a V1 rocket. We used to play there and used to take our bikes and dirt-track there. I remember Hinklers house and I think that you are right. It was taken to Australia. When I was older we spent so much time playing football on the green just past the Hinkler Pub. Virtually every night. Home from work, have tea and over to the field for games of sometimes 15 a side!! Great days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costasaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Blimey, I just found 'Get Smart' on YouTube, quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g35NE_cLycg&NR=1 I knew the guitarist - Rich Casso was his name. The bassist (Johnny Bowler) went on to play for the Guana Bats who are a massive band in the rockabilly scene.He also went out with Britt Ekland for a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costasaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 The laughing paki. I know that is a racist term but honestly, that is what he was known as by everyone who saw him years ago Urban legend... Is he still about? I remember speaking to a mate from Basingstoke who asked me about this mad pakistani with a limp who used to laugh at people in Basingstoke so he obviously got around a bit. I don't know how crazy he really was as he came up to me in the West Indian club one night and starting talking to me and seemed pretty noramal.Maybe it was just an act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rut Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Anyone from Totton remember Zico ? Can't say I do. Care to elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Anyone from Totton remember Zico ? Or Fred The Leg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 (edited) I knew the guitarist - Rich Casso was his name. The bassist (Johnny Bowler) went on to play for the Guana Bats who are a massive band in the rockabilly scene.He also went out with Britt Ekland for a while! The band:Roy Phillips on vocals, Rich Caso on guitar, Johnny Bowler on slap-bass and Jimmy Fahy (ex Flip-out) on drums. http://www.nervous.co.uk/shindex.htm?http://www.nervous.co.uk/reviews/nercd023.htm Zorch Factor - One Track 12. It was my fave of their set and I can still sing it in my head... It's up to you What you do, what you do, what you do It's up to you What you do, what you do, what you do. It's up to you What you do, what you do, what you do. It's up to you What you do They don't write them loike that no more do they. I am going to put it up if I can so the younguns can hear just how ace they were. Best I can find is thius: http://www.ballroomrecord.com/sound/2172/217200000698.rm open it in RealPlayer and you get samples of the whole Zorch Factor One album, they are the first ones on there. ENJOY. And another: http://www.ballroomrecord.com/sound/2172/217200000548.rm and another: http://www.ballroomrecord.com/sound/2172/217200000548.rm Edited 18 October, 2009 by hamster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Can't say I do. Care to elaborate? After the '82 world cup, a kid appeared on Eling rec who was a giant (well he was to me aged 12) and had a barnet like Zico. He was a lumbering monster, a big Saints fan and a legend was a born amongst the Hounsdown fraternity. If you are from the wrong side :cool: of the railway track then you probably wouldn't know of his existence. Apologies if you are reading Zico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Wierd as it may sound. I am really looking forward to that! I never break a promise, here you go, and now that someone has pulled some of the ivy down and broke a couple of branches off of the tree you can nor see a wee bit as you drive past next time. And yes Gigersaint and ESB it is at the West End end of Allington Lane: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjphilsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 I never break a promise, here you go, and now that someone has pulled some of the ivy down and broke a couple of branches off of the tree you can nor see a wee bit as you drive past next time. And yes Gigersaint and ESB it is at the West End end of Allington Lane: thank you loads... I suppose you arent any good at mending broken usb memory sticks do you?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 I never break a promise, here you go, and now that someone has pulled some of the ivy down and broke a couple of branches off of the tree you can nor see a wee bit as you drive past next time. And yes Gigersaint and ESB it is at the West End end of Allington Lane: I wonder how long ago this appeared? '68/'69 maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballfan Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Pete's take away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Pete's take away I mentioned Pete's on the predecessor to this thread. Best burger & chips in town pre-franchise. I ate loads from there when I lived round the corner in Greville Road in the 70s, or a car full of us on the way home to Winchester from the OS U25 club on a Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 I can remember jumping/diving off the bridges at Mansbridge and the Redbridge Causeway and never once thinking that I could kill or paralyse myself (tombstoning was a phrase that hadn't been invented then....). Yep, I did that... We thought it was perfectly normal to jump from the central arch of Cobden Bridge! Did