slartibartfast Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Real Mad Red said: And wasn't it Ken Avery in Moravian Road? It was briefly Fowlers in the early 80's, bought my Honda there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Constant Rabbit Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 And the best of all Mod clubs - Steamers 300 Scooters some Thursday nights all parked up on the middle strip. Happy days! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 Just to bring this back on topic, what about that shithouse of a club called "The Doghouse" in the North Stand at Eastville. I have a fleeting memory of actually going there for some obscure reason. Probably a better set of facilities than they currently have at the rugby ground though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onehowie Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Ska Junkie said: Chaplins, that's the bugger. Nice one fellas. Owned and run by Martin and Sue....big City fans.,(Sue being famous for proving she was a Bristol 'City' fan at the Mansfield game at Wembley a year later). After losing the away leg at Hereford in the Freight Rover semi final, Martin promised champagne to the City players if we got to the final in the home leg. True to his word, straight after the game, back to Chaplins to celebrate with the players arriving around midnight. Remember having a long chat with David Moyes who was comparing our rivalry with the gas, with Celtic/Rangers saying it was just as intense and David Harle being absolutely rat arsed! Think I remember getting home around 4am. a great night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freezer Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 This is bringing back some great old memories. Unfortunately, my memory now is not that great! I can think of a couple of late night venues that I used to frequent but can't remember their names, so any input is appreciated. First one was next to the Hippodrome, Denmark Street I think. Late drinks and ladies. Second one was Prince Street, right next to the old Post Office. Both were brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Old Rascal said: I remember Fowlers Bikes up in Kingswood, in Moravian Road. Bought my AP50 from there! Pretty sure they then moved to Temple Meads. Shit, I bought my AP50 from there too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onehowie Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, freezer said: This is bringing back some great old memories. Unfortunately, my memory now is not that great! I can think of a couple of late night venues that I used to frequent but can't remember their names, so any input is appreciated. First one was next to the Hippodrome, Denmark Street I think. Late drinks and ladies. Second one was Prince Street, right next to the old Post Office. Both were brilliant. It was Chaplins above and next to the Hippodrome...they moved there from Fairfax Street. As a matter of interest, the Fools and Horses scene with the blow up doll was filmed at the back entrance to the club! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, cheese said: Shit, I bought my AP50 from there too! i had a fs1e two/four dx. very last of the pre restricted ones.. ohm 468r. used to love going to fowlers by the bus station dreaming of an rd250, the ones before the water boilers came out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 13/01/2021 at 11:03, PHILINFRANCE said: I'm going off at a complete tangent here, but does anybody remember the old Hofbrauhaus in Bristol back in the 1970s? The rumour was that, rather than being imported in barrels from Germany, their beer was made by adding sparkling water to a powder/starter to make the 'infamous' beer. Is there any truth to this or is it simply one of many apocryphallies from my youth? I remember that place, but I was always already drunk before I entered there, so have absolutely no idea if the beer any good or not :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackofromSanJavier Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 7 hours ago, Rich said: Just to bring this back on topic, what about that shithouse of a club called "The Doghouse" in the North Stand at Eastville. I have a fleeting memory of actually going there for some obscure reason. Probably a better set of facilities than they currently have at the rugby ground though. Me and Mrs Jacko went in there one time - only because it was free entry chucked in with the admission price to the greyhound racing. No lasting memories of it, mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 8 hours ago, redsquirrel said: i had a fs1e two/four dx. very last of the pre restricted ones.. ohm 468r. used to love going to fowlers by the bus station dreaming of an rd250, the ones before the water boilers came out I had a beat up popsicle fizzie...KDD78P. Also a 350 Elsie...HMR 656W (still around, but sorned, apparently). Both great bikes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 13 hours ago, The Constant Rabbit said: And the best of all Mod clubs - Steamers 300 Scooters some Thursday nights all parked up on the middle strip. Happy days! And the Rockpile 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stortfordred Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 22 hours ago, Roger Red Hat said: Anyone remember Maxims half way up Park St on the right, DJ had his decks in a white grand piano if I remember correctly. Think I saw the Cortinas there. Deffo saw them in a club on Park Street anyway. anyone remember Chutes? Near the Colston Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: I had a beat up popsicle fizzie...KDD78P. Also a 350 Elsie...HMR 656W (still around, but sorned, apparently). Both great bikes. beautiful looking bike ,i can only remember white ones, did they do other colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, redsquirrel said: beautiful looking bike ,i can only remember white ones, did they do other colours Mine was black/ red, with Allspeeds...noisy as ****. Also did a lovely blue version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 It seems as though we have a bunch of ageing rockers on the forum judging by all the talk of wonderful motorbikes. Just for a bit of balance, I had a Vespa Sportique. A crazy design really as the engine wasn’t fitted on the centre line of the bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, pongo88 said: It seems as though we have a bunch of ageing rockers on the forum judging by all the talk of wonderful motorbikes. Just for a bit of balance, I had a Vespa Sportique. A crazy design really as the engine wasn’t fitted on the centre line of the bike That's why I've always chosen Lambrettas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Constant Rabbit Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 GP 200 Li 150 Ended up with a Vespa Cosa 225 Combo Used to write for Scootering mag from 1999 - 2003 - No #1 of Ronnie Biggs SC out of East Anglia 1999 - 2004 Got a heap of 'furthest travelled' trophies in a box somewhere! Happy Days - really miss them! