The Melbourne Cafe
The Melbourne Cafe
The Melbourne will be open until 7 pm Fridays to Sundays just now, weather dependent.
Check it out !!! New menu too.
Check it out !!! New menu too.
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When I worked in the Melbourne Cafe back in 1968, the Cafe was open til 11pm Friday and Saturday, and 10pm on a Sunday. My starting pay was 1/9d an hour (7.5 p) rising to 2/- (10p) an hour after 3 months. It was always busy too. Used to love Fridays and Saturdays when the pubs came out - drunk eejits used to overtip
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Used to love when they had the jukebox...you would put coins in and there was always the gap before the records would start.
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The jukebox downstairs used to give 3 records for a shilling (5p) - but the upstairs one (there used to be additional seating up there with tables and chairs out in the balcony) took wooden thruppeny bits - 3 plays for a tanner! Mind you the records were mid to late 50s rather than late 60s.Vivc113 wrote:Used to love when they had the jukebox...you would put coins in and there was always the gap before the records would start.
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Used to love it when they opened the upstairs!Meg wrote:The jukebox downstairs used to give 3 records for a shilling (5p) - but the upstairs one (there used to be additional seating up there with tables and chairs out in the balcony) took wooden thruppeny bits - 3 plays for a tanner! Mind you the records were mid to late 50s rather than late 60s.Vivc113 wrote:Used to love when they had the jukebox...you would put coins in and there was always the gap before the records would start.
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Thought you would have frequented the Dead End next door Moragmorag wrote: Used to love it when they opened the upstairs!
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Nope, Melbourne for me and my pals! Other place was for my mum lol!Meg wrote:Thought you would have frequented the Dead End next door Moragmorag wrote: Used to love it when they opened the upstairs!
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Heck, you may even have waited on me Remember the bikers corner?
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Used to spend manys a Saturday afternoon in the Melbourne in the late 70s early 80s coffee and kit kats and listening to the jukebox.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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I have no recollection of a 'balcony' in the Melbourne Café - where on earth did it face on to?Meg wrote: The jukebox downstairs used to give 3 records for a shilling (5p) - but the upstairs one (there used to be additional seating up there with tables and chairs out in the balcony) took wooden thruppeny bits - 3 plays for a tanner! Mind you the records were mid to late 50s rather than late 60s.
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It faced the main street at the front of the cafe.Penny Tray wrote:I have no recollection of a 'balcony' in the Melbourne Café - where on earth did it face on to?Meg wrote: The jukebox downstairs used to give 3 records for a shilling (5p) - but the upstairs one (there used to be additional seating up there with tables and chairs out in the balcony) took wooden thruppeny bits - 3 plays for a tanner! Mind you the records were mid to late 50s rather than late 60s.
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I remember the bikers corner very well my mate Jan,myself,George Fleming,Haldane and Ruby Lee,cant remember the rest of them , spent a lot of time in that corner. Happy Days..