Spiders Nightclub is an independent alternative music club in Hull. 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. In 1973 there was a section for Night Clubs for the first time in the Yellow Pages, but the only club listed in this section was Tiffanys until 1978-79 when Romeos & Juliets appeared. Keith, Kitti and Lesley have all COMPLETED (YIPPEE)their level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People. The viewpoint of these girls in their mid-twenties? 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. Later circa 1990 moving to new premises at No.29Park Street, where it remained for many years. They are fighting to correct their image; they are very slowly attracting an older type of customer; they make plenty of work for those involved behind the scenes. Email us, Scamps Out of School Clubs
It was part of the Hofbrauhaus chain, with others in Hull, Blackpool and other Stein swilling strongholds. played as I know I saw them, but some of these [memories] were at dances at the Art College. I cant locate it in the telephone directories, but Chris Ketchell remembers the name was taken from the number plate of the owners car. 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. Only one was listed in 1971 - Red Bird Discotheques of 22 New Walk Beverley, in the entertainers section. Rumours Night Club, 208-210 Anlaby Road. If you have any questions please speak to a member of the team at pick up time. The club opened in 1961 when it was called Mecca's Hull Locarno Ballroom. Confused? now [2001] offering; House, Trance and Funk Lounge. 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? 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. 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. Jailhouse Rock Club Venue & Bar, 2 Norfolk Street. Originally a church hall, it was similar to Jailhouse in many respects but not quite as good. Listed in 1966 only and was probably an early dance venue similar to the Locarno but this has to be confirmed. The Hull Times recorded that Jimmy Savile [was] to open new disco. Shortly before that happened, we were young kids hooked on the promise of fun, mad action & Disco . Listed as a night-club from 1992, it replace Club International, which ceased to be listed in the same year. Romeos & Juliets opened circa 1978-79 over the Co-op. Keep yourself to yourself and you are OK; and he believes there is far less chance of a fight breaking out in a disco than in a dance hall. Upstairs was Scamps which was I believe owned by the same people. Hopes to another home for the Oddessy were raised in September 1984, as discussions were held for a partnership with Wally Mays at the Tower Nightclub, but these fell through by December of the same year. 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. It may also have started life as a working mens club (see Working Mens Clubs page). They are fighting to correct their image; they are very slowly attracting an older type of customer; they make plenty of work for those involved behind the scenes. You could dance too. Memories Of Scamps Nightclubby MrEUK 9 2 Playing tracks by Stargard, Candi Staton, Zapp, Kool & The Gang, Lew Kirton and more. Circa 1982. AB15 5HY, Tuesday 18/10: The Land Before Time Dinosaur Day (fossil making, dinosaur dig excavation, lava slime), Friday 21/10: Pumpkin Art (pumpkin painting, slime making and cinnamon pumpkin pie baking), Wednesday 26/10: Halloween paper mach Art, Thursday 27/10: Halloween themed games and crafts, Friday 28/10: PJ + Movie with Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows. Took over the old Kings Market shopping arcade in late 1998 early 1999. city of gary streets and sanitation; velma kelly monologue; wellington towers brantford; 0. scamps nightclub sutton. Before its demise, the club had originally opened on February 11, 1982, with a guest appearance by Radio 1 DJ Simon Bates. How wrong could I be, Paul Rusling, a DJ from the time recalls: - 'this was a coffee and coke speak-easy late night club in 1967. But they were not here for the beer; merely the fashion show later that night. The Hull Daily Mail recorded a new night-club on County Road North in 1984. Michael Appleton had been in charge for six months in his second stint with the club before getting the boot this afternoon. it may have tried to be known officially as a club just for students and teachers. 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. See below for circa 1980 picture. Was this the earlier Majestic? Did night-clubs have a late licence whereas the others had normal pub hours; or can they be quantified by actually having a licence for dancing? Montagues Club, 1-2 Bishop Lane, High Street corner. But their work is not just a question of putting on records and flashing a few lights. University of Hull-Students Union, Cottingham Road. SCAMP Security provide a comprehensive range of integrated security, fire protection and manned guarding services. 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. Not listed in 1994. They opened a new club downstairs in june 1968 as Penny Farthing, and we moved our radio discos there. John Peel did at least one gig there. One was clearing debris from a stairway when he was blown down the stairs in a blast from a gas explosion. Now [2001] Club Zen. 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. I think I am correct in saying this was one of Hulls first Gay bars. Ive just been looking in old diaries. Although now a legend in its own lifetime, the Adelphi began life as a working mens club. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasnt it spelt wrong?) 