On the same side of Kennedy Street as the trio of pubs, Waterhouse, City Arms and The Vine, about half way along, was the Theatre Club in the 1970s. Ted remembers the Theatre Club opening late and also catering for drinkers when the pubs closed for the afternoon. Stan Bowles, the maverick footballer was probably best known as a Queens Park Rangers player, but as most Mancunian football fans know, the lad from Collyhurst started his career at City. Bowles was something of a regular at the Theatre Club, often using the club to play the fruit machines.
