Bank Holidays In Scarboro

[Harry Crosby]

Every bank holiday [easter,august] in the early eighties we used to go through to scarborough, meet up with bub and all his mates and just have a general p**s up for the weekend, there were soul do`s on in the back room of the salsbury & of course RUDIES AKA FOUR SEASONS, had some great weekends thru there, heres some of us who used to go from york RON PEDLEY,SWISH, TOMMY SHERIDAN,SALTY, JOHN JEFFRIES,DES, MARTIN THOMMO,had some great times in the pickwick anybody got any memories out there?

[Guest]

Every bank holiday [easter,august] in the early eighties we used to go through to scarborough, meet up with bub and all his mates and just have a general p**s up for the weekend, there were soul do`s on in the back room of the salsbury & of course RUDIES AKA FOUR SEASONS, had some great weekends thru there, heres some of us who used to go from york RON PEDLEY,SWISH, TOMMY SHERIDAN,SALTY, JOHN JEFFRIES,DES, MARTIN THOMMO,had some great times in the pickwick anybody got any memories out there?

Too many - and none printable .......

Those bank holidays in Scarborough - and the locations you mentioned - hold special memories for me , which despite the years that have passed since then , never cease to bring a smile to my face , when mentioned by people I know .....

None printable ? - oh , go on then ........

We had gone one particular BHW , and after much imbibing of copius quantities of The Salisbury's finest ales , lagers and spirits , one of our party - now an ESTABLISHED DJ and PROMOTER on the scene - used his charm and good looks ( he has still got the charm ) and persuaded a young lady to accompany him to our B & B , for a night of unbridled lust .......

He lasted 10 minutes , as the young lady - fuelled by " artificial stimulation " , and the heat of the moment , went at it like the clappers , resulting in him getting a hernia from trying to keep up with her .......

Bruce Springsteen sings of " Glory Days " - He knows nowt .......

Speaking of Swish , is he still around York ? The last time I heard of him - and did not want to believe it - was that he was down on his luck , and selling the Big Issue on the streets .....

Malc Burton

Edited January 13, 2008 by Malc Burton

[Harry Crosby]

Brilliant days malc. remember by the monday all the cash points were empty, so we used to go into marks & spencer buy something then take it back for a cash refund, god we used to buy some stuff just for a laugh, twin sets great big knickers n then draw straws as to who took em back PRICELESS, also remember bub falling over in the road outside the pickwick wrecked, stopped the traffic, no one could move him eventually the police arrived, n said come on son your gonna have to get up his reply was, IF THA WANTS ME MOVIN OLD LAD THA`S GONNA AVE TO MOVE ME

[Guest]

Brilliant days malc. remember by the monday all the cash points were empty, so we used to go into marks & spencer buy something then take it back for a cash refund, god we used to buy some stuff just for a laugh, twin sets great big knickers n then draw straws as to who took em back PRICELESS, also remember bub falling over in the road outside the pickwick wrecked, stopped the traffic, no one could move him eventually the police arrived, n said come on son your gonna have to get up his reply was, IF THA WANTS ME MOVIN OLD LAD THA`S GONNA AVE TO MOVE ME

I can remember David saying after the incident was " sorted " out , that " I must try that again " .......

This should ring a bell with you .......

Whatever B & B we used during the BH weekends , the landladies always puzzled why we only wanted the bed , and not the breakfast , stating they could not understand why we did not want to eat ..........

Keep the S BH memories coming ......

Speaking of the great man , here is a photograph of Bub .......

Malc Burton

Edited January 13, 2008 by Malc Burton

[Harry Crosby]

Yeh we had that one malc, one night we lost john jeffries absolutly pissed. so decided to go looking for him nxt morning fearing the worst coppers, what was in his pockets etc walked down the back of safeways n he just burst out of s big cardboard box sayin is the pickwick open yet john also lost his money so hitch hicked all the way back to york to get some more, got back n met us in the pickwick nxt morning he`s havin a wash in the b+b changed his socks n there was his lost money in his sock

[Guest]

Yeh we had that one malc, one night we lost john jeffries absolutly pissed. so decided to go looking for him nxt morning fearing the worst coppers, what was in his pockets etc walked down the back of safeways n he just burst out of s big cardboard box sayin is the pickwick open yet john also lost his money so hitch hicked all the way back to york to get some more, got back n met us in the pickwick nxt morning he`s havin a wash in the b+b changed his socks n there was his lost money in his sock

John used to get p****d ? I do not believe it ........

You used to take back the twin sets to M & S ? I once bought one in pink and grey diamonds .......

