Surely this has to happen every home game if RVN gets the job (20 Viewers)

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

People suggesting Coventry was flourishing in the 80’s are not in touch with all of the facts. In reality, the city should have performed worse than it did and certainly didn’t suffer the same population haemorrhage that Liverpool for e.g. experienced following industrial and political turmoil during that decade. However, 60,000 jobs were lost in Coventry between 1979 and 1989, and the population which peaked at 336,000 in the mid 70’s had declined to barely 300,000 between 1981 and 1991; the numbers are in recovery now, around 350,000, but the city centre will likely never seem as alive at weekends as it did then. There are all sorts of reasons for this; transport, both public and private hire are far move accessible to and from other places at unsociable hours (Birmingham & Leamington for e.g.). The demographic diversity also impacts night time activity. Certainly, when I was growing up, Coventry had a wealth of kids who came from families who enjoyed partying and drinking and that reflected in how busy ‘town‘ was at the weekend. The current social and religious assortment in Coventry means there are probably far less partygoers than there once were. Make no mistake though, the city centre was always dead from Monday through to Thursday, it’s due to a lack of population within the centre itself.

Used to love going to the Locarno Monday Nights Club age 16 back in the 70s, no alcohol served, used to get some live bands such as the Gary Glitter band, whoops, Gary used to love a young audience.


If only we knew then what we know now.

 

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[nicksar]

Used to love going to the Locarno Monday Nights Club age 16 back in the 70s, no alcohol served, used to get some live bands such as the Gary Glitter band, whoops, Gary used to love a young audience.


If only we knew then what we know now.

I used to go to the Locarno on Monday nights back in 1969/70 , happy days , thinking about it by the time i was 16 the Monday night disco at the Mercers Arms was where me and my mates went most weeks,was a good night.

 

[andrew.roberts]

Regarding the article about the Locarno, I always thought that the recording of "my dinga ling" had something to do with the Cov. Theatre although I could be wrong.
Used to go on Saturday mornings and then graduated to Monday nights when I was about fifteen. Remember seeing Ken Boothe there after he had a hit with the Bread song "everything I own".
There was a massive brawl between the black contingent and the bouncers and I'd never seen anyone move so fast as Boothe abandoning the stage...

 

[nicksar]

Regarding the article about the Locarno, I always thought that the recording of "my dinga ling" had something to do with the Cov. Theatre although I could be wrong.
Used to go on Saturday mornings and then graduated to Monday nights when I was about fifteen. Remember seeing Ken Boothe there after he had a hit with the Bread song "everything I own".
There was a massive brawl between the black contingent and the bouncers and I'd never seen anyone move so fast as Boothe abandoning the stage...

My Ding aling was recorded live at the Locarno

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

People suggesting Coventry was flourishing in the 80’s are not in touch with all of the facts. In reality, the city should have performed worse than it did and certainly didn’t suffer the same population haemorrhage that Liverpool for e.g. experienced following industrial and political turmoil during that decade. However, 60,000 jobs were lost in Coventry between 1979 and 1989, and the population which peaked at 336,000 in the mid 70’s had declined to barely 300,000 between 1981 and 1991; the numbers are in recovery now, around 350,000, but the city centre will likely never seem as alive at weekends as it did then. There are all sorts of reasons for this; transport, both public and private hire are far move accessible to and from other places at unsociable hours (Birmingham & Leamington for e.g.). The demographic diversity also impacts night time activity. Certainly, when I was growing up, Coventry had a wealth of kids who came from families who enjoyed partying and drinking and that reflected in how busy ‘town‘ was at the weekend. The current social and religious assortment in Coventry means there are probably far less partygoers than there once were. Make no mistake though, the city centre was always dead from Monday through to Thursday, it’s due to a lack of population within the centre itself.

Tuesday nights at Busters used to get pretty busy

 

[Peter Billing Eyes]

My Ding aling was recorded live at the Locarno

Tuesday nights at Busters used to get pretty busy

Obviously not busy enough to prevent it from shutting down, the same applies to Times Square and the Bug et al.

 

[Peter Billing Eyes]

I used to go to the Locarno on Monday nights back in 1969/70 , happy days , thinking about it by the time i was 16 the Monday night disco at the Mercers Arms was where me and my mates went most weeks,was a good night.

You’ve nailed the issue there. Coventry is and was a city of suburbs with local shops and pubs, so no need to converge in the city centre. The Unicorn, The Pippin, The Walsgrave, The Red Lion, The Mysterious Monk, The Rose and Crown, The Newlands, The Devon, The Holyhead, The Port O’Call, The City Arms, The Spires; all pubs that on their given day were as busy or busier than any boozer in town.

