SLOOPIES

Do you remember sloopies from late 69 70 & 71

Brian no one will it wasn't there then,it was known as the Las vegas then. think it was 1972 when the late Barbara Simms (pemps) opened it as Sloopies.

might have been later than that,when was Bickershaw pop festival,

hi jem i think you had better check dates. i got married in dec 72 and was the original DJ and had worked there for at least 18 months before i got married. the other DJ with me was kev from newton le willows i came from ashton we lived in a flat on wigan lane. as for the las vagas it shut in 69 i know because we used to go when we finished tech.and i did go to the pop festival.take care.

Brian is right , it was certainly Sloopies in '69

There's no way Sloopies was there in 1969 or 70 may have been there in late 71but i would say 72.I only left school in 69 at 15yrs and went in The las Vagas only once mind when i was 17,so that would be 1971.Don't know how were going to prove it wish someone would tell us,take care.

Jem glover is right, no way did the las vegas close in 1969. matter of fact, it would probably be mid 70/s..

Had mi thinking cap on, jem glovers probably reet with 1972. def not 1969. .

jem glovers always reet(joke)

thank you trewth i got married on the 18th of december 1972 to my former wife and had already done at least 12 mnts at sloopies. what have started. oh by the way do you remember the names of the two go go dancers. regards to all.

This is your Dart Case remember it

2 yvonne's i think,1 an M,t'other a S,might be wrong club though!

flippin eck dougie that case must be at least 25yrs old and still going strong did it bring you any luck

yes upthetims your right it was the two yvonne,s i will not reveal the surnames. the small stage was to the right of the DJ stand.take care.

brian, was the kev from Newton-le-willows you mentioned known later as Friar Tuck?

hi uncle joe. no not same person Friar Tuck came from Earlstown.Kev Edwards came from Newton.take care.

we were talking in the moon lastmonday about the las vegas club can anyone remember it when it was the golden glog

Billy Butler (ex Cavern DJ) used to play on Sundays if I remember right.

Clogiron, what the hecks a glog?? do you mean clog? ie, golden clog? its before my time if it was, there was nothing golden about the vegas club thats for sure. it was a right shithole, but at least they let me in, most of the time anyway..

The first go-go dancers at Sloopies were not THE two Yvonnes but Yvonne Herschberg and Jacquie Siner from West Derby plus Georgie Wong.

Hi trewyth thanks for your input could you give me a year by any chance.

Brian, I still think Sloopies started in '69 unless Barbara was running the Vegas before changing the name.In April
'70 I was 21 and knew her well enough to borrow her membership card for a posh club in Manchester so it would have been prior to that.
I'm going to Wigan this weekend so will find out for sure from a friend.

Brianjgreen are you or rather were you a stockey lad ie did a bit of weight training when you where younger,with dark hair if so i know who you are.Take care.

Hi trewyth. Barbara had the vagas refurbed then opened it as sloopies any more info would be welcome.do you remember the white soft top MERC. she drove.take care.

Hello Jem. sorry im not who you think i am.im from ashton did my school days there then onto wigan tech.i am a joiner by trade.. take care.

brianjgreen I think I'm getting mixed up with one of the bouncer's his name being Green.Sorry about that.take care

Jem do you mean Bert Green who worked on the door at Blutos?

Prod the only Bert I remember from Bluto's don't know his sir name,but he was a tall slim always had a smile nice man for a bouncer in them days.His sister is Hilda married to Tommy Purdem landlord of the Ball and Boot in early 80s

Hello Brian, yes I remember the Merc convertible. I remember she had a young muse, Chinese Bob from Warrington who used to drive it around.
On Saturday afternoons we would go swimming in her pool in Mesnes Road. There were always lots of people at the house,some temporarily staying there such as Yvonne McCann and Yvonne Strumer.
Brian, do you know Roy Heaton from Ashton?

Hi trewyth.the world has just got smaller.i used to work with roy we had a work shop at the side of the golden lion in ashton.i remember the swimming well fell asleep on sofa at side of pool.Take care.

brianjgreen

Hang on !!!

Hi trewyth,have you gone into hiding? hope your ok. celtic4 still hanging on what for???

brianjgreen

"Hang on Sloopy, hang on"

don't know who recorded it!!

take care

Was that not The Four Seasons that sang "Hang on Sloopy"?

kitekat

I cannot recall....but I loved the song!

Hi to all it was the Mc Coys who sang hang on sloopy.

Trewyth I see you live in Falmouth I wonder if you know my dear friends Kath and Dave who now lie in Flmouth and are from that era and worked in Newquay and Jersey in the 60"s early 70's????

I know Dave and Kath Dormer very well. Dave's more or less retired now I think but is still jogging every day.

trewyth
How's your brother John these days?

Split up from his wife 2 years ago, Stuart. A bit sad really.

Not good, sorry to hear that.

HI trewyth, how do you know roy heaton?

Brian.
Have known Roy for years. Met him through Andy(Tom) Anderson and Joe Berry. He was a cable jointer (telephones) when I first knew him. A changed man since he got married and doesn't go out drinking much these days.

Hi trewyth good to hear from you,i agree he is a totaly different person,do you know if he is livng in is mums old house, take care.

hi brian did you get you.car sorted?

jem glover is right i went to las vegas club in 1971 wen i was 18 and to the person who used to work in newquay i did season work there from 1973 to 1976 in lots of hotels lots of good memories wish i was young again

Hi brian green,i dated jackie siner and yvonne herschberg,phil behan and georgie wong +2 other scousers stuck a knife in my ribs and told me to lay off,67 i think and still the vegas.Used to go to the howard arms in the white merc with barbara with the 2yvonnes in the jump seat,very stylish 70 71 and sloopies then,kev o mara was the male dancer.

Hi upthetims,on a return visit to wigan had a stall selling milk and yoghurt at the bickershaw pop festival 1971 i think.Top acts were kinks,new riders of the purple sage,cheech and chong and loads more.really good 3or4 days fun.

Did you forget The Grateful Dead were headliners? I liked Captain Beefheart personally...
And the blackcurrant yogurt was addictive!

I remember when it first opened. We had to bow to her majesty Queen Barbara and then let in , told to shut up , told to party . She was a a character.

few years ago a mates wife out on the town an she wants to go into pemms, barbara,s on the door and she says are you a member,mates missus says yeah in 1969,and they both burst out laughing,she let em in.