Old restaurants, pubs, nightclubs in Victoria
#81
Posted 20 June 2008 - 09:32 AM
#82
Posted 20 June 2008 - 09:33 AM
Re: Ziggy's...where was 852 Mason St.? Somewhere in North Park presumably.
That address would put it in the vicinity of the new(ish) SOHO condos, next door to the slower-than-time-itself Palladian redevelopment of the Nelson's Music/Baptist Church building. I have lived in the neighbourhood for 10 years and have no recollection of Ziggy's, or any other night club in this area. The name does ring a distant bell from the past though.
I see now that G-Man as already clarified this for us. Cheers!
#83
Posted 20 June 2008 - 09:36 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#84
Posted 20 June 2008 - 11:15 AM
There were two other places I went to in the 80s, though neither was an official club. Mystic Lane and the Rat's Nest
#85
Posted 20 June 2008 - 11:21 AM
#86
Posted 20 June 2008 - 11:25 AM
#87
Posted 20 June 2008 - 11:30 AM
Nice to see some Old Skool folks still around.
#88
Posted 15 July 2008 - 08:02 PM
Let's see.
Yes, the Boom Boom Room down below Wharf used to be Merlins in the 80s. Before that in the 70s it was the Surfside Cabaret.
The Surfside was controlled by a local motorcycle gang in the late '70s. Around that time the Hell's Angels moved in and tried to take over the club's membership. The local gang resisted and the Surfside mysteriously caught fire shortly thereafter.
Before it was the Surfside it was known as the Sunset.
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#89
Posted 10 December 2009 - 12:48 PM
The Surfside was controlled by a local motorcycle gang in the late '70s. Around that time the Hell's Angels moved in and tried to take over the club's membership. The local gang resisted and the Surfside mysteriously caught fire shortly thereafter.
Before it was the Surfside it was known as the Sunset.
Hmmm, wasn't Matt McNeill supposed to turn Merlin's into a East Coast Pub style restaurant? No action down there?
#90
Posted 14 December 2009 - 04:12 PM
Harpo's was my home away from home from 1986 to 1989 - wayyyy to many nights in there, though there were a lot of really interesting bands that came through there. I still can not remember who I saw there and who I did not.
Harpo's was built by the Martay Brothers. Mike was one of the brothers. These fellows were financed by their Dad as they were draft dodgers.
The tables were built with the bowling ally wood from Gibson's if I remember correctly.
Once the Martay's were finished with the club, it was run for a short while by a fellow named Terry Paterson. He died sadly, in his speeding Porshe with 4 people in a 2 seat car. I think one person lived.
Does anyone remember Central Station where Hush is now?
#91
Posted 14 December 2009 - 08:31 PM
#92
Posted 14 December 2009 - 09:47 PM
#93
Posted 15 December 2009 - 08:56 AM
Is that from before the regular Forge?
I think it was the Old Forge, before the remake that had all the memorabilia (I forget the name). People just called it the "Forge", but Old was part of its name.
#94
Posted 15 December 2009 - 09:01 AM
#95
Posted 15 December 2009 - 10:10 AM
http://www.jagworksd...l/DJ resume.htm
Check out the resume listing for Paparazzi:
(was suspened for not being gay,they wanted a gay DJ)
#96
Posted 15 December 2009 - 10:18 AM
Happy times.
#97
Posted 15 December 2009 - 11:07 AM
#98
Posted 15 December 2009 - 11:29 AM
Skylark also played at the Forge with our native son David Foster.
Well, lets go back to 1972 then, shall we:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q
Yes, that's DF with his first wife, BJ Cook.
...the lyrics took 15 minutes to write, the guitar track was recorded on the first try, and David Foster did not even play on the song, and it hit 1M copies:
http://www.olografix...es/dfnet2/?p=93
#99
Posted 15 December 2009 - 03:26 PM
Valdy had a crew cut and wore a suit. Others were Don "the Eagle" Crawford, Tom Northcott, Pat Paulsen and Jose Feliciano to name some of the more memorable acts.
The gents wore a jacket and tie, and the ladies a fine dress. It was a brief but classy era.
#100
Posted 17 December 2009 - 02:40 PM
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