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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]."

9 comments:

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

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    1. Only a few of us left I would imagine

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

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

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  7. Spent many happy Saturday nights in that place

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