My 1984 photo shows it fire damaged (see below) with Dingwalls alongside The very modern interior had a telephone on each of the round laminated very Space 1999 - tables to enable you to ring your mate or a girl at the next table. It was formerly Seven Seas Club, and had nice Tetleys beer in the upstairs bar. First listed in 1982 under clubs, social & general and still going in 2009, it was opened as a music venue by Paul Jackson in 1984 and incorporated the Unity Club in 1985. Magazine. Where they both the same, or two separate entities within one building? I cant remember it as being licensed, but it may have been. Later to become another venue - Ku2. Listed until late 1992 when it became Central Park & Ritzys. Intriguing As well as having rock groups in the 1960s (and 70s?) Site re-opened as a pub (?) Things appear to have come full circle now [2001], and night-clubs (which is what this one thinks it is) have now reverted back to a fragment of their possible origins coffee bars. Only Clubs, Social and General were listed (of which there were 96) and Clubs Dancing and Ballroom, which had one entry - the Kevin Ballroom, North Church Side (also the home of the Birdland jazz club see later). Graham Wilkinson remembers it as a dance place. In 1997 Dj vu (Independent Promotions) situated in the Hull Business Centre were first entered in the Yellow Pages under night-clubs. Youve got to try to please as many as possible he says of his night work. Ephemera: John Lee Hooker / Skyline ticket, Emma Fee - Too Busy Watching Invisible Things. Still running in 1989 but converted to the Paradise Club in 1989-90. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg - thanks Rob!). Later to become the equally short-lived Mutiny on the Bounty pub etc., which also died a death or the same reasons. Tagged #soul#funk#disco#soul funk disco boogie A running mix recorded live of the music that people would have danced too in Scamps Nightclub in Sutton and many other nightclubs around the UK in the 70s & 80s. See Room. Spiders Nightclub is an independent alternative music club in Hull. Based in the old Edwin Davis building this club opened late 1992 and attempted to fill the need for a rave venue, yet sadly succeeded only in creating a drug-pushers paradise. There is says Peter Croskill, manager and part share owner in one of Hulls smaller town centre discos a certain amount of misunderstanding, as so many places of ill repute are associated with discos. 42, George Street, went up in smoke in the early hours of Sunday, January 8, 1984, when a fire broke out just after the club. Tony Cliff is one of three partners who run a local mobile disco. May have been an early name for what became the Bier Keller, as remembered by my cousin Steve Worner of sixties group the Five Trax. Closed 1986-87. Noted under clubs, social & general from c.1969 and was possibly the first in Hull to be known as a discotheque but seems to have gone by 1971. I don't think we served alcohol. NB Red Bird was also advertising Go-Go dancers for hire in 1975. Enjoying a renaissance in the early naughties. Stackridge, a particularly memorable rendition of "Let there be lids". [Scheduled for demolition in summer 2009 as part of the continuing Ferensway regeneration]. . Listed as a social club and changed to No.11 South Street from 1962 - I just love that name. Montagues Club, 1-2 Bishop Lane, High Street corner. A Coffee Bar type place within Alexandra Terrace on Hedon Road, that was known as a coffee bar, but allegedly one could also buy more illicit substances and have a dance (Graham Hardy remembers). Originally known variously as the Kon-Tiki Club, the Barn and Disco 66. Listed from at least 1960 as a ballroom dancing venue, but gone by 1963? This part of Albion Street had been the scene (no pun intended) of clubs of one sort or another since the 1960s; The Old Ormonde Club was listed at No.22 Albion Street from 1961 to 1978 (No.3 Albion Street in 1905!) This application was turned down by the citys licensing justices after opposition from 19 local residents, who said vandalism, noise nuisance and drunks leaving the club would be unsuitable for their area. Enjoying a renaissance in the early naughties. Older people are finding the discos more attractive. Tower Nightclub & Restaurant, 52 Anlaby Road. But their work is not just a question of putting on records and flashing a few lights. