I went TDY to CRK many times in the 00's. A few of these places still existed when I was there. I'm married now with 3 kids and I live in Mindanao. It's nice to take a walk down memory lane.
Classic cars? Yes. I once saw out a 69 Charger that had a Nissan 4 banger turbo diesel and transmission it at a rebuild shop. I asked the filipino, " where is the engine? He said it was the thing under the firewall. You could have almost put a hot tub between the engine and the radiator.
These are some of the few pics of Flying Machine,and Maveric City to be found ! I did 2 tours at Clark in the 80's. When Pinatubo blew, and they closed Clark, It was exactly like a part of me had closed ! Anyway, good video, thanks for the look back. You picked some good music too !
I saw a hanging ad sign with 1985 on it so I don't remember hardly any of these bars I was there from 1970-1974 so alot of name changes and where are all the military hanging out at I didn't see hardly anyone on the streets? The streets use to be busy day and night I can almost smell the beer and cheap perfume. I saw one sign that said all beer was PHP50 and in the 70s we were paying PHP1.50 each but we only had one choice of beer. Good video.....cheers. :)
Wow you are taking me back to 1984 the first time we went from okinawa to clark. I never thought I would see some of these joints again other than my own photos, I have a giant smile right now and a couple years remembering my young days in the P I. My favorite bar was the gold coast a 2nd floor joint with a balcony of course, the DMZ, I have gotten so ripped off of Red Horse beer,also the clarkton hotel and the sleezy , no air-condition yellow submarine,what a dump but what fun it all was.
I must make a correction on my post from yesterday, I went to angeles for the first time in Feb. 85.I know the date doesn't matter but you know military guys like to get stuff precise, also the word years was supposed to be years. Now I want to talk about two small Australian owned bars I didn't understand at the time, one was Manly Fred's bar, didn't know then Manly is a part of Australia,we used to go in there for a beer and do our ridiculous bodybuilding poses as a joke because the the place was Manly, the other and I don't remember anything about this place called St Trinian's, St Trinian's is some kind of school for bad girls in England or Australia
was there 94, Top Hat and Cleopatra .. didn't see photos of those bars here. fun days.. cant believe nearly 30 years ago... saddens me how much time has passed..
Fire Empire, anything went! Nipa Hut, never was, is, or will be, a place like that - the owner (now long gone) was a genius. Nicest girls I ever met were there. No greed, no ladies drinks were necessary, the girls were so bored they were happy just to sit there and chat. That was before phones were invented.
God when I die I wanta be reborn as a customer at the NIPA HUT. Over and over forever. Yes the nicest girls in the world they were. God bless the owner, may he rest in paradise.
My favourite bars in the early 90's were Air Wolf Inn, Ziggies, Ricks cafe and then Margaritaville late at night. there were loads more, Spiders, Legs, Viking, Buccaneer, Dreams........happy memories, but sad that its all gone, and will never be repeated.
I first hit AC in '93, and I remember so many of these bars. Its so sad to see they are all long gone now, torn down and replaced with huge multi-storey mege bars, with massive sound systems, and massive prices..... I loved it in the old days, when it was a bit wild, and cheap, and the girls were far happier, and life was a little wild......
Different nationalities are there now, that were not there 30 years ago. Place might be cleaner and buildings a lot more modern, but the place is shit compared to to 20 to 30 years ago.
On that days my father is the maintenance foreman of THE YELLOW SUBMARINE then change it to THE BUCCANER,ABBEY ROAD ,GRAND PRIX,CLUB FANTASTIC,FLYING MACHINE and V.F.W in friendship...where i learn a lot of works in maintenace ...my father name is Carlos Santos sr. they call it "TATANG"..
Matildas ,, Green Frog ,, Club X ,, Brown Derby,, Wagon Wheel ,, Crows Nest ,, Holy City Zoo,, Yellow Submarine,, 3rd Eye,, El Toros ,, sososososo many more ....we had 357 bars listed on the std list good times !!!!!!!
