youth clubs

[steve.w]

was anyone a member of any youth clubs in leyland 73-77? i seem to remember the methodist one, and the one near the new council offices.
where there others?

btw i am now a youth worker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i can resist everything except temptation

[Martin]

The only one I remember is the one by the council offices down West Paddock, I never actually went in it. Are there any other places for teenagers to hang out in Leyland?



Martin
In The Pink

[AnnMarieMcDonald]

I remember Farington Youth Club around 72/73, St Ambroses on a Sunday night, 2 rooms, one for soul and northern, the other for rock!!!, Civic Hall on a Monday night and the Methodist Youth club, I think it was open most nights and had a disco on a Friday night, Steve Plumb and Iain Brewster used to DJ, does anybody know what happened to those two?


Ann Marie

[Martin]

Hi Anne or is it Anne Marie?
I lived a short walk away from St Ambrose for the best part of twenty years and didn't know about the music nights, how long ago was this?



Martin
In The Pink

[julie]

i remember st ambrose well,they seemed to be big rooms at the time very nosiey.but it was very good,then i moved on to the civic hall where i met my first husband.
i also remember the methodist club, was there games table tennis etc
julie

[AnnMarieMcDonald]

Hi Martin - it's Ann Marie

It was about 26 years ago (god that's frightening!!) so that would be 74/75 - it was a real event every Sunday night. Myself and all my friends used to practice our 'dance steps' to things like Soul City Walking and the Hustle and wear matching outfits!! What can I say - we were young!!!

Ann Marie





Ann Marie

[steve.w]

i remember the methodist youth club one well, steve plumb i remeber, dave newby used to do a bit too as i recall. i have some pics from the methodist youth club somewhere in the attic i think, can we post pics on here?
btw my gran used to run the roebuck for a long time, and my step dad had the chippy in farington ( nr a pub er the ship??) his name was arthur he looked like the lead singer of right said fred!!

i can resist everything except temptation

[Martin]

Hi Steve, your post made me laugh. I remember the chippy in Farrington, isn't it near the Rose and Crown pub?
I thought that chippy was one of the best, seems it went the way of all the others and was taken over.

If you want, I can set up a page for local pictures, let me know and I'll work on it.



Martin
In The Pink

[steve.w]

martin, thanks for that, yeah thats the chippy. we used to live on kew gardens then, i can rem walking to the chippy every night wi my mum!
before that when my gran ran the roebuck we used to sleep above the pub all i rem is the smell of firelighters, that smell still makes me think of the roebuck today. I thiunk my gran may have been responsible for starting the pram race! and im pretty sure my uncle shamed the family by getting disqualified !

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[Caroline]

I used to go to St. John's Youth Club at Earnshaw Bridge around 1961ish. Run by a rather ineffectual young clergyman, and we weren't allowed music ( ' the Devil's handservant', no doubt!). We had a trip out up Parlick Pike, and he had a mini-breakdown under the duress, we had to practically carry him back down, it was a searingly hot day but he kept his dog-collar on till the last....