| One night only.... 20:39 - Jan 29 with 10899 views | Swanjaxs |
If you could spend a night in a pub/club that's been long closed down where would you spend it?
For me it's got to be Shades, queue outside for ages, pay to get in, getting mullerd on Hazy Dayz (jack sullivan's version of Hooch), trying your hardest to pull the best looking trout, coming out smelling like an ashtray, kebab in the Kingsway diner, Taxi home (hopefully +1) .... time machine anyone 😎
Honorary mentions
Garibaldi
Quadrant Gate
The Prince of Wales
The No 10
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| One night only.... on 01:15 - Jan 31 with 1282 views | Treforys_Jack |
Bonkers, Shades, Marthas, Studio 25, Central Park then into Ritzy and walk home. Anyone remember Top Rank 50/50 night, 50p to get in and 50p a pint .............. carnage. Bottles of Decoda and Mad Dog 20/20. Cans of Red Stripe. Feck I hate getting old. |  | | |
| One night only.... on 01:43 - Jan 31 with 1275 views | Ebo |
Ok not Swansea but I'd love one more night in the Carpenters Arms Aberdare. A real star wars bar full of characters with it's very own herb errr I mean beer garden out the back. Brilliant jukebox too, was better when it played 45 vinyls and had just about every genre you could think of. Not a place to act the c*nt though. |  |
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| One night only.... on 01:45 - Jan 31 with 1273 views | Ebo |
| One night only.... on 10:20 - Jan 30 by taffpunk |
Grannies Night Club Cardiff 1979.
Top Rank Cardiff 1977-82.
TJ'S Newport 80's/90's
Central Hotel Cardiff 1982
Gelligaled Inn, Ystrad Rhondda 1979-2000
Star Hotel, Ystrad Rhondda
Had the best times of my life in these places, all sadly missed. |
Bristol Hotel for all the punk gigs too Taff. Didn't like Bogiez though :( | |
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| One night only.... on 02:07 - Jan 31 with 1266 views | Loyal |
| One night only.... on 01:45 - Jan 31 by Ebo |
Bristol Hotel for all the punk gigs too Taff. Didn't like Bogiez though :( |
The top rank gigs were classics I'm told.
At times I yearn to be older, if only by three years or so. |  |
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| One night only.... on 04:06 - Jan 31 with 1248 views | Treforys_Jack |
I remember Wham, Kylie Minogue, Liquid Gold and Jason Donovan. Oh and Lofty, Dirty Den and Michelle from EastEnders. | | | |
| One night only.... on 06:29 - Jan 31 with 1823 views | dameedna |
| One night only.... on 02:07 - Jan 31 by Loyal |
The top rank gigs were classics I'm told.
At times I yearn to be older, if only by three years or so. |
John Lydon with Pil and King Kurt stand out. Followed by a 22 mile walk home. |  | | |
| One night only.... on 09:12 - Jan 31 with 1774 views | taffpunk |
| One night only.... on 01:45 - Jan 31 by Ebo |
Bristol Hotel for all the punk gigs too Taff. Didn't like Bogiez though :( |
Never a big fan of the BH, too many Crusties for my liking. I did see a band there that made me start promoting gigs though, the wonderful HDQ. |  |
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| One night only.... on 09:24 - Jan 31 with 1764 views | taffpunk |
| One night only.... on 02:07 - Jan 31 by Loyal |
The top rank gigs were classics I'm told.
At times I yearn to be older, if only by three years or so. |
The Clash, Jam, Stranglers, Adverts, Buzzcocks, Saints, X Ray Spex, Damned, Generation x and more, that was just in 77/78...having to wait hours sometimes to get in, as I was blatantly under age...great days... | |
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| One night only.... on 09:47 - Jan 31 with 1749 views | 1983 |
Dirty Doras!
Plastic glasses
Plastic table & chairs
Warm cans of Breaker & Special Vat |  |
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| One night only.... on 11:20 - Jan 31 with 1724 views | pikeypaul |
| One night only.... on 01:15 - Jan 31 by Treforys_Jack |
Bonkers, Shades, Marthas, Studio 25, Central Park then into Ritzy and walk home. Anyone remember Top Rank 50/50 night, 50p to get in and 50p a pint .............. carnage. Bottles of Decoda and Mad Dog 20/20. Cans of Red Stripe. Feck I hate getting old. |
Yes I remember the 50/50 on the beer also 25/25 on shorts £1 for a quadruple southern comfort. |  |
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| One night only.... on 11:41 - Jan 31 with 1713 views | GreatBritton |
Mothers. Surprised no one's mentioned this. |  | | |
| One night only.... on 12:10 - Jan 31 with 1700 views | 1983 |
| One night only.... on 11:41 - Jan 31 by GreatBritton |
Mothers. Surprised no one's mentioned this. |
Mothers was just a craap version of Bonkers fun house
Whispers more 1980's than a wham video! | |
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| One night only.... on 12:25 - Jan 31 with 1689 views | Whiterockin |
Pier on a Monday with Plastic Sam and you needed to be in by 9.30 or you wouldn't get in. Amanda's on a Tuesday and Thursday. West Cross Country Club on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Wednesday was a day of rest ready for the next six days. |  | | |
| One night only.... on 12:36 - Jan 31 with 1682 views | builthjack |
Which of you were regulars at the porn cinema in the old church opposite Joe's in St Helens road?
