General Chat

Bob l married a Londoner and loved it when he took me to the Hammersmith Palias, used to love the live bands.

Mummo, I was still single way back then and had a great time clubbing the nights away LOL

I remember at the Mecca most women did dress up in long evening gowns up til about the mid 70's. I bet you looked real glam in yours too :-))

Mary

Bow Palais...............Ilford Palais


Ah! memories.......the bones aint so agile now though........

Bob

Mary never used to go there, l was married to a civilian and naval and civilans didn't mix that well sometimes, lol used to love putting my long evening dresses on in the early 70's, thought l was the bees knees, lol.

Hi Mummo

Yes. Went dancing at the Mecca a few times but mostly went down Joanna's and......trying to remember the name of the other one......think it was Nero's. LOL

Mary

Wow, this has stirred memories. Friday nights were usually straight to the pub from the office, try to remember to eat something at a reasonable time then onto a night club. None of that going home to change in between times. No time for that.

Saturdays were more sophisticated and we would all dress up that night and dance our stilettos off until our feet burned.

We had a "no dancing on Sundays" law here so that night (if we still had the energy) we would go to a club and listen to music, or sing along if the mood took us. Sometimes we would go to a pool club and have a few games. It was all very firendly and sociable, no competitiveness as there seems to be these days. We used to drink, but there was never any trouble.

Am I recalling my youth through rose tinted spectacles, I wonder. Lovely happy memories though.

Debbie

Mary l used to go to the Mecca in Arundel street in Portsmouth, did you ever go there?

Staffordshire Col.............OMG! I remember dancing the night away at Joanna's well. Well maybe not remember that well, if you get my drift LOL

Mary

Used to hit the dance floors, loved bopping around to the great music of the late 60's early 70's oh what fun we used to have, now indoors with a cinzano and lemonade and sitting here tapping away on my putor, lol. xx

Well in my younger days I went out Friday nite,,,then lost my memory

as I could never find me way home til sunday morning ! lol

We knew how to party back then xxxxx

seem to recall a club called tall Trees, In Guzz it was usually Diamond Lil's and a race along the Hoe in a supermarket trolley evading Naval Provst

Oh Ray,

wmsl! :)) xxx

Hi Col,

Oh bless, such fun and still fun I think, only in a different way. xxx

Hi Stray :))

June's coming and me ... am gonna be partying nearly every Saturday!

* Wales Meet
* My birthday
* A wedding + reception

Gonna let my hair down and party! xxx

Hi Barb

Me too only I was out on Sunday's too, then ... ohhhhh, Monday morning! Such happy memories, such fun lol. xxx

Col did you ever go to the Two Trees in Plymouth???

Hi folks

I remember Friday nights Shimms, just got paid..glad rags on down the pub then to the local nightclub.....same again on Saturdays...great days eh...

Depends on what age:

Junior School - it was home on with 'play clothes' and outside in the summer, colouring or lego if it was raining before fish n' Chip tea

Senior School - Youth club

Royal Navy - if not at sea or on weekend leave hitting the night clubs of Pompey (Joanna's aka Royal Navy School of Dancing) or Union Street in Guzz

And now 20 odd years on..... TV, a glass of wine, a nice meal and bed to recover from the working week

yep me to
only i do it on a saturday now lol
but not this week coz i had to pay bills :(

er How long a go we talking here Shimms ???? lol

Ray xxx

a Friday night?

I used to rush home, get my glad rags on, go dancing until the early hours :))