that one too. The kids jump off woodmill now, not as high, or dangerous, but if I catch my kids doing it they'll be grounded for a month!! :mad: Jim Guard cycles by Bitterne train station. Ta, I was trying to remember the name of this place when I mentiuon Gill Brothers er.. boutique in an earlier post. I remember speaking to a mate from Basingstoke who asked me about this mad pakistani with a limp who used to laugh at people in Basingstoke so he obviously got around a bit. He certainly did, I used to bump into him during crawls around Winchester in the circa 1990 Can we re-open "The Coach House" or "Turpins" as it became in the late 70's disco age? . Had a rep as a bit of a cattle market. Incidently I met the current Mrs Geezer in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW11_Saint Posted 18 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Anyone remember Bert Hinklers House? Didn't it get taken apart and flown to Australia?? http://www.hinklerresearch.org.au/ It's amazing the education this thread is giving me! - really fascinating. I know Hinkler Road well as I have relatives who live in Thornhill, but was totally unaware of the history behind the name. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjphilsaint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 I wonder how long ago this appeared? '68/'69 maybe? The Prague Spring 1968 that led to soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia August 1968. Quote: (Prague, Czechoslovakia) Soviet troops and tanks shown on sts. Students and people protest and argue with soldiers. Swastikas drawn on tanks. Students carry flags covered with blood of colleagues. Sign in Wenceslaus Square "Russians go home" and "Long live Dubcek and Svoboda". Crowds mill about sts. Burning tank and truck shown. Czech television director 1 of last Czechs to leave cntry., brought film out. Sts. blockaded by students. Some students killed. Ambulance comes in for wounded. Soviets scatter students by firing over their hds. Students bait Soviets with slogans and flag. Some of Soviet troops look more frightened than the Czechs. Soviet riot control tactics used to move crowd. Scene reminiscent of Budapest. REPORTER: Morley Safer Narrates (Studio) Moscow newspaper accuses Dubcek of treason to Communist cause. "Pravda" says Dubcek responsible for encouraging counter revolution and Soviet leaders realized things out of control at last month's summit meeting in Cierna, Czechoslovakia. "Pravda" says no choice but to invade. REPORTER: Walter Cronkite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bath Saint Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 Anyone from Totton remember Zico ? Not from Totton, but definitely remember him! He was a legendary character - I think everyone knew who he was lol! I'd love to hear other people's stories about him. My memories of him consist mainly of that equaliser against Scotland in 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFSt.Matt Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 70's Visiting Santa's grotto at Debenhams and recieving a replica WW2 Schmeisser submachine gun. The sign on the zebra crossing outside (towards safeways) that said 'Do not cross the road when the red man is showing', to which someone had added 'his pr*ck'. Watching James the chimpanzee smoke the endless fags thrown to him at the zoo. Being fitted for the least fasionable school shoes imagineable at French's. Lift attendants in Tyrell & Green's. "Going up?" Back to the car and a plesteds pie in Arundel Towers for lunch. Two blokes fighting outside the Spa Tavern opposite. My grandad buying pipe baccy from Whites in London road. A burger and 'french fries' in Huckleberry's. A 'Totem Pole' burger in Goodies. Much later - Goblets, on to Aggie Grey's, then The Frog & Frigate. Maybe The West Indian Club for cigars (I don't know why) and cans of Red Stripe. A dodgy shebeen in derby road. Indie night at the Labour club on a friday. The Escape Club. Larbis/Zorbas after. The last 47 home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 18 October, 2009 Share Posted 18 October, 2009 70's Watching James the chimpanzee smoke the endless fags thrown to him at the zoo. Yes,vivid memories of that.Tell it to my kids now and they don't believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Has the bird aviary been mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Anyone remember Bert Hinklers House? Didn't it get taken apart and flown to Australia?? http://www.hinklerresearch.org.au/ My wife and I have visited that house in Bundaberg, that is also where the rum is made ( the town not the house ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 The Prague Spring 1968 that led to soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia August 1968. Quote: (Prague, Czechoslovakia) Soviet troops and tanks shown on sts. Students and people protest and argue with soldiers. Swastikas drawn on tanks. Students carry flags covered with blood of colleagues. Sign in Wenceslaus Square "Russians go home" and "Long live Dubcek and Svoboda". Crowds mill about sts. Burning tank and truck shown. Czech television director 1 of last Czechs to leave cntry., brought film out. Sts. blockaded by students. Some students killed. Ambulance comes in for wounded. Soviets scatter students by firing over their hds. Students bait Soviets with slogans and flag. Some of Soviet troops look