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Well this thread has gone to shit over the last couple of days..! I know it's good to recall days gone by, but I think it needs a different thread for it, instead of this tiresome not taking the piss out of Rovers..! It's like you are talking about a night out during the last season that they finished above us, in faint and distant adols of ancient history..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert tann Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Bristol Rovers are considering ways to help ensure the season is completed safely amid Covid-19, such as potentially scrapping the team bus for away games, says boss Paul Tisdale. Football is under scrutiny from the government and Public Health England with coronavirus cases rising. Clubs have also been issued guidance by three major professional bodies within the game around player behaviour. "We've got to be so careful," Tisdale told BBC Points West. "We're even talking about now, for away travel, not having a team coach and going independently. "I'd love it if football can continue through to the end of the season, we've got to do everything we can to make that happen." Rovers, who had to manage their own outbreak last month in suspending two games, have had extra hygiene protocols put in place by Tisdale. The former Exeter City and MK Dons boss confesses to wearing gloves in the dressing rooms "for the past four or five years" to avoid the passing of germs, while players are also requested to fist-pump rather than shake hands. One of the requests of the joint Premier League, English Football League and Football Association guidance for players is to consider the need for distancing around goal celebrations. Those protocols also concern travel, time spent in the dressing rooms and warm-ups, as well as interactions with match officials and opponents after games. "It's one of my pet hates, over-celebrating, so it's music to my ears," added Tisdale. "It's a sensible thing to suggest but quite a difficult thing to apply and make happen, because by definition we're in the middle of a fight, a battle and competition and the enjoyment and excitement you get from scoring a goal is going to take some level discipline to avoid that. "Celebrating in the dressing rooms is an obvious own goal, I don't think we need to be doing that." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 4 hours ago, pongo88 said: It seems as though we have a bunch of ageing rockers on the forum judging by all the talk of wonderful motorbikes. Just for a bit of balance, I had a Vespa Sportique. A crazy design really as the engine wasn’t fitted on the centre line of the bike I had a Vespa 200 Electronic, bouht new from Mike Clarks in Fishponds , like shit off a shovel ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, bert tann said: Bristol Rovers are considering ways to help ensure the season is completed safely amid Covid-19, such as potentially scrapping the team bus for away games, says boss Paul Tisdale. Football is under scrutiny from the government and Public Health England with coronavirus cases rising. Clubs have also been issued guidance by three major professional bodies within the game around player behaviour. "We've got to be so careful," Tisdale told BBC Points West. "We're even talking about now, for away travel, not having a team coach and going independently. "I'd love it if football can continue through to the end of the season, we've got to do everything we can to make that happen." Rovers, who had to manage their own outbreak last month in suspending two games, have had extra hygiene protocols put in place by Tisdale. The former Exeter City and MK Dons boss confesses to wearing gloves in the dressing rooms "for the past four or five years" to avoid the passing of germs, while players are also requested to fist-pump rather than shake hands. One of the requests of the joint Premier League, English Football League and Football Association guidance for players is to consider the need for distancing around goal celebrations. Those protocols also concern travel, time spent in the dressing rooms and warm-ups, as well as interactions with match officials and opponents after games. "It's one of my pet hates, over-celebrating, so it's music to my ears," added Tisdale. "It's a sensible thing to suggest but quite a difficult thing to apply and make happen, because by definition we're in the middle of a fight, a battle and competition and the enjoyment and excitement you get from scoring a goal is going to take some level discipline to avoid that. "Celebrating in the dressing rooms is an obvious own goal, I don't think we need to be doing that." Someone should probably tell him to keep them on in the supporters lounge as well, what with all the boob cricket that gets shown during the games.... *shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Just to throw in the odd post about the Fewers.... BRISTOL ROVERS ARE SHIT. Back to bike talk, (remember when Fowlers burnt down one Saturday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Some of the blue few are creaming themselves because an extra two rows of bricks have been added to the dressing room wall at the Colony (renamed Quarters) training ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, myol'man said: Some of the blue few are creaming themselves because an extra two rows of bricks have been added to the dressing room wall at the Colony (renamed Quarters) training ground. Quarters you say? Probably because it will get Quarter way through development (is ambitious to be fair) before they run out of the family silver. If that gets finished within the next 5 years I'll eat my (a) hat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 30 minutes ago, Taz said: Quarters you say? Probably because it will get Quarter way through development (is ambitious to be fair) before they run out of the family silver. If that gets finished within the next 5 years I'll eat my (a) hat. they might be doing a Petrocelli and laying a brick each after work 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 13/01/2021 at 23:03, BS4 on Tour... said: Proper club! Back then a night out in Bristol was raw, special and superb - the kids had a riot and enjoyed every minute - we didn’t wake