Sherrys or Busbys (70s Nostalgia)

[coventrygull]

I was one of those saddo's who used to drink Brown and bitter

Eh oop northern Drink.

Bottle of brown ale and a half of bitter. - probably watneys



and my Mrs drank Cinzano and lemonade

 

[Parson Henry]

I was one of those saddo's who used to drink Brown and bitter

Eh oop northern Drink.

Bottle of brown ale and a half of bitter. - probably watneys



and my Mrs drank Cinzano and lemonade

Do you pronounce that Chinzarno or Sinzarno?

 

[Dave the OAP]

Do you pronounce that Chinzarno or Sinzarno?

Chin......


we werent posh tha knows



in those days, all women drank that...it was great for getting rounds in.

 

[coventrygull]

Chin......


we werent posh tha knows



in those days, all women drank that...it was great for getting rounds in.

I thought the girls drank pernod and black or was that just te dogs

 

[DIFFBROOK]

Yeah, pernod and black did seem the in drink for girls.

I remember too Rory at Coasters. He played all his gay videos, one of him on a boat I think.

Drinks were cheap, and the music was ok. All I remember was standing and watching the same girls walk around the dance floor several times. They were looking for blokes and probably pulled at some stage. Hence my description of a cattle market.

Still it was fun. Moved onto the Gloucester during the late 80's early 90's

 

[Dave the OAP]

My missus hated the smell of aniseed, hence the pernod was out!!!

BTW was it an urban myth or when you had been on the lash drinking pernod and black, in the mornings if you drunk water, were you pissed again?

Gloucester was OK...didnt that become Mr K's and then a gay disco?

 

[DIFFBROOK]

Dont know about it being Mr K's. It was the Gloucester up until 1991 and then I moved to Yorkshire.

Yeah I heard about the pernod thingy. It supposed to crystallize in the stomach, so when you drank water it got diluted and hence drunk again. Probably was an urban myth.

 

[Jimbo26]

The Churchill Hotel behind West Street was great for under age drinking. The bird behind the bar was so engrossed in what was on TV she would serve anybody.

 

[Grunty]

I cant remember going to Busby's
- went to Sherry's a couple of times for gigs-

Psychedelic Furs supported by the Sisters of Mercy in the early eighties.

Morcheeba there too a lot later- possibly The Pink Coconut by then.

Preferred the New Regent just down the road-
Southern Death Cult, The Chameleons, Fad Gadget, Blancmange, Flock of Seagulls [!!], Durutti Column- excellent venue. RIP....

 

[Rowdey]

BTW was it an urban myth or when you had been on the lash drinking pernod and black, in the mornings if you drunk water, were you pissed again?

This is the most convincing answer i have found..

your body can detect alcohol. If you drink lots of spirits neat then your stomach will close (not allowing any to pass through to the intestine) due the high concentration of alcohol. This means you can drink lots of spirits all night and not get too pissed. If you dilute it (with water, beer etc) the stomach will then re-open, allowing it all to suddenly pass through. This is why drinking just spirits all night then drinking water the next morning can be bad (or good, if you look at it that way ).

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Bitony, quite possible mate.

I swap your wife's arse for my wifes face any day!

 

[Bakesy]

Sherries full of wankers wearing starsky jumpers

Pringle in my case, but i'm sure i still looked like a twat!!

 

[hitony]

Bitony, quite possible mate.

I swap your wife's arse for my wifes face any day!

I so wish the "B" was not so close to the "H" on a keyboard

She was from the east end Freddie, where all good arses come from !!!

 

[sten]

Coasters was top nite shame 11pm close then off to p coc or top rank, rory the dj ,do u remember his side kick i thing they called her or him ' sister weaver' always sniffing something out of a bottle tried it on with my mate 1 nite he quite fancied his chances till we informed him we wern't sure if it was male or female. Great days

 

[timbha]

Little bloke with a tash & bubble perm who walked with a limp ?

Rory? don't you mean King Jerry, who is still playing the same stuff, walking with a limp and wearing the same bubble perm and tash at Corals on the last Friday night of each month. Tamla and Soul only - It's massive with both bars packed.

 

[Goodfella]

'King' Jerry is a f***ing legend.

and a nice bloke to boot.

 

[Albion Rob]

Now I wasn't old enough to go into Sherrys, I think it turned into the Pink Coconut. But the way I saw it, you had a different type of bird in each place.......there was some kind of pecking order, something like this.

The classiest birds were always to be found in clubs within hotels. Now seeing as I had zilch money, I never went there.

Next down was possibly Busbys. Your average middle class girl, who after a peck on the cheek might have let you kiss her on the way home.

Next was the Pink coconut bird. Would drink all night and let you on a promise the week later

Next was the top rank suite. Those girls that saw themselves just a bit above the Chav line, but as long as you never told anyone....


Lastly Coasters. Bloomin eck that was a cattle market.

Crikey, my old man was banging on the other week about how he, his brrother and their mates were always going to the Top Rank.

I'll have to rib him about this.

 

[smudge]

That was RORY.

It started the trend of showing video's during the evening....do you remember he used to have a video of him twatting about at the top rank next door!!

The bar maids used to dance on the bar, but they were either up themselves or munters!!!

A pair of twins used to dance on the bar & they were f***ing mint. I think they were Jane Warners (of page 3 fame at the time) younger sisters.

 

[Gwylan]

Which was the club where Michael Fabricant MP (then known as Micky Fab) used to DJ?

This might be a shameful admission but I've not been to Busby's, Sherry's Revolution or Jenkinson's. In fact, I can't even remember where they were - jeez, I had a sheltered youth.

 

[BigGully]

A pair of twins used to dance on the bar & they were f***ing mint. I think they were Jane Warners (of page 3 fame at the time) younger sisters.

Yep a pair of twins..not sure about about the sisters bit...well actually def. not.........but they did do a little spread in the News of the World once...and another of the Bar Top Dancers was a bird called Nina.