Photos fromDoug

l'd just like to apologise to everyone as my computer has recently packed up all together and I've not got access to all the photos for the old stuff which you have all sent in, but all is not lost l have the hard drive which contains all the photos etc, so it won't be long before things get back to normal...with a new PC!
Todays photos dating back to the mid 70s were sent in by Doug Tappin and were salvaged from my email inbox.

3 photos from Frank

Hope you have all put your clocks forward!

Today we have 3 more pictures from Frank, What about the 3rd one, where is that taken?

Nice outfit Andy!

Jimmys photos from the 70s

Thanks to Jimmy for sending his photos from 1974-75. In the first one taken at the Beachcomber in 74 are Jake, Alan and Jimmy. 2nd photo taken at the Moby Dick also 74 - Pat, Elaine, Jimmy, Joanie and Eddie who Jimmy says was a well known boxer. 3rd pic from the Highlander 75 - Jimmy, Ian, Mary, Ricky and Gary.

Frankie's Photos

Thanks to Linda for sending Frankie's photos through, too complicated for him to do it himself she said....What would you do without her Frank !

Frankie's keeping well out of the way in this photo!

At the bus station.

Paddy's bar

A Story from Glendon

The stories which people are sending in seem to be very popular judging by the comments which are been left, here we have another story today from Glendon and again it involves a gun!

I worked in Lloret 1972/3, Las Cuevas/Western Saloon/La Cala/Londoner/ Also DJ Garbi Park Disco around April 72. End of the season 72 October I was working the top Bar at the Londoner, around 9pm a big Spanish guy started ordering brandy (103 Black if I remember correctly), as the night came to a close around 2am, I gave him his bar bill..,he pushed it back to me, I started to cash up the till, he asked me to give him the takings for the evening, I said no thinking he was a little drunk and tried to have a joke with him, he then pulled a pistol from his belt and threatened to shoot, not at me, but anybody who was ready to confront him (I dived on the Floor under the bar), within a few minutes a large black Limo pulled up outside the bar where Edgar Bach then one of the owners was whisked away, the Guardia then turned up and escorted the gunmen out of the bar, the staff had a nightcap in silence trying to make light of the incident. The next day I was walking to work and I saw two Guardia parading up the main drag, I recognized one of them was the gunman from the evening before, he looked at me nodded his head, with a certain smirk on his face, of course this was in the reign of Franco, when I understand that no Guardia could do no wrong, I wonder if Alan (A.A. Excursions) remembers the incident.
Has anyone heard from the tall  Guy Louis from Liverpool,he was somewhat older than us at the time,but as mad as they come,or even Chris who managed many of the bars/Clubs for Edgar/Geoff. Fond memories  of my time in Lloret.

Photos from Doug Tappin

 

I have another new batch of photos this time from Doug Tappin who is now living in Nerja and was working in Lloret during the 70s at PPs disco.... I'm told by Lee who sent in the photos on behalf of Doug that he never shuts up about it!

We have another regular reader of the blog who worked in Lloret (in the 80s) Brian who is now living and running his own bar in Nerja these days maybe you 2 should meet up and you can both have a good chat about your days in Lloret!

(The photos have somehow come through in reverse so apologies for that)

Sue Vale's pics

 

Back to 1971 with Sue's pics today which feature the Western Saloon