DISQUS

CharlieM · 11 months ago

There is a video of it Chris, hopefully when the guy who has it is well enough, perhaps then we may contact him through someone we know,so fingers crossed!!!

Charlie · 1 year ago

Its a buzz seeing these polaroids,yourself Jimmy,me,Speno,Welchy,Robert McT,Div,every polaroid has a million stories behind them,I am a happy O.A.P('ONEST AND PROUD!!! ha, ha!) The Cyber Crowbar take a well deserved bow.

TYB Civic mod · 1 year ago

the silver Glesga PX is mine, am in the Mickey Oates pic as well

Charlie · 1 year ago

Brilliant Glesga PX TYB Civic,its classy,I shown Livi it earlier on,he was well
impressed,well done mate,very original

April · 1 year ago

In the mickey oates pic, the guy at the back on the far right is Snod (Alan Sloan) his brother is Billy Sloan the DJ, he was from springburn, I think. Rocognised jeff Black in there too, at the back left in white jumper. So many faces I know in that pic, brings it all back. I'm sad every time I look at Johnny Wallace and Peter Docherty (both sighthill glory boys), I wish they were still here. :(

If I'm not mistaken, with my old eyes, lol, my ex Mick Prior is the second from the right at the front. Like I said, it's hard to see.

sloanerangee · 1 year ago

Hey this is Alan Sloan I just noticed who posted my name on here April not the same April I dated once upon a time? or is that why you remember me haha! Stevie Phillips can maybe identify more of the faces in this he's been talking to me about it this week.

admin · 1 year ago

Glasgow Civic's badge added to polaroids

sloaneranger · 1 year ago

If it is me in the picture Alan Sloan I must have borrowed someone there's jacket as I don't remember having a jacket with scooter club badges on it. The guy 2nd from the left on the back row is Jeff Black and the guy with the suit and tie front row sitting on the scooter on the left side is John who worked as a mechanic for Mickey Oates 3rd from the right sitting on the scooter id a guy called Hector can't remeber his surname anyone got any other updates on the other faces in the picture?

admin · 1 year ago

Hi Alan thanks for identifying some of the names. Div Malcolm sent in the photos and can also be found here

Chris C · 1 year ago

Some of the guys that I can identify in the Mickey Oates photo, apart from the one's that have been identified so far are Eddie Cunningham, with Rod the Mod on his shoulders. On Eddie's left is wee Bob Kelly from Sighthill. Algie from the East End is sitting on what looks like a Rally 200, and behind him is Jim McInch. The guy on the far left next to the guy with patches on his jacket is Bobby Black. Behind Div C is a guy called Sharkey, and next to him is (I think) Frank Cameron from the Gorbals.

ollienoi · 1 year ago

hello ,lads the guy with the patches is bo bo and the guy top left is jeff black.

Chris C · 1 year ago

I knew Jeff Black was the guy with the bus stop coming out of his shoulder and I thought the guy with the patches was bobo. The majority of the guys in the photo are EE Mods. The guy with the parka on standing next to Algie is also from the east end. Im sure I have seen him at a few football games, but I cant remember his name.

Chris C · 1 year ago

Just remembered.Im sure the guy with the parka on was called Jamie Tracie.

TYB Civic mod · 1 year ago

have posted this elsewhere, but here we go....some of the scooters and folk in this picture at Oates are from the Moonlighters SC, 2nd full scooter from the right, is Grimbob (Sunny Uddy) on his 100 sport with Mitch fae Toonheed behind him, then there is a px to Grims left as you look at it, no sure of the rider, but it looks like Colin Namislak from Cambuslang looking left behind him, wqith me on someones shoulders also looking left above him, directly at John McManus from Blantyre who had the longest hair i could remember for a parka wearer. Johns right hand is on Tam Reids shoulder and that all the names i can remember sadly.... though its possible Johns other hand is on the shoulder of one of the Walsh clan from Blantyre...

Chris C · 1 year ago

I think someone will need to draw arrows on the photo with the names of people they feel are in it attached. I think I know of 16 people who are in the photo. Of all the people on scooters in the front the only ones (I think) I do not know are the guy with the long hair on the far left who is sitting next to John who worked in Mickey Oates, the guy with a stripped jumper and a semblence of a tash, who is sitting on what may be wee Bob kellys PX, and the guy in the black harrington on the far right with Bobo from the east end above him. Either that or I am going crackers. On second thoughts I am probably going crackers.

