General Chit Chat

[Gary the Enfield]

There was one in the basement of the old DSS building. Can't remember the name though. That's really going to bug me now................

Space City?

[TANGODANCER]

There was one in the basement of the old DSS building. Can't remember the name though. That's really going to bug me now................

Space City?

Had a mooch through Lost Pubs of Bolton. Think the one I meant was Oscars!

[TANGODANCER]

There was one in the basement of the old DSS building. Can't remember the name though. That's really going to bug me now................

Space City?

"The premises that once housed Va Va and Space City then became High Society, before being renamed the Kiss night spot from 1992 and Club Liquid in 1997. This closed soon after the turn of the millennium."

[Bruce Rioja]

I remember when our town centre used to boast TWO knife and fork Wimpy's.

[TANGODANCER]

I remember when our town centre used to boast TWO knife and fork Wimpy's.

There was one on Newport Street ( round the corner from The Wheatsheaf) and one on Churchgate if I remember rightly. They the ones you mean?

[Gary the Enfield]

I remember when our town centre used to boast TWO knife and fork Wimpy's.

There was one on Newport Street ( round the corner from The Wheatsheaf) and one on Churchgate if I remember rightly. They the ones you mean?

I remember the one on Victoria Square, near the Barclays.

[TANGODANCER]

I remember when our town centre used to boast TWO knife and fork Wimpy's.

There was one on Newport Street ( round the corner from The Wheatsheaf) and one on Churchgate if I remember rightly. They the ones you mean?

I remember the one on Victoria Square, near the Barclays.

Was that not Burger King?

[clapton is god]

Yes, I think Tango is correct. The two Wimpy's I remember are at the other end of the Arndale behind Nationwide (still a cafe now) and somewhere on Bradshawgate opposite Nelson Square....ish.

[TANGODANCER]

No, GtE was actually correct. My apologies.

[TANGODANCER]

Yes, I think Tango is correct. The two Wimpy's I remember are at the other end of the Arndale behind Nationwide (still a cafe now) and somewhere on Bradshawgate opposite Nelson Square....ish.

Found this on the Lost Pubs Of Bolton site:

"The Grapes closed in 1960 and was demolished in the same year. Shops were built on the site. A Wimpy bar was on part of the site for many years. That was succeeded by Kingburger and now a café named Tiffanies InThe Square.

[TANGODANCER]

An election debate and a poet in ........The Rocket Breightmet? Kinell, times really have changed.

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Very far cry from this Bruce...

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[Bruce Rioja]

Yes, the one in the photo next to The Nationwide, but the other one I remember was on Deansgate opposite what used to be Barclay's when I was a boy. It became an Early Learning Centre if that helps.

[Bruce Rioja]

An election debate and a poet in ........The Rocket Breightmet? Kinell, times really have changed.

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/118 ... et/?ref=mr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Very far cry from this Bruce...

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We still say at the beginning of every year "Right, we're going in The Rocket for a pint this year". We still haven't and I doubt we ever will.

[Burnden Paddock]

I remember it initially as Space City. That was more of an arcade. Was it a club also? Later became Kiss?? I think.

Edit - I see there was another page of posts. D'oh!

[TANGODANCER]

Gee, I know it's reminiscing, but there was a time when dance was king and you didn't need to go far afield to meet the Wild Bunch. The Palais, the Aspin and Billy Baker's club were full of folk from Johnson Fold, Darcy Lever, Little Lever, Farnworth, Howfen and all points of the compass every week. Had some dong-dong do's..

[TANGODANCER]

Where it all began:
Looked everywhere for a pic of The Borough Arms that used to be on Bridge Street above the Wryton Stadium (that used to be The Palladium Cinema). This is all I can find, which doesn't look anything like the place I knew. Reason for it is because I first sampled a taste of the devils brew in there, back in the mists of time. ( thought it was pretty vile to be honest) Walkers pub back then but later Tetleys. Sneaked in at seventeen (late developer) to meet up with a few lads who were scaffolders and got me into a whole load of wrongability.

[Bruce Rioja]

the Wryton Stadium (that used to be The Palladium Cinema).

It was Skate City when I was a boy. Skateboarding was something else at which I was utterly shite at.

[TANGODANCER]

the Wryton Stadium (that used to be The Palladium Cinema).

It was Skate City when I was a boy. Skateboarding was something else at which I was utterly shite at.

After my performances on roller-skates at the Navada I would image I'd give you a run at shxtness (if I could even stand up on one that is)

[Bruce Rioja]

the Wryton Stadium (that used to be The Palladium Cinema).

It was Skate City when I was a boy. Skateboarding was something else at which I was utterly shite at.

After my performances on roller-skates at the Navada I would image I'd give you a run at shxtness (if I could even stand up on on that is)

Had a go at ice skating once. Never again. Ended up with painful feet, bruises everywhere, freezing cold and pissed wet through.

[Montreal Wanderer]

the Wryton Stadium (that used to be The Palladium Cinema).

It was Skate City when I was a boy. Skateboarding was something else at which I was utterly shite at.

After my performances on roller-skates at the Navada I would image I'd give you a run at shxtness (if I could even stand up on on that is)

Had a go at ice skating once. Never again. Ended up with painful feet, bruises everywhere, freezing cold and pissed wet through.

I had to learn to skate in my forties to become coach of my son's hockey team. I was not a natural. I trod on a skateboard just once and a nanosecond later I was flat on my back with the skateboard ten yards away and still accelerating. To this day I'm not sure what happened....