GARRICK CLUB LEIGH

Anyone remember the Garrick Club at Leigh, the compere was Roy Hastings. Great Days!

I had my Hen-party at the Garrick. Bob Monkhouse was the 'turn'. Spent many Friday and Saturday nights there.

was John Martin at the Garrick for a while?

Spent some good nights at the Garrick,

It was ok if you managed to get a view of the stage without it being obstructed by one of the roof supports.
Seen some good acts there, Grumbleweeds[all 5 of 'em] Syd &Eddie [Little and Large] Joe Dolan and Jackie Carlton to name a few.
I was doing cabaret work in the early 70's as part of a duo and we worked a week there with Manning as top of the bill.
Also worked Talk of the North in Eccles where Johnny Mansell compered. He lived in Wigan at the time.
Blighty's at Farnworth was the place to watch variety acts such as jugglers and strong arm acts

I saw Freddie Star, Sandie Shaw, PJ Proby and many more at the Garrick. Someone told me it burnt down in the 70's. I met my ex husband there in 1966 and in the 80's we went to have a look at the old place only to find a pile of rubble - HAPPY DAYS.

john martin had it mi brothers worked on the door there only went a couple of times

Did John Martin live in Tyldesley?

Loved the Garrick, there was a singer came there quite a lot in the early 60's but I can't remember his name, he was crippled and in a wheelchair, but what a voice, I have a feeling his last name was Stone or something like that.
Wonder where he is now.

I used to go regularly mid week.One of the lads at Case Tractors used to get free tickets and hand them out.Joe Dolan was on every year.I always tried to get on the little balcony as it was a decent view,i think there was only one pillar in your way from that angle.

Tillymint, Was it Larry Stone you mean, he was a very good act,came from Manchester i think,

That was him bentlegs, he was brilliant it was a great night when he was on .

The best nights were Tuesdays Roy Hastings night off then we had JONNY "GOON" TWEED
Fantastic

They paid Tommy Cooper up didn't they.

Tillymint, '....he was crippled and in a wheelchair...'

Are you thinking of Brian Potter?

So you have watched Pheonix nights as well Tonker.

Caltermark. Was talking to Johnny Goon Tweed a few years ago in the Wargrave in Newton. It is/was his local.Still funny.

Jeremy
Last time i saw Jonny Goon Tweed was
Abram labour club
i dont think you would be old enough to have a pint then Jeremy
Mark

Greetings from sunny New Zealand :)

I used to go to the GARRICK in the mid 1960s.
Fantastic place - good shows plus good chicken sandwiches !!

Jeremy
Last time i saw Jonny Goon Tweed was
Abram labour club
i dont think you would be old enough to have a pint then Jeremy
Mark

I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not.
On what do you base your assumption?

Jeremy
take as a compliment,from some of your post you dont come across as some as old as my generation
Mark

Cheers Mark Not much younger, about the same age as your T. [If I'm on the right track]

Jeremy
I thought you were more like my sister M
whos only 52
mark

Mark. Wishful thinking. Just got a bus pass. Same age as your old mate Denis from Hindley Town

Jeremy
No one is that old Dennis remembers Moses
Mark

Mark
He probably had him pencilled in at right back.

We regularly speak to Johnny "Goon" Tweed see him nearly every day in Earlestown my partner usually sees him and chats with him in a local cafe

jermyb - your remark reminds me of some graffiti I saw in Liverpool (again in the mid 1960s)
It was near a church and the sign read something like "What would you do if Christ suddenly appeared" to which some 'wit' added "move St John to inside right and let Jesus play centre-forward"

Perhaps I should explain for our 'younger' posters - Ian St John was the regular centre-forward for Liverpool in the 1960s.

loved the Garrick!

Tricia

Great days!

Garrick Club-Leigh, Blighty's-Farnworth, Keg-O-Kee-Atherton,
Casinos-Bolton and Westhaughton, Wishing Well-Swinton, Talk of the North-Patricroft, Riverside-Wigan and the Willows at Salford Rugby which is still going!

They don't know what it means today to have a great night out!

We put some time in at the Carrick
Dustin Gee was brill

gricer that is so true.

First post on WW, but I went to the Garrick in the early 1970,s and saw Jerry Lee Lewis,Freddy Starr,Bob Monkhouse and a lot of top rate british and american artists.
At that time as Mark said Roy had the night off on tuesday and Johnny Goon Tweed took over and he was funny,but the real star was Roy Hastings every night because they played all week.
I thought that both he and John Martin at the Riverside were good to listen to ,but they were different clubs and I thought the Garrick was better and Roy was the best compere/singer I have seen.
People of our age who were lucky enough to go to Blightys,Copperfields,Talk of the North,and the numerous nightclubs or entertainment clubs would definitely have got better value than you would get today.

Last time i saw Johnny goon tweed was in the early seventies at Lowton labour club.

Who remembers Foo Foo Lamarr?

I remember going to the Garick on a first date with some one in the 6o's and Max Wall was appearing that night. He was so blue that I just wanted to disappear under my seat

Gricer,i remember my mum and her mates going to see Foo Foo Lamar in the 80s.Didnt he have his own club in Manchester?

Sonlyme were you a regular at Lowton Labour Club

kerry

Yes.

Were abouts was the GARRICK in LEIGH ???

Does any body remember the PARAMOUNT at Lowton in the 50/60s ???

Kerry
Think it was called foo foo's palace

Veteran,
The Garrick entrance was at the back of the pub on the corner of The Avenue and I think Leigh Rd.Was the Paramount where the civic hall was?

Fossil I know were you are with the Garrick.

The Paramount was on the other side of the road from the civic hall, do you remember the station were the trafic lights are to turn into the civic hall (used to be a yankee base at one time in the 50s) well the Paramount was just a bit further down on the same side as the station, it looked like a little wooden hut. They used to get a lot of polish men going in the Paramount, I think they all worked in the coal mines.

saw lenny henry there,never been to leigh since - just in case

Anyone remember the bowling alley in Leigh used to be just on the left over the canal bridge coming from Lowton way,
I think its a lydl or aldi store now, spent many a Wednesday night there, we played in a league we called our selves the "mincers" because we were all butchers