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DescriptionDancing at the EMBER LOUNGE. In the area where Westpac Bank is today on Mackay Street.Date of Photo1960`sMap[1] ContributorTony Kokshoorn
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Date Created22nd February 2023CommentsHeather Newby
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I loved those dances.It was so exciting.
Corinne Ord
I remember those days!
Leish Wilson
I remember my mum used to tell me about this place all the time itcwas a favorite place of hers to go....
Pauline Schafer
I went there a couple of times in my teen years, very exciting.
Margaret Standen
Wow this place used to rock!
Diane Parkinson
Had some great times there.
Belinda Glasson
I think I’ve heard you mention this place Fay Glasson
Fay Glasson
She always hated me playing the piano because she wanted to listen to Elvis on her record player
Kate MacRae
Happy memories!
Eleanor Morel
Is that where Inland Revenue used to be?
Heather Newby
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Admin
Eleanor Morel where Westpac Bank is today on Mackay Street.
Kathleen Ranger
Remember it well, Jean Smith
Henry Michelle Little
Kathleen Ranger me too, many a good night out
Kathleen Ranger
Henry Michelle Little we used to dance till we dropped
Vern Pattinson
Went THERE MANY a time
Heather Reid
Was it always called Ember Lounge
Paul Smith
Heather Reid First opened in 1965 called the Safari Lounge.
Julie Ann White
Great memories
Anthony Farrell
Hooky Hales on the door.
Christine Hansen
Anthony Farrell thats a name I remember
Judy Tawhiti
Same ole same ole girls dancing together
5h
Trish Rennie
Remember this place so well…some good local bands there back in the day…
Sandra Ilton
Was there every Saturday night
Heather Newby
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Admin
the boys on one side and the girls on the other side... waiting to be asked for a dance
Jim Webber
I think it was also named "The Market Place" at one time. Clarrie light studios used to teach music there on Wednesdays.
Eleanor Morel
Jim Webber So they changed premises. Mackay and Tarapuhi streets is just about where the Argus was.
Dale Cherrie
HaHaGood One!!
Des Kennedy
Jim Webber , Clarrie Light used the Masonic Rooms when he first started teaching music. I was one of his first pupils. When I upgraded my guitar Clarrie bought a Horner guitar for me. I still have it but now days it's just suitable as a wall hanging.
Yvonne Lawson
More ladies than men
Cathy Dale
The band is ‘The Familiar Faces’ with the lineup. Drums Errol Goodall, Bass Guitar Paul Rauhihi, Guitar Keith White
Keyboard John Jones. They were a great group with strong vocal harmonies. I was married to the guitarist. It wasn’t very glamorous for me being the girlfriend of a band member because we had to take on one of the jobs. Ticket Box, Refreshments and Coat Check which was my job. I loved the ultra violet lighting which made everything white glow - even dandruff and false teeth!! They were great times.
Russell Knipe
Cathy Dale wow! Long time, no hear.
Nice to know you're still around.
Anthony Farrell
Selwyn Frewin would pull up outside in his big old black Humber Super Snipe after chauffeuring ladies to the dance hall. He'd go round and open the backward facing door for them to alight and stream into the hall. He was such a funny and friendly fella. Had a lot of fun there.
Trish Briggs
Linda Griffin Frances Keating
Miles Reay
Many memories. When I was in the resident band very few patrons would turn up before the movies got out. We’d then play until the early hours of the next morning.
Gail Mclean Johnston
Gail Mclean Johnston
Remember when The Simple Image played, the place was packed
Chris Moriarty
enjoyed reading the yarns.....seems all dance halls across NZ were the same......girls one side boys the other.....was Stillwater a dance spot as well?
Lynn Edwards
Chris Moriarty the surf club used to have dances when I first went to the coast.
Corinne Ord
Loved going to the dancers there ,they were the good days
Margaret Moore
Loved the dances there.
Julie Ann White
Those were the best days
Yvonne Lawson
Love all the dances. St Columbia Hall, Gladstone, Kūmara, Stillwater. Great bands. Pity the kids of today haven’t got the dances to go to. Might stop them Ram raiding.
Merle Mason
Yes.. many memories.
