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Wednesday 10 March 2010

Waves, Dantzic Place


Waves, Dantzic Place, 1976. (c) Arnie at Manchester District Music Archive [1].

Waves was a basement rocker's bar on the corner of Dantzic Place and Dantzic Street.  It is described as being "just a door on the corner of an old building and had a steep flight of stairs that descended to a large room with a small bar that resembled a damp, filthy vermin-infected dungeon (sounds like Fridays on Oldham Street).  "It was just somewhere to get a pint of Boddies when everywhere else had shut. The bouncers would only let you in if you were a hippy, a biker or an Angel.  It was a deplorable but great place [1]."

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11 comments:

  1. granata20 November 2010 at 23:51

    Anonymous said...

    I remember Waves god it were damn funny.
    My boyfriend in the upstairs 'bar' would leave his empty glass on the bar which would be right underneath the ladies toilets or a leaky roof, either way we decided to throw away the now full glass. My mate Debs was a DJ there and Billy was a bouncer. I look back and don't know whether to laugh or cry at those non politically correct non elf and safetey days in the 70's, oh they were fun

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  2. Unknown10 July 2020 at 12:00

    Outstanding! Thought I was the only person who remembered this place 🙃

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    1. Anonymous16 May 2023 at 22:03

      Only a few of us left I would imagine

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    2. Anonymous15 February 2024 at 15:43

      Awesome place for great music and kindred spirits circa 76/77

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    3. Anonymous26 March 2024 at 18:36

      All I remember was a brilliant place. Just got too drunk on Newcastle browns

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    4. Anonymous5 October 2024 at 16:44

      Remember it well bottles of Newcastle brown and bikers lol great little den of rogues.

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  3. Anonymous8 September 2022 at 14:58

    Amazing memories ....Rockers....Witches.... Warlocks... Hippies....Gutter pipe for urinal....all having a great time!...Amazing memories of this place...lol

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  4. Anonymous26 March 2023 at 15:46

    Best nights of my life! The music would get turned down, a doorbell rang to notify customers drugs squad at the door :-)

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  5. Anonymous16 May 2023 at 22:02

    They did food when you got the munchies wonder what the food hygiene was like. Best days of my life I'm sure my immune system which is very good is down to frequenting this establishment.

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  6. Anonymous22 June 2023 at 09:46

    Burger vouchers on entry in order to get away with the late licence.

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  7. Anonymous21 September 2023 at 17:01

    Spent many happy Saturday nights in that place

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