Malc Burton

[Guest soulmaguk]

Always looked forward to seeing soulies in our town, used to love Rudies all-dayers, some classics to be had there..remembering Jinxy in one of the fancy dress do's they had there, think Jinx was dressed as the back end of a panto horse, then he started to dance, not realising someone had spilled beer on the floor as he went in for a swallow dive, his hands slipped on the wet floor, his hands divided and he crunched onto his nose, he then got up and carried on dancing with blood pouring from his snout, ho happy days...

Jock.

[Harry Crosby]

So many great stories malc, gotta go out now but i will return with more tales of those great times, by the way love the picture of the big man, thats what this scene is missing characters too serious nowadays, heres one for you while i nip out whatever happened to PAUL TEMPLE

[Guest]

So many great stories malc, gotta go out now but i will return with more tales of those great times, by the way love the picture of the big man, thats what this scene is missing characters too serious nowadays, heres one for you while i nip out whatever happened to PAUL TEMPLE

Paul is something big in banking - I said banking - in London : I have not spoken to him in a while but , despite getting older , and being in a position of respectability , is still the PT of old we all knew , loved , and put up with ......

Malc Burton

Edited January 13, 2008 by Malc Burton

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Hi H ,Tonys allways reminding me about Sbh ,Ithink weve got a poster wiyh him on the DJline up.as for paul temple we saw him last down at the 100 club ehwn Ronnie,maddog ,TC and myself went down on the train from YORK ,was working for a big bank in the city,we had a very good but srange night,great to see him though.as for scarboro sue w and myself always seemed to get booked in the guest house in the corner oppisite the station ,ended up with about 20 others ther too somehow!!! luv the hoolie!!

[Harry Crosby]

Great days leslie, should have a re-union there that would be a gud un, allways remember tommy sheridan at rudies fancy dress as an OXO CUBE ha ha barbed up to boot, kept falling over n couldn`t get up ha ha was in the pickwick the other month, no salsbury anymore, rudies aka four seasons gone but that clock above the doors still there, was also in the black swan, can`t remember what the other pub was called was it the angel? also remember bumping into one of the old york drug squad there bob champion on the beat ha ha how the mighty fell, god getting a hangover just thinking about all this

[Guest]

Great days leslie, should have a re-union there that would be a gud un, allways remember tommy sheridan at rudies fancy dress as an OXO CUBE ha ha barbed up to boot, kept falling over n couldn`t get up ha ha was in the pickwick the other month, no salsbury anymore, rudies aka four seasons gone but that clock above the doors still there, was also in the black swan, can`t remember what the other pub was called was it the angel? also remember bumping into one of the old york drug squad there bob champion on the beat ha ha how the mighty fell, god getting a hangover just thinking about all this

Obviously more chance of catching offenders on the streets .......

I used to smile at the way the DS tried to " blend in " with the revellers in The Salisbury .......

Malc Burton

Edited January 13, 2008 by Malc Burton

[Guest]

Done a few of these,go for the day stay for a week used to crash at Adam`s and Julie`s B&B i think i never did crash!!,didnt Salty use his dustbin waggon to get there in the summer,thats what i heard......best Wandrin`Ken Wandrin`.

[Harry Crosby]

Don`t know wether he used to do that all the time but i certainly remember him doing it once, remember once instead of getting a b+b deciding to camp on the south cliff, so it was out with the gang on the friday as usual then back to the tent if you can imagine this scene four or five of us in one tent, john jeffries, ron pedley. salty, gray kelly, myself,&ramsay, now johns cleanliness was somewhat to be questioned really if you knew john he didn`t give a sh*t about anything or upsetting anyone, so as i said it was back to the tent with mr fartalot jeffries and the rest of the gang, but instead of going out friday salty pull a great big bag of magic mushrooms out of his bag!!!!!!!!!!!! well all i can say a walk down scarboro sea front and a hike up to the castle was an experience indeed, remember there was one of those little cages on the beach full of balls for the kids to play in, well we tried for what seemed to be an hour to figure out what it was, WHAT A NIGHT THAT WAS

[Guest]

Don`t know wether he used to do that all the time but i certainly remember him doing it once, remember once instead of getting a b+b deciding to camp on the south cliff, so it was out with the gang on the friday as usual then back to the tent if you can imagine this scene four or five of us in one tent, john jeffries, ron pedley. salty, gray kelly, myself,&ramsay, now johns cleanliness was somewhat to be questioned really if you knew john he didn`t give a sh*t about anything or upsetting anyone, so as i said it was back to the tent with mr fartalot jeffries and the rest of the gang, but instead of going out friday salty pull a great big bag of magic mushrooms out of his bag!!!!!!!!!!!! well all i can say a walk down scarboro sea front and a hike up to the castle was an experience indeed, remember there was one of those little cages on the beach full of balls for the kids to play in, well we tried for what seemed to be an hour to figure out what it was, WHAT A NIGHT THAT WAS