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Tony stresses it is essential to establish a communication between the disc jockey and the audience; There has got to be feed back; if the disc jockey doesnt communicate it will not be a success, he says, - and one wrong record could destroy an atmosphere its taken half and hour to build up. Somewhere to go and not much else to do. First listed in 1982 in the entertainments section of the Yellow Pages, taking over the Scamps/Hofbrauhaus premises. There was a very large Bouncer called Dennis. Hull Daily Mail - read now online on YUMPU News Magazine flat rate Subscription Read digitally YUMPU News digital subscription - 30 days free trial! A double site coupled with Annabellas, and both owned by the Mecca Group. Now demolished. A cabaret club open in the early 1970s, with an excellent name, and its logo was a cute Penguin carrying a drinks tray (from an advert in the Hull Times, 2 May 1971. There are other T.C.s in the area (Grimsby has a pub called this near the Fish Dock) but may not be connected. Later the Jailhouse, Blue Lamp etc. Demolished circa 1992? It closed and re-opened again in the late 1990s but was not listed in 1999. I cant locate it in the telephone directories, but Chris Ketchell remembers the name was taken from the number plate of the owners car. A few clubs, that were often un-licensed, also provided gambling and a stage for the local Beat group, Jazz combo or Folk Club, whereas the new discotheques (discos) catered solely for the ravers who craved to dance to mostly pop-chart orientated music in more extrovert hip surroundings. It was still open in 1995 but not listed in 1996. Home About Us What We Do This legendary local hot-spot - fondly known as Tower For An Hour - was first listed as a nightclub in 1984. Now famed for the phrase Tower fur n owerr, which is where you go when the pubs close in Hull. I remember seeing bands there from around 1982, like Haze, Split Pig, and Over The Top, an early Ron Hales band and all his later incarnations. And as Peter Croskill says young people do seem to have more money than they used to. Formerly Oasis, Oasis 2000, Quigleys, Club Sahara etc. And it seems that where a change of words is needed to help right the situation, the right one is proving very difficult to find. Now [2001] Club Zen. and in 1973 Downstairs a licensed caf & restaurant was listed at No.26 Albion Street. It ran as a regular late night coffee club and disco after 10:30, when the resident DJ was Jeff Bunting. Listed in 1966 only and was probably an early dance venue similar to the Locarno but this has to be confirmed. Listed under clubs, social & general from 1971 but may have been known as a more of a dance venue (as Ruf 15 was) as it was to become the Rio Discotheque in 1973. click here to follow Hull Live on Twitter. If you are up there and others sit down, you stop up there, but you feel more self conscious if you get up early and you are the only ones. Under the name of Montagues Club, part of the building of the former Dunwells Forge had become the Forge Bar, with the disc jockey sat directly in front of the old forge chimney. Nothing at all; fly about on scooters Now he and his mate Graham Robertson are quite happy to spend 3 a week each to pay for themselves and their girlfriends to enjoy the discos facilities, and that sum is the most expensive item in their entertainment budget. Not listed separately elsewhere. Chris Ketchell recalls this had red awnings outside. Some suggest it was the site of the present Editorial Inn, and Paul Taylor, who visited in the late 1960s recalls: -'Penny Farthing was at the top of Spring Bank near Editorial but I think it was not at the end of a terrace but was mid terrace. Telstar, Mr.ZZsetc., Bransholme Centre. The first of a number of clubs to occupy this site from 1990 onwards, which sadly involved the partial destruction of this section of a wonderful Georgian terrace. etc. Our daily newsletter- To get the latest headlines direct to your email inbox every day,click here. Located on the north side of Spring Bank somewhere according to Graham Wilkinson. twitter_user = 'via=hullmusicarchiv'; Copyright 2022 Hull Music Archive,All Rights Reserved. Took over the former Hofbrauhaus/Oddessey site around 1983 (I was seeing bands there from January 1983) and was an excellent live music venue (Annie Lennox played here with the Eurythmics no less, and Dr Feelgood, the Damned, Sisters of Mercy etc). Opened circa 1990, taking over the former Sculcoates Club - a working men's club. Hull Live has a range of Facebook groups for communities across Hull and East Yorkshire. The building's owners, London based Freshwater Group, made a start in sending insurance assessors to the building shell. This place has put a ban on jeans but as the manager says - very few come in jeans and as Mr Croskill points out casual dress does not necessarily mean