welcome to the hatchetts playground piccadilly london page!
mid 70s waitresses
this had something to do with a brief music hall revival .it didnt work to well i think.
club bar
club bar with the fantastic tractor seats so you thought you were on a farm? nope piccadilly london!
marc bolan at the 1974 disc music paper awards
slade, john peel, pete murray ,attended it. i got to meet keith moon and john entwhistle from the who.and got marc bolans autograph
which being a massive bolan fan was like meeting god!LONG LIVE T.REX AND ROCK N ROLL.
you can see the mid 70s zebra seats behind marc all photographed
at hatchetts.hi carolyn taweel you were there too!
waitresses/biba lady?
opening night
japan airlines week
another promo for the club
drinks anyone?
a supermarket sweep on alcohol.probably a bad idea.
mr.k and wife
mr .k he was my dads green grocer fresh veg from covent garden.
only the best food for restaurant associates.we called him mr.k as he had a long complex greek surname! lovely chap.
hatchetts waitresses
the 2001a space oddessy film launch
club bar
man with wings bar
barbara windsor and lance percival / biba owner
at the opening night of hatchetts
bands playing
unknown band playing
psychedelic lights on the walls / jonathan routh
amazing lights by tony askew
jonathan routh of good loo guide
opens the clubs space age toilets!
the front door to another world
i had to clean the glass when i worked there in the 70s.
still remember talking to jimmy saville when he came down the steps
looking lost....
more front door!
aha a menu as well they do food .excellent it was too....
bands and dancing
bands playing everynight ..still i loved putting chalk on the dance floor
what 10 year old wouldnt! just right for the twist!!!!
shirley bassy
at the opening night
tony vinnicombe and colin fisher in the back
tony was my dads buisness partner. colin was the clubs accontant
colin went on to be rod stewart and bob marleys accountant for a while
in the late 70s/80s.
more dancing
clubbers being clubbers!
jonathan routh christens the loos in champagne
famous for the good loo guide to london
cheers!
silver walls and brandy dangerous mix baby.....
psychedelic dance floor
tony askews way ahead of its time dance floor.it got moved to the center of the club later on.i had to change the light bulbs in it when i worked there in the 70s.heavy glass.tony tells me he still has the glass
in 2013! nice one tony.he also built some of the first guitar effects in the early 60s, as my dad had a gec electrics connection then.tony built the club sound system ,also early stereo.total genius!
unknown 60s couple
are they famous?at the opening.
john marks entertains some japanese guests
my dad [far right] had a japan airlines month.also hosted a launch
for captain scarlett century 21 and 2001 a space oddessy the film got launched at the club and biba got launched at it.the clubs phone number was mayfair 2001!!!! how trendy is that.
hatchetts and eros and the circus
john marks gets major advertising in the circus.
kenny lynch at the opening
more stars n bars...
beautiful waitresses
silver hot pants topless underneath a launch for carlsberg lager !
what happened to the mermaid?????
more of above/ electric stairs
waitresses and the stairs down to the club
swinging 60s fashion
sock it to me...
opening night
yum yum...
emperor rosko dj
the famous 60s dj
terrance stamp actor?
is this terrance stamp not sure....
the very famous legend vidal sassoon and wife
at the opening night vidal knew my dads accountant.amazing shot...
cant find bruce forsyth as he was there too.
beverley sisters/waitresses
opening night
old club fan/johnny nash
this old boy with the badge was really a dedicated follower of fashion
loved hatchetts had a silver topped cane i recall .think its johnny nash
talking to him?i remember him dancing away. no dull pensioner stuff
for him!
dover street bar
used to drink an awful lot of coca cola here it was part of the club
but round the corner .watch star trek with marcus.tony vinnicombes son...happy days!
more silver magic
every cloud has a silver lining...sorry club!
emperor rosko
being a dj /compare at the club
peddlers playing well again
the fantastic peddlers
silver walls and leaf chairs
wonderous leaf seats
dover street bar upright!
trendy little 60s number it was too!
the restaurant
the wonderous architecture of lucas mellinger!he won awards for it.
more of the famous front door
love the bowler hatted city gent!
another packed peddlers gig
peddle away guys!
beverly sisters/shirley bassey
more opening night shots
cheers mary quant
mary quant has a party at the club.my mum used to like her products.
along with georgina linhardts dresses!
old hatchetts print
horses for courses
procol harum
a very young robin trower far right. the band at the club.
you must have at least one gnome in your garden
gnome from gnome land
reunion night for club layabouts
unite and layabout night.
gonzales play/ disco fever
disco fever...gonzales great band had a hit with never stopped dancing yet.mick eve was a mate of my dads.he did alot of session work. on alot of hits. also bands that played were slik pre ultravox midge ures band,7th wave,the enid i saw them at stonehenge free festival in the 80s.the fabulous poodles they were great live.then punk
london moves in on disco..?!#
mid 70s promo
more 70s adverts.my dad put the club on capital radio adverts and his numbers trippled in two weeks.
tulip cartoon card
cartoon land
50s rock n roll
i can remember seeing shakey before he had loads of no1s here.
whole lot of shakin going on!
psychedelia at its best
sticker heaven
my dads joke membership letter!
