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Anyone remember Derry Wilkie and the Pressmen at the Kraal.
They really got my mojo workin'. Met my first wife there.

Was that in the 60s? was the chelsea open then?

Welcome to the nostalgic WikiWirral machine softshoes. I only remember it as the Golden Guinea and then RJ's with the "Coq Loft".

The wot loft? upstairs with shakin dave who was a greeter at asda lol

You couldn't make this stuff up

Thanks for welcome. I lived on ormiston rd ( off seabank rd ) from about 1952 to about 1966. Went to vaughan rd school

The Kraal, what a great place that was!! It reminded me a bit like the Cavern only smaller and not so smelly. Used to be some great birds their - Oh sorry is this a P.C, site. I remember eating in the cafe that John Stanley owned and sitting across the aisle was Tony Crane from The Merseys, c'mon you all remember Sorrow. Not sure if they were on that night.

my friends husband was in the pressmen bob pears.so guess she was in there all the time .don't know a great deal about them ,i know they from wallasey and went to germany with the beatles.

I remember one night John Stanley had a brand new 'fruit machine ' installed. It went wonky and paid out the jack pot for nothing ( drugs for free ). Off to the Grand for a table full of halfs

"Those where the Days"

Ahhh the Kraal ........oh what memories perhaps in the sixties
THE BEST club in wirral my own band 'The Vampires'played there
but it was really home to 'The Undertakers'perhaps the best band ever from the Wirral....Our lead singer Dave Hughes idolised
Jackie Lomax the lead singer

Bring on the memories !!!!

Just to add if any of you are fans of 'Spotify' the music site
there are 72 tracks of Jackie Lomax on there....some really great
stuff to be enjoyed,,,,simply type his name in the search box and chill

Any one got any pics then of the kraal club.

or any other stories.

Didn't Bob Pears work at Levers before he left
to play full time?

I used to go to the Kraal with my mate and
around half eleven there was always a
debate wether to cut your losses and go
for the last bus or hang on and see if
you could tap off.
If that failed it was a long cold walk
home.

I think John Stanley had Weavers Cafe on
Victoria Rd. Took a girl there for breakfast
after an all night session in the Kraal.
We were really sophisticated those days.

Met my wife in the Kraal and had many
friend who went there.

The Kraal Club I knew was in Albion Street at the juction with Montipelier Cresent and near where the phone box is. It had an entrance to a cellar in the Albion Street but and had what looked like a big egg carton with 'Kraal Club' wirrtin in red on a white background. It was knocked down in the 60's and was just grass until a few years ago when it was built. It's possible that it moved to the front but there was definitely a Kraal Club where I said. never went in as I was too young but I rememebr passing it every day coming home from school.