troublesome people. My parents are often quite worried in case there are fights, said Paul. In march 1968 we began renting it for one early night a week for our Radio 270 fan club, when I began my DJ work (still but 13). These were completed in December of 1970 just in time for Christmas. We also put the latest news in our Instagram Stories. Chris Ketchell remembered: - Gondola Club - It was in Little Queen Street, latterly that loud Sgt. Noted under clubs, social & general from 1970 until 1973 but sounds a bit more up-market and dancey. Following further uses as a nightclub and bar, the building was also used as . Scamp Club (Scampclub pets are not for adoption.) And what did they do before these places opened? The strangely sixties sounding Telstar Club opened in September 1974 to serve Englands biggest housing estate. I recall seeing Elkie Brooks & Vinegar Joe there on a number of occasions. '60s although I only really have specific memories of once or twice. Run by Reg Lane and Andrea Petty. Tony reckons his outfit have in excess of 4,000 discs and they can provide Go-Go dancers and films if they are wanted. This new music was epitomised by one group, as Ian Macdonald summed up well in his excellent book Revolution in the head - Though ultimately the product of influences deeper than pop, the Sixties soaring optimism was ideally expressed by it and nowhere more perfectly than in the music of the Beatles. Aberdeen As you say in your entry it was run by the local hippies - if my vague recollections are correct, the disco had been going for some time before I discovered it in late 1972, and was run by students of a hippified nature who later set up in Leonard St.I didn't go much to the town clubs - I found them too elitist - you had to wear a TIE!! The neighbouring empty Dingwalls music venue (former Hofbrauhaus) was gutted, along with the Oddessy, with firefighters describing the blaze as white hot, bending steel girders out of shape. It opened 7 days per week till 5am and in summer of course, I remember leaving at that time in daylight!'. It closed in 1971 after Baileys opened and was refurbished. Still running in 1981 but Oddessy took over from it in 1981- 82. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasnt it spelt wrong?) ). Advertised itself as Hulls premier discotheque (the first time the correct spelling had been used) The only slide inside a night-club in the UK. Mecca Dancing, Locarno Ballroom, Ferensway. The sixties popular music scene was more diverse than todays, although it could be said that the boundaries were a little clearer. And the mobiles cater for the same age group as do the residents ones. I think I am correct in saying this was one of Hulls first Gay bars. TEAM KEY WORKERS Every member of the team is allocated their own group of children to make observations, interact, engage, listen to and support each childs needs using the GIRFEC and SHANARRI approach. Extremely loud, with impressive light shows etc. Scamps nightclub (now Mansion) in Southend 1976. Scamps Gymnastics & Legendary CYC All Stars are programs supported under the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha . 15 with a Bullet. [Scheduled for demolition in summer 2009 as part of the continuing Ferensway regeneration]. Listed as a nightclub from 1999. Was this the earlier Majestic? Perhaps not them, but I wouldnt have minded shedding a few years on Tuesday evening. Part of the Manchester Hotel and a very cool place to go in the late 1970s and early 1980s. on the site of the late Bali Ha`i. Regular band was The Alan Bond Orchestra. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasnt it spelt wrong?) 42, George Street, went up in smoke in the early hours of Sunday, January 8, 1984, when a fire broke out just after the club closed. And as Peter Croskill says young people do seem to have more money than they used to. Click here to follow Hull Live on Instagram. Run by Reg Lane and Andrea Petty. Took over the old Kings Market shopping arcade in late 1998 early 1999. Also it took over from Bier-Keller, which definitely was a proper club. The Locarno was another place of happy dancing days. Regular dancing venue in the 1950s and 1960s and beyond. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasn't it spelt wrong?) Excellent music, always. The Hull Times ran an article in July 1971 regarding the Bailey Organisations latest and largest night-spot; Baileys at Hull. For 17 year old Terry Baynes its the atmosphere that draws; Its more lively, there is more happening. Later listed as Club International, a night-club, until 1989. 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