A view of the Mecca Bingo Hall formerly The Globe on Stockton High Street.
Photograph by Roz Prichard, courtesy of Carole Prichard.
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
A view of the Mecca Bingo Hall formerly The Globe on Stockton High Street.
Photograph by Roz Prichard, courtesy of Carole Prichard.
I would love to hear any memories from or see any pictures of the ABC minors….. If anyone can help please comment hear and I will get in touch. Thank you
You are right, Carol – the Beatles were there that night – I went home to TV programmes being interrupted to advise Kennedy’s assassination. There were hundreds outside the back of the Globe, pre present modernisation then of course, and I remember a police horse being used to calm down some rowdy elements of the crowd, which succeeded – face to face with a majestic and large white horse with large hooves concentrated their rowdiness wonderfully!
The Beatles were on stage here in 1963 on Nov 22 when the news came in that President Kennedy had been assassinated.
I remember those strawberry Mivvi ice lollies.
Cliff & the Shadows appeared at the Globe whilst they were there rehearsed a new number which became known as “Stars fell on Stockton”. As a youngster I attended Saturday morning pictures
and became an ABC Minor singing our song at the beginning of the show Happy Days eh!!!!!