O/T Miners

[frogmiller]

We got on about where me and my wife met and were wondering whether the building is 1, still there and 2, what is it being used for now.

We met 31 years ago at the Miners Youth Club in Parkgate.

It was a great place to spend 2 or 3 evenings a week either boxing, playing pool, table tennis, listening to music and dancing a bit.
Many a good time was had there but the last time I went past it was closed and had trees growing out of the roof.

[rileyev.the.third]

Don't know about the Miners Frog but a place I went as a kid was Friendship House in town. Obviously a similar place, played footy in the gym, snooker and did a fair bit of courting. Happy times

[frogmiller]

Where's that Riley?

[Lolmorgan]

Building still there but closed up now,Albert Sykes the guy that ran it for years also passed a way.What a great place it was.I used to go on the disco nights for years late sixties early seventies.

[Lolmorgan]

Don't know about the Miners Frog but a place I went as a kid was Friendship House in town. Obviously a similar place, played footy in the gym, snooker and did a fair bit of courting. Happy times

I also frequented Friendship house late sixties early seventies.

[frogmiller]

Building still there but closed up now,Albert Sykes the guy that ran it for years also passed a way.What a great place it was.I used to go on the disco nights for years late sixties early seventies.

Albert did so much and probably for nowt. He'd have probably been awarded a gong if the rules in place now were in place back then.

[rileyev.the.third]

Where's that Riley?

It was up the side of Talbot Lane Methodist Church. Thinking back looking out of the back windows of the place would have been a fantastic view of the NYS. I frequented it most weeks early to mid 80s.

[CAMiller]

We got on about where me and my wife met and were wondering whether the building is 1, still there and 2, what is it being used for now.

We met 31 years ago at the Miners Youth Club in Parkgate.

It was a great place to spend 2 or 3 evenings a week either boxing, playing pool, table tennis, listening to music and dancing a bit.
Many a good time was had there but the last time I went past it was closed and had trees growing out of the roof.

Never actually went there myself but heard from many that did in the 70s. Parkgate was a scary prospect for a quiet lad from Rawmarsh. Surprised to hear it was still going in '88 when you met Mrs Frog.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

And all this based on the exploitation of fossil fuels

[caytonmiller]

Spurley hey youth club. Sadly well gone