Cathy Dale
The Familiar Faces band playing. Erol Goodall (Drums), Paul Rahihi (Bass), Keith White (Guitar) John Jones (Keyboards)
Henry Michelle Little
Great memories of fun times gone by
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Admin
I loved those dances.It was so exciting.
Corinne Ord
I remember those days!
Leish Wilson
I remember my mum used to tell me about this place all the time itcwas a favorite place of hers to go....
Pauline Schafer
I went there a couple of times in my teen years, very exciting.
Margaret Standen
Wow this place used to rock!
Diane Parkinson
Had some great times there.
Belinda Glasson
I think I’ve heard you mention this place Fay Glasson
Fay Glasson
She always hated me playing the piano because she wanted to listen to Elvis on her record player
Kate MacRae
Happy memories!
Eleanor Morel
Is that where Inland Revenue used to be?
Heather Newby
Author
Admin
Eleanor Morel where Westpac Bank is today on Mackay Street.
Kathleen Ranger
Remember it well, Jean Smith
Henry Michelle Little
Kathleen Ranger me too, many a good night out
Kathleen Ranger
Henry Michelle Little we used to dance till we dropped
Vern Pattinson
Went THERE MANY a time
Heather Reid
Was it always called Ember Lounge
Paul Smith
Heather Reid First opened in 1965 called the Safari Lounge.
Julie Ann White
Great memories
Anthony Farrell
Hooky Hales on the door.
Christine Hansen
Anthony Farrell thats a name I remember
Judy Tawhiti
Same ole same ole girls dancing together
5h
Trish Rennie
Remember this place so well…some good local bands there back in the day…
Sandra Ilton
Was there every Saturday night
Heather Newby
Author
Admin
the boys on one side and the girls on the other side... waiting to be asked for a dance
Jim Webber
I think it was also named "The Market Place" at one time. Clarrie light studios used to teach music there on Wednesdays.
Eleanor Morel
Jim Webber So they changed premises. Mackay and Tarapuhi streets is just about where the Argus was.
Dale Cherrie
HaHaGood One!!
Des Kennedy
Jim Webber , Clarrie Light used the Masonic Rooms when he first started teaching music. I was one of his first pupils. When I upgraded my guitar Clarrie bought a Horner guitar for me. I still have it but now days it's just suitable as a wall hanging.
Yvonne Lawson
More ladies than men
Cathy Dale
The band is ‘The Familiar Faces’ with the lineup. Drums Errol Goodall, Bass Guitar Paul Rauhihi, Guitar Keith White
Keyboard John Jones. They were a great group with strong vocal harmonies. I was married to the guitarist. It wasn’t very glamorous for me being the girlfriend of a band member because we had to take on one of the jobs. Ticket Box, Refreshments and Coat Check which was my job. I loved the ultra violet lighting which made everything white glow - even dandruff and false teeth!! They were great times.
Russell Knipe
Cathy Dale wow! Long time, no hear.
Nice to know you're still around.
Anthony Farrell
Selwyn Frewin would pull up outside in his big old black Humber Super Snipe after chauffeuring ladies to the dance hall. He'd go round and open the backward facing door for them to alight and stream into the hall. He was such a funny and friendly fella. Had a lot of fun there.
Trish Briggs
Linda Griffin Frances Keating
Miles Reay
Many memories. When I was in the resident band very few patrons would turn up before the movies got out. We’d then play until the early hours of the next morning.
Gail Mclean Johnston
Gail Mclean Johnston
Remember when The Simple Image played, the place was packed
Chris Moriarty
enjoyed reading the yarns.....seems all dance halls across NZ were the same......girls one side boys the other.....was Stillwater a dance spot as well?
Lynn Edwards
Chris Moriarty the surf club used to have dances when I first went to the coast.
Corinne Ord
Loved going to the dancers there ,they were the good days
Margaret Moore
Loved the dances there.
Julie Ann White
Those were the best days
Yvonne Lawson
Love all the dances. St Columbia Hall, Gladstone, Kūmara, Stillwater. Great bands. Pity the kids of today haven’t got the dances to go to. Might stop them Ram raiding.
Merle Mason
Yes.. many memories.
Cathy Dale
The Familiar Faces band playing. Erol Goodall (Drums), Paul Rahihi (Bass), Keith White (Guitar) John Jones (Keyboards)
Henry Michelle Little
Great memories of fun times gone by
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