my dad worked 7 nights a week.laurie jay 60s famous drummer,billy oceans manager, was a mate of his.a typical laurie jay prank !well lauries in the music buisness after all.
more early promos
careful with that axe eugene.....
dusty springfield dave clark watch ike and tina show
more stars n bars cathy mcgowan ed stewpot he did top of the pops.
vicky wickham used to be our neighbour in the early 60s she did ready steady go! dusty once came over and i lent her a tennis ball.
first time i met a pop star at 4!!!!
shes there!
shes there..are you?
mid seventies fashion
i think they had a dupont/lycra promo going on here ...
think and drink
dont drink and drive....THINK AND DRINK INSTEAD......??!!
herrings and alcohol
eat herrings and you dont get a hangover...sounds like one of those
smoke banana skins 60s myths to me!
paul mccartney and linda eastman
glad i found this paul and linda when they first met hang out at hatchetts....cool.
more screens and cctv
you could watch what was going on from the street.
early cctv
probably one of the first cctvs in the country?????
queen anne drinks licence
dont need to serve food with a trendy queen anne licence!
radio luxemburg promo
hatchetts /luxemburg promo
zsa zsa
hatchetts model
bands that played
1968
bands that played
1968
early artists impression
early art ideas
hell fire club/minicar owners party
ahh the mini minor 60s runabout!
gig list
gig listings
the fantastic chanters
i made friends with the chanters when i was 10!
i still remember the vox farfisa organ.i think doreen went on to
do backing vocals on pink floyds dark side of the moon!
more swinging 60s models
hatchetts was a fashion beacon for swinging 60s london
gig list/write up on scream and scream again/haircast
another gig list,scream and scream again was filmed at the club,as was
only when i larf,and popdown many thanks to peter prentice who told me about popdown...good luck peter in your quest with this lost film!
american waitresses
student waitresses
more bands and 60s happenings!?
the fantastic peddlers,strawberry jam....
alan price, georgie fame, peter cook,dudley moore .
i saw that gig i remember alan prices hammond organ sounding
really loud and amazing.tom jones and gene pitney seemed to like
clubbing at hatchetts!
floral print psychedelia
more fashion icons
family bands first gigs
the familys first gigs were in the club.
foiled again/ shirley bassey gets noticed at the opening
people on the swinging 60s london scene nicknamed the club the
chocolate box ! it all got changed to zebra fur[fake] and leather in the mid 70s.
more bands listings
cherry smash are theres a great band.got friendly with them.i liked to
watch bands from the bridge before you went down the stairs.
you could do the lights on the bands from there.loved all the vox ac 30 amps, wem pas ...still remember bands lugging hammond organs up 3 flights of stairs at 3am.bands worked really hard in the 60s.
band listngs
albert king!duanne eddy!ike and tina turner!the peddlers!groove on.
the late great john j marks buisness card/ike and tina press
my fathers buisness card . he started the whole thing from nothing!
ike n tina press cutting
more bands
timebox a well known band
bike girls ,gig lists,john marks
so the staff used to bike into the bar!wow.....
bbc man alive filming
a posh beeb letter..
final nail in the coffin
hatchetts was famous years before it was a disco.the hell fire club went to it.aleister crowley lived in jermyn street. dickens,beau brummel,frequented it,steffan grappelli ,django reinhardt,played it.my dad couldnt save the club in the late 70s no lease,the developers moved in.he got involved with xenon,but got his fingers burnt on that one,by very evil buisness people.he was never in it for the money,but always for the people.rip hatchetts.
mini car owners party
brum brumm beep beep...
silver moose
more silver walls
more bands
i see muds gigging there before tiger feet!
another tony vinnicombe newsletter
members letter
club newsletter
the cast of hair!yeah they liked me as i was only 10 .i used to sit with them.i remember a guy called cookie.
club newsletter
steve miller band played
club newsletter
flirtations/edwin starr cool
club newsletter
ashton gardner and dyke/peddlers
tourists from sweden
in the mid 70s tourists kept the club going.oh and saturday night fever!!!!
disco had moved in.rip rick nisbet still remembered.
ravers from hatchetts feature on plastic ono instant karma!!!!!!
i never knew this till i found this cutting hatchetts on a beatle record !
mind you billy preston didnt have far to go as they had a studio at saville row.i know mcartney and lennon came in once.and jagger and
richards.tinkerbells fairy dust saw them as well
gig lists and stickers
sticky lists!
desmond dekker/ronnettes/unit 4+2/sweet
more famous names
credit card mayhem/rainbow folly/celebs
my dad did his nut on dodgy credit cards.mind you he used to walk
down the road with the nights takings in a supermarket bag.oh so very
sixties.10 grand in fivers!
more rock n roll/ old nye card
rory storm rocks the club this is when lemmy of motorhead used to come in on his own regularly to play the one armed bandits ,drink
vodka n coke all night .my dad liked him said he was always polite!
rock on lem....
club letter/scream film
scream and scream again being filmed at the club.
john marks writes to melody maker about amplification
my dad loved music but he was going deaf from over loud bands.
oh and he put keith moon from the who in a deep freeze once
for letting of smoke bombs in the club.keith never did that again!
club letter
more club news
later hatchetts changes
a make over!
A collection of lost and unseen images and news paper clippings.
