NorthernQuarterStories

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Dave Perkin - birth of comedy legends

2012-06-1106:10

Dave Perkin, owner of the Frog and Bucket Comedy Club describes the origins of 'The Frog' and the early careers of Johnny Vegas, John Bishop and Peter Kay

The cultural importance of cafes

2012-06-0502:47

Ditch your office, spend all day in an NQ cafe - ideal for meetings, creativity, changing the world...

Banksy and Bombs on Tib St.

2012-06-0502:34

Dominic Sagar on NQ graffiti and who done it....or not.

Luke Unabomber on Dickens

2012-05-1101:58

Luke Cowdrey talks about the bizarre mix of clientele in Dickens on Oldham street in the mid 80's/early 90's.

Dave Haslam on small places

2012-05-1005:54

DJ legend and cultural commentator Dave H talks about the significance of small venues and the opportunities they give for experimentation and creative collisions.

Dominic Sagar ponders the future of NQ

2012-05-0902:32

Liam Curtin and Dominic Sagar talk brush and shovels and NQ art

2012-05-0914:06

Chris Gleave on 'The Print Old Days' - Manchester's 'Newspaper' Quarter

2012-05-0302:36

Chris Gleave talks about working for the Daily Express Manchester 1973 to 1988 and the Manchester newspaper industry at that time, The Land 'O' Cakes, 'Getting the paper out got in the way of drinking time', Lord Beaverbrook, Ancoats, Manchester, Albion St, Glasgow and Fleet St, London, Crown and Kettle, Express Crusaider Club, Press Club, Alex Higgins, snooker, northern quarter pubs, the newspaper industry.

Mark Babych chats to Matt White for Heather Stott BBC Radio Manchester

2012-05-0205:21

Ordo Templi Orientis and the babysitter

2012-05-0107:35

Ordo Templi Orientis, Pam Lee, Oldham St, Northern Quarter, Mancheseter, black mass, naked kings and queens. hippy, 1960s, CP Lee.

Foo foo's drag nigt

2012-05-0101:58

Black Magic on Tib St

2012-05-0117:00

CP Lee @thecastlehotel @audioboo Shake Rattle and Rain @documentally Terry the Pill, Steve Jacobs, Neville, One Eyed Alfie the Mod, Stevenson Square, Rochdale Road, Heaton Park, Galway, Ireland, #TCHNQ, The Castle Hotel, Oldham Street, Paul Ryder, legendary Kath running the Castle, Kaths ashes in the grout, Hammer Horror movies, black mass, Staropramen, tiled pubs, abbatoirs, pubs delineated by trade, shipping clerks, textile clerks, Campaign for Real Ale, John Cooper Clarke, poets,Terry the Pill, flyposting, licencing laws, markets and so much more...including Ordo Templi Orientis (without the babysitter)!

CP Lee From ItsAHotun.com

2012-05-0111:09

CP Lee talks about pet shops, markets, wages, creepy crawly things, Jimi Hendrix, Angel Meadows, 1930, stoops, police, shoes, Northern Quarter, Shudehill, Dizzie Gillespie, Free Trade Hall, Half Moon Club, Quality Street Gang, 1960, Jigsaw Club, hippies, freeky dancing, The Who, double headers, The Twisted Wheel, whisky and coca cola, 1966, hard mods, soft mods, Small Faces, Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester.

Phil Mason, Drinking since 1970

2012-05-0107:48

Phil Mason, Manchester, juke boxes, vinyl records, the castle hotel, northern quarter, manchester, robinsons ales, #TCHNQ, student days, 1970s, landlords, landladys, The Roadhouse, music, architecture, Ancoats, Collyhurst, rough and ready, bohemian types, manchester people, sounds systems, music, The Northern, Dave Perkins, mums, Frog and Bucket, drinking, The King, playing the piano in The Castle, the future of the Northern Quarter, Manchester, independent business.

Barry Priest Plays His Cards Right

2012-05-0100:48

Barry's Higher Lower Pub Recommendations