CHARLIE’S UPDATES

WENT REALLY WELL, WITH A PACKED BAR, WE HAD SOME GREAT ARTISTS GIVING THERE TIME FREE FOR CHARITY. DAVE OUR COMPERE(TAKEN ON AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE FOR ONE DAY PER WEEK) STARTED US OFF WITH MIKE OUR ORGAN SINGER FOLLOWED BY CHARLIE (NEIL DIAMOND) DEE DANIELS, DARRAN, AND KATY KENNEDY. EMMA LEAD THE STAFF DANCING, DANCING IN AND OUTSIDE THE BAR, CHARLIE TOOK A 30 EURO CHARITY CREAM PIE IN THE FACE, JANE GAVE AWAY THE “FREE 1 HOUR BAR SHIRT” AND ANOUNCED THE FREE HOT DOGS AND JUST A GREAT TIME HELD BY ALL. JANE, EMMA AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR PARTY AND OF COURSE THE KIND ENTERTAINERS. WE RAISED 445 EUROS FOR CHARITY. CHARLIE. (ON HOLIDAY IN CALIFORNIA AT MOMENT. WILL PUT PICTURES ON AS SOON AS I GET A FREE FEW HOURS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!)  

ERIC WAS A VISITOR TO OUR BAR WITH NORMAN CHERRINGTON,  RUGBY LEAGUE GREATS OF THE 1950″S and EARLY 60″S. EVEN AFTER SO MANY YEARS, MANY PEOPLE STILL ASKED ME IF IT WAS OK TO GO OVER AND  BOTHER TWO RUGBY LEGENDS FOR THEIR AUTOGRAPHS, THE TWO LOVED IT, A FOND MEMORY. ERIC WAS A GREAT MAN, PLAYER, AND A GENTLEMAN,  OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS INCLUDING NORMAN. CHARLIE, JANE, EMMA AND ALL AT THE O.W.P.

WE HAVE ADDED MIKE, AN EXCELLENT SINGER AND ELECTRIC ORGANIST TO OUR NIGHT SET UP. MIKE IS ON EVERY SUNDAY FROM 9PM TILL 10.30PM, A QUIZ FROM US THEN MIKE COMES BACK ON 11PM TILL MIDNIGHT. HE IS VERY POPULAR, A BIG PLUS TO THE BAR WE THINK. WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A WEDNESDAY ENTERTAINER WE LIKE, SO THAT LITTLE JOB GOES ON.

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GOOD HERE, SUNNY WITH ABOUT 23, OR 73 BEING THE NORM. JANE HAS FOUND A YOUNG MAN TO WORK DAYS,DEBBIE IS HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON HER TEAM. HIS NAME IS CARL, NICE LAD, SAY HELLO TO HIM WHEN YOU COME IN.WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COOK, SUE WHO IS ALSO ANOTHER PLUS TO OUR TEAM. THE PARTY IS LOOMING, OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS ON THE 21ST APRIL. CHEERS CHARLIE.

WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY IN OUR NEW BAR ON THE 21ST APRIL, ADDING TO OUR VERY POPULAR ANNIVERSARY BASHES WE HAVE ON NOVEMBER 11TH TO REMEMBER THE DAY WE STARTED AS BAR OWNERS IN TENERIFE IN NOVEMBER 1991.

WE ARE THINKING OF HAVING A SINGER ON AS WELL AS MANY OTHER LITTLE IDEAS TO MAKE THIS NIGHT SPECIAL. 20TH APRIL …. 

I CANNOT GET OVER HOW QUICK TIME HAS PASSED. CHRISTMAS WAS GREAT, VERY, VERY BUSY, ON CHRISTMAS EVE AT ONE TIME YOU COULD NOT GET INSIDE OF BAR FOR A SHORT TIME IT WAS JUST THAT FULL, AS WELL AS  VERY PACKED OUTSIDE. NEW YEARS EVE WAS VERY STRANGE, VERY SLOW TO START, THEN FULL BY 10.30. BUT FOR OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS IN OUR NEW BAR, WE WERE VERY PLEASED. WE ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AS USUAL THE END OF FEB. IS VERY SLOW, WE EXPECT THIS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. JANE AND CHARLIE {ME] went back to UK for my MOTHERS 80th BIRTHDAY, WAS GREAT, AS WELL AS SEEING FAMILY I HAVE NOT SEEN FOR MUCH TO LONG.

I FLEW BACK A LITTLE EARLY AS EMMA HAD TO RETURN HOME AS HER GRANDFATHER IS GRAVELY ILL. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HER AND HER FAMILY.

