Sign in or 
Share this
Boys Club Dansom Lane
...............................................................
....................................................
GOING TO THE CLUB MADE ME FEEL I HAD A LARGER FAMILY
many a night was spent here playing snooker or table tennis but a lot of the time was spent learning how to be boxers . we all dreamed of becoming the next rocky however our dreams where soon shattered when we found even our own shadows where not afraid of us.
Jackie Brady says her Dad use to do a bit of boxing in St Mary's boys club, and also helped some of the lads with boxing, he always said that it was haunted by an old nun l can well believe that has l always thought the old parts of the school where eerie
This photograph is of the St Marys Boxing and Athletic club . the photo was taken in the 1930.s and shows the many trophies they won.
the Photo was sent in by Elizabeth Grant who's father was called John McCunnell he can be seen in the photo g standing in front of the boy on the extreme left on the back row.
IT SEEMED HAS IF THE CLUB HAD IT OWN " STRICTLY COME DANCING"
The coming of the mid 1950,s brought a big change to the music world with the arrival of disc jockeys who promoted a new kind of music called rock and roll soon all the kids where dancing to Bill Haley followed by Elivis Presley and many more so it was not long before all clubs where playing the new records out on the market for us kids to dance to
I dont know if anyone rembers going to the club, we used to bop the nite away i think mr&mrs bickerstaff ran it they sold crisps and drinks and played the records. 
I used to bop with margaret forrester in our skirts stuck out with net underskirts so that they twirled out we thought we were the bees knees lol.This site has brought a lot of happy memories back that I had forgotten so thanks to you paul for getting us altogether
AnnJefferson x
Wow! What a great reminder Ann. Yes I used to go to that Youth Club. It was fantastic.It was there I learned to "bop"
The music was ace. I also remember making my wide skirts with masses and masses of net.
There must be loads of ex pupils who went there.
There was a boy called Keith something and he was the most fantasic dancer. We girls all wanted to dance with him I recall.
Rock and roll was everything at that time.
Marie
Sueblimely |
Latest page update: made by Sueblimely
, Feb 7 2009, 5:50 PM EST
(about this update
About This Update
Moved from: OH HAPPY DAYS ?
- Sueblimely
No content added or deleted. - complete history) |
|
Keyword tags:
None
More Info: links to this page
|
| Started By | Thread Subject | Replies | Last Post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kennyjoyce | st marys boys club | 3 | Jan 18 2009, 8:19 AM EST by annieann1948 | ||
|
Thread started: Jan 10 2009, 2:29 PM EST
Watch
i went there for a year or so, cant remember who taught us boxing then but they threw you in at the deep end, on my second night there i was put in the ring with a lad a lot bigger than me who proceeded to knock ten bells out of me, had a few black eyes & bloody noses in my time there, but learned fast & loved it, happy days
|
||||
Showing 1 of 1 threads for this page
