Happy Christmas

I just want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2012. It was lovely to meet everyone who came to this years reunion, I'm sure l'll be seeing a few of you here again before the next! 

Thanks to everyone who has sent in photos for the 'Old Stuff' and also thanks to all who kept us amused and entertained by posting comments! Lots more Old Photos still to come over the holiday, but please still keep sending them in, so we can keep the blog going.
Love & Best Wishes to all from Jackie xx

(Click on the pic to view the Xmas Card)

Bargain Book?

Can anyone remember the Bargain Book?

 Many thanks to David Buckland  (ex Thompson rep) who has been in touch and sent in theses copies of pages from a book which was given out to tourist in the 70s, heres what David says -

"Here for your dear followers is a bit of Lloret history “The Bargain Book”

It was sold by reps for pocket money for several years in the early 70s

It was very popular and encouraged visitors to visit the special bars listed in either Calella or Lloret

It was the brain child of a super guy called Barry Clifford who also ran the popular

Night excursion called “Discotour” which I guided often, we used to lose a few

guests at each disco we stopped at!!! Eventually returning (what was left of us?) to Lloret for a quick dash to the Moby Dick Disco"

Brian Photos

Thanks to Brian for theses photos! I'm sure we all recognise a few of the faces on here!

(lots more to come yet!)

Does anyone remember Brian?

Brian recently got in touch after just finding the 'Old Stuff' he worked in Lloret for just one season in 1980 at Topo 't' Tops, a few words from Brian - 

"I'm the one in green next to cyril !!.l've got some more somewhere with Malc Coombes on ,just need to find them out . l then went on to work in Kassiopi in Corfu for 7 summers. now have had a bar in Nerja for almost 9 years, Cyril pops in when he´s down this way"

Photos from Sue Vale

Todays photos from Sue date back to the early 70s. Sue, Harry and Sandra are in the top photo can we put any more names to the faces?

ln the next pics Sue & Sandra are pictured with friends outside the lstanbul Club.

Mariano's Photos

Thanks to Mariano for  these photos - the top 2 both from 1973 in the Western Saloon (Yates as we know it now!) and Mariano says that it was taken just a few hours after it was closed down by the police, then about 3-4 weeks later the Londoner was also closed down.

Not one house built on Roca Grossa yet!

Ray Morris

Ray has recently been in contact with me asking about the Captains Arms where he worked for Tony Batey in the early 60s. He sent an email which I've forwarded to Oscar one of Tony's son's, so after more than 40yrs l'm sure they'll be in contact with each other shortly. Tony has a few photos of Ray and the Captains Arms for the site so l'll be posting them on here as soon as l get them.
Is there anyone else out there who remembers Ray? If so he would love to hear from you.

Ray has sent this photo with the caption...."You don't see too many bass saxophones like this one.RayMorris1963 from Brisbane Australia"

 

Maureens Photos

Three more from Maureen today....there she is on the booze again in the 1st one !

Can we put any names to the 2nd photo?

In the last one Maureen (on the left) - does anyone know the name of the young lady she is with?