Nurses Club, the Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, west London

Jo Jo Gunne
Jo Jo Gunne who played in late 1965

Not far from Twickenham’s more famous Eel Pie Island, the Nurses Club, based in the Jolly Gardeners pub in Isleworth, was a popular music venue with local bands.

I would be interested to hear from anyone that can add any further dates or memories below.

18 February 1964 – Two groups

3 March 1964 – Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated

17 March 1964 – Two groups (possibly one was The Tridents, see comments below)

 

1 April 1964 – Two groups

5 May 1964 – The Bo Street Runners, The Soul Messengers and The Mark Leeman Five

12 May 1964 – The Bo Street Runners, The Soul Messengers and The Mark Leeman Five

19 May 1964 – The Bo Street Runners, The Soul Messengers and The Mark Leeman Five

26 May 1964 – The Bo Street Runners, The Soul Messengers and The Mark Leeman Five

2 June 1964 – The Bo Street Runners, The Soul Messengers and The Mark Leeman Five

9 June 1964 – Two groups

16 June 1964 – Two groups

23 June 1964 – The Bo Street Runners

30 June 1964 – The Mark Leeman Five and Frankie Reid & The Casuals

14 July 1964 – The Bo Street Runners and The Others

28 July 1964 – The Mark Leeman Five and Ray Martin & The Corvettes

4 August 1964 – The Bluebottles

11 August 1964 – The Senators

18 August 1964 – The Habits

25 August 1964 – The Tramps and The Miston-Tuac

 

1 September 1964 – Group isn’t listed

8 September 1964 – The Second Thoughts

29 September 1964 – The Birds and The Wailbones with Flat-top

6 October 1964 – The Bo Street Runners and The Celts

13 October 1964 – Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds with Preacher Brown & The Witnesses

 

3 November 1964 – The Peeple

10 November 1964 – The Roosters and The Coveners

17 November 1964 – Lester Square & The GTs

24 November 1964 – PM2 and Sheiks of R&B

 

1 December 1964 – The Modern Blues Six and The Little People

5 January 1965 – The Modern Blues Six

12 January 1965 – The Second Thoughts

19 January 1965 – The Runaways (ex-Bo Street Runners)

26 January 1965 – The Modern Blues Six

 

2 February 1965 – Johnny Smith & Co and Raving Flat-top & The Big Boss Men

9 February 1965 – Beaux Oddlot

16 February 1965 – Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated

 

2 March 1965 – The Blue Ravens and The Impalas

9 March 1965 – The Blue Ravens and The Just Blues

16 March 1965 – Brothers Grimm and The Turnkeys

30 March 1965 – The Mark Leeman Five and The Tribe

 

13 April 1965 – The Blue Ravens and The Peeple

20 April 1965 – The Tramps and The Muscrats (Peter Green was guitarist for a while)

27 April 1965 – The Mark Leeman Five and Group Survival

4 May 1965 – The Blue Ravens and Jeff Elray & The Boys Blue

11 May 1965 – The Diaks and The Eyes

18 May 1965 – The Dillingers and The Crowd

 

1 June 1965 – The Modern Blues Six and The Senate Four

8 June 1965 – The Blue Ravens and The Ones

 

13 July 1965 – The Crowd with The Blues Etc

20 July 1965 – The Blue Ravens (Harrow Observer & Gazette) (Needs confirmation) Says Tuesdays

27 July 1965 – The Blue Ravens

3 August 1965 – D J Blues Band with The Minor Birds

10 August 1965 – The Senate Four

17 August 1965 – The Characters

24 August 1965 – The Dae-b-Four

31 August 1965 – The Kiko Six

 

7 September 1965 – Brothers Grimm

14 September 1965 – The Bo Street Runners and The Blue Ravens

21 September 1965 – The Blue Ravens and The Shondells

28 September 1965 – The Modern Blues Six and The Ikon

5 October 1965 – Jo Jo Gunne with The Road Agents

12 October 1965 – Norman & The Conquers and Blues Etc

26 October 1965 – Blues Folk with The Ferinos

2 November 1965 – The Nature Boys

18 January 1966 – The Miston-Tuac with The In-Tacks

25 January 1966 – The Flamingos with The Uncertain

1 February 1966 – The Sultans with The Debtors

The above gigs are from the Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette, Melody Maker and the Middlesex Chronicle (Hounslow Edition)

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2 thoughts on “Nurses Club, the Jolly Gardeners, Isleworth, west London”

  1. Lindsay Bex, who was in the Tridents (before Jeff Beck joined), sent me some gigs of the Isleworth R&B club, which I am pretty sure was the same venue as this:

    28 January 1964
    17 March 1964

    1. My husband and I met at the Jolly Gardeners on 2nd March 1965. We got engaged 6 months later on 2nd Sept, and married 2 years after that. That was 55 years ago, but sadly he passed away in 2020. Very happy memories of that evening in 1965. Many thanks for putting this info online. Best wishes, Sue Hawkins

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