April 11, 20233 yr Stolen off talksport other day... what was your first? My time was split between waterfront and heaven&hell. Waterfront had double your money drinks offer on a Thursday night. Heaven&Hell had triple your money friday. Pay £10 in and get £30 of drinks vouchers. VK-ice by the bucket load. Recipe for disaster Downstairs in waterfront was full of mincers, upstairs it was banging. Jimmy Day on the decks with Fubar doing Euphoria nights. Heaven&Hell was whopper central. Posers in heaven but hell was insane. Pilled up scallies from all over the fylde coast. Stripy Jumpers and Rockports bouncing about to Stevie Mayor on the decks. Usually a full blown brawl in there at various point in the night with security called over the PA. I look at clubs now and its all private booths and grey goose vodka. Give me the sweatbox in Hell any day of the week and put your fucking phone away.
April 11, 20233 yr Tokyo Jo's in Preston. Horrible place. Absolutely hated every second of it, but it was where everyone went for some reason. Sacked it off after a couple of months and became a regular at The Warehouse down the road, which was infinitely superior.
April 11, 20233 yr Toffs in Leigh. It was the only place we could get in at that age. Talk about grim 🤣
April 11, 20233 yr Right! Who used to go to the Aquarius??? It was a club, but would you call it a night club? Or more like what the Phoenix club was based on?. Some great nights in there though. Remember seeing the Salford Jets in there one time absolutely bouncing.
April 11, 20233 yr 5th Avenue, Park Hall, Bowlers, etc when I was 17/18 but got bored of it all to be honest. Used to prefer having a laugh in the pubs beforehand. The pit (nibblers) was always fun after a session round slab town.
April 11, 20233 yr I'll always find it a bit mad that smoking inside those places was considered perfectly acceptable and normal for so long (and I was a smoker at the time). Same with the concourses at the Reebok. Almost impossible to imagine it now.
April 11, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Sweep said: Rockerfellas for me, I recall it being OK, it was probably shit though Rockerfellas for me too. Town centre back in the early 80s was bangin! Surrounding towns used to run coach parties into Bolton; Burnley, Blackburn, Liverpool, Stockport. All started on Bradshawgate where there were fantastic pubs.
April 11, 20233 yr Guess it would be nibblers if that counts Did more Friday nights in Wigan than Bolton in the college days so probably Playhouse, Turnkey and The Word Was never a fan of Ritzys, recall a night at Hawthornes when I was 16 Went to peppermint place in Blackburn for my 18th Stuart Ripley was in the VIP bit VIP bit being a red rope sectioning off an open corner of the room with maybe a settee
April 11, 20233 yr Author 47 minutes ago, Cheese said: I'll always find it a bit mad that smoking inside those places was considered perfectly acceptable and normal for so long (and I was a smoker at the time). Same with the concourses at the Reebok. Almost impossible to imagine it now. Absolutely bonkers isnt it. They covered it on 5 live this morning. How the hell was it allowed for so long?! My eyes would sting after a shift behind the bar.
April 11, 20233 yr 8 minutes ago, Zico said: Guess it would be nibblers if that counts Did more Friday nights in Wigan than Bolton in the college days so probably Playhouse, Turnkey and The Word Was never a fan of Ritzys, recall a night at Hawthornes when I was 16 Went to peppermint place in Blackburn for my 18th Stuart Ripley was in the VIP bit VIP bit being a red rope sectioning off an open corner of the room with maybe a settee Aye, I went to Wigan college and would sometimes make it to Turnkey on a Thursday night. I somehow never missed the last bus home.
April 11, 20233 yr 5 minutes ago, gonzo said: Absolutely bonkers isnt it. They covered it on 5 live this morning. How the hell was it allowed for so long?! My eyes would sting after a shift behind the bar. Hardly ever crossed my mind at the time unless somebody mentioned it, then I'd happily move away or go outside. Just seemed so normal as I'd been brought up by generations of smokers. Madness. I think I even tried to argue against the ban for a while. Twat.
April 11, 20233 yr Taskers, I recall going there in my youth as well, that was a proper "grab a granny" place (or so it felt, when I was 17/18)
April 11, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, Cheese said: Hardly ever crossed my mind at the time unless somebody mentioned it, then I'd happily move away or go outside. Just seemed so normal as I'd been brought up by generations of smokers. Madness. I think I even tried to argue against the ban for a while. Twat. I happily smoked inside and never gave it a second thought Quit now but the thought of smoking indoors is proper grim Went to Berlin around 2011, was still allowed, was still smoking myself but couldn't stand it inside longer than a few minutes inside before eyes were stinging
April 11, 20233 yr Author Remember maggie tate on here saying passive smoking had little to do with lung cancer. Also remember similar whoppers saying the smoking ban would close pubs.
April 11, 20233 yr 29 minutes ago, Zico said: I happily smoked inside and never gave it a second thought Quit now but the thought of smoking indoors is proper grim Went to Berlin around 2011, was still allowed, was still smoking myself but couldn't stand it inside longer than a few minutes inside before eyes were stinging I packed it in for good 7 years ago (could've sworn it was longer). Had a couple of drags at a mates wedding last year when I was pissed up and it was fucking horrible. Edited April 11, 20233 yr by Cheese
April 11, 20233 yr I went in a “nightclub” called The Bantry a few times back around the turn of the century. Now that was fucking awful. Couldnt even tell you where it was because I was always blind drunk and got roped into it by the cricket lads
April 11, 20233 yr 43 minutes ago, gonzo said: Remember maggie tate on here saying passive smoking had little to do with lung cancer. Also remember similar whoppers saying the smoking ban would close pubs. He was wrong with almost everything he ever said, which I guess is why he doesn't come on here anymore. "US Citizens having easy access to guns isn't what causes them to have mass shootings" "The USD/GBP exchange rate dive, is just seasonal, because of holidays, it's nothing to do with Brexit, it'll be back up again in a couple of weeks" "Brexit will be sorted easily within a few weeks, suggesting otherwise is just scaremongering" "The German car industry won't let there be any problems in agreeing an easy free trade deal" Just a few of his belters right there 🙂
April 11, 20233 yr 31 minutes ago, Spider said: I went in a “nightclub” called The Bantry a few times back around the turn of the century. Now that was fucking awful. Couldnt even tell you where it was because I was always blind drunk and got roped into it by the cricket lads It was on DAUBHILL only ever went in once and that was enough RAYGUN close shop now
April 11, 20233 yr 14 minutes ago, gonzo said: Add Global Warming to that aye, that was a belter as well
April 11, 20233 yr 14 minutes ago, little whitt said: It was on DAUBHILL only ever went in once and that was enough RAYGUN close shop now "Close" 😀
April 11, 20233 yr Rockerfellas for me late 70s Went to Aquarius loads but that was to see bands so more of a social club Ha, smoking. Jesus - pubs, clubs, hotels, supermarket cafes, hospital coffee shops, Maccy D’s (one for youri there), in the cinema, on the bus. Amazes me where I used to be allowed to smoke
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