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. 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. 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. Noted for the first time in 1963 as the Wellington Social Club, under clubs, social & general but was probably more of a working mens club until its new lease of life in the late 1970s (?) Not sure if this was anything to do with the old T.C.s in Folkestone Street. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. Did this become a record shop? Listed in the telephone directories under cafs and restaurants from 1964 until 1975. Graham Hardy remembers it was still open circa 1979. See Barracuda. Listed as a night-club for the first time in the telephone directory of 1992. Noted as a Sunday night concert stage that occasionally featured jazz bands, but you could dance Mid 1970s? 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? scamps nightclub sutton. The club was the former Skyline ballroom and had two halls - the main cabaret room that held 1200 guests SEATED and 200 more standing, plus a 700 person discotheqe next door. Rave Magazine, November 1966 & April 1967 editions, Tower House Publications, London 1967 (authors collection). Listed as a nightclub from 1999. Formerly the flea-pit Tower Cinema. [Scheduled for demolition in summer 2009 as part of the continuing Ferensway regeneration]. Much the same as all the other so called coffee clubs such as Cameo or Gothernburg'. See Room. 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. Hulls Folk Music crowd too had their own venues and haunts, and jive halls still catered for those Teddy Boys reluctant to give up their drapes and crepes. Romeos & Juliets opened circa 1978-79 over the Co-op. However, a website viewer Robert W notes: -, 'I was one of those 'elitist students' at Hull University in 1972-75, and didn't like the discos there, except that on Sunday evenings the OUTSIDER DISCO was on in one of the small rooms. This marked possibly the beginning of the new breed of discos, a mobile event rather than a static club? Jeff also worked across the road at number 51, which was the legendary 51 Club. Malcolms was recorded in the telephone directories from 1972 until 1974 after which it was known as Intercon for a short while before re-opening as Bali Ha`i. Regular bands were those of Harry Chatterton, Stan Thrussel and Leslie Rose. In-between name for the venue that became known more famously as Bali Ha`I - after Malcolms, but before Bali Ha`i, according to Dave Burton. The Blue Lamp (a reference to the club having been a police station) took over from the Jailhouse late in 1992, but was never convincing as a proper live venue. 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. You were almost certainly guaranteed a fight if you wanted one in Scamps. Coffee Bars had arrived in the 1950s, with all things exotic enjoyed by the more liberated post-war youth, and were epitomised by the 'Two-Is' Club in London. 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. Memories Of Scamps Nightclubby MrEUK 9 2 Playing tracks by Stargard, Candi Staton, Zapp, Kool & The Gang, Lew Kirton and more. In the early 1980s I remember seeing The Damned (and later Captain Sensible solo) and possibly Dr Feelgood (again) but others are a blur. This seminal Club, then went on to become the city's main & best ever Gay Nightclub. Rebuilt after blitz damage in the 1950s. 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. Not listed separately elsewhere. 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. If you have any questions please speak to a member of the team at pick up time. Scamps Snack Menuplease follow this link to view or download. 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. Became Rumours Night Club circa 1990 - was Henrys part of it - Henrys Bar? It ran as a regular late night coffee club and disco after 10:30, when the resident DJ was Jeff Bunting. Pepper`s place, i.e. Part of the Dorchester Hotel to you and I. Popular with city office workers out for a liquid lunch did they have strippers too? The lads go up later answered Terry, maybe they are not dancing tonight because there is something on at 10.30 said Pat Barkworth, referring to both the empty floor and the fashion show due to be staged later. The club opened in 1961 when it was called Mecca's Hull Locarno Ballroom. 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. Blues sat alongside Rock & Roll and Skiffle, and Motown met with Rhythm & Blues and spawned a new breed of soul. And the mobiles cater for the same age group as do the residents ones. The night after I left my job there, The Beatles actually performed there. Usually with the Maxwell Daniels Band. Listed for the first time as Ocean 11 in 1975 under clubs, social & generalI can remember popping in to this one. Listed from 1973, initially in the entertainments and amusements section of the Yellow Pages. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. 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. Now [2001] Enigma. Now famed for the phrase Tower fur n owerr, which is where you go when the pubs close in Hull. Club Sahara and Quigleys joined forces to create one of Hulls rather down market night-clubs in late 1993. The sixties popular music scene was more diverse than todays, although it could be said that the boundaries were a little clearer. A working mens social club, later to become Olivers, Jailhouse etc. Want to help keep the Archive going? 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. But their work is not just a question of putting on records and flashing a few lights. The Oddessy Diskotek, formerly known as Scamps, located at no. variation on the Albion Street theme. 