Does anyone remember the Mayflower club in Manchester UK?

USED TO GO MATINEE PERFORMANCES-VICE SQUAD,DISCHARGE,ANTI PASTI

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used to see Discharge,Anti Pasti,Vice Squad on the matinee performances with mates from Stoke

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@MiTierra43,

i saw the smiths there in the 80s yay...james

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@CHRIS MOWG,

i got muged once on the way to the mayflower in hulme by a gang of perry boys

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@MiTierra43,

Ouch to us old timers ! Yes I admit I practically lived there as much as I could afford anyway, funny how that pint lasted all night.. Who do you remember and where are they now?

Not been by for a good while but last time I passed it had been flattened and the pub (what the hell was that called? Salutation maybe?) That too, bugger me pass me the cocoa!

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I only remember that loads of skinheads went to the Mayflower it was a didused cinema which is now a travel lodge. It had a large wooden floor and a stage at the front. There were frequent fights and people looking like they were fighting but actually that was dancing it was a bit scary for a girl. Jan now aged 54 and designing alternative clothing

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@The sempstress,

Other places were the electric circus and Pips both gone now.

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@MiTierra43,

Yes, saw loads of them at the polytechnic from '77 to about late '78 - early '79.

The last time I went to the Mayflower was later summer or Autumn 1978 to see the Damned.

Other good venues in those times included; The Ranch Bar on Dale Street, The Electric Circus on Collyhurst Street and The Russell Club in
Hume.

Some fantastic times around that mid-late 1970's period.

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@asher7,

Sarge was also Buzzcocks personal security and worked mostly at The Apollo at that time.

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@spendius,

hey there is a recording of the tape on you tube

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https://sites.google.com/site/reformationthewebzine/home/issue-007---autumn-2009/stuff-the-superstars/Mayflower.jpg

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFxLV5SjZfg

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@garethflo,

Yep Muppet from Armed Force. He lived in Aus' for a while, but now back in Manchester where he's a college lecturer. Before joining The Brigade, I was in Protest and gigged with Blitz sometimes. I left because of the Oi! thing too and didn't care too much for the guitarist's views.

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@anita2131,

Hiya Anita,

I live in Yorkshire, but frequent Stalybridge and Manchester all the time. Not seen Andy for years, but he's OK. He lives down South. Hope you managed to form a reunion OK.

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@varicose veins,

I remember The varicose veins with classics like Coronation street is boring. I remember you Jesus. I went to most gigs at the Mayflower

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@MiTierra43,

Yes i saw The upstarts, Exploited, and Kennedys there. Plus all the oi bands, Business, four skins etc and Garry Bushell there, Black Flag, Crass. It was a dive but i loved the place, afterwards having to avoid the perrys from kicking your head in was an added bit of excitement

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@garethflo,

Muppet lives in Didsbury. I met up with him a couple of years ago. Both his daughter and my daughter are of a similar age (26), both followed a career in acting, both met up, by accident, for the first time, last week. Small world.

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@philriley427,

Here's a link to my Soundcloud page, where I play drums for Protest and The Brigade:
https://soundcloud.com/philriley427

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I travelled all the way from Portsmouth as a 16 year old to go to a gig at the Mayflower in 1978 Buzzcocks , slits and John cooper-Clarke Brilliant night and a proper old school venue.

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@MiTierra43,

Yes I do.Saw CRASS,Exploited,Anti Pasti,Dead Kennedy's there among many others.I still remember the glue-sniffers lurking around the front, I'd love to watch a video of the Dead Kennedy's playing there,1981 was it ? I feel old

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Does anyone remember the Mayflower club in Manchester UK?

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