ChrisC · 1 year ago

As I have said in my mails above, I know of quite a few people in the photo Snod. Most, as you would be aware of are EE Mods, with others like Eddie Cunningham and Jim McInch coming from my side of the city. There are a few Sighthill Glory Boys in it, such as Johnny Wallace, Big Doc, and wee Bob Kelly. Rod the Mod is definitely there as well.

Did you used to drive a rally and work in the cally ?

sloaneranger · 1 year ago

I drove a Green Rally 200 although I later painted it black and silver and worked in the Calley, hell did you have to remind me of that sorry episode of my life not driving the rally but working in the latter, I remember one Friday night after a bath all done up and ready to kill in town and this local bird in the pub I'm giving the heavy chat up lines to says "you work in the Calley don't you" and I say yeah how do you know that and she answers "You smell just like my old man" and that was after a bath all diesel oil and dickheads haha!

So the Rally you seen attempting to mow down the early morning workers arriving at the Calley for 2 years was me, I sold it on to a young guy who worked in there but I don't think he used it for getting to work but it would have been about 1980-81 by the time I got rid of it!

ChrisC · 1 year ago

The rally was black and silver when I saw it, very nice as well I have to say.

I know what you mean about that paricular cally smell of oil and grease. When I was very young they used to have open days every summer and it was great to have a look inside all the old trains and everything. But the smell, although not a bad one, does stick in the mind.

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

HI GUYS CAME ACROSS YOUR WEBSITE BY ACCIDENT MY MAN IS IN THE MICKEY OATS PHOTO I WAS WONDERING WHO HAD THE PHOTO WOULD LOVE A COPY HE IS ON THE EXTREME RIGHT BLACK HARRINGTON HIS NAME IS ANDY DOYLE AND HIS MATE HEC IS A COUPLE OF SCOOTERS ALONG FROM HIM

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

would love a copy of the mickey oats photo as my man is andy doyle he is bottom right on scooter with the black jacket his mate hec is a couple of scooters down stripy top and moustache

Chris C · 11 months ago

Hi paddysmum. If you go into the Glasgow Evening Times site, then press the part called 'Sections' you will come to a part called 'Photo Sales.' Once you press that there is a part you can put in a key word, and if you put in 'Mods' or 'Glasgow Mods' the photos will come up. I think the first sizes cost about a tenner and go up to £14. It's a great photo and I remember it very well at the time. I knew a lot of the people in the photo so it was great to see it again after all those years.

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

Hello Paddys mum this is Algie here ,Me and Andy and big Hec Daly were the best of mates for years right through the whole Mod scene.Ive not seen Andy or Hec for afew years .iwas at a do in the Portland bar in Shettelstone last night and met up with a couple of old East End Mods and we were looking through some old photos of me and Andy ,Big Hec and all the old crew in Blackpool 1981.it brought back some brilliant memories .Tell Andy hecan get in touch with me at lawsontony1@aol.com Iwould love to get in touch again and meet up sometime soon I wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR and look forward to meeting up sometime in 2009. Algie EAST END MODS Always remember the good times

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

HI ALGIE ANDYS AT WORK RIGHT NOW HE STARTED WRITING YOU A MESSAGE WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM WORK BUT WAS TOO TIRED SO I EXPECT HE WILL GET ROUND TO IT SOON WE HAVE NOT SEEN HEC IN ABOUT 4 YEARS BUT HE HAS MENTIONED YOU A LOT AND WAS LOVING LOOKING THROUGH THE PHOTOS ON THE WEBSITE HAVE YOU PUT YOURS ON THE SITE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

ishould be able to put some on tonight for you and Andy to have alaugh at .Ask Andy if he remembers when Eddie Crossan got the jail in Blackpool and we allwent to court wearing Eddie Crossan Is Innocent T-shirts on ,ive got a cracking photo of Andy in hisT-shirt ,it was a pure Mental Weekend but what a laugh, Pure East End .Will be in touch shortly Algie . Always Remember The GoodTimes

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

thanks a million chris you are a star

Chris C · 11 months ago

No problem at all paddysmum. Hope the photo's arrive safe and well. There are two to choose from as the photographer obviously took a couple before deciding to use the one they did. Both of them are crackers.

jamest · 11 months ago

how about making a donation to glasgow mods site and we can send it, helps with running costs...

CharlieM · 11 months ago

That's a great idea Paddysmum, if you wish to put them on the website Algie, let us know and tell us what kind of music you like and we can put a Jukebox up next to the photos, that would be the biz, cheers, E.E.M,always!!!