more frightened than the Czechs. Soviet riot control tactics used to move crowd. Scene reminiscent of Budapest. REPORTER: Morley Safer Narrates (Studio) Moscow newspaper accuses Dubcek of treason to Communist cause. "Pravda" says Dubcek responsible for encouraging counter revolution and Soviet leaders realized things out of control at last month's summit meeting in Cierna, Czechoslovakia. "Pravda" says no choice but to invade. REPORTER: Walter Cronkite Thanks, my memory is still quite good then! Good to see mention of Walter Cronkite in a nostalgia thread, even if he might not have been a Southampton boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 70's Visiting Santa's grotto at Debenhams and recieving a replica WW2 Schmeisser submachine gun. The sign on the zebra crossing outside (towards safeways) that said 'Do not cross the road when the red man is showing', to which someone had added 'his pr*ck'. Watching James the chimpanzee smoke the endless fags thrown to him at the zoo. Being fitted for the least fasionable school shoes imagineable at French's. Lift attendants in Tyrell & Green's. "Going up?" Back to the car and a plesteds pie in Arundel Towers for lunch. Two blokes fighting outside the Spa Tavern opposite. My grandad buying pipe baccy from Whites in London road. A burger and 'french fries' in Huckleberry's. A 'Totem Pole' burger in Goodies. Much later - Goblets, on to Aggie Grey's, then The Frog & Frigate. Maybe The West Indian Club for cigars (I don't know why) and cans of Red Stripe. A dodgy shebeen in derby road. Indie night at the Labour club on a friday. The Escape Club. Larbis/Zorbas after. The last 47 home. Chandlers Ford/Winchester boy then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Does anyone remember big Roger Mason. Around the early eighties he was a Bristol-based Saints fan who was a walking stereotype (see the real-ale ***s in Viz). Huge, 30 stone maybe, bearded. Did I mention he was huge? Really, really huge? My last memory is dropping him outside the Dell, and, as we were driving away, his trousers and pants fell down around his ankles in the middle of Archers Road. I guess he may be dead now, people with his degree of morbid obesity don't tend to make old bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Mr Clive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW11_Saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 October, 2009 A burger and 'french fries' in Huckleberry's. A 'Totem Pole' burger in Goodies. Huckleberrys!!! Totally forgotten about that - was that the first (post-Wimpey) "fast food" burger bar in So'ton? I was thinking it was Burger King or McDonalds - remind me again, where was it? Didn't the old Wimpey by Bargate become a McDonalds, or was that Huckleberry's first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW11_Saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Has the bird aviary been mentioned? Yes, couple of times. Used to go there regularly as a toddler, and around the little ponds just adjacent. Is it still there? Silly question probably... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbul Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Anyone remember Bert Hinklers House? Didn't it get taken apart and flown to Australia?? http://www.hinklerresearch.org.au/ Yeah, my Granddad got interviewed by an Australian radio company that came over here doing research on Bert Hinkler before they moved the house Bert Hinkler used to be a test pilot for Supermarine where my Granddad worked so they got to know each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Bart -No.1 Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Keith Pauls - the toy shop in woolston was always a treat as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Huckleberrys!!! Totally forgotten about that - was that the first (post-Wimpey) "fast food" burger bar in So'ton? I was thinking it was Burger King or McDonalds - remind me again, where was it? Didn't the old Wimpey by Bargate become a McDonalds, or was that Huckleberry's first? I'd also forgotten about Huckleberrys, It was next to the Bargate where Burger King is now, as mentioned, this buiding also housed Wimpey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW11_Saint Posted 19 October, 2009 Author Share Posted 19 October, 2009 I'd also forgotten about Huckleberrys, It was next to the Bargate where Burger King is now, as mentioned, this buiding also housed Wimpey.Cheers. Funny how the advent of the first "fast food" outlets were a real event. I think me and my mates might even have gone to town especially to hang out there when we were (pre pub) kids. How sad. Talking of pubs, is The Running Horse still around or has that gone? I went to the semi-final in '76 in the coaches from there, great atmosphere there and back with booze, packed lunches and banjo players on the coach. We even got our photo on the front of the Echo, pictured just before we set off. There was also a pub right opposite, but can't remember what it was called (actually, think it's just come to me - Spa Tavern? - was always a "starting off" pub on a Sat night). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 19 October, 2009 Share Posted 19 October, 2009 Duck billed shoes, Bell bottomed jeans,Beatties toy shop, The old Watneys Depot(Bargate centre). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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