This page is no longer updated, and is the old forum. For new topics visit the New HOL forum.
Orchid ballroom Purley
Register | Edit Profile | Subscriptions | Forum Rules | Log In
 gambler  Kent 24 Aug 16 7.14pm |
  |
|---|---|
|
Anyone ever go to this place back in the day? I'd never heard of it until I saw this on The Who's facebook page. Before I was born but a bit of Who history.
|
|
 Alert a moderator to this post |
  |
Attachment: | chris123 hove actually 24 Aug 16 7.37pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Oh yes, very fond memories. The Mike Morton Sound were the house band and there was a great sprung dance floor.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
aquickgame2  Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 24 Aug 16 7.44pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Ahh..great memories there...go out for a knee trembler behind the bins...I was such a romantic back in the day
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| palace chick South Croydon 24 Aug 16 8.11pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Yes, great memories of that place and the walk home (no night buses) to Waddon in the early hours. Remember the revolving stage which started with a DJ and then revolved to a band who would appear :-) Plus you could walk behind the stage through a tight walkway. Palm trees were a bit strange but gave the place a bit of decoration. There was also that great feeling when you walked down the large stairway into the hall - happy days :-)
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| cpvoice 24 Aug 16 8.22pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Plenty of good Monday night bands. (Tuesdays the same sort of bands & crowd at Wallington Public Hall) All the 60's lot at The OB plus the likes of Otis Redding, etc.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| oldstand Christchurch 24 Aug 16 8.42pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Was it then to become Cinderella's. ?Brighton Road .
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| daven Hailsham 24 Aug 16 9.04pm |
|
|---|---|
|
The Monday night was for under drinking age so it was soft drinks only. I remember the tunnel being a snogging zone other than that I remember later it was a dine and cabaret, and I saw a bloke who I had seen on holiday when I was. in Majorca
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
01CPFC  central coast NSW (The Mariners Mi... 24 Aug 16 9.10pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by chris123
Oh yes, very fond memories. The Mike Morton Sound were the house band and there was a great sprung dance floor. When I went there i'm sure the house band was the "Ray Mcveay Band"that was early to mid 60/s
Where is the Joker shown, I haven't used it ? |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
collier row eagle  romford essex via another galaxy 24 Aug 16 9.26pm |
 |
|---|---|
|
Yes went quite a few time, never had much luck with the birds there.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| chris123 hove actually 24 Aug 16 9.30pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Originally posted by 01CPFC
When I went there i'm sure the house band was the "Ray Mcveay Band"that was early to mid 60/s Ok, I was there in the 70's.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| stateside Norfolk 24 Aug 16 9.39pm |
|
|---|---|
|
Remember it well.
|
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
| mezzer Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 24 Aug 16 10.58pm |
|
|---|---|
|
My Dad was bar manager there and I was born in a flat over a piano shop two doors away at 116a Brighton Road , Purley on Christmas Day 1959. My Dad had done a shift that night and, as was the way back then, waited in the front room for my arrival which was at 1.45 a.m. Never went myself though.
Living down here does have some advantages. At least you can see them cry. |
|
| Alert a moderator to this post |
|
Login / RegisterAll images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2025 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.