Somewhere I have one of our 132 column STD list we had on the bulletin board in the MatShop, we had to look at and i initial each month. We called it "The Clap List" it has 420 official bars on it. The number would vary each month. We would make note of the bars that were Off Limits and those were where we would go and sit outside and pick out a date. One night I was at an off limits bar off of fields down past Stardust somewhere and it was late, the girls was hungry, only a few customers for a week, i had a 3 day weekend. They were starvin. I asked them if they would barfine with me for food. They all agreed. All 12 girls got in my old ford and went home with me. My 2 maids had a fit, so I gave them $40 bucks and sent them to buy food and 2 of the bargirls went with them. The other 10 i asked to the bedroom and they chased me there. They all slept in my room. Next morning i had them all undressed again in my room, and called a couple buddies over. They couldn't believe it. My own orgy. And yes i got photos to prove it. God I wish I could do that again. A couple weeks later Cupid caught up to me at a friends Bday party where I met the most gorgeous filipina in my life, and im still in love with her. She is taller than any I had ever met and so sweet and I thot she was part european, (white horse and coke). She works hard and never lets grass grow under her feet. I couldn't believe she was not a model. I am so lucky to have her.
Fire Empire was the ultimate sexy bar back in the day, the Silver Dollar had the cutest school teachers working there part time! Wonderful memories. happy people!
Yes I remember many of those places from my days at Clark. What about the Kings Row Hotel? For those of you have not been there recently OMG it’s a complete 360 turn around. Thanks for sharing ✌🏾
Love all the memories. I read a guys story that had a link to this... oh my. memories. Moon Doggies was my landing spot. Rocco's And then about 5 minutes 23 seconds... there abouts... but I caught the banner... At first it was the Thunderbird... and I thought it was there for the Thunderchickens... but I saw the date. Dec 31 1985 I was there. TDPY from Osan we were Flying alongside the Thai's... Great bunch. What a place. Often thought of doing exactly what Max did.. retire and become a bar owner down there. become an ExPat. Still might. Still time. Best Bar to start the night off. ! minute 24 seconds... There abouts... Hard Rocks Café.. order the house special. My first bar... and what a surprise. It was highly recommended during our in-brief from the 1st Shirt. And since he was a good friend of mine... Well.
Was in fields ave in the early 90's-barfines were 200-300 pesos and you could get a beer in a club for 30 pesos. Returned 30 years later-barfines 3000 and club beers approx 100 pesos.
You would not believe what went on in the late 70’s then. 20.00 hit the exchange.. illegal of course.. 9 to 1 or dozen oranges. Party all night. Drinks 3.00 pasos Bar fines 20.00 Back before 12 midnight. Drunk bus was the ride at 1230. This goes on at least twice a week.
I remember the night I was sitting in The Ugly Duck Bar, when Beverly ( not sure of the first name spelling), a ex- Scotland Yard detective came in and sat down at the table with me, and placed a baby python snake on the table between us. He said Fred lets have a few drinks with her ( all the girls started screaming and started running). They were putting in drains in Fields Avenue (a bit up from Dodge City). I think the snake was wrapped in me, always staring at me and trying to wrap herself around me and squeeze me. Beverly a great bloke and character seemed to always have time for a San Mig. or a rum & coke with me. There were many characters around then - Bones - Nifty Nev - Budda (I heard still had a couple of bullets in him). The most famous girl was Jema , I remember sitting at the front of Kokomo's Hotel Bar, Fields Ave., when she came out of a Ladies Hairdressing/toenail Salon just down from where I was sitting. She slid across the road like - I knew she would- swung left & right pass me like - I knew she would, looking straight at me like - I knew she would. I followed her up the road like- she knew I would. She slid into a bar like- I knew she would. I followed her in like- she knew I would, and bought her a Ladies drink - like - she knew I would..... I could write a book on my experiences in those days. Even when into one bar and bumped into a bloke from my home town living there, I went to a party at his place, a lot of well heeled people were there Prawn Trawler owners, A Sea Surveying Vessel owner A Nuclear scientist etc. Jemma happiIy I heard eventually migrated to USA..... Fred Long - Quiotboy G C..... Australia
Once I went to olangapo after being in Angeles 2 or 3 times, it sucked, totally different vibe there, I felt like they were just out to get you there,plus you have a shore patrol to break your balls if you're having too much fun, I don't not have one good memory from there, the only thing I liked about olangapo the music was more rock and roll and country angeles was more pop and disco, but who cares,Angeles forever
I will gladly buy your book if you write one. I had alot of memorable times there too. I had a good memory of one bar owned by an aussie. I BFined and BGirl there and got home and she wouldn't do her thing with me. I took her back and complained to the mamasan, she called the owner down, who had that aussie accent and he told me to pick any 2 Bgirls in the bar that I likes. I picked the two hottest ones in the bar, not know what his plan was. He told me "take them both and send them back by 5 tomorrow".
