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very sad. i visited that place only once, in 1980. actually went upstairs to see the highland room but unfortunately there was nothing going on at that time. many tears will be shed im sure

very sad. i visited that place only once, in 1980. actually went upstairs to see the highland room but unfortunately there was nothing going on at that time. many tears will be shed im sure

Eh went once to look at another room tears sorry but i think its funny.

Just waiting for a couple of bricks from the building to be offered for sale on Ebay or on here...lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just waiting for a couple of bricks from the building to be offered for sale on Ebay or on here...lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

With my knees aging faster than I am , I am tempted to put in a bid for one of the escalators : bugger a stanna ........

Malc Burton

With my knees aging faster than I am , I am tempted to put in a bid for one of the escalators : bugger a stanna ........

Malc Burton

Wouldnt mind a piece of the tartan carpet for my front door mat!

Edited February 10, 200916 yr by Ernie Andrews

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What is with the trees inside? What was that all about?

I had a look through some of the pictures. It does seem a waste of a venue, but I suppose nowadays people socialise in different ways. Also having visited Blackpool once a couple of years back I won't be in a hurry to return. I don't think Blackpool can pull in the crowds like it used to, except for maybe stag & hen parties who just want to get pissed for a weekend.

I thought this was interesting, perhaps DJ's nowadays should insist on a typed request only

https://archive.blackpoolpictures.com/c/phs...0000sZZu0MU4rTk

Edited February 10, 200916 yr by Supercorsa

What is with the trees inside? What was that all about?

I had a look through some of the pictures. It does seem a waste of a venue, but I suppose nowadays people socialise in different ways. Also having visited Blackpool once a couple of years back I won't be in a hurry to return. I don't think Blackpool can pull in the crowds like it used to, except for maybe stag & hen parties who just want to get pissed for a weekend.

I thought this was interesting, perhaps DJ's nowadays should insist on a typed request only

https://archive.blackpoolpictures.com/c/phs...0000sZZu0MU4rTk

When I first started DJing , I used to get requests written on parchment ........

Malc Burton

sadly all good things come to an end, I can think of a few place running now that could do with a bit of this treatment

It's for the best......

Rob

What is with the trees inside? What was that all about?

I had a look through some of the pictures. It does seem a waste of a venue, but I suppose nowadays people socialise in different ways. Also having visited Blackpool once a couple of years back I won't be in a hurry to return. I don't think Blackpool can pull in the crowds like it used to, except for maybe stag & hen parties who just want to get pissed for a weekend.

I thought this was interesting, perhaps DJ's nowadays should insist on a typed request only

https://archive.blackpoolpictures.com/c/phs...0000sZZu0MU4rTk

I think the trees etc were in the main big disco downstairs, none of that in the Highland room

I think the trees etc were in the main big disco downstairs, none of that in the Highland room

I remember the trees from way back when I used to go in the 70s...they were in the main room where the jazz funkateers used to go for the all-dayers and I used to lurk with me twirly whirly skirt and granny sandals

Those trees were quite hip back in the day as I recall but I must admit they look a bit sad in those demolition pics and make me feel very old

very sad. i visited that place only once, in 1980. actually went upstairs to see the highland room but unfortunately there was nothing going on at that time. many tears will be shed im sure

What is important is the quality,diversity and breaking ground music that came from that hallowed room. Plus the electric atmoshphere. RIP.

Alex

All the palm tree,s and all that nonsense was in the main disco which i think was called the BALI HAI room,well sure thats what it was called circa 1974. It was much more sophisticated in the Highland Room with its Tartan carpets and shields on the wall .

Great memories of a great club.

Edited February 10, 200916 yr by tony parker

All the palm tree,s and all that nonsense was in the main disco which i think was called the BALI HAI room,well sure thats what it was called circa 1974. It was much more sophisticated in the Highland Room with its Tartan carpets and shields on the wall .

Great memories of a great club.

The Bali Hai was a seperate bar room off the main ballroom downstairs. The main ballroom did not have a name.

