Tingalary / Tingelary / Tingleaerie etc etc

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Thu 23 Feb, 2012 9:38 pm

Hi Geordie-exile,I used to go to Jacomelli's in Boar Lane during the 1960's. At the time, it was regarded as an 'upmarket' type of restaurant. I didn't go in the restaurant, but downstairs. In the basement, there was a bar called the Aloha Bar (complete with parrot). It was quite a trendy place to go. In those days, all things Hawaiian, must've been a fashion as the Old Mecca had a cafe in that style and the New Mecca had a nightclub next to it called the Bali Hai.Ian

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Thu 23 Feb, 2012 9:49 pm

Thanks Ian. Yes, I've been in a few times myself, including its final incarnation before it closed. Just wondered if the Jacomellis themselves had fingers in any other Leeds pies.

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Thu 23 Feb, 2012 10:23 pm

The following extract is taken from "A History of Cafes and Restaurants in Leeds" by Donald Tate, published in 1988. Some of this duplicates the information on the Leodis photo, which I suspect was taken from the same source."Originally opened in 1906 as Jacomelli's Swiss Restaurant and Cafe, by Anthony and Francis Jacomelli, son of Anthony Jacomelli, an Italian-Swiss who opened eating houses in London and Bristol. Anthony junior died in 1942 but the business was carried on until 1944 by his wife, when it went out of the family. In 1949 Jacomelli's was sold to Hagenbachs and was sold again in 1967, this time to the Berni Chain and it became the 100th Berni Inn, the first one being the "Horst" restaurant in Bristol, which was opened some 24 years earlier. Berni's completely refurbished Jacomelli's, having it reopened the following year by the Lord Mayor Alderman J. Rafferty."I can't find anything else about the Jacomelli family in Leeds, but I found this obituary for a member of the family, which mentions the London and Bristol restaurants but not the Leeds one:http://www.swissreview.co.uk/news.php?i ... all&max=70

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Thu 23 Feb, 2012 11:28 pm

Thanks Tasa. Not very Leeds-centric after all then.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Fri 24 Feb, 2012 9:50 am

Did Jacomellis become club Nato?If not where was club Nato?

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Fri 24 Feb, 2012 11:19 am

LS1 wrote: Did Jacomellis become club Nato?If not where was club Nato? NATO was underneath C&A, you went in through a door at the side of the entrance to C&A on Boar lane.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Fri 24 Feb, 2012 1:53 pm

Chrism wrote: LS1 wrote: Did Jacomellis become club Nato?If not where was club Nato? NATO was underneath C&A, you went in through a door at the side of the entrance to C&A on Boar lane. What was it before that? I can't remember, - too young!

jonleeds · Post by **jonleeds** » Fri 24 Feb, 2012 2:14 pm

What on earth is a 'Tingalary' ? I've only just worked out what a 'Hurdy-Gurdy' is in the past few weeks, now here is something else I've never heard of, are the two things related? Is it anything to do with Tingley? What is the ice-cream connection? Was it like an early version of an icecream vans chimes machine? Whats going on?!!!

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 24 Feb, 2012 2:26 pm

Sort of sounds familiar, was it the street barrel organ thing as in 'grinder + monkey'? There was a tape cassette of those years back.I was confusing yours with The Umbrella Man by Sammy Kaye.The lyric that confused starts after 0:54 [skippable advert]http://youtu.be/C8DNec26iHY

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Fri 24 Feb, 2012 2:39 pm

Jogon wrote: Sort of sounds familiar, was it the street barrel organ thing as in 'grinder + monkey'? There was a tape cassette of those years back.I was confusing yours with The Umbrella Man by Sammy Kaye.The lyric that confused starts after 0:54 [skippable advert]http://youtu.be/C8DNec26iHY Thank you Jogon! I've had that tune going round my head since this thread was reopened and now I know why