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!! For 17 year old Terry Baynes its the atmosphere that draws; Its more lively, there is more happening. First noted in the entertainments section of the Yellow Pages in 1981 - another part of the Mecca Group, although I attended a party there in December 1980, so it must have opened earlier. Listed in the telephone directories under cafs and restaurants from 1964 until 1975. 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 headline was: -. Now they can include snack bars, flashing lights, waitress service, drinks with meals all competing for one of the most attractive money markets in the country today the teenagers. He was speaking from a corner of Hulls newest disco plush, attractively designed, warm, comfortable, with its double-decker layout and on Tuesday evening a bachelors paradise where the guys are out-numbered by the girls 3 to 1. Francis was our Vice President, we went to all the opening dos and presentation ceremonies as we got him all sorts of awards. as a more trendy venue. The club was run by Derrick [Geoff?] Very rough and tumble with an old black guy on the door who always had a baseball bat handy. Owner Malcolm Backhouse of South Cave had known there was a demand for this type of entertainment for some years. Perhaps not them, but I wouldnt have minded shedding a few years on Tuesday evening. Also it took over from Bier-Keller, which definitely was a proper club. Located on the north side of Spring Bank somewhere according to Graham Wilkinson. 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. Use the top menu to navigate via section indexes, or just browse the latest entries on the left! Flipper Disc Caf, 155-157 Holderness Road. Now demolished. Enjoying a renaissance in the early naughties. Still a club in 2009, although now long closed. 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. Took over the Club International in 1989-90 and was demolished shortly after, circa 199 something. Waterfront Club (The), Princes Dock Side. This suggests a possible distinction between those listed as social clubs and those listed elsewhere, i.e. Hull Entertainment Guide- Issue No.8 April 1948, Vogue Publicity Co., 6 Bond St. Contact Information: Phone: 714-307-3040 Email: lancepr@mac.com. These were completed in December of 1970 just in time for Christmas. 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. Listed for the first time as Ocean 11 in 1975 under clubs, social & generalI can remember popping in to this one. And as Peter Croskill says young people do seem to have more money than they used to. First listed as a night-club in the telephone directory of 1992, located next door to Club Sahara, with which it joined forces at some point in 1993 to create the larger Oasis. We'd love to know what you think, Should the times be changed? Popular with city office workers out for a liquid lunch did they have strippers too? Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasnt it spelt wrong?) They had a sort of barrier in front of the bar behind which girls stood and you had to give them your order they would then get it from the bar staff and you then paid them, the system was dropped after a few months thank goodness, the beer was Camerons if I remember rightly'. If I could find my copy of the NME encyclopaedia I could give you more names. 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. Listed as a night-club from 1995 and continued until 1996 when it became known simply as The Lamp, just a pub really. The club was run by Derrick [Geoff?] Last stop on the way home from town (unless you had gone to Paradise, but that was usually early in the week and Spiders only opened Fri/Sat) with your pointed suede shoes. However, Graham Hardy has a different take: - 'I dont actually remember the Barracuda but do recall seeing a photograph of, from 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. Opened 1994 ish and was listed as a night-club that became known as Room 82-88 by 1996. Revolution in the Head; The Beatles Records and the Sixties, Ian Macdonald. It later became a club known as Scamps, before developing into a nightclub in the 1980s called Le Beat and then Metro. 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. 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. Owned by Sami Leisure and included its own Taxi firm - Kings Taxis. The Hull & Yorkshire Times ran a front-page article by Rex Booth in their issue of Friday 15 October 1971, which reflected the attitude of the time towards the new scene, and is repeated here in full as a suitable introduction to the subject. This legendary local hot-spot - fondly known as Tower For An Hour - was first listed as a nightclub in 1984. Some of the Hull Jazz music clubs proved to be long-standing, such as those held at the Corn Exchange, the Haworth Arms (known as the Phase Two Club by the late 60s) and the George Hotel (corner of Walton Street), which enjoyed a boom in interest in the 1970s. All the flashy sound and lighting rigs could never quite recreate the ambience of the Jailhouse. Still there in 1991, as the photo below was taken in that year. At the moment he finds what all the other DJs I spoke to find that what pleases the majority is the Motown sound. 