raffertymctafferty
Registered: March 06, 2008
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| July 09, 2008 at 09:33 AM |
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Does anybody remember a cafe in Hollinwood called the Roxy Milk Bar? It was always filled with bikers?
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BLACK_LE
Registered: May 26, 2008
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| July 09, 2008 at 05:07 PM |
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Remember!!!!
We as mods on scooters where really aware of the Roxy milk bar.
pete
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eddieclinton
Registered: March 06, 2008
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| July 09, 2008 at 05:19 PM |
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Dont remember that bar, but wasnt there a bikers cafe on Hollinwood/Victoria Ave? |
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BLACK_LE
Registered: May 26, 2008
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| July 09, 2008 at 05:40 PM |
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Yes there was a wooden cafe that was also full of bikers. That was a real pain because the main route out of Oldham to the coast before the motorway was Hollinwood/Victoria Ave.
the roxy milk bar was where the M60 is now close to where the Roxy used to be.
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ernie
Registered: July 07, 2008
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| July 10, 2008 at 06:29 AM |
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yes your right pete,the roxy milk bar was a no go area for the mods and scooters,also the Spot ON caffee on ashton rd,another rocker hang out, |
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Felix113
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BLACK_LE
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| July 11, 2008 at 09:48 PM |
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Around that time there were Milk Bars, they sold milk shakes, very popular then. The thing is, the in places were coffee bars etc, not pubs like today. yeh we did drink but not to excess, except at parties maybe.
The Thing club in oldham was a popular club but alchohol was never served, it was never important the music was the thing.
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RoxyMilkBarkid
Registered: Aug 27, 2008
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My folks owned the Roxy Milk Bar circa 1961-64. It was open 7 days a week and was a busy place, only closing at 11 in the evenings. It was a rocker's haunt at night, but I can also remember a few brave mods shuffling sheepishly through the doors. We had a top Wurlitzer juke box which was never silent plus two pin tables which at the age of 10 I was undisputed Milk Bar champion and top points scorer. The original pinball wizard! The rockers christened me The Roxy Milk Bar kid because I wore specs and looked like the kid in the Nestles Milky Bar ads. They called me worse than that when I beat their score. One Saturday night some rival grease gang piled through the door, smashing the place up. My old fellah got stabbed in the back. Happy days eh? |
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ernie
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RoxyMilkBarkid
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Sally_Bean
Registered: Sept 20, 2009
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| Sept 20, 2009 at 07:50 PM |
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Hi,
Do you have any photos of the Roxy Milk Bar ... just trying to remember it from my days living in Failsworth!
Many thanks
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RoxyMilkBarkid
Registered: Aug 27, 2008
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you and your folks are part of Oldhams history
