Infamous Sons & Daughters of Leeds

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Tue 24 Jun, 2008 2:56 pm

Hi back to prudham again after all the time spent looking for him he was found hideing in the grounds of malton police station.After all that running around he must have thought that would be the last place they would look for him.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Tue 24 Jun, 2008 7:34 pm

EFL wrote: Pashy wrote: Did anyone know Eugene Lacey ? I knew him very well, he was my dad.I have posted on here because the Australia bit makes me curious. I have an uncle, my dad's brother who went out there, Denis, he had 4 daughters when I last heard of him, about the time my dad died. For the Leeds Lass, yes we are all 'Eugene', don't know why. My father died in 1980 aged 52 so your guess at 70 was a bit out.But to keep this thread alive, who remembers Big Jim Moran and Denis Huckerby and Barry Samples? Windmill guys. I remember the Eugene Lacey'sI have known them for years i used to go to there house as a kid (near the club and vickerage on grangefield industrial estate in pudsey) and and if its the same peeps the 2 brothers nicknames were yogi and boo boo (boo boo got me to go work as a doorman/bouncer at studio one on north street).So hope you are all welland all the bestP Bailey

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 24 Jun, 2008 11:33 pm

iansmithofotley wrote: Hi Pashy,I knew Eugene Lacey. He was a bouncer at some Leeds Clubs, in the 60's, but I can't remember which ones. He was a stocky, thick set man with greased wavy hair.Ian. Not infamous, but reminded of them because of your "bouncer" reference was Big Bill Richardson who was a black guy with massive muscles who did bouncing around Leeds. He trained with another muscle man called Tony, whom had had a problem of disfugurement to his face. Around in the 1970's, Tony was a particularly nice guy if I recall. Anyone??

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 11:07 am

Then there was bill's younger brother who was involved in the fracas at The Trotters in the early 90's, guns knives, machettes, baseball bats etc etc etc also involved was Terry Mitchell named the 'hardest' man in Leeds for a number of years.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 12:03 pm

Chrism wrote: Then there was bill's younger brother who was involved in the fracas at The Trotters in the early 90's, guns knives, machettes, baseball bats etc etc etc also involved was Terry Mitchell named the 'hardest' man in Leeds for a number of years. Bill's brother was called Joel and also worked as a bouncer at studio one

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Wed 25 Jun, 2008 12:49 pm

That's the one, the name slipped my memory for a minute there. In fact that's what all the trouble in the Trotters was over if I remember rightly, Doormen and their bosses muscling in on others territories.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Fri 04 Jul, 2008 6:22 pm

Chrism wrote: That's the one, the name slipped my memory for a minute there. In fact that's what all the trouble in the Trotters was over if I remember rightly, Doormen and their bosses muscling in on others territories. Yep that sounds about right, I worked for Tony Hardcastle and Marco Then went to work for one night club as the pay was better

skippy · Post by **skippy** » Sat 05 Jul, 2008 10:58 am

hi pashy, i knew big jim moran, he always wore his jacket short and his trousers were always half mast, he was a mate of my friends husband, alan townsend, he was croupier at the game club, just at the side of the regent pub in kirkgate, sorry cant think of it's name. also i remember the night club on north street,

skippy · Post by **skippy** » Sun 06 Jul, 2008 3:09 pm

hi pashy, just remembered the name of the night club on north street, the windmill, i saw the dallas boys there, it was all a bit cloak and dagger stuff, knock on the door, and someone would look through the peephole in the door, but it was a great little club.

EFL · Post by **EFL** » Mon 07 Jul, 2008 2:34 pm

skippy wrote: hi pashy, just remembered the name of the night club on north street, the windmill, i saw the dallas boys there, it was all a bit cloak and dagger stuff, knock on the door, and someone would look through the peephole in the door, but it was a great little club. The little club down stairs in kirkgate was called the Embassy, my dad was involved there, with big Jim Moran, Barry Samples, Little Tony Heath, Denis Huckerby. My earlist memories of that place was picking the bits of glass out of the feather boa wearing girls painted on the stage back drop, thought they were real diamonds. The windmill peephole was because gaming wasn't totally legal then, didn't stop some of the local constabulary going in there though! Billy Bremner, Jack Charlton Gary Sprake Mick Bates but to name a few often went in as well, my dad brought their autographs home every other week. Happy times as they say.