Beachcomber Coffe Club (Leigh)

The Beachcomber Coffee Club was in Broadshawgate, Leigh, Lancashire and opened on Saturday, December 19, 1964 with The Invictors, The Sapphires, The Spidermen.

The Beachcombers Coffee Club had been opened by local entrepreneurs Norman Clements (b. 1936), Eddie Grindrod (b. Edward Grindrod, 1937) and Eric Eckersley (b. 1936). People went into the brightly lit foyer through double doors and into the main section of the club which was decorated like a smugglers' den.

At the time 28-year-old Clements lived at 12 Henrietta Street, Bolton, 27-year-old Grindrod lived at 747 Chorley Old Road, Bolton and 28-year-old Eckersley at 22 Strawberry Hill Road, Bolton.

Grindrod grew up with his parents, Cyril Grindrod and Mrs. Margaret 'Peggy' Grindrod who ran pubs, including The Golden Lion in Bolton town Centre.

They had already opened The Beachcomber Coffee Club at 24 Bank Street, Bolton, Lancashire in August 1962. This later became The Beachcomber Club which opened on Thursday, December 29, 1963.

Info courtesy John H. Warburg August 2024