Chris C · 11 months ago

What's all this EEM forever lark Charlie. I have heard your accent, and I know where you stay. You have switched over to be the sole Kelvinside Mod nowadays Li Li !

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

Hopefully ill be able to put them on tonight Charlie.ive got some from the Scene Club ,Blackpool 1981,and afew taken up the East End 1981,2 .Ive also got a really good one from one of the early runs to Ayr on 8th April 1980 in Union st .It was meant to have been printed in the Daily Record the following day .but somebody else stole the headlines {selfish bastards} .but my Mas pal worked in the Record at the time so i managed to get the original photo so theres some really old faces in it including yours truly but theres a few icant place maybe yhey will recognise themselves and let me know Algie .East End Mods Always Remember The Good Times

CharlieM · 11 months ago

You can take the boy out of Easterhouse, but not the knife in his back, ha ha!! Ahh memories of a Glasgow boy aged 13 and half , the Laniq years ha, ha!!! Don't worry never drank a bottle of "Lanny" in my life, but a lot of people around me did!!!

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

oh looking forward to seeing them algie andy tells me all about his days as a mod my dad was one of the old mods ill have to dig out some from blackhill there are some crackers in ma grannys album they had no money but they had style

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

Pure EastEnd .Whatever the social climate the East Emders have always had a bit of style and a good attiude of sticking together in bad times . Your man was a diamond for that . Algie

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

i heard all about that blackpool incident

CharlieM · 11 months ago

That will be a trip and a half Algie, looking forward to that, we arra Mods!!!

CharlieM · 11 months ago

Hi Paddy'smum we have an article on 60's Mums and Dads as Mods, if you want add to them , that will be the biz!!!

doyley · 11 months ago

alright algie just back from work having a beer, jo told me you where at the portland with the old eem will have to get a night out with the boys i will get in touch with hec hope you keeping well looking forward to seeing youand talking about the days"the real eem" talk soon................... andy

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

i think we should start a revival i was too young to be a mod but i love the sound and the style

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

the new new but not so young mods haha

CharlieM · 11 months ago

Hi Algie, if you send the photos to our Stevie at glasgowmods A-T googlemail.com, Stevie will do the biz for us, awra best!!!

Chris C · 11 months ago

I am really looking forward to seeing those old snaps Algie. At the moment there are not so many from the 79 to 82 period, and even less of the legendary Scene Club. Do you or any of the other guys that you are still in touch with know of the whereabouts of any of the videos of that film that was shot down at the Clydeside in October 1981. There must have been more than 200 scooters that day, and most were all doubled up. When the hundreds watching on are considered there must have been at least 600 Mods there that day. I have seen the film twice, once at the Scene Club, and on another occasion at Ged Skivingtons house around 1984/5. If I remember correctly there is also some footage of you guys driving Edinburgh Road.

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

I remember it well Chris iwas there that day and it was amazing ,i remember us all riding along the dockside with no helmets on all doubled upon our Scooters . there must have been a couple of hundred easily that day .i remember one of the guys that ran the Scene Club filmed it and put music to it and we watched it in the club later i think his name was Ray or something .It would be amazing if we could track acopy of it down ,Ive not seen wee Ged for afew years but could probably get in touch with him through somebody to see if he can remember if anyone might have acopy. Do you remember big Stevie Philips from Carntyne.hes in one of photos i sent in ,hes standing with his Scooter next to Billy Morrison from Pollok.Im sure iremember big Stevie having some film of Scooters either on Eddy rd or the dockside .The last time i seen him was when he came up for Elkys funeral and we spent a couple of days on the lash bullshitting about old times .He works for the MET in London so he should be good at tracking things down ,ive got anumber for him and hopefully ican get in touch .its worth a try .Meanwhile ill get asking about to see if anyone else might remember something .The search is on for the Holy Grail of the Glasgow Mods

CharlieM · 11 months ago

Ah the "Holy Grail" of The Scene Club Chris, I remember watching the same video as you, Chris in The Scene Club, I am sure its out there somewhere, "Indiana Jones" time here methinks!!

Chris C · 11 months ago

Well christened Charlie, that is exactly what it has become. The only difference is that we know for absolute certainty that it did exist. (I think) A copy must still be out there somewhere, and I know that there was one that was still with the EE Mod community during the mid 80s, long after they (like myself) had packed it in.