The Highland Room was having some work done on it around 77 - the ceiling had collapsed. I think & they put a temporary dancefloor in the Bali Hai & that was where the Highland Room regulars went - 2 or 3 times this happened if my memory is correct.

People on this thread mentioned the escalators - to get to the Highland Room from the ground floor you took two escalators then one set of stairs - the second floor housed the bowling alley.

All the palm tree,s and all that nonsense was in the main disco which i think was called the BALI HAI room,well sure thats what it was called circa 1974. It was much more sophisticated in the Highland Room with its Tartan carpets and shields on the wall .

Great memories of a great club.

tony, remember feeling a bit special with that membership for upstairs. you could go down to the main room and there would be 500+ girls!! We used to try and impress 'em by signing them in [2 per member,ohh err missus].one night i was in the main room on the dancefloor and it suddenly emptied, just like moses parting the red sea. I got out just in time to see the jocks on one side ,and the scousers on the other ,converge into the biggest dancefloor mayhem you ever saw. We always took that as sign to go back upstairs! could be avery scary place at times. happy days

tony, remember feeling a bit special with that membership for upstairs. you could go down to the main room and there would be 500+ girls!! We used to try and impress 'em by signing them in [2 per member,ohh err missus].one night i was in the main room on the dancefloor and it suddenly emptied, just like moses parting the red sea. I got out just in time to see the jocks on one side ,and the scousers on the other ,converge into the biggest dancefloor mayhem you ever saw. We always took that as sign to go back upstairs! could be avery scary place at times. happy days

Sometimes you would get some p*ss artists from downstairs wander into The Highland Room during the last hour. If they sat & watched they were OK - if they decided to try & take the p*ss they were asked to go downstairs by some of the "handier lads" who were listening to Colin's set - it always worked!!

The main place in the early 70's for Gail & I plus numerous Goolies who would take 6 hours (No motorway's) to get there & listen to Mr Levine & Curtis play quality tunes all night, then onto Wigan to listen to Mr Winstanley try & claim to have broken them first . The escalator is the image that's stayed with me, I mean how posh was that an escalator to your own piece of heaven, also the long corridor of Tartan & the Shields but really it was the music that made it .

BTW the Palm Tree's were there from day one down in the main room & yes it was called Bali Hai off the main room, which I'm sure was just known as The Mecca Ballroom.

Take care, be safe & remember,"That's where the music takes me, it takes me to a brighter place",

Spot.

Great memories of The Mecca. Car load would go up (Ford Anglia) and sleep in the car in the multi-storey car park next door (part of the garage). Turned out the car park was just like a hotel loads of people all sleeping in cars. With four lads in my car it must have stunk in the morning.

Pretty sure main room at Mecca was The Locarno (Ballroom?). Think capacity was about 3000?

Happy days!

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Alright Jimmy aka Harry Thompson. I already posted this lot in All Our Yesterdays.

See you at the Ashley Club on the 20th?

Cheers

Mick

Sorry Mick did not see it on All Our Yesterdays.

Regarding the famous Palm Trees in the main room these were installed when the venue changed from the Locarno to Blackpool Tiffanys in the mid 70's. This also resulted in the revolving stage being removed and a fixed stage installed.I was working there at the time and remember a heated discussion between Al Robbins the band leader and the venue manager because the new stage could not fit all the band on so 2 band members had to be sacked! Also ahead of its time it was the first venue in the UK to have a Giant Video Screen which had The Flirtations featured on one of the videos but I cant remember what they were singing. Sad to see the famous escalators in such a state

Great memories of The Mecca. Car load would go up (Ford Anglia) and sleep in the car in the multi-storey car park next door (part of the garage). Turned out the car park was just like a hotel loads of people all sleeping in cars. With four lads in my car it must have stunk in the morning.

Happy days!

When we started going we'd sleep in a Ford Transit in the driveway of my Uncle who lived in Lytham St Annes, unfortunately one of my mates lobbed a used condom onto his next door neighbours driveway so we "moved" into the Mecca car park. Apparantly the bloke never spoke to my Uncle ever again.