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Sundowners Club – Light Fantastic, Centre Page, Marmalade – Eastbourne April 1976
Sundowners Discotheque – Eastbourne. Light Fantastic, Centre Page and Marmalade April 1976. Remember seeing lots of bands here, always a great night.
Chris Coleman… spent a lot of my misspent youth in there lol
Jane Hartley… Nipped over there after the pubs chucked out and got in before they closed the doors!
Virginia Davis… Forgot about Sundowners. Used to go a lot
Leigh Wieland-Boys… Saw lots of bands there & also, across the road at Kings Country Club – although that was more ‘cabaret’ style artists & comedians. The Barron Knights, Tony Bennett, Mike Reid, Freddie Starr to name but a few!
Charlie Ball… Sweet sensation !…. Used to love the Sundowners, Good fun
Alan Esdaile… Sad Sweet Dreamer Charlie. I think I saw them. I remember seeing Mud and The Real Thing at The Sundowners.
Leigh Wieland-Boys… Yes! Saw them too Charlie! Did we go together?! Lol ️xx Great times! Oh to be young again, eh, Mr B?! ️xx
Paul Austin… Reflections of my life by Marmalade… One of my favourite songs of all time!
Mark Gilham… I played opposite there at Kings Country Club in a cabaret band when I was a 17 year old student!
Jane Dorsett… saw lots of bands at sundowners, had my 18th birthday at kings country club, at will be 40 years ago tomorrow. were has all the years gone, love to do it all again.
Colin Bell… Did some djing there and first saw The Drifters at Kings C.C. over the road, when Johnny Moore was the lead singer, a really lovely guy with a great voice. Im sure Andre did some djing there too?
Or has my memory gone wonky…!
King’s Country Club Eastbourne – 1975
Martin Richter… impressive line-up !
Patricia Lloyd… Loved kings
Julie Morris… Often went on a Thursday night – loved it!
John Scaife… Peter Gordeno -Commader & The Pilot of Sky 1 (Submarine in UFO)
David Edwards… Imagine Ella Fitzgerald like a diamond atop a pile of also tans, Kings certainly pulled out all the stops there!
Jim Hobbs… Fair comment, but to give them their due, the others on the line up were big UK stars in their day.
Tony Court-holmes… Andre and i worked there
Cliff Bennett… What a programme!!!!????
Colin Creagh… Just look at the names
Terry Pack… The sad thing is that most ‘entertainment’ in Eastbourne is unchanged in 45 years. The Devonshire Theatre has pantos and Agatha Christie, the Congress has bands from the 60s, comics from the 70s and orchestral music from the 1800s, and the Bandstand has tribute bands all Summer. The idea that a musician like Ella could do a week long residency these days… if only.
Richard Cripps… Mum and Dad owned a chalet there, spent so many memorable years there from the age of 8 [1971] until it closed. Had the opportunity to see sooo many stars of the time there… and then across the road to the disco. Any one remember Nan on reception? or Barry the house drummer?
Michael Williams… I lived at Kings, as my father was public relations officer, I remember him introducing the acts on stage including Sandie Shaw, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck , Dusty Springfield and loads more. My father had an album with him shaking hands with all the stars before he introduced them on stage. That would have been the sixties.
Robert Searle… Clark-Elsom Collection,who remembers them? What ever happened to Graham Clark, the bass player?
Perri Ann Haste… I used to go there in the Mid to late seventies – always had a great time! – happy days… those were the days eh
Dave & The Debutantes early 60’s
photos: Jacqueline Marsh
Jacqueline Marsh is looking for more photos of Dave & The Debutantes. If anyone can help then please get in contact.
Shelley – 1960-1968
photo biog… supplied by Len Smith Eastbourne Bands from 1960 on
Witch Doctor gig – 30th April 1966
David Kirkwood… Hi, I met Andy Machecknie many years ago in Geraldton West Australia. He told us of his time in Shelley and their time in Norway. Is he back in England or still in WA? Would love to hear what he is up to.
Kings Country Club Posters – Eastbourne 1970’s
supplied by Andre Palfrey-martin collection
Janine Anne Hemsley…Yayyyyyyyyyy I was in Meridian lol. I was 15 .
Redstar Richter… Charles case?
Robert Searle… I remember The Clarke Elsom Collection supporting many stars there, with Graham Clarke on bass guitar.
Gary Kinch…. I only went there once, enjoyed it at the time. Does anyone remember who the owner was?
Andre Martin… Ray King owned the club, but the real Boss was Mrs King, a lady that you did not cross, only if it were your last moments on this earth, don’t get me wrong, she was a very nice person, but was in control. Ray was a great person to work for, spent 5 yrs on the Entertainments team. Here is ” The Guv ” taken at a Municipal Event in Eastbourne in mid 70s.- I enjoyed working for him.
Andre Palfrey-martin collection
Andre Palfrey-martin collection – around 1979
Jane Hartley… I worked in one of the Hastings pier shops early 80’s, lots of performers at Whiterock used to wander around the pier before their show. Met many, including the Dooleys!
Gary Cripps… Bring back the club it was brilliant
Andre Martin… YES but we sadly do not have the quality of acts that were about at the time to make all these clubs such great entertainments centres. Time changes demands. All we can do is remember just how lucky we were to be part of that great generation – the Boom years.
Desmond Dekker – The Sundowners Eastbourne 24th July 1975
Sue Verrall… I would have gone if I had realised. No Facebook in those days alas.
Joe Knight… Met him at Catford; I use to be a good friend of Steve Maxted in the late 60ts 
😂 great fun with Steve
Mike Curtis… Best song “Me ears are alight”
Tony Court-holmes… used to go Sundowners a lot
Jazz, Jive and Swing at Terminus Hotel, Eastbourne 1949
supplied by David McLean
Martin Richter… great pics
Margie Watts-Carter… love to put names to all those faces.
Colin Brown… Terminus Hotel was a Pub. Opposite now closed Debenhams. Must have been in a Room upstairs.
Paul Ursell… I had my wedding reception in the dance hall up stairs when Gordon and Ivy Allard had the Terminus Hotel. I’ve got a plate from the reception that Ivy gave us.
Guys ‘n’ Dolls – The Sundowners Eastbourne 13th July 1975
Robert Searle… Was there
The Mobiles – Long Time 1982 & chat
supplied by Bertie Wiseman
The Mobiles featured David Blundell, Chris Downton, Russ Madge, Anna Maria, Eddie Smithson, John Smithson
Nick Prince… Who remembers The Mobiles, who were based in Eastbourne. The bands members came from Hastings, Eastbourne and Bexhill. I distinctly remember Anna Maria, the lead singer came from Ore. They had two hits, Drowning in Berlin, and Amour Amour, having been doing the local pub circuit for a while. Did anyone on here see them?
Mark Randall… Only on TOTP with a Bowie at Victoria Station stylee salute
Henry Mann… She used to live just round the corner from me. Big surprise to see her on TOTP.