Mike Fitter talking about Broomhall's Shebeens

Also known as 'Blues Clubs': Sonny's and CJ's

This page was added by Richard Freeston on 30/01/2015.

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  • I believe that the oldest of the Blues clubs was Jordan’s at the bottom of Broomspring Lane, which I have been told opened in 1962. Sonny’s was on Brunswick Street (with a card school running upstairs), and Solly’s was on Hanover Street. CJ’s opened in 1982 I think, behind the remaining Hanover Street shops. Some people would occasionally put on a Blues to raise some money or to celebrate an event, including a couple on Havelock Square.

    In addition to a few spirits, they sold tins of Long Life and Red Stripe, and ‘Nutriment’. Jordan’s was known for Jordan’s wife, Sweetie’s baked fish, and they sold curried goat too. There was a room for talking and a room for dancing, and you had to be known to get in.

    By Barn (03/07/2015)

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