![]() ![]() "I can never buy a sister a birthday card, or receive one," she said in a statement. Ms Ellingham told the inquest she will "never have a sister, nieces or nephews - that right was taken from me". The first day of the two-week inquiry also heard from family members of victims who died in the fire, including Lorraine Ellingham's sister Jennifer Davies, who was a waitress working at the nightclub. The inquest heard findings of police corruption from the 1989 Fitzgerald Inquiry could also be used as evidence. Mr Keim said Rogerson's information might "be of assistance to the court" and he would arrange for him to give evidence remotely. The inquiry heard Rogerson did not believe O'Dempsey was involved in the attack. Rogerson is currently serving a life sentence in New South Wales after he and former detective Glen McNamara were found guilty of murdering Sydney university student Jamie Gao during a drug deal in 2014. It will also hear evidence from disgraced former police detective Roger Rogerson, who was involved in the initial police investigation into the nightclub attack. The inquest, before Coroner Terry Ryan, is expected to hear from a long list of witnesses, including friends and family of victims, an anonymous lawyer, an informer and an inmate. Inside Brisbane nightclub Whiskey Au Go Go after it was firebombed in March 1973, killing 15 people. The pair were charged with the 1974 manslaughter of Brisbane mother Barbara McCulkin and the murder of her two daughters, Vicki, 13, and Leanne, 11.Īt the time, police alleged O'Dempsey and Dubois killed the family out of fear they might implicate them in the nightclub firebombing.ĭubois was due to give evidence at the hearing but died in a Queensland jail two weeks ago, making O'Dempsey the last convicted murderer to take the stand. Inquest to hear from disgraced detectiveįormer attorney-general Yvette D'Ath reopened the investigation into the incident in 2017 after convicted murderers Vincent O'Dempsey and Garry Dubois committed a triple murder, which police believed could have had potential links to the attack. The inquest will also investigate whether the attack was motivated by an insurance claim payout, with evidence expected to be heard about the club's finances. It comes after the inquest heard multiple people knew about the attack before it occurred, and some were warned not to attend the nightclub on the night of the incident. My father always suggested that it was because he refused to give back-handers to people."Ĭredit for this entry to: Alan Patient of Whiskey Au Go Go firebombers John Stuart and James Finch have both died. Sadly the clubs went bankrupt because they lost their alcohol and gambling licences. They also owned the club in Cheetham St, Manchester. The Whisky was on the first floor and the Flamingo in the basement of 33 Wardour St. I think my grandfather opened it in ‘59/60. We haven't changed the title of this page because that would lose the amazing string of Facebook comments.Ģ023: Sam Bussey wrote to say: " My father and grandfather owned the club in the 60s. Whatever the relationship between these two similarly-names clubs may have been this does seem to be evidence that the Wardour Street Whisky-a-Go-Go existed in January 1965.Ģ021: Rob Prince wrote to say: "The Whisky A Go Go club was launched in 1959 (per London phone directory for that and subsequent years) and was always spelled 'Whisky,' without the 'e.' " Which indicates a leaning towards the Scots rather than the Irish. club Whisky A Go Go in 1966, this album captures the raw energy of a small Otis Redding gig. When closed it measures 2.5" X 3.75".Ĭonfusingly the address of a Manchester club is printed on the back but inside the Wardour Street address is printed. It is stamped Jan 1965 and has the personal info of the individual on the inside. ![]() ![]() Evidently, if the establishment was a school or associated with learning they didn't have to pay royalties to play the music on their jukeboxes in their clubs. The sales blurb includes: “From the research I have done it appears this "Passport" and the stamp inside saying "Students United Social Association" indicate that this club was attempting to get around the royalty laws in England at the time. We can’t find any site that gives a date when the Flamingo became the Whisky but on eBay we found a mock British Passport (the old blue hardback with the window for the number) for the “Kingdom of Whiskey a’GoGo”. Can anyone confirm that?Ģ017: Following a comment from Kate Cackhanded Viscardi, who remembers being in the Whiskey-a-Go-Go in the 1960s (and her husband says he was there in Feb '63), we did some digging. We know nothing about running a music club but we'd guess that the Flamingo and Whisky shared premises, using them on different nights. The name was adapted from the 'Whiskey a Go Go' club in Hollywood. It opened in the 1970s (or 1959 - see below), in the premises once occupied by the Flamingo Club. ![]()
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