Glasgow Mods - Latest Comments in Friday Street

Re: Friday Street

The Mod Generation — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:27:03 -0000

you just missed Friday Street on Hogmany and a great night it was too!

it was great to see so many faces from the old days - really fantastic seeing Quinny, Kenny, Angie, Hendy, Casey and Stevie Corbett again - and of course Livvy - what a man!

Happy New Year!

Re: Friday Street

CharlieM — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:11:36 -0000

Hi Paddysmum, the next one is the last Friday of this month, there is The Afterglw on 10th of January at The Twisted Wheel, in Queen Street, I am sure you will enjoy them, hope to see you there at the end of the month, always glad to meet people who enjoy the music,cheers!!! Oh aye, Happy New Year!!!

Re: Friday Street

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:36:42 -0000

does anyone know if the friday street is on this week sounds magic

Re: Friday Street

ChrisC — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:24:33 -0000

I stand corrected Janny. But I was sure it was the part where the Noveau Riche hung out, and it was known as the time of Le Belle Epoche in Milk Le Castille. Far too grand for a mere Sighthillian.

It was weird how we used to search for hours in the Briggait for these original 60s clothes, when only a while before it would have been a total brass neck to admit that you got your clothes from there. Imagine how bad it would have been at school if the other kids found out your gear came from the Briggait.

Re: Friday Street

Janny — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:34:48 -0000

Chateau Lait actually Chris! And for any of us to be classed as posh, well.......Remember we were wearing clothes that were "second hand" from such gloroius places as the Briggait, before the words "vintage" and "retro" had entered the common vocabulary!!!

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ChrisC — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:17:18 -0000

Were you not aware that Lammy originally came from the posh/snobby part of Milk le Castille Stevie. I am amazed you could not tell that from her accent. And I am in total agreement with you and Davie, everyone should be welcome, as long as they are a Mod Li Li ! That was one of Harpo Marx's quotes, in case you did not recognise it.

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ChrisC — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:13:40 -0000

Good to hear that LC. It will be great to catch up with them again next year then. If you see them before that tell them I was asking after them.

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LC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:17:44 -0000

LiLi Stevie you hit it on the nail with your quote above LiLi. I'm from the South Side, that is posh is it not LiLi

Re: Friday Street

The Mod Generation — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:03:49 -0000

Having met Lammychick a couple of times i think she probably found it hilarious to be thought of as 'posh' - i would have gone for 'sophisticated' myself.

All the same, i'm with Davie on the dress code - maybe, within reason, but it's the more the merrier for me!

Also, like the great sage (Groucho Marks) said "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members".

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LC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:00:12 -0000

I think John and Claire are popping it into their diary for next year.

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ChrisC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:57:18 -0000

I wasn't really aware who was behind it Lammy. But its incredibly well organised, and the music is great and everyone going along looks the part. Its one that is always in my diary now and is a must for anyone who has an interest in the Mod scene. I was talking to John about it on Friday (well Saturday morning) and I was telling him that he and Claire ought to come up for the next one. They would love it.

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LC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:48:13 -0000

Yeah it is thanks to the guys from Friday St who make the Glasgow Weekend possible.

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ChrisC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:28:25 -0000

The music never dies Lammy, that is the beauty of it. I have not had the pleasure of going to as many Mod do's as you probably have. As I said I packed in even going to scooter do's around 86. I never stopped listening to the sounds though, and by the early 90s I was back dressing cool again. The first time I had been anywhere even close to as good as the Scene Club was my first time at the Glasgow Mod weekender do in 2007. The one in June was yet again fantastic, so after all those years of looking for somewhere good to go, it has come around. Long may it last.

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LC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:03:49 -0000

It was great club and I am just glad that it was part of my youth. The music has continued with me throughout my life and I have enjoyed many a Mod night out throughout the years with my friends, old and new.

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ChrisC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:26:09 -0000

I can totally identify with your view Lammy. But whilst I did go to the Star Club and enjoyed the odd night there, it was just not anywhere near the same. By the start of 84 everyone we knew from the Scene Club had packed it in, and there was nowhere to go apart from the odd scooter club night, and to be honest we were not that keen on them.

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LC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:21:01 -0000

I can see from this site that the scene did continue after the Scene Club closed, but it died for me when the The Scene Club closed. We (me and my friends) had nowhere to go and we were forced to retreat to our rooms with our record players LiLi. The Star Club was never my scene and, for me, that appeared to be the only thing on offer at that time before I left Glasgow all those years ago.

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ChrisC — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:06:31 -0000

For what is worth (probably hee haw) my own ideal would always be for it to be 100% Mod. But that is probably inviable nowadays, hence the reason why there are no dress codes in place.

I also think for a lot of us the Mod scene did go after the Scene Club closed. The best band had disbanded , and the only real mod haunt in the city had closed. A lot of our peers just left the scene in total, and I suppose even for us who hung on it was not the same thing. I kept going to rallies for a while. But I had my own last hurrah with that scene when I was confronted by hundreds of scooter boys and scooter skins giving it the old zig heil at Morecambe in 1986.

Re: Friday Street

Scott — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:20:48 -0000

Sounds like everyone had a Soultastic night on friday. I was done in after my fun halloween night at the soft play area with about 30 screaming wee monsters. I've not been to Friday Street yet, but i can't see what good a dress code would do, each to their own as they say. what one person thinks looks great, someone else might think it looks terrible. I think it would only split the scene, with people gathering in different places.

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Davie Blair — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:20:36 -0000

You never hit a nerve and i'm sorry if i came across a bit hard lammychick - never meant to :p i just dont think dress codes have a place nowadays - to have a small room restricted to the way you dress smacks of "separatism" (in my book that means snobbery). Btw - the mod scene in glasgow carried on long after the scene club shut. A' ra' best, Davie.

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TYB Civic mod — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:10:00 -0000

sounds like a good night was had...how many were at the do?

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LC — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:53:36 -0000

IMO, it was not a dress code that killed the scene, in my time it was the closure of the scene club that killed the scene. Sorry if i hit a nerve Davie, no intention. Never been called a snob before LiLi

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Davie Blair — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:05:57 -0000

No - dress codes are what drove folks away in days gone by. What does it matter how folks dress. Snobbery if you ask me.

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LC — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:43:13 -0000

Great to meet you all the other night at Friday Street, I was knacked the next day, due to my excessive dancing. I really enjoyed the music and most of all the company. My only complaint is a lack of dress code, but I totally understand why they don't have one, as they have to pull the punters in to ensure that the venue costs are covered and that the Scene lives on, but it would be great if the Glasgow Mod Weekender venue had a smaller room inside, which was strictly dress code only, do you agree?

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ChrisC — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:18:45 -0000

Yes indeed Stevie. I was talking to David last week and he was saying him and his wife knew you, and you were going to get together near the end of the year. I will certainly go along to the Friday street do again as I thought it was a good night. But as with everything else, the company always has a large part to play in that as well.

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The Mod Generation — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:12:27 -0000

Chris C - you didn't tell me you work with David S - met up with him and his missus (who's an old friend of mine) today. They may come along next time.