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

charlie what is the best way for me to put photo onto the site I have them ready to send Algie E.E.M

CharlieM · 11 months ago

e-mail them to glasgowmodsA-Tgooglemail.com, Stevie will graciously put them up for you, with music of your choice if you wish, cannae wait to see them, cheers Algie!!!

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

HAS ALGIE POSTED THOSE PHOTOS YET?

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

Sent them in last night Josephine ,waiting on some more coming .Ihad a wee problem with my computer on Saturday so had to wait till Sunday to get it sorted .Hope you are all well ,cheers Algie

paddysmum[JOSEPHINE] · 11 months ago

NAE BOTHER JUST WONDERING THERE IS SO MANY DIFFERENT BITS TO THE SITE IN CASE I MISSED THEM

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

hi Josephine just to let you know the photos are on you see your man in his T-shirt
cheers Algie E.E.M

James T · 11 months ago

you can find them here http://www.glasgowmods.co.uk/2009/01/05/algie-eem/

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

Alright Andy mate hope every thing is well .cant wait to meet up and have agood laugh and wee swally .last time i met Hec was in the Louden in Duke st about 4 or five years ago i think if irememember right he never had his moustache ,first time since Primary school ha ha .Ilook forward to meeting up with you soon. Awra Best Mate Algie. Always Rememember The Good Times. ps its a really good site Andy for a bit of Mod nostalgia ,be in touch soon

cateran · 11 months ago

Just sifting through the web and came across this site, shit it brings back memories. remember nearly everything about the Scene Club as I worked there and bloody slept there nearly every weekend. I am living in New Zealand now but I was living in The Butney in Maryhill when I was going up to the Scene. Any questions you want to ask fire away...... Anything from the night we showed Quadrophenia on the big screen ( it was a 24in TV, to body searches and bag searches for alcohol....... if you ever wondered what happened to the confiscated booze..... me and the owner of the Scene, Lorrie Mc Culloch got absolutely pissed everynight when the club closed, to the polis raiding the place at least once a month for underage drinking......

ChrisC · 11 months ago

Question 1 must be 'How did you manage to cram so many Mods into the Scene Club most Saturday nights' and question 2 would be 'Why was there always guys in the girls toilets?

And I have to say that I am not surprised you you knicked the booze, coming from the Butney Li Li !

AlgieEEM78 · 11 months ago

Alright Chris ,The Rooster was brilliant for a while when it started doing the Mod nights on a Monday /Thursday .The Djs who worked in there at the time ,Joe Deakin &Tommy Arnold ,(who both became famous on the Glasgow Club /Rave Scene] realised there was a whole new Scene emerging and started playing some good 60s stuff and the place ended up mobbed.Thursday nights were especially good ,i rememember arriving there on my Scooter and the whole front of the pub and the street oppisite at the Blane Valley pub being lined with Scooters ,it was some sight .At the end of the night most of the Scooers would have a ride through the town centre and then down to George Sq before everybody went their own ways .Funny enough ,alot of Mods ,Punks ,Skins kicked arond together then ,it seemed to be the Teddy Boy ,Rockabilly mob who didnt take to us ,but i remember the Rooster fondly .ive only got the one polaroid from then ,but all the people in it went to the Mars Bar/Rooster /Uni but Jackie {Bawheids Burd] says she has some and will post them .All The Best Algie.

ChrisC · 11 months ago

The Rooster certainly sounded the biz in its heyday Algie. But sadly I can only claim limited experience of it. Would it be correct to say that when the Scene Club opened at the start of 81 the Mod nights in the Rooster went into a decline. It just sounds reasonable that most would prefer to go out to a club on a Saturday night rather than a Thursday.

I know what you mean about the rockabillies and Teds. By Autumn 81 there were so many of us that everyone banded together against us. I remember one Saturday out the town when the skins, punks, teds, and rockabiillies all got together at the bandstand, and there must have been close to 100 of them. But when they saw how many of us there was they stood for a few seconds, threw a few bottles and bricks and then scattered across the bridge to safety. I actually got hit on the arm with a bottle by that guy Animal, but thankfully there was no blood or broken bones.

I remember one day me and Jim McInch were sitting in that wee pub underneath the Kingston bridge when these three rockabillies came in. I knew by their demeanor that they were tooled up looking for trouble. One came over and asked if we knew who he was, and when we said no, he said that his name was Tarzan. We did know who he was but we were not letting on. We thought we were in trouble and the hands were gripped on the pint tumblers ready for it to kick off. But in reality they seemed more interested in you Algie, and after doing their intimidating, menacing thing they pissed off.