up every day and think “what can I be offended about today?!” - unlike today’s millennial snowflake darlings, we just got on with it - we went at it hard, on a tide of ska, punk, reggae and mod music - we didn’t care about anything, we just went for it - The Specials, The Beat, Madness, The Selecter, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Bob Marley, The Jam, The Who and The Kinks provided a spectacular backdrop to our teenage angst - we identified with everything they had to say because they realised who we were and they just ‘got’ us - we suddenly belonged and we enjoyed ourselves ... I miss those frenetic nights so bl**dy much - the 70s and the 80s shaped so many people on here - and those decades still make us who we are today ... great, special memories - cheers, and apologies for the rambling post ... Well, @EmissionImpossibleand @JamesBCFC you reacted to my post above with a ‘confused’ emoji so I thought I’d explore that - you obviously don’t identify with, or understand, my thoughts or musings and that is probably because you belong to the X-Factor, Britains’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing, Reality TV shite generation? I’m sure you will correct me if i’m incorrect ... but my post highlighted a time when kids could seriously identify with the bands who were high profile at the time - and that was because we knew that they were the same age as us and they had grafted so, so hard to get a record deal - they had rehearsed in their Dad’s garage with their mates and then when they were confident enough they took their songs all over the UK, playing five, six, seven nights a week at horrendous venues just hoping to get spotted. They worked harder than any X-Factor winner who wouldn’t know the first thing about honest graft or how to pick up a guitar and learn how to play it from scratch - we loved our heroes because they were just like us - they didn’t get flown out to a Simon Cowell mansion, somewhere exotic to practice an horrendous bubble gum pop song cover version to perform in front of brain dead couch potatoes on a Saturday night ready to vote by pressing the red button .... our heroes were real ... and a great example, like him or love him, is Bryan Adams - his band has been together since they were 14 years old, practising in his Dad’s old barn in the ‘70s and early ‘80s and making it to the top ... proper blokes, proper musicians - and the same goes to legends like The Jam, The Specials, The Clash etc, etc, etc .... I can understand somewhat why you are ‘confused’ but our heroes were real, not manufactured and pampered, and the reality they displayed through their playing and lyrics made us pay homage to them at a time when their outpourings were so refreshing and honest. I get the impression your heroes will be forgotten in a matter of years, whereas ours will live forever ... hectic, heady days ... they were just awesome ... 10 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 5 hours ago, bert tann said: "Celebrating in the dressing rooms is an obvious own goal, I don't think we need to be doing that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Well, @EmissionImpossibleand @JamesBCFC you reacted to my post above with a ‘confused’ emoji so I thought I’d explore that - you obviously don’t identify with, or understand, my thoughts or musings and that is probably because you belong to the X-Factor, Britains’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing, Reality TV shite generation? I’m sure you will correct me if i’m incorrect ... but my post highlighted a time when kids could seriously identify with the bands who were high profile at the time - and that was because we knew that they were the same age as us and they had grafted so, so hard to get a record deal - they had rehearsed in their Dad’s garage with their mates and then when they were confident enough they took their songs all over the UK, playing five, six, seven nights a week at horrendous venues just hoping to get spotted. They worked harder than any X-Factor winner who wouldn’t know the first thing about honest graft or how to pick up a guitar and learn how to play it from scratch - we loved our heroes because they were just like us - they didn’t get flown out to a Simon Cowell mansion, somewhere exotic to practice an horrendous bubble gum pop song cover version to perform in front of brain dead couch potatoes on a Saturday night ready to vote by pressing the red button .... our heroes were real ... and a great example, like him or love him, is Bryan Adams - his band has been together since they were 14 years old, practising in his Dad’s old barn in the ‘70s and early ‘80s and making it to the top ... proper blokes, proper musicians - and the same goes to legends like The Jam, The Specials, The Clash etc, etc, etc .... I can understand somewhat why you are ‘confused’ but our heroes were real, not manufactured and pampered, and the reality they displayed through their playing and lyrics made us pay homage to them at a time when their outpourings were so refreshing and honest. I get the impression your heroes will be forgotten in a matter of years, whereas ours will live forever ... hectic, heady days ... they were just awesome ... No, my emoji was based on your assumption of how the youths are now, which showed you as clearly put of touch, and probably posting with more than one pair of rose tinted specs on. None of my musical 'heroes' came through any of the reality shite shows, and some of them were playing music before your generation were going out, even born. Nor is being manufactured something exclusive to recent times, The Monkees ring a bell? Nethertheless, my liver and bank account will be glad to know the time I got through £300 on one night out never happened, because you think the generations past yours don't know how to go out, I'll just wait for that money to reappear. Edited January 16, 2021 by JamesBCFC 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, JamesBCFC said: No, my emoji was based on your assumption of how the youths are now, which showed you as clearly put of touch, and probably posting with more than one pair of rose tinted specs on. None of my musical 'heroes' came through any of the reality shite shows, and some of them were playing music before your generation were going out, even born. Nor is being manufactured something exclusive to recent times, The Monkees ring a bell? Nethertheless, my liver and bank account will be glad to know the time I got through £300 on one night out never happened, because you think the generations past yours don't know how to go out, I'll just wait for that money to reappear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.