goldenfleece Posted October 19, 2003 Share Posted October 19, 2003 Remember WESTERN JEAN COMPANY and JEAN GENIE, two shops on fargate, and BRADLEYS RECORDS also on fargate. remember VIOLET MAY's record shop off the Moor? Remember the courtyard bar of the origianal STONEHOUSE pub, used to drink there in 81/2/3, superb place. Remember BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME on Glossop road (now a pizza place) that sold hippie clothes and beanbags and had a t room upstairs always smelling of dope? Remember THE UNDERGROUND bar on Charles Street, now CHARLES STREET nightclub? Decked out like a subway station it was, quite futuristic in 1984 I recall thinking. Remember the pub culture craze of 1982 to make pubs into "FUN PUBS"....lasted until 1984 and made a lot of my local faves themed bars, THE PLOUGH at Sandygate, BRINCLIFFE OAKS, netheredge to name but 2 conversions. Oh, I could go on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdi Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Originally posted by goldenfleece Remember the courtyard bar of the origianal STONEHOUSE pub, used to drink there in 81/2/3, superb place. I thought I was the only one who remembs the courtyard in Stone House. The 'Outside-In' place. Amazing place and why the hell did they get rid of it? It was the number one meeting place all through the 70's for me. Didn't realise it survived until the 80's. In those days it was into the Courtyard, followed by the Pig & Whistle (now Fountains Bar), the Old Blue Bell in High Street (now Cavells), the Dove & Rainbow, the Mulberry, and then ending up at the Crazy Daisy. Did life get any better than that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardy Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Originally posted by Houdi Originally posted by goldenfleece Remember the courtyard bar of the origianal STONEHOUSE pub, used to drink there in 81/2/3, superb place. I thought I was the only one who remembs the courtyard in Stone House. The 'Outside-In' place. Amazing place and why the hell did they get rid of it? It was the number one meeting place all through the 70's for me. Didn't realise it survived until the 80's. In those days it was into the Courtyard, followed by the Pig & Whistle (now Fountains Bar), the Old Blue Bell in High Street (now Cavells), the Dove & Rainbow, the Mulberry, and then ending up at the Crazy Daisy. Did life get any better than that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal9001 Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Originally posted by Jon did u go to bradleys records to buy your iron maiden singles in red vinyl What about Curtiss on The Moor. They always had Klaus Wunderlich organ records blasting out on Bang & Olufsen gear. I once went in there and listened to "School Love" by Barry Blue. Decided not to buy it and got a nasty look from the assistant. There was also 'Cann, The Music Man' on Chapel Walk. I remember we got our first radiogramme from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycleracer Posted November 30, 2003 Share Posted November 30, 2003 Hal, you went in to buy Barry Blues School love. No wonder you got a funny look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnboy Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Originally posted by Spacehopper Nah Den Ace......... Also, what was the name of the record shop just up from the Forresters on Division Street? Regards, Spacehopper. That'll be FON which later mutated into WARP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 FON!! I always thought that it stood for **** Off Nazi's. Was that true? I remember ordering a pre-release of House Arrest by Krush from them. Ahh, they were the days - all nighters in aircraft hangers and dodgy warehouses... waiting on slip roads for the venue to be revealed... getting raided by the federation. Happy hazy acid filled nights and days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Originally posted by Tony FON!! I always thought that it stood for **** Off Nazi's. Was that true? I remember ordering a pre-release of House Arrest by Krush from them. Ahh, they were the days - all nighters in aircraft hangers and dodgy warehouses... waiting on slip roads for the venue to be revealed... getting raided by the federation. Happy hazy acid filled nights and days. FON did indeed stand for F*** Off Nazis. As a record label, they had some great releases - 'House Arrest' by Krush, 'Hustle' by Funky Worm and Age Of Chance's incendiary version of Prince's 'Kiss' all spring to mind. Wasn't FON run by a mouthy Asian bloke - was he called Amrik Rai? Summat like that anyway. Plus they made extensive use of Sheffield's very own globally famous design studio, The Designers Republic. It gave them that instantly recognisable gaudily coloured look that meant you always knew you were holding a FON release, even before you checked for the logo. And when FON packed in, the baton was passed to WARP... who are still going strong nearly 15 years later!! (Albeit in London rather than Sheffield). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 I thought that Amrik Rai was on the NME? But yes ... "It's The Funky Funky Worm" cue mad laughter.... "listen to the music".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Originally posted by Tony I thought that Amrik Rai was on the NME? He was, but it was the same bloke. I don't know if he actually ran FON, but he certainly performed some kind of PR role for them. I've got an article at home from the shortlived 'Cut' magazine in which he was outlining all FON's ambitious plans for the future... at which point they pretty much ceased operating. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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