Published by at June 30, 2022. Previously known as Talk Of The South and now called Talk . Closed 1986-87. Telstar, Mr.ZZsetc., Bransholme Centre. Listed from 1973, initially in the entertainments and amusements section of the Yellow Pages. n the early 1980s a Nightclub called Scamps on Waterloo Street, was bought out & renamed as Rockshots. I am grateful to Paul Rusling for contacting me with the following resume: -'Baileys should have been in the phone book - it had a 5 line switchboard and the number was 24000. manned 24 hours a day, Baileys had an all night watchman and female receptionists by day. 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. More recently incorporating Jacks Nightclub. Demolished along with Odyssey next door following a fire in 1984. They DID have a casino licence, and also a dance floor and club operation. Part of the Dorchester Hotel to you and I. T.C.s Nightclub & Restaurant, 1 Ropery Street. Trouble is of course, cater for one group and you throw yourself open to abuse by another. Not listed separately elsewhere. John Peel did at least one gig there. During the 1970s the Bishop Lane Club catered for the younger market and was known amongst other things as Temptations and the more memorable Bier Keller, which it remained until the late 1970s. The light-show side has its own people to run it, and Neil Manyan is the back room boy who looks after the sound equipment. I have a really good file with lots of photos of the restoration process. [the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1982) describes a discotheque as a club, caf etc.,where records are played for dancing]. Taking over from Tiffanys in 1984-5 when Tiffanys ceased to be listed in the telephone directories, this night-club served the same clientele and soon changed its name to Lexington Avenue. The luxuriously named Paradise Club was first mentioned in the telephone directory of 1990, listed as a night-club from 1993, and closed 1998-99. My parents are often quite worried in case there are fights, said Paul. Doing his best to keep live music alive. Listed as a night-club from 1992, it replace Club International, which ceased to be listed in the same year. The former cinema was the place to go when the city's pubs closed, and has had a long. May previously have been known as the Talk of the Town? Later to become the equally short-lived Mutiny on the Bounty pub etc., which also died a death or the same reasons. The Locarno was another place of happy dancing days. Located on the north side of Spring Bank somewhere according to Graham Wilkinson. This remained the case throughout the 1960s but as the decade wore on the ballrooms began to be complemented by coffee bars, which became a place for teenagers to gather and listen to their new music whilst sipping Espresso day or night. An ex Hull Mod recalls 'Mod haunt 66-68. Tiffanys Nightspot & Discoteque, Ferensway. Although now a legend in its own lifetime, the Adelphi began life as a working mens club. 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). I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! Later became the Prohibition 66 Club? I seem to remember foreign seaman, prostitutes etc. Knowing what sort of entertainment they want when theyve paid their entrance fee is the work of the disc jockey people like Dave Sanders, at 20 very au-fait with the 18 to 25 year olds who are the discos most frequent customers; and who moves from being an office clerk by day to a DJ at one of the towns smaller discos by night. 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. 25 year old Ray Copeland was appointed the manager of the 80,000 club, scheduled to open in August 1971. For, say 8 you can have a full evenings entertainment of music and lights for your party, with the music to suit your own or your guests varied tastes. Too far off the beaten track, it soon closed later the same year. Older people are finding the discos more attractive. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg thanks Rob!). Both Scamps and Hofbrauhaus had strippers on during the day at one time or another. 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. You will be in the Breeze and become world famous. We would like to thank you for a wonderful 2022 and we look forward to seeing you in 2023! Still running in 1981 but Oddessy took over from it in 1981- 82. Formerly the Gothenburg Coffee Club and listed from 1973 until 1975 when it was listed as the Rio Disco Coffee Club, and continued to be listed until 1977. 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. Became Tiffanys in 1973 and later L.A.s. The article recorded that the disco was purpose built as a nightspot for Hulls younger generation, Malcolms Discotheque on George Street will be opened on Saturday August 21st the disco has two floors and entertainment will be in the form of dancing to the latest discs. Top groups had already been booked to appear and the club had a late licence but would also be open for the under-18s on certain nights. city of gary streets and sanitation; velma kelly monologue; wellington towers brantford; 0. scamps nightclub sutton. Police dispatched a team from the Home Office forensic laboratory at Wetherby to analyse the ruins, gather evidence and make appeals for people who were in the club to come forward, in particular a party of 15 who visited from Cleethorpes. For the first few minutes when playing to a new audience the DJ must watch for their reaction and then cater for it throughout the evening. The club was built on a site at the junction with Grimston Street that had been vacant since the multi-storey car park adjoining it was built in 1966. Bailey's closed its doors and was put up for sale in August 1977 due to falling attendances. For discos are now more than just rooms in which to dance, with records booming away in the background. Ruth previously completed Level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People having previously completed Playwork level 8. Meeting at Waterfront on 28 February 1980; but theres hardly anything written in my 1979 diary.. 