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

I will give you story behind that one Chris .There were about a dozen of us in the Hangmans Rest in Wilson st having a swally before the Scene Club as usual ,when somebody came in and told us some Teddy Boys had kicked over a couple of Scooters outside so we all piled out onto the street and went after them.When we got round to Bell st the place was full of them,apparently Blackfriars was a big hangout for them back then .So being the EE Mods we got tore into them ,it was a really vicious fight with alot of casualties including myself ,i was stabbed twice during the fight but managed to make it along to the Scene Club and one of the guys from there took me up to the Royal to get stitched up ,when we got there some of our mob had made their way up already and there was some of the Teddy Boys in getting treated and it all kicked off again ,the guys you mentioned were there that night and it ended up all out war between us and them for quite a while and got quite nasty and personal .If i get the chance il tell you the whole story over a beer sometime its quite interesting,and obviously theres things that i cant mention on the site . Regarding the Rooster Mod nights going into decline when the Scene Club opened ,alot of our crowd drank in there at the weekend anyway before going to the Scene Club ,but shortly afer the Scene opened ,the wee manager from the Rooster (Michael ] who was a heavy gambler [Asmost Chinese are ] done a runner with the takings and the place shut ,so we moved to the Hangmans Rest and Brookes Bar at Mithcell st ,ithink most Mods preferred the Scene Club than the dancing because of the excellent music at the Club .AllThe Best Algie.

ChrisC · 10 months ago

Yeah, I did know about some of the history about the incident with the teds/rockabillies Algie, that's why I thought we were going to be in trouble that time in the pub when the three of them came in. I knew for certain that most of them always carried blades, and as we were in a sitting position we were at a real disadvantage. Its one of these situations that you don't want to let them know they are intimidating you by standing up or changing what you had been doing before, but they could easily have done something before we had much of a time to react.

The couple of times I went into the Rooster (once successfully) was around May/June 1981. Both times were on a Saturday afternoon, and on both times there were certainly a lot of Mods in, maybe it was you guys. But they were all up at the back as you came down the stairs. For a young Mod of 16 it was all really exciting stuff. I knew about the Scene Club then through guys like wee Prenty, but I had not yet been up, and did not really know its whereabouts. Later that summer I got to know a lot more guys (and girls) who frequented the Lindella and Scene Club, and I started going up myself. I was going out with a girl from Easterhouse who delivered a wee ultimatum 'Either jack in this Mod thing or me' obviously she had to to.

Take care mate, and I'll look forward to meeting up for that pint soon.

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

That would have been us in the Rooster we never missed a saturday morning /afternoon session as big Joe or Tommy would usually be in and stick on some good sounds for us.There was an older couple Archie & Mary who were regulars in the Rooster and were Glasgow Mods of the 60s ,they never missed a Mod night and i once gave him a loan of my Scooter so he could take his missus a run round the town centre ,when they came back he was pure buzzin .As ive said before the Rooster was abrilliant pub for Mods at the time and was sad to see it shut .I think all that stuff with the Teddy Boys was just a mutual hatred at the time ,but it went on for a while.Life is too short to hold grudges and i just look back on it with a wee smile and see it all as part of growing up in Glasgow,we were all just young and a bit mental at times ,the good times far outweighed the bad. we will need to arrange that pint sometime soon it will be good to have a gab about the good old days. All The Best. Algie

ChrisC · 10 months ago

I'll bet the older Mod guy was absolutely over the moon when he was on your PX Algie. I have not been on a scooter now for over 20 years, but I would love to have one more go on one. I keep threatening to buy one but these new regulations put me off somewhat.

You are spot on about some of the trouble that was a small part of the scene back in the early 80s. It was just growing up and a tribal sort of thing. Everyone I know from that time (myself included) did things they would rather they had not but no one ever bore any grudges in the long term.

Maybe those interested could meet up for one of the Friday Street do's. The one coming up would possibly not be good for most people recovering from Christmas, but it should definitely happen. It would be great to swap stories of the mad old times.

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

Your probably right about January Chris ,but let me know the next time somethings happening and i will sort it out for then ,it will give me a chance to meet up with a few old
mates ive not seen for a while.

Ive not been on a Scooter for years either but i intend to get get one some day ,sooner rather than later,(Regulations F*** Them].Theres this Italian guy who i know ,he has a Lambretta 150li 1964 in almost mint condition and ive been bursting his lugs trying to get him to sell it to me , the thing is he hes never really used it and just keeps it as a prop.He says he will give me first option on it if he does decide to sell,it would be great to get out on the road again with it all Modded up.ps Do you ever hear from Jim Mcinch .Cheers. Algie

ChrisC · 10 months ago

I will plan on getting along to the next Friday Street do, which should be on the last Friday in February. That should give those who were stone broke after Christmas a chance to recover. It would be great if we could meet up for a drink or ten then.

