Good Time Charlies Nightclub.

bonerm

Might be the wrong place to ask this but does anyone remember anything about this nightclub. I think it was in Howth and it seems to be gone out of business now.

Basically I'm trying to work out where it was specifically. Does anyone know what street it was on and/or maybe what's there now? Thanks.

Skerries

i used to work there in the early 90's, crappy hole but god they were great times
it was part of the St.Lawrence Hotel which has now been made into apartments but still has the facade of the original hotel
GTC's itself is where the attached pub and restaurant Findlaters is facing the harbour now
i'm sure that a lot of people would have memories of the place such as the crappy burger and chips and Paddy Hand

GarH

It was called Saint's before GTC (after the hotel of course)
I used to go there quite a bit when i were a wee lad.
It was a bit of a sh1thole, but to me it had a great atmosphere. I always had a great time there.

tricky D

Did you all enjoy your long walks home, back when taxis were rare:p



There was also the Asgard Hotel niteclub in the 70's, anybody??

WindSock

Aslan seemed to play there just about every week from what I remember. It is also featured in 'The Snapper' They were in K2/Zeniths, but the scene outside was Charlies.

bonerm

Skerries wrote: »

i used to work there in the early 90's, crappy hole but god they were great times
it was part of the St.Lawrence Hotel which has now been made into apartments but still has the facade of the original hotel
GTC's itself is where the attached pub and restaurant Findlaters is facing the harbour now
i'm sure that a lot of people would have memories of the place such as the crappy burger and chips and Paddy Hand

Thanks for the info. Just to confirm, is this the place?

WindSock wrote: »

Aslan seemed to play there just about every week from what I remember. It is also featured in 'The Snapper' They were in K2/Zeniths, but the scene outside was Charlies.

Funny you should say that. I saw the snapper again recently and can remember seeing that scene and thinking it looked familiar. I guess another of lifes mysteries solved!

tricky D

bonerm wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Just to confirm, is this the place?

Yup

Skerries

bonerm wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Just to confirm, is this the place?

yep that is it alright, the glass building on the left was the walkway up to the front door and the nightclub part was the red building on the right.
there used to be bedrooms over the nightclub until a disgruntled porter burnt them down one night

bonerm wrote: »

Funny you should say that. I saw the snapper again recently and can remember seeing that scene and thinking it looked familiar. I guess another of lifes mysteries solved!

I was working that night in the front bar of the hotel when they were filming and was hoping to see Colm Meaney as Star Trek was big at the time but he wasn't in that scene

vektarman

GarH wrote: »

It was called Saint's before GTC (after the hotel of course)

Anyone remember the 99p night on Tuesdays there, 99p admission and 99p for all pints. Funny thing is I can remember going there but could never remember getting home!!

Skerries

before my time there but i heard they used to use slops and had slightly smaller "pint" glasses

Dev.burlesque

The Dundalk version

http://www.goodtimecharlies.ie/

Its pretty popular around here.

Welease

I worked there for about 3-4 years on and off in the 80's.. back when it was called Saints..

99p night was a nightmare for the staff.. they were 1/2 litre glasses.. so slightly smaller than pints.. but we had to restock all the shelves with the glasses for that night.. and the place would be packed to the rafters...

Yep.. it did feature in the Snapper.. the part where the guy chucks the glass over the bar and the bouncers throw him out.. It was filmed during the day in the show bar in the hotel not in the nightclub, and the door they through him out leads out the back of the hotel.. which is locked.. with no way out

Used to be some great bands in the showbar.. The Memories on Monday, Moonshine on Tuesday.. Jump the Gun on Fridays..

That was back in the day when nightclubs used to provide a meal with the ticket (as did Zenith etc).. the food area was just off the dancefloor by the main bar..

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tricky D wrote: »

Did you all enjoy your long walks home, back when taxis were rare:p

Jaysis, I remember walking all the way to Fairview one time, but another time I was walking down the hill to Sutton with a girl and some fella in one of them small car-type vans stopped and let us in the back, we had to sit on plastic barrels all the wat home, fair play to him though, he never charged us :cool:

Speaking of K2, I used to hate that place, sticky carpet and smells of vomit.

ChopShop

tricky D wrote: »

Did you all enjoy your long walks home, back when taxis were rare:

My last memory of Charlies is the Taxi driver ignoring the queue and pulling up beside us instead.