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. You could dance too. Between 1977 and 1988 the number of mobile discos stayed around the 15 mark, reaching a peak of 18 in 1984. Taxi drivers were often in with their, ehem more regular female customers. Above this in rooms formerly offices and a school, was a wine bar entered from the tunnel entrance to Stewarts Yard. Clearly, the telephone book would only list the venues that actually had a telephone, so there must have been many more, but by 1961 two more ballrooms were listed, the Majestic in Witham and the New York Hotel & Ballroom Anlaby Road, the latter listed in the Hotels (mostly public houses) section. With 3 rooms, 2 outside yards, 4 bars, 3 dance floors, 6 dj's, wonderful staff , Spiders is a home from home every weekend for all of Hull's alternative musical waifs and strays. Listed under clubs, social & general from 1965 until 1977, when it was listed simply as the Flamingo Club. Taylor joined the team in December 2021 and will be starting her level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People. Oakhill Crescent Lane
The Washington, in the historic former Dock Offices building which in the 1990s was to be known as the Bounty, had opened in 1980 before closing in 1982. Graham Hardy remembers it was still open circa 1979. This marked possibly the beginning of the new breed of discos, a mobile event rather than a static club? Want to help keep the Archive going? It housed two bars and boasted 800 sq ft of mirrors, over 100 plants and a colour scheme of white, lemon, green and gold, and was advertised as the latest concept in clubbing entertainment. The club was run by Derrick [Geoff?] The Twist and the Jive were hot then. . This never seems to have been listed as a club in the telephone directories etc, so was it another name for the Bishop Lane Club itself. The following list of fondly remembered venues was gathered in 2001 from my own memory and those of friends and family, and may spark a few memories of our dancing (or relaxed listening) days. Still there in 1991, as the photo below was taken in that year. it may have tried to be known officially as a club just for students and teachers. Share on Pinterest But who are the people who frequent the discos the people who are Hulls night owls and who are just starting to wake up when most of us are going to sleep? Click here to give it a like! From 1992 it was listed in the Yellow Pages as a night-club, so does this suggest it was at this point it got its first regular late licence? Continued until late 1999 or early 2000 when both became The Universal. First established in 1962 the company changed its name in 1986 in-line with its core business of "Security Control, Alarm Monitoring & Patrols". Listed from at least 1960 as a ballroom dancing venue, but gone by 1963? But he finds no fights where he goes. Among those live acts that came were Johnny Kidd and the Pirates andJohnny Dankworth, and a host of others whom I can no longer remember. They have very regular bookings at various pubs in the district where they are an added attraction for the customers. Magazine. It ran as a regular late night coffee club and disco after 10:30, when the resident DJ was Jeff Bunting. Did this become a record shop? Enjoying a renaissance in the early naughties. Club Website: www.scamps.homestead.com. Later listed as Club International, a night-club, until 1989. I was unable to stay on because we were leaving Hull altogether; it must have been June, July or August 1963'. I cant locate it in the telephone directories, but Chris Ketchell remembers the name was taken from the number plate of the owners car. Another regular venue in the 1950s and 1960s for ballroom dancing etc. Took over from the night-club Room 82-88 (opened late 1995), which also incorporated the pub Room 86-88 that itself had started life as Room 1795 in 1992. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasn't it spelt wrong?) The first of a new breed of clubs, which accompanied a shift in the music scene in general and was noted as a night-club for the first time in 1990. Some parents have taken their younger children to a disco and collected them again later when they had enjoyed an evening out themselves. 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. Intriguing As well as having rock groups in the 1960s (and 70s?) It closed and re-opened again in the late 1990s but was not listed in 1999. Also it took over from Bier-Keller, which definitely was a proper club. Opened late 1990 (?) Planet EarthNightclub/Bar, 112-116 George Street. The dance floor was in the basement and was exceedingly seedy. There was later a Kon Tiki suite within Bali Ha`i for functions etc., which some will remember as a separate venue. Club Restrictions: Guests Pilots Welcome, General Public Welcome, AMA Membership Required, No Drugs/Alcohol, Model Inspection. Demolished circa 1992? A new name and a new image for the old Mecca/Locarno Ballroom although it was still part of the Mecca Group. The secrets behind Hull's mysterious black door that goes to nowhere, The shocking riots which left Hull prison all but destroyed with 4m damage, The luxurious past hidden behind this wall in Whitefriargate. The majority of his friends visit discos two or three times a week, and Terry and his pals find them the current in-place to meet girls. And I was surprised to find on Tuesday evening in one of the towns discos two young married women without their husbands. 