John in one corner,and the rest of you`s in the other Salty fukcin`fab geezer,once he took me to a rock gig,the lead singer in a weelchair but nowt to do with his being able to walk funny as fukc on the way he showed me this bakc yard with a big Canabis tree in it,so we pulled it up and just took it in the concert whole hope it werent your tree

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Malc, i saw Swish about 3 yrs. ago ,we took him on a coach with us to see"Once upon a time in Wigan" at a theatre in Oldham--which he thoroughly enjoyed.He,s doing o.k.--not working(but defo --not on the streets selling T.B.I!! Johnny ==the son he had with Helen is well on his way to be coming a top professional footballer and swish thinks the world of him.Swish turns up at odd do,s here and there --he came back to my house in Heworth(York)approx 2-3 yrs back to listen to some sounds----loved it and stayed for 2 days and nights!!!

He,s not changed and often has a look on this site

Regards

Tony Coleby

Too many - and none printable .......

Those bank holidays in Scarborough - and the locations you mentioned - hold special memories for me , which despite the years that have passed since then , never cease to bring a smile to my face , when mentioned by people I know .....

None printable ? - oh , go on then ........

We had gone one particular BHW , and after much imbibing of copius quantities of The Salisbury's finest ales , lagers and spirits , one of our party - now an ESTABLISHED DJ and PROMOTER on the scene - used his charm and good looks ( he has still got the charm ) and persuaded a young lady to accompany him to our B & B , for a night of unbridled lust .......

He lasted 10 minutes , as the young lady - fuelled by " artificial stimulation " , and the heat of the moment , went at it like the clappers , resulting in him getting a hernia from trying to keep up with her .......

Bruce Springsteen sings of " Glory Days " - He knows nowt .......

Speaking of

Swish

, is he still around York ? The last time I heard of him - and did not want to believe it - was that he was down on his luck , and selling the Big Issue on the streets .....

Malc Burton

[Harry Crosby]

John in one corner,and the rest of you`s in the other Salty fukcin`fab geezer,once he took me to a rock gig,the lead singer in a weelchair but nowt to do with his being able to walk funny as fukc on the way he showed me this bakc yard with a big Canabis tree in it,so we pulled it up and just took it in the concert whole hope it werent your tree

Don`t know about john in one corner and us in the other ken it was only a THREE MAN TENT imagine gray kelly his clothes n that he was allways pristine when we got back to the tent as you can imagine we were all a tad confused, in the morning gray said whose in my sleeping bag? john replied ME much to graham`s disgust, then john being john said n ive had a W**k in it CLASSIC JOHN JEFFRIES

[Harry Crosby]

Obviously more chance of catching offenders on the streets .......

I used to smile at the way the DS tried to " blend in " with the revellers in The Salisbury .......

Malc Burton

Yeh if i remember we had his life

[Guest Scarborosoul]

It was mad in those days lads, loved rudies but must say that it gidnt have the same atmosphere as seasons. I remember all the guys fro Middlesboro etc crashing at mine over 1 weekend 17 of them feckin crazy all off their tits and Skidmore being the usual nutter. My ex wife sat on the dancefloor in Seasons pissed out of her head and making an absolute twat of herself.

I moved up to scarboro in the middle 70s after spending most weekends there with Andy Newbold, Steve Kingsley and a few other lads from Hull i loved it so much i said F**** it and moved there permanently.

I got to know loads of ppl: T Colby, R Pedley, Billy (RIP) and the rest of the York lads(who did a runner when we got into a ruck in the Boro backstreets). Backdoor Ken when he was just Ken lol. Mick Hussey is now bouncing and is settled with a baby!! Alex Smedley (anyone know where he is?) was best man at my wedding. Ronny from Harrogate, Steve Coverdale (Darlington) now one of the countries top fisherman but still dances when hes fishing hence the name Disco Dan. Chalkie White (newcastle) and me showing him how to open the old gasmeters;). Jesus we had some great times. Scrapping on the sea front getiing off yr head in Betty Blacks and then scrapping on the sea front. Getting wrecked in Salsbury and scrapping anywhere you could! it was absolute maddness and anyone who missed it what a pity.

[Harry Crosby]

It was mad in those days lads, loved rudies but must say that it gidnt have the same atmosphere as seasons. I remember all the guys fro Middlesboro etc crashing at mine over 1 weekend 17 of them feckin crazy all off their tits and Skidmore being the usual nutter. My ex wife sat on the dancefloor in Seasons pissed out of her head and making an absolute twat of herself.

I moved up to scarboro in the middle 70s after spending most weekends there with Andy Newbold, Steve Kingsley and a few other lads from Hull i loved it so much i said F**** it and moved there permanently.

