In the late seventies I was producing bands and running a record company in Wallsend (UK). At night I played in the Mick Whitaker Band. We played the Burgundy Cobbler in Whitley Bay on Tues and Wed nights. I lived in Manor Court Next door, a block of bedsits owned by the Sid McCulloch who also owned the Cobbler. So the Cobbler became my living room. A whole gang of musicians and muso type people hung out there and for a few years there was a great “Cobbler Community”.
Now here are some sounds from the recording session that spawned this line-up. It is a studio session but it is all live with no overdubs. Typical of the stuff we were playing at the cobbler. Sorry it’s in REALmedia but if I get the time I’ll dig the tracks out again and MP3 them.
Long May You Run -|- I want To Be Loved
The View of South Parade from my Attic Room in Manor Court |
Thompson And Whitaker in the Cobbler Cupboard Dressing Room |
Of Course you can’t spend your entire life just having fun so I got married (just kidding) With such proximity it was bound to happen – I married one of the Cobbler barmaids – Molly (that’s my Gran in the Picture)
Hi Steve i remember the cobbler with great affection i loved the place too bits i remember Tony Cole a stylistic lookalike he was a lovely man and brilliant DJ he played the music from inside a specially constructed beach buggy built upstairs solely for that purpose many groups i saw from that time inc The Tymes The Trammps Linda Carr & the lovesquad and many more I last heard from tony many moons ago when he moved back to his native London in 1974 love to know what happened to him two barmaids i do remember from my time there were Susan and Barbara perhaps you know of them i remember aidan Keenan & jack upstairs who used to serve the latre night burgers hope that brings back some memories for you im Bob by the way if you want to contact me love to hear from you best wishes Bob
Hi Steve i worked the door at the cobbler for Aidan Keenan for Sid MC Cullock also did Sands, Top Hat Spenny Moor and the Jungle 20 Quid a night booze free
Hi all i worked the door at the cobbler / sands / Jungle / Top Hat Spenny moor for Sid and Aidan Keenan 20 quid a night a lot back then many happy hour with a party at Aidans place after work
I stay as you did in the flats and spent many hour drinking with Bill the manager of the doormen at the cobbler.
Remember me i worked the door for Aidan and Sid including the Jungle
Hi I worked at the beach club on the front owned by Billy Waugh . many a night serving drinks to cops and aiden Keenan and doormen from Sands and cobbler until 6 or 7 in the morning. Happy days
I was the DJ at the Burgundy Cobbler at the time, but the links seem to have disappeared.