25 year old Ray Copeland was appointed the manager of the 80,000 club, scheduled to open in August 1971. variation on the Albion Street theme. Graham Wilkinson remembers it as a dance place. Owner Malcolm Backhouse of South Cave had known there was a demand for this type of entertainment for some years. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. There was a lot of speculation surrounding the fire. . In the early 1980s I remember seeing The Damned (and later Captain Sensible solo) and possibly Dr Feelgood (again) but others are a blur. It closed in 1971 after Baileys opened and was refurbished. A disco room in a pub? Website reader Terry Scott recalls the Prohibition 66 Club - possibly on the site of the old Kevin Ballroom. People dont just want to go out for a drink they want something to look at and listen to as well. We were one of the first places to serve capuccinos and hot chocolate with whipped cream. The scene on George Street in Hull, day after a fire ripped through the Oddessy Disco and Dingwalls Bar in the city. Taking over the old Skyline Ballroom (and Baileys?) on the site of the late Bali Ha`i. Andre Brannan was also an early visitor:- 'Have fond memories of Malcolms from 72 to 74. A temporary home for the club was sought with a former club on High Street, the Washington DC Club, selected as a possible venue. click here to follow Hull Live on Twitter. the Beverley Road Baths had also been a popular ballroom dancing venue in the 1950s and 1960s. Hull Daily Mail - read now online on YUMPU News Magazine flat rate Subscription Read digitally YUMPU News digital subscription - 30 days free trial! The sixties popular music scene was more diverse than todays, although it could be said that the boundaries were a little clearer. and in 1973 Downstairs a licensed caf & restaurant was listed at No.26 Albion Street. The Hull Telephone Directory of 1960 had no individual sections for entertainments, discotheques, music venues, coffee clubs, coffee bars, nightclubs, or even working mens clubs. Scamp Club (Scampclub pets are not for adoption.) Following further uses as a nightclub and bar, the building was also used as . Was it anything to do with Furmans or were the rooms above the shop just vacant and available? However, Graham Hardy has a different take: - 'I dont actually remember the Barracuda but do recall seeing a photograph ofBishop Lanewhen it was there. Just under 12 feet in length, Scamp boasts an unusual combination of features that give her the unique ability to explore waters too shallow for a larger boat, while retaining most of the bigger boat's comforts and capabilities. Still open in 1979 but not listed in 1980. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Regular band was - of course - the Newington Orchestra. Elsewhere, left-over do-wop hits jarred against the odd Folk protest song, and even a few Jazz hits. As with many clubs, the Welly was also a place you could see local bands. Listed in the telephone directories under cafs and restaurants from 1964 until 1975. 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). scamps nightclub hull5 types of digging in volleyball scamps nightclub hull. If I could find my copy of the NME encyclopaedia I could give you more names. It was a place you went after going round town and where you could get a drink after pub closing hours. A working mens social club, later to become Olivers, Jailhouse etc. My memory of it really is as a coffee bar. Only one was listed in 1971 - Red Bird Discotheques of 22 New Walk Beverley, in the entertainers section. [.] Robert has also completed his level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People. Beechgrove Scout Hut
Now demolished. This suggests a possible distinction between those listed as social clubs and those listed elsewhere, i.e. Another great name, and Near St Judes Church Hull's swingingist new club in a 1967 advertisement, mentioned in one of Tim Josephs Grandads columns in WHERE? Kitti also completed her Level 8 in Social Care, Children & Young People and will now take a break from the studying before moving into her management qualifications. By 1975 it was listed as Outsider Supertruck Discos, at No.61 Leonard Street. Dalia previously completed her Level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People prior to joining Scamps and has now also completed her Level 8 in Social Care, Children & Young People. Regular band was The Alan Bond Orchestra. Listed in 1966 only and was probably an early dance venue similar to the Locarno but this has to be confirmed. I prefer to remember it as a Monday night venue - Rock Night where I used to go after playing pool in the Spring Bank Tavern and saw wonderful people like Dr. Feelgood and Chris Spedding (minus his Womble outfit). White Boy Singin the Blues; The Black Roots of White Rock, Michael Bane. Also a restaurant, but it had a dance floor and a disc jockey and separate bars, so it wasnt just a restaurant. 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. Ten years later it underwent another revamp with. Extremely loud, with impressive light shows etc. Paul Taylor was a regular, and he recalls: - 'Kestral on Charlotte Street Mews opened 1970 and the dance floor was on the 1st floor. 