The Carlton Club (Warrington)
The Carlton Club was at 13-17a Sakey Street, Warrington, Cheshire.
It was above Jacksons and up some stairs.
The Carlton club door was next to Woolworths and next door to the cafe.
The owner and manager was Chris Cullerton (b. Christopher Cullerton, 1938, County Wexford, Eire d. Friday, May 21, 2021, Warrington Hospital, Warrington, Cheshire, England). He ran it in the 1960's till the early 70's. He was born in County Wexford and moved to Warrington at 7 and worked as a butcher and as a porter at the Co-op.
He was also a promoter who brought The Rolling Stones to Warrington. Cullerton met The Rolling Stones when they played The Parr Hall, Palmyra Square South, Warrington on Monday, November 25, 1963, when Brian Jones tried to buy his waistcoat, but Cullerton turned him down. This was the day John F. Kennedy was shot.
Cullerton also became one of the town's first DJs, playing at The Hamlet, The Lion and The Carlton Club among others. He also brought Deep Purple to Warrington for one of their first live gigs, at The Red Lion, for which they were paid £45. In 1970 he married Cheryl.
Warrington band The Hornets / Jimmy Horne and the Hornets played here in the early 60's.
In January 2013 The Carlyon Club was made bankrupt.
Known acts appearing at the Carlton
- Wednesday, May 11, 1966: Some Other Guys
- Sunday, September 4, 1966: The Riot Squad
- Monday, January 2, 1967: The Family
- Sunday, March 9, 1967: Fleur De Lys
- Friday, April 12, 1967: The Move
- Friday, September 8 - Saturday, September 9, 1967: Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds, 8pm - 22pm
- Saturday, April 20, 1968: The Ray King Soul Band
- Friday, May 3, 1968: Bill Haley and the Comets
- Friday, May 32, 1968: Manfred Mann
- Sunday, June 2, 1968: Oscar Tony Junior
- Monday, June 3, 1968: The Amboy Dukes
- Tuesday, June 4, 1968: The Magic Lanterns, Jamie's Jygsaw
- Monday, June 17, 1968: The 4 Kents
- Friday, June 21, 1968: The Executives
- Sunday, June 23, 1968: The Chris Shakespear Show
- Monday, June 24, 1968: The Ray King Soul Band
- Sunday, June 30, 1968: Sweetshop (later The Sweet)
- Monday, October 28, 1968: The Greatest Show On Earth
- Sunday, December 22, 1968: Stu James and Mojos
- Thursday, November 26, 1970: Caravan, Trevor Billmuss, Jackson Heights
- Thursday, December 3, 1970: Manfred Mann Chapter Three
- Thursday, December 10, 1970: Stone the Crows
- Thursday, December 17, 1970: Argent
- Friday January 22, 1971: The Sweet
- Friday, February 19, 1971: The Sweet
