http://www.boldstreet.org.uk/blog/2009/11/12/ponchos-pendolinos-revisted/ The Bold Street Project Blog; The Street, The Art, The Research, The exhibition, The Community. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:57:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.boldstreet.org.uk/blog/2009/11/12/ponchos-pendolinos-revisted/#comment-765 Dave Murphy Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:57:34 +0000 http://www.boldstreet.org.uk/blog/?p=356#comment-765 Just happened across the post about Virgin Records on Bold Street. I remember it very well as my best pal at the time Dave Scott worked there in 1972 and I used to bunk off work and hang out there. The manager at the time was an Irish guy called Mike McCardle who had a company flat by Princes park but seldom stayed there as he had a mattress upstairs above the shop. We used to meet up in the morning over the other side of bold street at the Nine 'til Midnight cafe drink lots of coffee and smoke endless cigarettes. The decor was very "hippychic" and there was a local artist who did posters for the shop. The headphones never lasted very long as they were being constantly removed by less honest customers. I remember there was an antiques shop facing Virgin and there was always a certain amount of friction between the two mainly due to the generation gap. I worked there for a couple of days to cover for my friemd when Richard Branson got married. Also had a pint with Branson on Wood street when he told me they were considering going into selling clothes as he admired the satin inserts in my denim jeans! Sadly my pal died in August of that year in a motorcycle accident riding home through Cronton. Best Wishes Dave Murphy Just happened across the post about Virgin Records on Bold Street.
I remember it very well as my best pal at the time Dave Scott worked there in 1972 and I used to bunk off work and hang out there.
The manager at the time was an Irish guy called Mike McCardle who had a company flat by Princes park but seldom stayed there as he had a mattress upstairs above the shop.
We used to meet up in the morning over the other side of bold street at the Nine ’til Midnight cafe drink lots of coffee and smoke endless cigarettes.
The decor was very “hippychic” and there was a local artist who did posters for the shop.
The headphones never lasted very long as they were being constantly removed by less honest customers.
I remember there was an antiques shop facing Virgin and there was always a certain amount of friction between the two mainly due to the generation gap.
I worked there for a couple of days to cover for my friemd when Richard Branson got married.
Also had a pint with Branson on Wood street when he told me they were considering going into selling clothes as he admired the satin inserts in my denim jeans!
Sadly my pal died in August of that year in a motorcycle accident riding home through Cronton.
Best Wishes Dave Murphy

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