I got to know loads of ppl: T Colby, R Pedley, Billy (RIP) and the rest of the York lads(who did a runner when we got into a ruck in the Boro backstreets). Backdoor Ken when he was just Ken lol. Mick Hussey is now bouncing and is settled with a baby!! Alex Smedley (anyone know where he is?) was best man at my wedding. Ronny from Harrogate, Steve Coverdale (Darlington) now one of the countries top fisherman but still dances when hes fishing hence the name Disco Dan. Chalkie White (newcastle) and me showing him how to open the old gasmeters;). Jesus we had some great times. Scrapping on the sea front getiing off yr head in Betty Blacks and then scrapping on the sea front. Getting wrecked in Salsbury and scrapping anywhere you could! it was absolute maddness and anyone who missed it what a pity.

Did a runner yeh thats why ron got his nose broke i was back at the b+b don`t know why they all came for me there was about ten of em, all of it then they all marched off back into town to sort it out, about half an hour after it happened

[spot]

Bank holiday weekends in Scarborough & mis-spent youth seem to go together,have loads of tales to tell & loads of battles were fought over the years but heres short but true tales;

Five of us sleeping in an Escort type van because we had no digs or mates who could fit us in, so we're parked up in a small out of the way car park trying (operative word TRYING) to get some sleep & every 30 mins or so we can hear cars starting up & leaving the car park, this goes on from midnight till about 4.30am & we're wondering what the hells going on, till finally we've had enough & I get out to check what happening. A group of lads are hovering & looking very shifty, "What you lot up to, nicking a car?" says I, "Yes", came the reply, "You been at it all night?", "Yeah, why?",says them. "Well we can't get to sleep cos of you lot, so make that your last one, ok?". Which they duly did & we managed a few hours sleep before pubs opened again.

Take care, be safe & remember, alway lock & alarm your car,

Spot.

[Guest]

Bank holiday weekends in Scarborough & mis-spent youth seem to go together,have loads of tales to tell & loads of battles were fought over the years but heres short but true tales;

Five of us sleeping in an Escort type van because we had no digs or mates who could fit us in, so we're parked up in a small out of the way car park trying (operative word TRYING) to get some sleep & every 30 mins or so we can hear cars starting up & leaving the car park, this goes on from midnight till about 4.30am & we're wondering what the hells going on, till finally we've had enough & I get out to check what happening. A group of lads are hovering & looking very shifty, "What you lot up to, nicking a car?" says I, "Yes", came the reply, "You been at it all night?", "Yeah, why?",says them. "Well we can't get to sleep cos of you lot, so make that your last one, ok?". Which they duly did & we managed a few hours sleep before pubs opened again.

Take care, be safe & remember, alway lock & alarm your car,

Spot.

Do you mean hide around a corner and jump out at it , shouting " surprise " ? .......

Good to meet you on The Pier at the weekend , Pete : top man ........

Malc Burton

Edited January 15, 2008 by Malc Burton

[Kelboy]

Don`t know about john in one corner and us in the other ken it was only a THREE MAN TENT imagine gray kelly his clothes n that he was allways pristine when we got back to the tent as you can imagine we were all a tad confused, in the morning gray said whose in my sleeping bag? john replied ME much to graham`s disgust, then john being john said n ive had a W**k in it CLASSIC JOHN JEFFRIES

Great memories Harry of the many weekends i attended with yourself and the above mentioned. Remember the tent incident with JJ well, not sure about my clothes always being pristine though- what with some of the states we got in to. Anyway one of my best memories of S B HOLS was going into rudies one sunday afternoon to DJ after a mad lunchtime sess only to be thrown out and told to sober up before i could DJ, found myself leaning on a fence outside and looked to my left and there was Bub, i asked him what he was up to and he replied " Ive been told to come out here and sober up before they will let me DJ" Great DJ crew eh! Happy memories.

[Harry Crosby]

Great memories Harry of the many weekends i attended with yourself and the above mentioned. Remember the tent incident with JJ well, not sure about my clothes always being pristine though- what with some of the states we got in to. Anyway one of my best memories of S B HOLS was going into rudies one sunday afternoon to DJ after a mad lunchtime sess only to be thrown out and told to sober up before i could DJ, found myself leaning on a fence outside and looked to my left and there was Bub, i asked him what he was up to and he replied " Ive been told to come out here and sober up before they will let me DJ" Great DJ crew eh! Happy memories.

Happy days indeed me old mate, bin itching all week to mention PATRICKS car maybe you could tell that one

[Kelboy]

Happy days indeed me old mate, bin itching all week to mention PATRICKS car maybe you could tell that one

Ah yes Patricks car, hmm think i'll let you tell that one H and i'll correct any inaccuracies later