Me too. Great time when TDY officers came in. Line them up twice. Once at the bar and once on the benches. If you know what a BJ contest was all about. Ya fire empire.
@@auckie This is sort of a late answer to your question (5/25/21) but yea he is the youtuber and I haven't seen any of his videos in quite sometimes.....not sure what happen I guess you could go to his channel and see if he's still kicking.... :)
OMG !! The FIRE EMPIRE. What a crazy bar. Voted one of the 10 raunchiest bars in the world by Penthouse Magazine. I was stationed at Clark, AB from April 1982 - October 1983. What a trip. I remember the Firestone. Another dive bar. The C-130E bar is a place I never went to. Bad Karma. Rosie O'Grady's is a place I went to often.
First time to AC was 2010. Last time was a few months ago. A lot changed from the 1980s when I was in the Air Force and heard about this place and even had a Shop Chief that had photos. What AC was during the time of these photos is all LONG GONE. But, there is still some fun to be had. These days it will cost you triple what it cost you back then in comparable dollars. But it is still fun. There are many names in these photos that are still there. Los Vegas, Lollipops, geckos, Brown Sugar, and several others. Better hotels today than back then.
2:56 Didn't Zugg and a Czech guy own The Big Apple....before that it was called something NYC or ??? This shot is no earlier than late 1986. At 3:01at Monroe's Bar shot, that chick worked there and would hang out there from 86-88. 9:07 the chick on the left in the foreground was working there in 86-88.
Around 1988 the show 20 20 did a story about aids in the P.I, they showed a clip of g.is dancing with girls at Murphy's, and my boy Micheal baker a marine was on national television
To @enzos711 Wondering about a Big Eyeball Sign "The something eye" ..... I was THERE many times 😇...it was "The 3rd Eye" and was referring to "The 3rd Eye" between the legs...
1st time there, in 86' on leave, navy, up from Olongapo.. I remember a bar on fields w/ a Big Eyeball Sign "The something eye" .. (looked like it was staring at me) Compared to Olongapo it was a lot smaller, less built up (a lot darker at night) & way more laid back .. Working in Guam, I started going back in late 90's and later as a Merchant & MSC early 2000's .. Last time, in 2011.. I did not like it.. I miss all the sml (intimate) little, hole in the wall joints w/ Juke Boxes .. It's mostly "Brass & Glass" (relatively very expensive) over the top (100% Commercial) Night Clubs, Mostly, catering to (Gouging) Koreans & Internet / RU-vid "Tourists" ..
Save for posterity. Back when central Luzon was a lazy, slow paced place with no traffic nor congestion. You could cruise around in a 1970s American muscle car and it felt like I was in the panhandle of Florida but with friendly Filipinos.
It's Fields Avenue looking east towards what was MacArthur Highway....going away from what was main gate. Right now a McDonald's is at the end of this street on the right hand side.
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