Chester-le-Street

[The Red Telephone]

Anyone ever been in The Cestrian?

The running joke was as soon as you went through that green door you entered The Blue Oyster Club from Police Academy!

 

[wackyjacky]

Really enjoyed reading through this thread, so many memories, so many great characters.

 

[Scotty 1978]

Still see big Scotty's brother, another Raymond? walking his dog on the bike track between South Pelaw and Pelton

The Scotts are my cousins have seen them for years

 

[wackyjacky]

The Scotts are my cousins have seen them for years

Are you Danny's lad?

 

[Scotty 1978]

Are you Danny's lad?

No my dad was Alan

 

[wackyjacky]

No my dad was Alan

Ah ok.

 

[My Boy Harry]

Anyone ever been in The Cestrian?

The running joke was as soon as you went through that green door you entered The Blue Oyster Club from Police Academy!

I was a member years ago. Great place.

 

[EchoMan]

Anybody remember the cinema on front street ?

 

[Scotty 1978]

Ah ok.

It’s a long time since I’ve seen them but can I remember Raymond being a lovely lad and Stephen was daft as a brush

 

[wackyjacky]

It’s a long time since I’ve seen them but can I remember Raymond being a lovely lad and Stephen was daft as a brush

Tbf nothing has changed!

 

[My Boy Harry]

Anybody remember the cinema on front street ?

Yip. Got burnt down one Sunday.

 

[EchoMan]

Yip. Got burnt down one Sunday.

Not the one in the market place that became a bingo hall. I mean this one

Essoldo Chester-le-Street in Chester-le-Street, GB - Cinema Treasures

 

[Chesterladmackem]

Not the one in the market place that became a bingo hall. I mean this one

Essoldo Chester-le-Street in Chester-le-Street, GB - Cinema Treasures

I can remember one that was up beside the Relton club, a car park now, that got burnt down anarl, lad called Lorne Jackson iirc?
Remember when police station was on front street too, round about where library is.

 

[The Red Telephone]

Not the one in the market place that became a bingo hall. I mean this one

Essoldo Chester-le-Street in Chester-le-Street, GB - Cinema Treasures

First cinema visit I ever had was there in the late 60s as a 5 year old.
Walt Disney's 'Cinderella'.

More of a regular later on at Presidents Cinema where Wilko is now.

 

[My Boy Harry]

Not the one in the market place that became a bingo hall. I mean this one

Essoldo Chester-le-Street in Chester-le-Street, GB - Cinema Treasures

Can’t remember that one at all

My nana and Granda lived at Clarence terrace near the Osborne and the old flick house was where the car park and Boyes now is. I saw batman there with my nana late 60s. It was burnt down....maybe 80s one Sunday afternoon.

I knew the lad who burnt it down and he wasn’t the full shilling like.

 

[Chesterladmackem]

Can’t remember that one at all

My nana and Granda lived at Clarence terrace near the Osborne and the old flick house was where the car park and Boyes now is. I saw batman there with my nana late 60s. It was burnt down....maybe 80s one Sunday afternoon.

I knew the lad who burnt it down and he wasn’t the full shilling like.

Ive just said that, and who burnt it down.

 

[My Boy Harry]

Ive just said that, and who burnt it down.

Trying to remember his name. Bright ginger hair. Lived up,the council houses, second avenue area?

When it was derelict before it went up in flames we used to go in and pinch items to sell. Fuckall really becsuse any lead and copper had long since gone.

 

[Chesterladmackem]

Trying to remember his name. Bright ginger hair. Lived up,the council houses, second avenue area?

nope, it was Lorne Jackson, tall dark hair.
Think your quoting Tot Watson

 

[My Boy Harry]

nope, it was Lorne Jackson, tall dark hair.
Think your quoting Tot Watson

Lorne Jackson? Was he the one who,threw something at Tony golightly when he was ceo. There was an event probably town twinning near the youth centre. Tony was hobnobbing it with the great and the good and I’m sure it was lorne who threw a f***ing pie in his face when Tony had all his regalia on. Didn’t go down well. Remember the name and associate him with being wrongun

 

[Chesterladmackem]

Lorne Jackson? Was he the one who,threw something at Tony golightly when he was ceo. There was an event probably town twinning near the youth centre. Tony was hobnobbing it with the great and the good and I’m sure it was lorne who threw a f***ing pie in his face when Tony had all his regalia on. Didn’t go down well. Remember the name and associate him with being wrongun

Dont know that pie story, but Lorne was always in bother but could handle himself.
Tot Watson had bright ginger hair from 2nd Avenue, was cross eyed too... younger brothet Ronnie was murded in crocs bogs by Hensa from Pelton, kicked in the throat, must have been around 80-81.