The Hungry Years

[Laughing Gravy]

On the way home tonight i was stuck at the pier roundabout and i just happened to gaze over at Charles St bar.

I found myself drifting back to the late 70s and the good old Hungry years and all my old pals.
What a place that was.
Typical Friday eve.

Start off in Shades then up to the Bath arms. A few in The Alhambra (how many remember that place) then off to the years to do my box for a few hours.
Great days. :guitar::guitar:

This was one of the big favs at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0SyKM6PDAM&videos=mOo2O7H4ktQ

 

[Nibble]

Hungry years should come back.

 

[ridda]

On the way home tonight i was stuck at the pier roundabout and i just happened to gaze over at Charles St bar.

I found myself drifting back to the late 70s and the good old Hungry years and all my old pals.
What a place that was.
Typical Friday eve.

Start off in Shades then up to the Bath arms. A few in The Alhambra (how many remember that place) then off to the years to do my box for a few hours.
Great days. :guitar::guitar:

This was one of the big favs at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0SyKM6PDAM&videos=mOo2O7H4ktQ

They had a reunion party at the Brighton centre a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine went, said it was a great night.

 

[ridda]

Found some pic's on facebook John and pepa are in them.


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[Laughing Gravy]

Thanks ridda. Some old pics on there

 

[brakespear]

If I hadn't have left The Hungry Years early because it was a shit night I'd never have met my wife

 

[Flumpyj]

Spent much of my youth there-Wednesdays,Fridays and Saturdays,Much missed

 

[Gwylan]

Was frequently at the Years and the Alhambra around end of 75 to early 77, when punk took over and I was more frequently at the Buccaneer or the Vaults (or the reggae place down West St, whose name I've forgotten)

Years was good fun, although I do remember being exceedingly pissed off on NYE 1976 when the DJ played Al Stewart's The Year of the Cat several times - it was a pony song and hearing it several times didn't make it better. I think I only went to the Years once more after that.

 

[seagullsoverlincoln]

I also spent a lot of my 1970's mispent youth down The Years-great memories

 

[blue2]

On the way home tonight i was stuck at the pier roundabout and i just happened to gaze over at Charles St bar.

I found myself drifting back to the late 70s and the good old Hungry years and all my old pals.
What a place that was.
Typical Friday eve.

Start off in Shades then up to the Bath arms. A few in The Alhambra (how many remember that place) then off to the years to do my box for a few hours.
Great days.

This is exactly my recolections we must have crossed paths many times I knew the owners quite well wet to school with one of the sons

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Oh Happy Happy days !!!

 

[1234andcounting]

Ah, the Hungry Years, where I learnt so many important social skills that would stand me in good stead for the rest of my life. How to get an order in at the bar when they couldn't hear you; how to play air guitar.

But, yes, the Friday nights were brilliant.

 

[Jam The Man]

Only went there a few times but really enjoyed it -always really friendly people there who just didn't seem to judge each other. Can't say that about many clubs...

 

[Dave the OAP]

I also spent a lot of my 1970's mispent youth down The Years-great memories

yes. Me too

happy days

 

[Dave the OAP]

On the way home tonight i was stuck at the pier roundabout and i just happened to gaze over at Charles St bar.

I found myself drifting back to the late 70s and the good old Hungry years and all my old pals.
What a place that was.
Typical Friday eve.

Start off in Shades then up to the Bath arms. A few in The Alhambra (how many remember that place) then off to the years to do my box for a few hours.
Great days.

This is exactly my recolections we must have crossed paths many times I knew the owners quite well wet to school with one of the sons

actually reading that, I also think our paths must have crossed many times

 

[Norman Potting]

Only went there a few times but really enjoyed it -always really friendly people there who just didn't seem to judge each other. Can't say that about many clubs...

It has made an old-ish man very happy seeing this thread. Used to come down to the "years" a lot from Tunbridge Wells early '80's, the only "disco" that played consistently decent music. Everyone just seemed to be there to have a good time, amongst the biker types once I remember seeing a party in full evening dress and ball gowns having a jolly good headbang one evening.

Never forget driving home from there the back way via Cooksbridge late one windy night. A tree had fallen down across the road and stuck the other side of it was a coach full of folks in fancy dress all the better for drink! One of them in full Viking regalia attempted to hack the trunk with his plastic sword. The Police arrived with much merriment and shouts of "look, here's special Branch" and gamely offered to supervise whilst the tree was lifted out of the way.

Happy, Happy days (and nights).

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

The Staff v customers football matches were legendary. It usually constituted of 30 a side with a combination of goals & tries being scored in an utter mudbath

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

On the way home tonight i was stuck at the pier roundabout and i just happened to gaze over at Charles St bar.

I found myself drifting back to the late 70s and the good old Hungry years and all my old pals.
What a place that was.
Typical Friday eve.

Start off in Shades then up to the Bath arms. A few in The Alhambra (how many remember that place) then off to the years to do my box for a few hours.
Great days.

This is exactly my recolections we must have crossed paths many times I knew the owners quite well wet to school with one of the sons

Me too - less. The Alhambra and add a couple of other Lanes or St James's Street pubs. It was the Mods v Rockers thread that reminded me of the years a couple of days ago. Does anyone remember chucking Martin about - we called it Dwarf Throwing - although he wasn't actually a dwarf.

 

[Superphil]

A few in The Alhambra (how many remember that place)

I used to go to the 'Years' occasionally, but I do indeed remember the Alhambra, was it somwehre roughly where the Thistle is now?

How about the Xtreme Club?

 

[Perry Milkins]

I was a regular through 76 to about 83.

Remembner Stuart and LLoyd the DJs.

Paul (one of my best mates at school) son of Jpohn and Pepa.

Adrtain and Steve the doormen.

The scandinavian nymphs!