I know what you mean about the scooter thing. There is an Italian restaurant where I stay in Bishopbriggs called 'La Vita.' They have this lovely Li 150 which is mostly sitting outside in all the elements. I once jokingly asked the owner if he would sell it but the answer was no. If it keeps up like this it will look crap in a few years.

I have sadly not seen Jim for a good few years now. The last time I saw him he did not look the too hot and was with a couple of guys who were out of their faces. I wanted to to go over and say hello but I didn't bother. That was about ten years ago. It's one of those situations that I would change if I could turn the clock back but as I said, the two other characters looked wired to the moon.

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

Been in that situation many times ,its really sad that so many good guys have lost their way either through Smack or Booze when you remember them young and full of life it really is quite sad .
The next night in Feb sounds good to me and i look forward to it ,hopefully ican get a hold of some of the old EEM and meet up for a drink or 12 and get the stories going and have a good crack .By the way Chris is it held in in the old Blackfriars Pub .

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caltonmod · 11 months ago

joe deacon was in the class below me in st mary's,even when he was a wee boy he was right in to his music!

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

I knew Joe and his missus Sheena quite well from the Rooster ,he was a brand new big guy and certainaly knew his music ,iwouldnt be surprised if he is still playing somewhere. Cheers Algie .

doyley · 10 months ago

alright algie how you doin havin a few beers and readin your comments brings back a lot of good memories . i remember blackpool wot a weekend remember robin the offsales and havin a party on the two big rowin boats on the front then gettin moved on by the polis if a remember right we camped out in a bus shelter.a remember a free forall in diamond lils at the pleasure beach and gettin our photos taken next day with the bouncers by the way eddies still innocent .do you remember the party in nitshill am sure we had a few words on the bus goin to the party with a skinhead a think his name began with an e [right ugly cunt am sure you gave him a couple of digs lol on the bus ] a remember the party was in full swing then the door went and some cunt threw a blade that stuck in the wall and it all kicked off.then we got a police escort on a corpi bus into town a still see john mcquillin now and then in partick hope your keepin well all the best . andy[ [wan o the musketeers]

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

Alright Andy mate ,i remember it all well especially that mad party in Nitshiil,i dont know how we ever got out of there alive it was like the Alamo,i remember big Hec defending the windae wae the Pelmet like John Wayne in the film,wee Spike fae Haghill had smashed the toilet sink and was launching chunks of it at them and the rest of us were trying to keep the front door from coming in .If i remember right it was a railway sleeper that came through the front window just as the party got going (charming ). I was hoping you would come back on mate and we will need to catch up with a few beers. Theres a Mod night coming up at the end of the month and i was hoping to get there ,it would be good if you could get Hec and we could meet up for a few beers .All The Best Mate. Algie (wan o the other Musketeers)

doyley · 10 months ago

IT WAS ME AT THE WINDAE HEC WENT OUT THE BACK WINDAE CAUSE HE COULN,T GET OUT THE DOOR IF A REMEMBER RIGHT HE TOOK A CHAIN OF WAN O THEY CUNTS AND SET ABOUT A FEW OF THEM AM SURE YOUR RIGHT ABOUT THE SLEEPER. DID IT HIT WAN O THE LASSSIES? CAN YOU REMEMBER THE SKINHEADS NAME [A THOUGHT IT WAS GAZO] AM UP FOR A NITE OUT JUST TELL ME WHERE AND AL BE THERE AL GIVE HEC A BELL LET HIM KNOW TALK SOON MATE , ANDY




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cateran · 11 months ago

Those are easy ones. Glasgow District Council gave a licence for 120 people to be in the club, But there was easily 3 times as many were let in as they were paying customers. The rule of thumb for the bouncers were that if there was only room to lift your cup of juice, ha ha ! ! to your mouth then it was time to stop any more coming in. Then to keep it that way it was one mod out and then one in. As for the toilets, the reason was easy, the guys toilets were always blocked up with spew. Quite a few 15 and 16 year olds coud'nt handle 2 cans of Carlesberg special brew without a visit to Hughie. That and the fact that when they were not filled with spew, they were ripped off the wall.

John Riddell previously known as a Butney Mod.

