Night clubs, entertainment etc.

[mozza 7,823]

As we grow older, i was wondering where we went for our entertainment in the 'good old days'. Me, growing up and still living in the Burton area, my first adult, club experience was

Adams-Burton,

Tiffanies - Derby 

Pippin club - Melbourne.

Loads of other venues throughout my life, and I will list them as and when i remember. 

Anyway, list yours, rate them, memories, eh..

 

[mozza 7,823]

I very occasionally went in the 76Club,  but would have gone in a lot more had i known that (according to wiki) Dire Straits, Sex Pistols,AC/DC, Ultravox etc. Were performing there, wonder what happened to that lot. 😉

Anyway add comments please.

 

[angieram 18,309]

Grey Topper, Jacksdale

Golden Diamond, Sutton in Ashfield

Rock City, Nottingham when I had a boyfriend with a car or clapped out old van! 

[Wolfie 5,386]

Growing up on a farm near Baslow, my early social experiences (age 16+) were mainly Young Farmers' Clubs do's, hosted at pub function rooms. Most memorable ones were at the Waterloo at Taddington (Buxton YFC) and especially numerous ones at the Marquis of Granby at Bamford (Hope Valley YFC), which is unfortunately now demolished.

Going to proper clubs later was mainly centred around Chesterfield (Xanadu 10p a pint nights in the early 90's!); Climax at Dronfield and later, various ones in Sheffield.

[DarkFruitsRam7 14,624]

15 minutes ago, angieram said:

Rock City, Nottingham when I had a boyfriend with a car or clapped out old van! 

I went to Rock City in November! The night before we lost to Forest in the league in fact.

Edited June 22, 2020 by DarkFruitsRam7

[mozza 7,823]

We ventured further afield as we got older, Top of the World in Stafford, some place in Stoke that i can't remember the name of in the late 70's @uttoxram75 may know. 

[mozza 7,823]

The Belfry was a fantastic venue for popular bands of the day. Saw The Hollies, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, The  Stylistics, Geno, and many others there.

[Curtains 7,292]

Any body remember this place 

[Mostyn6 12,458]

Ritzy’s/Ecilpse

Zanzibar

Chicagos (Walsall)

[GboroRam 6,753]

Nobody saying Bubbles then?

[ariotofmyown 6,553]

43 minutes ago, mozza said:

We ventured further afield as we got older, Top of the World in Stafford, some place in Stoke that i can't remember the name of in the late 70's @uttoxram75 may know. 

Was 'some place' in Stoke actually 'The Place'?

I went there in late 90s a few times. It was a large pub, then you entered the club part through an internal door. Once they had cleared the pub out, it reopened as part of an extended club. Genius.

My parents saw the Stones in Stafford in the 70s. Crazy.

[ariotofmyown 6,553]

1 hour ago, Van Wolfie said:

Marquis of Granby at Bamford

Must have been tricky if a copper asked your where you lived and you called him that.

[1of4 2,420]

23 minutes ago, Curtains said:

Any body remember this place 

Spent many a Saturday night there, back in seventies. 

[SIXTEEN AGAIN 1,196]

2 hours ago, angieram said:

Grey Topper, Jacksdale

Golden Diamond, Sutton in Ashfield

Rock City, Nottingham when I had a boyfriend with a car or clapped out old van! 

Saw Ultravox!, Adam and the Ants and The Frantic Elevators at Grey Topper.🙂

 

Kids today don't know they are born

[Bwash_Ram 1,337]

Confettis, Pink Coconut

for bands in Derby used to go to the Duke of York (late 80's early 90's)

Brannigans (90's)

Running Horse in Notts

Rock city occasionally

latter years Flowerpot

Edited June 22, 2020 by Bwash_Ram

[sage 14,937]

2 hours ago, GboroRam said:

Nobody saying Bubbles then?

@Duracell likes hanging out there.

 

[mozza 7,823]

2 hours ago, ariotofmyown said:

Was 'some place' in Stoke actually 'The Place'?

I went there in late 90s a few times. It was a large pub, then you entered the club part through an internal door. Once they had cleared the pub out, it reopened as part of an extended club. Genius.

My parents saw the Stones in Stafford in the 70s. Crazy.

Thats it, The Place, i think it was in Hanley.

[JoetheRam 2,817]

Thought most of you lot would have been old enough for the Locarno to be your venue of choice.

[mozza 7,823]

1 minute ago, JoetheRam said:

Thought most of you lot would have been old enough for the Locarno to be your venue of choice.

Whippersnapper. 

[angieram 18,309]

3 hours ago, SIXTEEN AGAIN said:

Saw Ultravox!, Adam and the Ants and The Frantic Elevators at Grey Topper.🙂

 

Kids today don't know they are born

Mud always used to play on "Ladies Free" night. Then they had a number one and they started to charge us 50p. I argued that I wasn't paying 50p to see that old letch Les Gray, so they continued to let us regulars  in for free.