HAD A BIT OF RAIN HERE, A GOOD TIME FOR US, IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE RAIN TO HAVE IT IN OUR QUITE PERIOD. YOU ALL KEEP WELL. CHARLIE.

THE PEOPLE COMING OVER FOR CHRISTMAS, CAN YOU LET US KNOW FOR 2 REASON PLEASE, 1ST, TO LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TO RESERVE CHRISTMAS DINNER, 2ND IF WE COULD ASK YOU TO BRING A COUPLE OF THINGS OVER FOR US. THANKS. JUST LEAVE MESSAGE ON OUR WEBSITE. AS I SPEAK THE CHRISTMAS CARDS ARE BEING DONE BY EMMA AND JANE..IF YOU HAVE NOT LEFT YOUR NAME ETC IN OUR COMMENTS BOOK, EMAIL ME WITH YOUR INFO SO THAT WE CAN GET A CARD OFF TO YOU. CHEERS FOR NOW. CHARLIE.

party pictures will soon be on the web site. charlie.

ON SUNDAY WAS OUR CHARITY PARTY BASH, TO CELEBRATE 16 YEARS OF STARTING THE ORIGINAL WIGAN PIER, THE NEW BAR GAVE US A LOT MORE ROOM AND CHOICE FOR OUR SUPPORTERS, WITH AIR CONDITIONING INSIDE AS WELL AS OUR LARGE EXTERIOR. IT WAS COME AS YOU PLEASE FANCY DRESS, MANY AS SUPER HEROS, THE WIGAN PIER CREW AS WELL AS SOME FREINDS DANCING TO GREASE, ETC. THERE WAS kARAOKE, LIMBO DANCING, BALLOONING FUN, CHARLIE WITH HIS WATER PISTOL, FREE HOT DOGS CHEAP ONE HOUR BAR, MONIES HERE GOING TO OUR BRAVE TROOPS ON POPPY DAY AND MUCH MORE, IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT AND PACKED TO THE RAFTERS, WITH OUR LONG STANDING AND NOW,MANY NEW REGULARS, . WE ALL MADE MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED EUROS FOR THE SCHOOL FOR “DOWN,S SYNDROME” IN THE NORTH OF TENERIFE. 

JANE, EMMA AND MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR COSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS FOR THERE HELP AND SUPPORT, IN MAKING OUR PARTY, AS ALWAYS SUCH FANTASTIC NIGHT.

WELL OUR ANNIVERSARY OF JANE AND I STARTING IN TENERIFE IS WITH US AGAIN ON SUNDAY THE 11TH NOVEMBER.EVERYBODY IS HARD AT WORK GETTING GIFTS ETC FROM OUR SUPPLIERS FOR OUR ANNUAL CHARITY BASH, ALL THE TEAM ARE WINDING THEMSELVES UP, FOR A GREAT NIGHT. ALREADY OUR REGULARS ARE ARRIVING.

OUR UNCLE RON

HILDA AND RON WERE JANE’S PARENTS BEST FRIENDS, AS BOTH JANE’S PARENTS DIED AT AN EARLY AGE, RON AND HIS WIFE HILDA WERE MADE ADOPTED AUNT AND UNCLE BY JANE, I GOT TO KNOW HILDA AND RON REALLY WELL WHEN WE STARTED THE WIGAN PIER CHARITY PARTIES BACK IN NOVEMBER 1992.
THEY BOTH HELPED WITH GLASSES AND BINGO, HILDA MAKING DOLLS TO RAISE MONEY AND BOTH HELPED US THROUGH THE STRESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH ARRANGING THE NIGHTS, THEY ONLY MISSED 2 YEARS, BECAUSE OF VISITS TO RON”S SISTER IN AUSTRAILIA. ANYBODY WHO WAS AT OUR PARTIES WOULD REMEMBER THEM.
RON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER A FEW MONTHS AGO.
ME OLD MATE, JANE’S UNCLE RON, DIED LAST FRIDAY THE 7TH SEPT 2007, AGED 78.
THIS PICTURE SHOWS RON IN THE MIDDLE OF KEVIN, MY BROTHER IN LAW, AND OUR BEST FRIEND IAN, AT THE FAREWELL BASH BACK IN NOVEMBER.

HE LOVED A BACARDI AND COKE DID RON, “CHEERS MATE” HE WOULD SAY AS HE PICKED ONE UP.
CHEERS RON, WE WILL MISS YOU.
WISHING HILDA AND HER FAMILY OUR LOVE AND BEST WISHES.
CHARLIE N JANE.