ChrisC · 11 months ago

Okay John. I'v eased you in here with a couple of easy questions. Now for the $64,000 dollar one. Whatever happened to that fantastic film that was shot down the Clydeside with all those hundreds of scooters and Mods, and also featured the EE Mods driving down Edinburgh Road ? If you can come up with that one you may make yourself a small fortune.

cateran · 10 months ago

The video was shot by a guy called Ray. Don't remember his surname, call it old age but it was nearly 30 years ago. Lorrie, the Scence club owned hired him as some big shot video maker/editor. But turns out he had all the gear but was a bit of a Walter Mitty. The person that obviously could give you all the details is Lorrie as he hired him. Unfortunately, I lost contact with Lorrie when I moved to Aberdeen. I have tried looking online in the BT phonebook but with no luck. You can try and see if you have any better luck over there. Lorries full name is Lawrence Ivan mc culloch. At the time of the Scene Clum he was a senior manager with Strathclyde Regional Council ( time & motion department). sorry but that is the best I can do. I lost my copy and everything I had on the Scene club, including the turntable and most of the records, when the neighbour below me decided to make chips when he was pissed and fell asleep with the chip pan on.

ChrisC · 10 months ago

Cheers for that mate. But I had a funny feeling that question was going to have a negative response. Its became the Mod version of the Holy Grail, only I think the one thing we have in our advantage is that we know for sure that the film definitely existed.

cateran · 10 months ago

Don't give up that easy, as I said try looking in the phonebook etc. another way is he was also a friend of the co-owner of the Club. His name was Joe and I heard he is still playing in pubs and clubs in Glasgow under the name of Rocking Joe and the jets. another breadcrumb to follow.

ChrisC · 10 months ago

I'll certianly never give up on it John. I'll keep an eye out for Rockin Joe and the Jets. But by the sounds of them I would take my ipod along and listen to something decent, and then ask the guy called Joe after the gig.

cateran · 10 months ago

As I said, follow the breadcrumbs. To find Rocking Joe and the Jets, you might need to bump into those two bampots Animal and Tarzan or any the crowd they hung about with as they knew joe personally. But apart from that, I still listen to all the same music that I did then, still wear Fred Perrys and if you look under John Riddell on Bebo. I don't think that you will recognise me after this many years but there is a photo of me and Bawheidswife ( jackie Nicoletti) when we were going up to the Scene. You might remember me as the Red head from Maryhill who was always pissed and took the money off you when you came in, or when wee colin left I was doing the DJ thing, but was never as good as wee Colin.

caltonmod · 11 months ago

hello from tenerife! i just came across this sight and thought i would say hi, this brings back memories! i bought a gs200vespa in 78,and then i remember when quadrophenia came out,i got asked by the sunday mail to do a middle page photo shoot,this was august 79. i used to frequent the "marsbar" and watch a great band called the jolt,also another good band was the cuban heels, i would like to put some pictures on this sight if it is possible. i just bought a gtv and a px,tenerife is a great place for ride outs! we have just started a club called "BIG SUR S:C. respect to everyone on here!

ChrisC · 11 months ago

Hi Calton Mod. I think I may have spoke to you on the phone during the past year. If it the same person I know your brother Joe from drinking in the Heilan Jessie bar in the Gallowgate. Joe saw my Vespa t-shirt that I had bought in Rome, and came over to ask where I got it, as his brother was right into the Mod scene when it kicked off in 1979. I knew straight away of the article he was referring to in the Sunday Mail.

Good to hear that you have got another Vespa. It is certainly perfect weather for it over in Spain.

caltonmod · 11 months ago

aye thats right chris! i remember joe putting you on the phone!,i will try and look that photo out,i think you can see it in the sunday mail archives,i'm jut going out on my scooter right now,9am shorts and a t shirt,hahaha!

ChrisC · 11 months ago

Sounds like the perfect environment for riding a Vespa Calton Mod, or Jamie. I was in the Heilan on Saturday there, and I was talking to Joe for a bit. I received some devastating news from the guy that runs the pub; he told me that they will shortly have to stop selling Murphy's. How bad is that.

caltonmod · 11 months ago

hey chris are you on facebook? it is a lot easier to communicate! i tried putting an avatar on this but seems very complex! type in "JAMIE ROURKE" on facebook,i'm also on youtube as "jamierourketen"!