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. 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!! T.C.s Nightclub & Restaurant, 1 Ropery Street. Became Oasis 2000 in 2000 and is now [2001] Club Zen. You cannot actually see the club, just the sign so I suppose that it is possible that it was a sign pointing down. 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. Taylor joined the team in December 2021 and will be starting her level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People. The fashion, the music and the nightlife Friday, 26 March 2010 Welcome To 70's Disco Nightlife Chapter - 2 Where do you start?? Graham Wilkinson remembers it as a dance place. GESCO is a security company operating in various fields and basing on the principle of physical protection. Noted for the first time in the telephone directory of 1961 under Dancing, Ballroom and later probably became the Top Rank Club, circa 1966. So there the management are fighting to rectify a situation, which is not a problem to them alone, by currently using a pass system. Nightlife And Music In The 70's Nightlife And Music In The 70's Leaving school to going to work, moving up from church hall teeny bop discos to dancing the night away in the adult discos & nightclubs. Above this in rooms formerly offices and a school, was a wine bar entered from the tunnel entrance to Stewarts Yard. Took over, from what had been Olivers, in 1990 and was an excellent rough and tumble place. 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. Hull (Authors collection). A double site coupled with Annabellas, and both owned by the Mecca Group. Those are three of the conclusions to be reached from a steady look at the swinging discotheque scene in Hull a scene that has mushroomed in recent months to provide the city with discos of all types. played as I know I saw them, but some of these [memories] were at dances at the Art College. to the average man in the street and he thinks of drug pushing and brawls involving zombie like characters with more hair than a cave man and whom he wouldnt trust with his daughter. Tots 2000 (pictured in 1997) in Southend. Both venues were burnt to the ground in, I am almost certain, 1985 Steve and I had been to Waterfront followed by the take away curry house on George Street and were just walking past when the fire brigade first arrived. Noted in the 1966 telephone directory under cafs and restaurants, but could you dance there? I remember seeing many of Hulls Rock Bands here around 1980, notably the wonderfully named Ethel The Frog who blew my mind with a heavy version of Eleanor Rigby (as well as the guitarist having a Gibson Explorer guitar). As the 60s drew to a close the more popular chart music commanded most attention, and alongside all the small eclectic Folk and Jazz clubs, many large new discotheques and dancing clubs opened their doors. Still a club in 2009, although now long closed. Hull Entertainment Guide- Issue No.8 April 1948, Vogue Publicity Co., 6 Bond St. 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. Magazine. Although frequented by a somewhat changed clientele, as the New Adelphi Club it continues to provide a platform for local bands as well as having international acts every now and then. '60s although I only really have specific memories of once or twice. Mention the word discothequeto the average man in the street and he thinks of drug pushing and brawls involving zombie like characters with more hair than a cave man and whom he wouldnt trust with his daughter. Graham Wilkinson remembered that this was Ocean 11s earlier name, but it was never apparently in the directories, although Paul Taylor was also there and he remembers: -'Movin Scene on Witham opened towards the end of 1969 and it was exclusively soul music. Another incarnation of the old Ceasars Palace, Ku2, Bali Ha`i site, opening late 1997? 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. new orleans paddle boat to zoo; who has an eagle patronus; apple cider vinegar went up my nose; 341 overwood road, akron, oh; wagons east john candy last scene; Something went wrong, please try again later. It opened 7 days per week till 5am and in summer of course, I remember leaving at that time in daylight!'. Peter Croskill vets everyone as they come in the door specially designed, he says, to keep out undesirables. 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? on the site of the late Bali Ha`i. They opened a new club downstairs in june 1968 as Penny Farthing, and we moved our radio discos there. Noted from 1962 as a ballroom dancing venue and listed as such in the telephone directories, but did it later have nights and Saturday mornings Im sure I remember going or being taken - devoted to popular dancing? Mole, who had run The Discotheque in Whitefriargate - he was also an antiques dealer. Usually opened till 2pm'. Ten years later it underwent another revamp with. Only one was listed in 1971 - Red Bird Discotheques of 22 New Walk Beverley, in the entertainers section. Emma Fee - Too Busy Watching Invisible Things. 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. One manager spoke of a few 40 year olds wandering in late on a Saturday night, another that they were trying to reach the older group on a Tuesday evening and a few are tending to drift in. Work was planned to be completed by January 1985, with site owners Freshwater being tight lipped at the time about the future development. Share on Facebook Share. I was unable to stay on because we were leaving Hull altogether; it must have been June, July or August 1963'. 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