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. Did it become Club International and later Henrys again or was thelaterHenrys a bar within Club International? The blaze took over 60 firefighters to control and was first noticed by a passing taxi driver and a burglar alarm sounding at roughly 2.30am. Rumours Night Club, 208-210 Anlaby Road. url_twitter = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hullmusicarchive.co.uk%2Fephemera-scamps-ticket%2F'; All children have individual care plans completed to help with their development and support. Now [2001] Enigma. A mark of the discos popularity and of the gradually changing age and social groups they are attracting is the new entertainment phenomena, which has risen alongside them over the last year or so the mobile disco. You were almost certainly guaranteed a fight if you wanted one in Scamps. Later to become another venue - Ku2. Somewhere to go and not much else to do. The photograph which was takenfrom the Lowgate end, from what I can recall, would suggest that the Barracuda was on the opposite side to the Bishop Lane Club and was very near tothe Lowgate end. Now [2001] Club Zen. The fashion, the music and the nightlife Friday, 26 March 2010 Welcome To 70's Disco Nightlife Chapter - 2 Where do you start?? Opened over 40 years ago, Spiders has seen all the alternative music scenes come and go and managed to live to tell the tale. It was part of the Hofbrauhaus chain, with others in Hull, Blackpool and other Stein swilling strongholds. Listed for the first time as a night-club in 1982 at the fictional address Little High Street, which is merely a colloquialism for the north end of High Street. Slade again, and several others there. Another incarnation of the old Ceasars Palace, Ku2, Bali Ha`i site, opening late 1997? Gondola Club & Coffee Bar, Little Queen Street. Founded on May 26, 2005, GESCO provides private and corporate security services in various regions of the country including Baku, in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001. By the end of the 1970s (1980?) Something went wrong, please try again later. I think maybe I went there from the start, whenever that was - there may have been some sort of continuity from The Brickhouse, as I think that the person who ran the disco at the Brickhouse later ran, or was involved with the place. First listed in 1987 as a night-club, known colloquially as el-aays and incorporating Luckies Bar upstairs circa 2001. Formerly the Ocean 11 Club. The venue was destroyed and had to be pulled down eventually, A fire ripped through the Oddessy Disco and Dingwalls Bar in the city. Became Oasis 2000 in 2000 and is now [2001] Club Zen. I have memories of this being the place to be when it first opened (my diaries say I was at a party there in February 1981), very new-wave, very black clothing, very drunk. 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. Sounds like a place were you grooved to the latest tunes. We also put the latest news in our Instagram Stories. Scamps Gymnastics & Legendary CYC All Stars are programs supported under the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha . Despite a great line up of acts the venue closed later the same year Christmas eve 1971 saw the last gig and it closed completely in January 1972; as an unlicensed venue (never likely to get a licence in a former Methodist Hall) it was a risk, and also had problems with Hells Angels, which probably hastened its demise. The main entrance to Montagues was via No.1 Bishop Lane whilst the downstairs dancefloor was the former No.2 Bishop Lane, the original entrance to No.2 being used as a fire escape. Discoteque, rear of 48-49 Whitefriargate. Latterly the New York Hotel & Ballroom, from the 1950s onwards, where you could dance away to Harold Dawson & his band. Whether you are interested in traffic updates, parenting issues or the latest crime news, we have a group for you. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1982. An oldie but a goodie, The State opened as a nightclub in the 80s. 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. Listed until late 1992 when it became Central Park & Ritzys. Chris Ketchell recalls Malcolms: - purpose built as a club? Each group favoured their own venues but both formed their own clubs that frequently met in rooms above pubs, as well as clubs. 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. The Hull Times ran an advertisement for this club in its issue of 28 November 1975 (page 13). The viewpoint of these girls in their mid-twenties? Tower Nightclub & Restaurant, 52 Anlaby Road. It later became a club known as Scamps, before developing into a nightclub in the 1980s called Le Beat and then Metro. Another confusing name, Ceasars had been a Casino in George Street circa 1975-78 at nos.48-50, but this Ceasars was listed as a night-club from 1994 and despite the numbering appears to have taken over from Ku2, which was no longer listed from this year on. Regular bands were those of Harry Chatterton, Stan Thrussel and Leslie Rose. Took over the old Kings Market shopping arcade in late 1998 early 1999. Copyright 2022 Hull Music Archive,All Rights Reserved. Michael Appleton had been in charge for six months in his second stint with the club before getting the boot this afternoon. The new form of entertainment hasnt stopped them playing badminton regularly at the YPI and they reckon they spend about 75p a week on disco entertainment. Essentially however, the 1960s were a period of revolution and whilst there will always be a trend to keep alive older and more traditional musical styles, nothing represents the optimism of that age like pop music. Club Sahara and Quigleys joined forces to create one of Hulls rather down market night-clubs in late 1993. And as Peter Croskill says young people do seem to have more money than they used to. Mole, who had run The Discotheque in Whitefriargate - he was also an antiques dealer.
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