ChrisC · 11 months ago

Hi Jamie. I am not listed on any other things such as Facebook or youtube, well as far as I am aware I am not.

bawheidsburd · 10 months ago

Hey Cateran AKA John Riddle LOL
that explains why we always got so pissed IN the Scene Club then AND WHY I STOPPED DRINKING FOR YEARS AFTER THIS but gaunie tell me what the pub was we went to before heading to the scene club ... the barmaids name was Sandra ...Its driving ME NUTS ........They probably wouldn't recognize you nowadays without your eyeliner !

bawheidsburd · 10 months ago

Just read Doyley's comment about the party in Nitshill I was there too ......OMG it was the same skinhead who slashed Claire Grogan (ALtered Images ) in the Tech NOW IT WILL DRIVE ME NUTS TRYING TO REMEMBER HIS NAME ....he terrorised everyone up the town for a while .....Nitshill Party ...I was last on the bus as I had to go back for wee Margaret from Milton as she was so petrified when the windows came in she was hiding under a bed I got on the bus and my bag was stuck outside the bus but the driver was so scared he drove off with me stuck in the door One of the girls I didn't know but I somehow always thought was Jamie Tacey's ex Katie got trapped on a roundabout and they were kicking the shiit outta her but the driver wouldn't stop so we could help her .......need to go to work ..AGAIN

doyley · 10 months ago

hi bawheidsburd [wots your name cant keep callin you bawheidsburd] a think a was wrong about the skinheads name beginning with E am sure his name was GAZO hope that rings a bell let me know talk soon cheers andy

modernworld · 10 months ago

The skinhead who I think you are talking about name was JAKE, I do know that he was the one who threw the tumbler in glasgow tech that caught claire grogan on the face, that caused her scar, because I was there that night.

bawheidsburd · 10 months ago

My name is Jackie but user name was already taken :L :L so just used my bebo user name Think you are almost there with the skinheads name but not quite.... think it started with G ......I am in touch with my friend Terry (also in Auckland same as Cateran ) from same era and it was him that got us into the Tech I will ask him or Jamie Tracey as think Jamie was maybe at that party too

doyley · 10 months ago

hi jackie spoke to algie yesterday a think every mod in glasgow was at that party in nitshill cant remember who,s party it was [wonder how they explained that to parents. algie says it was like the alamo says a railway sleeper came through the window and it all kicked off from there , i asked him about the skinhead waitin for him to get back to me let you know , talk soon ,andy

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

Alright Andy,looking forward to that pint or two mate and seeing yourself and Hec again (the three Musketeers ride again) Macky fae Carntyne also gave me a shout yesterday and is up for a beer aswell ,its looking like a good night ,ive also arranged to meet up with Chris fae Sighthill and a couple of his mates and we can sort out somewhere to meet up nearer the time.I think the guys name was Garzo. Ive asked Jimmy to post a photo from the Rooster from March 1979 so maybe Jackie will remember some of the faces in it as im having trouble remembering all their names,Jimmy says he will put it on in the next day or so when he gets a chance.Iwill send you my e mail address as some times its easy to miss a comment if youve not been on for a couple of days and that way we can stay in touch, All The Best Mate. Algie

doyley · 10 months ago

alright algie look forward to that beer [to be honest a look forward to any beer lol] a thought that skinheads name was gazo dont think we,re to far away from gettin the cunts name let me know when you want to meet up al phone hec over the next day or so and let him know ave been talkin to you talk soon all the best ,andy here,s my email address andrewhowiedoyle@yahoo.co.uk




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AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

Hope big Hec can make it too ,by the way do you remember who the guy was we found hiding under the bed with the girls at that party ,i remember he got pelters for it later but cant mind his name (shame on him )ha ha All The Best Mate .Algie

bawheidsburd · 10 months ago

Ha ha... Nitshill party .. the thing that stuck in my mind about that party was that even the hall was strewn with smashed glass crunching under foot and every glass thing in the house was smashed except for the telly ! It was truly bizarre When we left (still daylight ) all the old women were hanging over the verandahs shouting at the locals to get us and thats when we noticed wee Margaret (modette from Milton ) was missing ...we had to go back and found her under a bed in the back bedrooom then luckily we managed to run the gauntlet of locals chucking all sorts at us to what I think must have been a bus terminus where a bus was sitting and as I said earlier I was the last on the bus ,trapped in the doors as the bus drove off ...Fun fun fun !

AlgieEEM78 · 10 months ago

Jimmy has put that photo from the Rooster Mar 1979 on my slideshow maybe you can name some of them for me .your right it was avery lucky escape from Nitshill .All The Best .Algie