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The New Astoria Coffee Jive Club (Hyde)

The New Astoria Coffee Jive Club was at 3 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire opened on Friday, September 21, 1962 at 3 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire with Johnny Peters and the Crestas and The Marauders.

Advertised in The Manchester Evening News of Wednesday, September 21, 1962 as
New Astoria Coffee Jive Club, Hyde (near Bus Station). Opening This Friday Jiving to Johnny Peter and The Crestas Plus The Marauders Special Admission Price 1/-only. Membership 2/6. Open Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Top Discs, Top Groups.

Advertised in The Manchester Evening News of Friday, September 21, 1962 as
New Astoria Coffee Jive Club, Hyde (near Bus Station). Opening To-Night Jiving To Johnny Peters & The Crestas, plus The Marauders. Special Opening Admission Price, 1/- Only. Membership 2/6. Open Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Top Discs. Top Groups.

The New Astoria Coffee Jive Club was on the corner of Clarendon Street and New Beach Street and was near Hyde Bus Station. The New Astoria Coffee Jive Club had been called The New Astoria Club which had opened on Thursday, November 17, 1960 with the Wee Willie Harris Show with Wee Willie Harris and the Comets, Paul Andrews, The Foo Yong Choong and Ronnie 'Charlie Chaplin' Collis from 7pm.

Before this The New Astoria Club had been The Star Picture House, which had opened prior to 1914. All the seating was on a single floor. In 192? It had been renamed The Scala Picture House. Around 1929 a Picturetone sound system was installed, which was later replaced by a British Talking Pictures (BTP) sound system. In the Early 1950's it was re-named The Astoria Cinema and a British Acoustic (BA) sound system was installed. In the Mid 1950’s it was equipped for CinemaScope, although the screen size was rather small. Around 1955 it was used as a Ballroom Dancing Club. The Astoria Cinema was closed in 1960 and opened as The New Astoria Club.

The Hollies played one of their early gigs here on Saturday, January 5, 1963.

The New Astoria Coffee Jazz Club closed on Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Information courtesy: John H. Warburg October 2024 

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Barbara
3 years ago
I saw the Hollies too, on New Year’s Eve, we found out they had gone to the nearby pub so I followed to meet them and invite them to my party later. They respectfully declined because they had another engagement ??
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Barbara
3 years ago
I saw the Hollies too, on New Year’s Eve, we found out they had gone to the nearby pub so I followed to meet them and invite them to my party later. They respectfully declined because they had another engagement ??
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Mrs Marie Smith
4 years ago
I went to tne Astoria durig the 60's every Saturday saw the Hollies happy times got our hand stamped to go out for a drink.
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Peter Mellett
5 years ago
I remember playing on a bill with The Vernons Girls there one weekend in the 60's. We were called The Diamonds, played all over the place in those days, young people have nothing even close these days.
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Dave Spink
6 years ago
Remember playing here one Christmas Eve as part of a treble. Started at Astoria in Winsford, on to Astoria in Hyde and finished at K Club in Ashton. Some night that was !!!
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