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'Orchid Ballroom'? A walk down memory lane!

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Shelli4

Shelli4 Report 1 Feb 2006 22:59

Cheers Bella I prob went when it was Rizty that sounds vaguely familar!!! didn't go that oftne was a bit far, tended to end up in Kingston, in Cinders or options???????

Haribo

Haribo Report 1 Feb 2006 22:55

The Cats Whiskers became The Studio in 1984 then it became The Ritzy in 1990 and then Ceasars Night Club in '95

Shelli4

Shelli4 Report 1 Feb 2006 22:46

Didn't the cats whiskers Streatham become Cinderallas? I used to go up there but would have been late 80's am sure it wasn't the cats whiskers, was next to bowling alley??? is the orchid south croydon different from the blue orchid which is opposite farifield halls??? Bryan Watertown is still goin strong LOL was there a while back for stripper night!!!!!!!

Keith

Keith Report 1 Feb 2006 22:42

Went to the Orchid Ballroom in Purley when I was at the Guards Depot in late 55 - time flies. :-) Keith

Haribo

Haribo Report 1 Feb 2006 22:40

Hi Allie I used to go to a club in Brixton next to the Town Hall called The Fridge.......early 80's

hallyally

hallyally Report 1 Feb 2006 22:38

Hi Anne! Yes of course that was it!!!! While we are at it, did you ever go to the Ram Jam Club in Brixton? Saw the Yardbirds there, though I have a feeling that this may have been a bit before your time! Cheers Allie

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 1 Feb 2006 17:26

Allie ............ Finally got the name of the club above the Ice Rink - was bugging me all night and my work colleague remembered it ..................... The Bali Hai :O)))

Unknown

Unknown Report 1 Feb 2006 00:16

i can remember some good nights at cinatras-croydon,and also some GREAT nights at dr jims-croydon...and watertown-croydon. bryan.

hallyally

hallyally Report 31 Jan 2006 23:34

Anne - I defer to your local knowlege - though I just asked my hubby and he seemed to think it was over the rink as well! He worked in an architects office on the High St and my sister worked in Nat West bank there. We frequented 'The Rumbling Tum' cafe next to the station - happy days! The Orchid had the palm trees - definitely! allie

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 31 Jan 2006 23:22

Allie - definitely not, sorry!! I was a regular at both the Cats and the Ice Rink.......... I lived and grew up there for 24 years :O) Cats was up near Streatham Hill station - used to be the Locarno .............. near the bowling alley.

Haribo

Haribo Report 31 Jan 2006 23:22

Ali. The Cats Whiskers was over the ice-rink, I'm certain.

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 31 Jan 2006 23:21

Donna - yeah lol And I thought I was the bees knees in my matching top and ra ra skirt and gold sandals pmsl Wish I could remember the name of the club above the ice rink ............. I think I remember a flamingo or palm tree above the door ?????

hallyally

hallyally Report 31 Jan 2006 23:21

Hi Ann I was sure that it was the Cat's Whiskers over the Ice Rink. I seem to remember that you could watch the skating from there. Perhaps my memory is not as good as I thought : ( It's all a bit misty now!! Allie x

Haribo

Haribo Report 31 Jan 2006 23:17

I was living in Brixton and working in Croydon around that time Anne, and thought that Cinatra's was very sophisticated........well., it was, wasn't it?

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 31 Jan 2006 23:15

Donna I used to go to CInatra's around then too :O))

Haribo

Haribo Report 31 Jan 2006 23:13

The Cat's Whiskers was in streatham and Cinderellas was in Croydon...also Cinatra's or was it Sinatras was in croydon. I used to go in the early 80's

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 31 Jan 2006 23:11

Allie - I used to frequent the Cat's Whiskers at Streatham Hill regularly in my late teens lol And I was a regular at Silver Blades Ice Rink - but for the life of me can't remember what the club above it was called lol

hallyally

hallyally Report 31 Jan 2006 23:09

Shows my age calling it the Orchid BALLROOM !!!! Think it was called Cinderella Rockafella's or something like that later or was that the club over Streatham ice rink? That was the 'Cat's Whiskers' when we went. Went past the old Orchid the other week and it is now a fitness centre! Allie

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 31 Jan 2006 23:06

I lived in Streatham Vale, and I do remember the Orchid, but can't recall if I ever went there lol

Unknown

Unknown Report 31 Jan 2006 23:03

I knew it as the Orchid, Purley, but it was too far away for me to go there when I was young and living in the middle of London - or should I say, too far away to get home before the trains and buses stopped running late at night. CB >|<