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Posted By: bidstonman Late Extra Club New Brighton - 17th Oct 2010 7:38pm
Was wondering if anyone has any photos of this place before it was converted into flats.
Many thanks
Posted By: Bezzymate Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 17th Oct 2010 9:11pm
Sorry no pics but a friend's grandad was a doorman there.
Posted By: tigertiger1953 Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 17th Oct 2010 9:24pm
No but I remember it well. The sign 'Late Extra' was in blue on a white background illuminated above the door. Some of the building was used by nuns from Maris Stella convent (who would have Stella in a convent school name now?) and it was a bit of a joke that there was a bridge goin from Maris Stella to a niteclub.

Remember walking past there aged 15 (1968) or so and a man had been thrown down the steps by bouncers and was lying in a pool of blood. His (wife?) was shouting 'You didn't have to do that to him!' First aid was not being considered by her or the bouncers. Good Old New Brighton in the rare ould days.
Posted By: tigertiger1953 Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 17th Oct 2010 9:26pm
No offence to your Grandad's mate!
Posted By: Bezzymate Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 17th Oct 2010 9:29pm
My mate's Granddad and none taken!
I think he was there in the 70's.
Posted By: Tatey Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 18th Oct 2010 7:22am
Was the doorman Scottish & called Bob?
Posted By: bidstonman Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 18th Oct 2010 12:46pm
My dad used to work there in the 70's (not as a bouncer!) hence the interest
Posted By: Bezzymate Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 18th Oct 2010 9:21pm
His name was Joe and I think he was from Yorkshire originaly
Posted By: Tatey Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 19th Oct 2010 7:12am
Originally Posted by Bezzymate
His name was Joe and I think he was from Yorkshire originaly


Thanks for that, different doorman. I used to have the odd drink in there when John Brindle owned the place.
Posted By: bidstonman Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 19th Oct 2010 7:42am
Think it was on the junction of Rowson Street and Virginia Road?
Posted By: detsi Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 19th Oct 2010 4:27pm
Originally Posted by summer01
was that the one at the bottom of tollomache road or street?


That was the Tudor, I think.
Posted By: tigertiger1953 Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 19th Oct 2010 6:02pm
Yes it was on the junction of Rowson Street but not Virginia road. It was the bit of Wellington Road that everyone thinks is Virginia Road. Actually Wellington Road once went as far as Balmoral Road before they named that bit Virginia Road. Perhaps they found a virgin living there....if they did she's gone now.
Posted By: detsi Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 19th Oct 2010 7:30pm
Originally Posted by tigertiger1953
Yes it was on the junction of Rowson Street but not Virginia road. It was the bit of Wellington Road that everyone thinks is Virginia Road. Actually Wellington Road once went as far as Balmoral Road before they named that bit Virginia Road. Perhaps they found a virgin living there....if they did she's gone now.


She definitely wasn't in the Late Extra smile
Posted By: Tatey Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 20th Oct 2010 8:36am
But I think I met her one dark & stormy night when I came out of The Creep Inn!
Posted By: tigertiger1953 Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 26th Oct 2010 11:34pm
I lived opposite the entry that led down to the Creep Inn. Many virgins may have gone down there but few if any came out.
Posted By: ludwigvan Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 27th Oct 2010 11:27am
Wasn't there a drinking club called the Magenta in the same area?
Posted By: tigertiger1953 Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 27th Oct 2010 12:03pm
Yes it was on the top left as you walked up Waterloo Road between a garage and a house called 'Libeda'. They used to do a lot of weddings there.
Posted By: Bezzymate Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 29th Oct 2010 8:45pm
My Mum and Dad had their wedding reception there in 1956!
Posted By: parkgater Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 23rd Feb 2011 1:28pm
the doorman at the late extra was called patrick, and he was from Ireland.
Posted By: parkgater Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 23rd Feb 2011 1:33pm
the place you are writting about was whitbys dairies,laterly it was known as german jacks.
Posted By: parkgater Re: Late Extra Club New Brighton - 23rd Feb 2011 2:04pm
the drinking club and function rooms in waterloo road was originally called whitbys,at the rear of the building were some sheds there were some hand drawn milk floats for home delivery of milk, that was in the late 50s. in the 70s the drinking den was known as german jacks.
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