Were you too young Loyal? |  |
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| One night only.... on 12:43 - Jan 31 with 1669 views | Trundle10 |
Worked on the Doors in Ritzy/ Central Park - Time/Envy - great times. |  | | |
| One night only.... on 13:15 - Jan 31 with 1641 views | Private_Partz |
| One night only.... on 08:37 - Jan 30 by Pegojack |
Me and my mate Ray Harding started those off in 1973, Dar. One of our first gigs in my mobile disco days. His father was the social sec, which helped.
Cough*Nepotism*cough |
I was there. Group of us used to go and take it in turns to drive when drinking and driving was not that frowned upon.
Also miss Barons and the Cardiff Arms for music, The Bush and The Kings for pre club drinks.
Much much further afield I miss The Lemon Tree and Trader Jacks in Blackpool and the The Lyver in Dumfries. The latter has only been shut about 3 years.
Feel sorry for the kids today. nightlife is cr@p. |  |
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| One night only.... on 14:10 - Jan 31 with 1606 views | sbwng |
| One night only.... on 09:47 - Jan 31 by 1983 |
Dirty Doras!
Plastic glasses
Plastic table & chairs
Warm cans of Breaker & Special Vat |
I got chucked out of Marthas in the mid 90s for dancing on the tables. Ended up kicking off with the bouncers. I was covered in blood and my shirt was ripped. I was all for going home, but ended up getting in Dora's no problem  |  |
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| One night only.... on 18:25 - Jan 31 with 1519 views | VetchitBack |
| One night only.... on 09:16 - Jan 30 by Banosswan |
Top banana? |
Quids Inn, Top Banana, Ken Bu Kan...
You must be around my age |  |
| The orthodox are always orthodox, regardless of the orthodoxy.
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| One night only.... on 10:42 - Feb 3 with 1400 views | attila_the_hun |
The Orange House |  |
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| One night only.... on 23:57 - Feb 3 with 1328 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
The Dug Out is often talked about as one of Bristol’s all-time greats: a club that encouraged a whole new culture to develop that would go on to define Bristol to many across the globe.
Situated on Park Row, it hosted performances from world renowned DJs, alongside resident selectors The Wild Bunch — who eventually become Massive Attack after the club’s closure in 1986.
One of my lucky venues. |  |
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| One night only.... on 00:25 - Feb 4 with 1310 views | Jack_Meoff |
Oh to be in Cinders (at this moment) in 1989,
Dodgy mullets, Jon Bon Jovi, cheap and vinegary wine.
Benbow and Neptunes to look toward on the morn,
On ancient folk that rot their beds we indeed pour youthful scorn.
*Middle age is shite.com* [Post edited 4 Feb 2017 0:29]
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| One night only.... on 03:32 - Feb 4 with 1273 views | Starsky |
The Buccaneer followed by the Valbonne
Special mention for the Cricketers |  |
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| One night only.... on 05:56 - Feb 4 with 1262 views | VetchitBack |
Threads such as these I think tend to bring out a sort of false nostalgia (is nostalgia false by definition?).
We tend to remember an idealised version of either our youth or someone else's that wasn't necessarily true.
I remember The Inbetweeners being praised for the inverse: conveying the awkwardness, insecurity and largely unsuccessful youth many of us actually had. | |
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| One night only.... on 07:09 - Feb 4 with 1249 views | jack247 |
Neptunes | | | |
| One night only.... on 12:02 - Feb 4 with 1199 views | Swanjaxs |
| One night only.... on 05:56 - Feb 4 by VetchitBack |
Threads such as these I think tend to bring out a sort of false nostalgia (is nostalgia false by definition?).
We tend to remember an idealised version of either our youth or someone else's that wasn't necessarily true.
I remember The Inbetweeners being praised for the inverse: conveying the awkwardness, insecurity and largely unsuccessful youth many of us actually had. |
I disagree. ... start off in the Quadrant Gate, then on to the Garibaldi, Then the Harry Griffiths Bar before and after the game, back to the Garri then after a few more random stop offs it would be Shades. ... call it false nostalgia if you want but I'd give my right arm to do that all again 👠[Post edited 4 Feb 2017 12:48]
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