 

[Otis]

My Ding aling was recorded live at the Locarno

No, I don't believe it was. I always thought it was at Lanchester Polytechnic.

So I did a bit of digging and I was correct.

The rock and roll classic recorded in Cov with thousands of locals

The UK number one was recorded in our city

www.coventrytelegraph.net

 

[andrew.roberts]

You’ve nailed the issue there. Coventry is and was a city of suburbs with local shops and pubs, so no need to converge in the city centre. The Unicorn, The Pippin, The Walsgrave, The Red Lion, The Mysterious Monk, The Rose and Crown, The Newlands, The Devon, The Holyhead, The Port O’Call, The City Arms, The Spires; all pubs that on their given day were as busy or busier than any boozer in town.

The Jules Verne was also a fantastic pub in its day.

 

[nicksar]

No, I don't believe it was. I always thought it was at Lanchester Polytechnic.

So I did a bit of digging and I was correct.

The rock and roll classic recorded in Cov with thousands of locals

The UK number one was recorded in our city

www.coventrytelegraph.net

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Not that it matters Otis but it was recorded at the Locarno which was one of the venues for the arts festival,I know that because I was there

 

[BlueSkiesForever]

Never rated the Specials. Seen them live even bought a couple of singles
But no......Message to you Rudy ... awful song.

I agree, it’s not a great song tbh but what I don’t get about singing “a message to you Rudy” to RVN is that there isn’t a message, there’s literally no message, it’s just some lyrics about sending a message It’s not full of pride or aggression or a heartwarming message to the manager, it’s just some lyrics that happen to be similar to his name. At least with “Robins Wonderland” we were praising the manager for being one of a kind and creating some sort of footballing wonderland etc.

I really hope we get RVN but if we can’t come up with better praise than “here mate, there’s some sort of message for you Rudy” then that’s shite

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

Is Frank Lampard actually fat though?

I think people still use that line regarding his West Ham days 25 years ago

No he's absolutely not and never has been.

 

[The Great Eastern]

Not that it matters Otis but it was recorded at the Locarno which was one of the venues for the arts festival,I know that because I was there

Chuck Berry was definitely recorded at the Locarno with Slade being his back up act. They overran considerably and this caused the next gig to start at about 2am. This was the gig I had tickets for and just happened to feature Pink Floyd ! The scream by Roger Waters in 'Careful with that Axe Eugene' was blood curdling

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

We need a man like Antonio Rudiger at the back

Scotlands joint top scorer in tournament football in 25 years

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

I agree, it’s not a great song tbh but what I don’t get about singing “a message to you Rudy” to RVN is that there isn’t a message, there’s literally no message, it’s just some lyrics about sending a message It’s not full of pride or aggression or a heartwarming message to the manager, it’s just some lyrics that happen to be similar to his name. At least with “Robins Wonderland” we were praising the manager for being one of a kind and creating some sort of footballing wonderland etc.

I really hope we get RVN but if we can’t come up with better praise than “here mate, there’s some sort of message for you Rudy” then that’s shite

Rudy is slang for a 'rude boy' not someone called Rudy. It's all immaterial anyway as I don't think there's much chance RVN will be the next manager.

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

my first foray into teenage life was Monday evening at the tree tops on the foleshill road and then as time went on to the Locarno and years of watching legendary acts until the punk era and being spat at on a regular basis put a stop to my Monday nights. By the time I went in to pubs in town aged 15 it was the bier Keller and the silver sword, penny black and market tavern that took my shilling.
The city centre nightclub then Mr george were my haunts until I moved to London to earn my fortune. This time coincided with the decline through industrial action and general economic conditions which decimated jobs and our city but the bands scene was thriving and out of that the Specials came.
you can only live your life in your era and mine was blessed. Sorry for those that didn’t have that. My dog is called Rudi, he’s Special!

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

I agree, it’s not a great song tbh but what I don’t get about singing “a message to you Rudy” to RVN is that there isn’t a message, there’s literally no message, it’s just some lyrics about sending a message It’s not full of pride or aggression or a heartwarming message to the manager, it’s just some lyrics that happen to be similar to his name. At least with “Robins Wonderland” we were praising the manager for being one of a kind and creating some sort of footballing wonderland etc.

I really hope we get RVN but if we can’t come up with better praise than “here mate, there’s some sort of message for you Rudy” then that’s shite

Well, there could be if we don't think the team are playing well or arsing about.

"Stop the messing around"
"Got to think of your future"
"Straighten this shit right out"
"Or we're going to fail"

Of course it would mean we would only be singing it to protest, but I think that suits a Specials song