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Mr Cherry’s 42/43 Marina St Leonards -on-Sea – outside photo

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photo supplied by Roger

Julie Findlay-jones… Great times at Mr Cherry’s mostly on a lunchtime break from college.

Amanda Hilton… Julie, yep or after a week on Fridays. Good live music too

Reid McDuffie… Julie, Me too!

Danielle Reed… Great memories of Mr Cherry’s in college days don’t think I ever did a Friday after at college lol

Barry Upton… Worked in a flat above recently and the disco lights are still in their loft which was a dance floor I think on the first floor

Tim Moose Bruce… Did a couple of gigs on the 1st floor in the 80s with the band I was in at the time. Most gigs were ground floor and occasionally in the basement.

Romaine Fulton-hart… So handy, so close to college

Ian Johnson… The live music was good

Stuart Tanner… First stop on a Friday night!!!!!!

Oonagh Hague… My late husband worked there x

Leigh Mitchell… A regular haunt during & after my college days in the 70s with my friends – over 50 years ago

Sandra Mcguinness… OMG!! Doesn’t time fly. I loved it there xx

Leigh Mitchell… Sandra, do you remember the polo mint incident with Ron Graham! He was picking it off his jumper for days after

Carrie Downing-Waite Sawatzky… Xlent music, esp for Blues

Stuart Moir… Played there many times with “Centre Page” brilliant clientele was always packed and you had to be in there early to bag a seat

Nastassja Kaschevsky… Played many a gig there in the 1980’s – was a great venue always packed!

Judy Atkinson… I worked there briefly aged about 15 when it was a rather gentile tea shop, long before it became a night spot

Sharon Sellens… Keith & I met there in 1985 at a Better Days gig! x

Rebecca Polain… Sharon, Wow, Better Days! I remember my dad getting us a cassette when they supported Steeleye Span at the White Rock. We liked them more than the main act. Played the tape relentlessly!

 

 

Remember Philpots Marina St Leonards-On-Sea?

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Cris Kennard…. Gosh I worked there from school 1963 onwards. Used to dress the models in the windows and do packing on top sales rooms. Many memories cycling to work in all weather’s from other side of town.

Ted Woodwood… My mum used to work there

Graham Sherrington… woow

Fred Marsh… Never went in there, but remember it, in the 80s I looked after a lady that worked there, Eva

Cris Kennard… Fred, hi if that lady was Miss Eva she was my dept boss lovely lady fond memories.

Pauline Richards… The in place for fur coats!

Cris Kennard… Pauline, we used to try the furs on sometimes before the store opened. Then parade in front of the huge mirrors. Crazy days.

Tracy Birrell… I loved Philpots. The beautiful wooden interior. My Nan was a waitress there for a while in her young days.

Nigel Ford… my late aunt (my 95 yr old mother’s sister) worked there in the 30s. She would have been 105 now but been gone 15 years.

Alan Esdaile… I remember the shop but don’t remember going in there. I’m pretty sure when mum was shopping in their I was plonked in front of the toy shop window nearby, watching the train go round.

 

The Sun Lounge Marina St Leonards-on-Sea – summer programme 1968 and 1969

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Matt Thomas… Didn’t Uncle Percy do shows at White Rock as well?

Sheila Maile… Remember Tina playing at Chatsworth

Stephanie Blackledge… My grandad, Howard Birchall, played with both Gordon Rider and Prince McBride. He was also in the Palm Court Orchestra which performed at The Grand Hotel

Fiona Evans… Aah,those were the days.!

Alan Esdaile… I remember working here in the school holidays for Mr Lee. I thought he had gone to the White Rock,  not busy, so I played the piano. He came storming out his office and went mad and put me on cleaning the toilets duty for a week!

Chris Baker… My Mum, Brenda Baker, used to sing with them in the late 50s / early 60s.

 

Who remembers Mr Cherry’s?

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Yvonne Cleland… That’s a yes from me.

Peter Fairless… Oh, yes!

Neil Cartwright… Remembers? Has it gone???

Andrew Freeman… Oh yes!

Peter Thomson… First place I ever tasted Fosters lager, on a warm summer evening. It was genuine Ozzy fair, imported and served from a tinny. Tasted ok but was significantly stronger than the artificial urine we get now. You want to know how bad it is? Try it at room temperature! This is CAMRA signing off…

Jim Breeds… Definitely!

Patrick Lewis… Quite a few happy nights there in the mid to late 70’s

Jim Breeds…  I think you might be right Pat.

Chris Giles… Yes I used to go there …it was a long walk but ok if you were going into scalliwags later

Alan Pepper… Was it opposite what is now AZUR ? I think we did go there 1977 en route to Scalliwags Fridays ‘back in the day’ !! When the Bee Gees ruled the decks . Get on down !

Alan Esdaile… Yes opposite Azur, Alan.

Jane Dorsett…  went to mr cherrys every weekend,in the mid 70s,then up Saturdays.

Diane Knight… Passed my college years in there !!!

Leigh Weiland-Boys… Loved it there – used to pop in lunch times when at College, and, like others, before going down Scallis

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Lower parade and shelters, Marina, St Leonards-on-Sea postcard

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supplied by Colin Bell

David Edwards… The Skyscraper

Mike Waghorne…David, QE11 in dry dock !

Pauline Sims… Thank you for sharing this!

Mick O’Dowd… What no Jim the Jolly Fish?

Allan Mitchell… Awesome‼️ What Year Was This

Colin Bell… Not sure exactly Allan, it came from a pile of my Dad’s things, but it’s somewhere between late 40’s early 50’s (the St Leonards Pier visible in the background was finally dismantled in 1951) so cant be later

Stuart Moir… Looks about 1950s