Ipswich coffee bars,mid-late 50's,60's

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Ipswich coffee bars,mid-late 50's,60's

mouton1982 26/07/2006, 9:15 PM

Would like to hear from anyone who used to patronise the coffee bars there used to be in Ipswich,there was The Gondolier in Upper Brook Street,The Rickshaw in St Nicholas Street,The Port Hole in St Helens Street,The Mikado in Northgate Street,if anyone has any photos of these establishments,i would love to see them,please....those were the days !!! .

Regards R.B.

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Fred Deskins 27/07/2006, 12:55 AM

I remember the Gondolier. The place to be before the trip to the Randouvse. (Spelling) Thanks FD

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F Deskins

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m hopper 27/07/2006, 1:34 AM
i worked for 2 years from 62 to 64 at the Rickshaw and porthole, they were the good old days , sorry to say i have no pictures ( margaret canada )

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steve 18/09/2006, 10:40 PM
ya i used to use the tuder cafe (op mulberry tree pub) mid sixties great times in there

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Old Biker 19/09/2006, 11:05 PM
I can remember going from Norwich Road into town, you passed Quix Snax cafe, the Two Ages coffee Bar, then just before Orford St the cafe called Stans Snax, then where the Civic Drive Rounabout is now, just past Berners Street there was Yvones Milk Bar, I was 15 at the time and was having a crafty Ciggy and a bottle of Coke in the Milk Bar, at 8.00 at night, a teacher came past and saw me, next day at school I got 6 Strokes of the cane on my backside for this offence, good days they were, havn't things chaged though Crying [:'(]

No Photo's though "sorry"

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SARKY 22/09/2006, 6:54 PM
And I remember us hippies hanging about on a Saturday morning in the Burger Bar by the Eastern Counties Bus Depot at the turn of the 70's - just a short walk from the "ex-jukebox" Record Shop opposite the Blue Coat Boy where one could get all the recently released 45's secondhand for around 25-30p each! A friend and myself (both committed Hendrix freaks) were the first people in Suffolk to hear the then new Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies LP in it's entirety owing to happening to stroll in one Saturday morning and be told, by one of the two ladies who ran the shop, of its imminent delivery that day...we came back an hour later and they played the album through for us! Try finding that kind of service in an Ipswich shop today with the possible exception of Browns whilst it still exists!

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skgbrit 19/01/2007, 3:13 AM
my dad tony harvey remembers all coffee bars he was a bit of a teddy boy back then he always sang around town and was in several groups does any one remember him

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genie 19/01/2007, 7:34 AM

wowwww those were the days , i use to go in THE PORTHOLE had some great times in there and the MILK BAR playing the juke box and sipping coke , where have the years gone

Genie

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old rocker girl 19/01/2007, 10:55 AM

Hi there

Does anyone out there remember the Double Decker, Ponderosa or did you go to the 2 Ages along Norwich Road

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steve 19/01/2007, 8:22 PM

hi there

yep the two ages rocker cafe what a great time in our lives hey o to be back then and the keyhole at needham market what memory's

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old rocker girl 22/01/2007, 9:21 AM
Who did you use to hang out with and what make motorbike did you use to ride.

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steve 22/01/2007, 7:28 PM

hi rocker girl

i used to hang about with a bloke called monty we used to ride 250 beezer c15

and an old francis barnet wish i had it now, what about you used to be some classie greaser's girls back then

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mouton1982 25/01/2007, 12:33 PM

Great to see all these memories from all those great places flooding back on here,but,can anyone remember that other great cafe in the early 60's, more on the outskirts of Ipswich....The Classic Cafe....on Woodbridge Road East, used to a great extent as a meeting point and then particularly at weekends all go off to all sorts of places in the country where there was a band on,Woodbridge,Framlingham etc etc., and then finish up back at 'The Classic'....poor old Doris and Joy and Christine who worked there probably despaired when all the boys and girls arrived with minutes to go to closing time wanting something to eat,but they were lovely people and would always russell something up and work past closing time,some of the 'lads' i remember are Ray,Noel,kevin,the Berry Brothers,Maurice,Lenny,'Big' Bill the then taxi driver,Colin,Clippie and Dougie to name but a few,girls i remember are Teresa,Yvonne,Sally,Jane,Rita,Maxine,are any of you out there?....oh,what memories from the 'olden days'..really great,however can it be over 40 years ago??...are we in a time warp ???

Regards Reggie.

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tiny 27/01/2007, 2:23 PM
Hi, I used the double decker. Many a time i had to hide from my dad as he worked at the county hall,I can't remember many people was very shy then. there was a guy called Fordy I think he worked on the buses. And lots of Italians.

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browneyes5 04/05/2008, 10:49 PM

Hi Reggie yes I should remember the Classic Cafe as I lived there and worked there.It was my mother who ran it for Ken Root who was the owner.They were the good old days we had some fun .Thinking about it,it could have been before your time im talking about between 47 to 50yrs ago oh dear where has the time gone.If there is anyone else who remembers around that time please let me know.My name is Val and they all used to call my mother mum. Hope to hear from some old friends. Regards Val

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