Does anyone remember any stories about the Queens Hotel on the prom?
I Would like to hear your stories good and bad ones,and if you have any photo's would love to see them.
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I remember the bar underneath called lamplighters used to be my regular in 1988 when i lived on banks square was a bit rough in there.I recall many a saturday night ,smoke filled basement which consisted of 1 arcade fruit machine,a pool table and a juke box and full of unsavoury folk swaggering about,supping what probably was the cheapest place for a pint of lager in southport at that time.

The Queen's Hotel used to be the venue on Thursday nights in the 60s to see some of the country's best known musical groups, including Freddie and the Dreamers and Kenny Ball and His Jazz Men.

Originally Posted by WerthPeter90

Does anyone remember any stories about the Queens Hotel on the prom?
I Would like to hear your stories good and bad ones,and if you have any photo's would love to see them.
leave me a PM if you like or just place them on this fourm Thanx..

http://www.qlocal.co.uk/forums/showt...ghlight=Queens

Originally Posted by Sir galahad

I remember the bar underneath called lamplighters used to be my regular in 1988 when i lived on banks square was a bit rough in there.I recall many a saturday night ,smoke filled basement which consisted of 1 arcade fruit machine,a pool table and a juke box and full of unsavoury folk swaggering about,supping what probably was the cheapest place for a pint of lager in southport at that time.

I would have been one of those unsavoury characters at that time.It wasnt such a bad place,it had character and as you say cheap beer.

Originally Posted by Tilly W

I would have been one of those unsavoury characters at that time.It wasnt such a bad place,it had character and as you say cheap beer.

Who was the owners when you worked ther..

Originally Posted by a.l.guzzler

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Some good pictures there i have a few that i will try and find of the stair case inside.

Didnt your nan use to sing at the queens werthpeter90

Originally Posted by TWIRLY

Didnt your nan use to sing at the queens werthpeter90

NO my great-grand mother owned it!!!

Thinking about it, I have quite a few memories/connections of/with the Queen's Hotel. My dad was head chef there sometime in the 50s. I played there some time in the 60s. I went to lots of events there over the years. The Beatles, of course, appeared there supported by The Diplomats ( Barry Walmsley and friends). I remember chatting to The Animals there in 1964 ....

Originally Posted by WerthPeter90

NO my great-grand mother owned it!!!

Probably not the picture you had in mind.

Must have played there dozens of times with the Rebel Rousers and then the Sandgrounders.

We supported Freddie and the Dreamers one night and we let them use our amps which we had just bought that morning. Their bass player kindly blew out the speaker on mine!

The last time I was there was the night the Beatles played. I'd known Ringo for time and he and just lashed pints down in the bar. He then took a bottle of scotch back to the dressing room with him. Still managed to play though.

Originally Posted by ex more

Probably not the picture you had in mind.

HaHa Any picture is better than nothing!!!

Originally Posted by WerthPeter90

NO my great-grand mother owned it!!!

When did your family have it?My wife's family had it in the 70's to 80's. The Roberts Family.

Club D'Jango (named after the guitarist Django Reinhardt) was organised by a Manchester bloke (can't remember his name now) in the 1960s and the Queen's Hotel ballroom was used as the venue.

I remember watching Freddie and the Dreamers, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen and other top groups of the time appearing fairly regularly.

Tom O'Connor would also feature on occasions at fund raising events at the hotel in aid of Southport FC.

I use to work with Paul Wellard, who organised regular jazz and similar events at the old Palace Hotel around the same period.