25 year old Ray Copeland was appointed the manager of the 80,000 club, scheduled to open in August 1971. In the 1980s it became the alternative venue in Hull, and was the location for many events usually patronised by social workers, students or teachers. The building's owners, London based Freshwater Group, made a start in sending insurance assessors to the building shell. It was a turning point for the city. So why then at 9.50 in the evening, were there no men on the dancing space at all I wondered? More recently incorporating Jacks Nightclub. Listed under clubs, social & general from 1971 until 1973 and was known as a dance venue. At lunchtimes we gave people excellent spaghetti bolognese liberally boosted with garlic andcooked in the tiny kitchen on the premises. I can't remember the name of the owner, a small neat man with a bit of a presence, or his girlfriend, whoput on regular dancing displayswith her partner in what would nowadays not go amiss in Strictly. It was still open in 1995 but not listed in 1996. Tiffanys Nightspot & Discoteque, Ferensway. It was first mentioned in the entertainments section of the Yellow Pages in 1985, and I remember it being rather tacky (although I wasnt a frequent visitor). Scamps This George Street establishment started out as Scamps, which served beer in German-style steins in the adjacent Hofenbrau bar. We were one of the first places to serve capuccinos and hot chocolate with whipped cream. Graham Hardy remembers it was still open circa 1979. The Stones, Philip Norman. Taking over the old Skyline Ballroom (and Baileys?) T.C.s Nightclub & Restaurant, 1 Ropery Street. An ex Hull Mod recalls 'Mod haunt 66-68. Ten years later it underwent another revamp with. Aberdeen
Noted in 1964 and conjures pictures of guys and chicks standing around a juke box grooving to the latest discs (well it does for me, but in Cave Street that would seem a little unlikely). And I was surprised to find on Tuesday evening in one of the towns discos two young married women without their husbands. 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. Montagues had gone by the end of the 1980s and the Hull Food Restaurant took over after vacating their premises in Charles Street in 1991. Blue LampLive Music Club & Bar, 2 Norfolk Street. 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. 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. Discoteque, rear of 48-49 Whitefriargate. I seem to remember foreign seaman, prostitutes etc. 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. In the late 60s I think it was known as 'The Round' and /or 'Bizarre society' c.1971. [.] part of the back of Albert Chambers. By 1975 it was listed as Outsider Supertruck Discos, at No.61 Leonard Street. Tots 2000 (pictured in 1997) in Southend. Our staff are always updating their core training and keeping current with CPD training. The fire made it to the top of a regrettable national league when a newspaper report dated March 2 stated the blaze was the most expensive in Britain throughout January at 1.3m. They saw the need for a smaller venue and opened the Brick House in April 1971, which also opened during the day with a shop and a caf where records could be listened to. Another regular was Margaret, who recalls: - 'I used to frequent the Gondola Coffee Club nearly every day and three times at the week-ends. Sounds like a musos venue or a jazz club? 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. Categories . Flamingo Coffee Club & Casino, 106 Londesborough Street. Became Tiffanys in 1973 and later L.A.s. They DID have a casino licence, and also a dance floor and club operation. Stackridge, a particularly memorable rendition of "Let there be lids". An ex Hull Mod recalled this was 'the other mod club 65-69 cool in the afternoon', and Ann who worked there as a waitress recalled more detail 'I came across your article on Hull discos when I was looking up the Gondola discotheque - asI used to work there in 1963 - and wanted to know what had happened to itsince I had fond memories of the place - in fact it was one of the most enjoyable jobs I have had over almost 50 years. Pic 'Scamps_Nightclub': 'The entrance to Scamps' Pic 'scan0013 . Still open in 1992 but closed by ? Andy also had a place 15 52 Spring bank called, originally the Speakeasy. url_twitter = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hullmusicarchive.co.uk%2Fephemera-scamps-ticket%2F'; 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. 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. Hartlepool firm Camerons Brewery were also in a dilemma as they were due to submit details on turning the Dingwalls venue into a pub before the Hull City Council Planning Committee on January 11. Taxi drivers were often in with their, ehem more regular female customers. Majic Garden (Humberside Theatre), Spring Street. A new name and a new image for the old Mecca/Locarno Ballroom although it was still part of the Mecca Group. Tower Nightclub & Restaurant, 52 Anlaby Road. 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. One of Hulls discos is pushing the idea of an under 18 night. But those who admit to being under 18 on one night may want, for drinking purposes, to be over 18 on another. The Locarno was another place of happy dancing days. 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. Club Benefits: Open Membership, Club Newsletter, Informative Programs, Regular . NB Red Bird was also advertising Go-Go dancers for hire in 1975. I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! 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. Man accused of drugging date 'was arranging to meet another woman just 12 hours after she had died', Christopher Downes is accused of the manslaughter of Kim Harrop, Major Hull visitor attraction work gathers pace as dock gate contract awarded, Initial tender exercise failed to attract a single bid, Should all-day bus lanes in Hull be scrapped? Was it anything to do with Furmans or were the rooms above the shop just vacant and available? 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). In 1970 plans were submitted for an extension to the Bishop Lane Club which involved the development of former property in Stewarts Yard, to the south of the original buildings of No.2 Bishop Lane. This marked possibly the beginning of the new breed of discos, a mobile event rather than a static club? 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