Later circa 1990 moving to new premises at No.29Park Street, where it remained for many years. For cancellations or changes please text or call the team on, Please BOOK NOW using the Cheqdin Parents Portal or via the App, Cut off date is Friday 1st July after which late booking fees of 2.50 per child per session will be added, *** Please use SUBMIT ENQUIRY button for any registration queries before completing registration. but initially more of a working mens place. Easy places to crash a party I seem to recall. Download our app-You can download our free app foriPhone and iPad fromApple'sAppStore, or get theAndroid version from Google Play. 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). Listed from at least 1960 as a ballroom dancing venue, but gone by 1963? A representative of the management consortium said it could be 12 to 18 months before it was possible to re-open if a decision was taken to rebuild it. Can, Darryl Ways "Wolf" and New York Dolls, gave them directions to get to the club. They DID have a casino licence, and also a dance floor and club operation. Listed until late 1992 when it became Central Park & Ritzys. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasnt it spelt wrong?) By 1972 there were more: -, Diskord Enterprises, 13 Cranbourne Street, Light Fantastic, 15a Hull Road, Cottingham, Red Bird, Octagon House, 9 Norfolk Street. Please email me with any memories that you have of the discos and clubs in Hull. The height of the fire was reached at 4am with firefighters fearing for neighbouring properties. How 60s is that name? Anyone remember Scamps? 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). Located on the north side of Spring Bank somewhere according to Graham Wilkinson. Taylor joined the team in December 2021 and will be starting her level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People. Discoteque, rear of 48-49 Whitefriargate. 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. Planet EarthNightclub/Bar, 112-116 George Street. 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. Conservation Action Group was very involved in its early days. 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. Club contact: LANCE POWERS. Listed under clubs, social & general from 1965 until 1977, when it was listed simply as the Flamingo Club. The team will be updating the wall murals and photo displays throughout the year now the halls have been repainted. A new name and a new image for the old Mecca/Locarno Ballroom although it was still part of the Mecca Group. Stackridge, a particularly memorable rendition of "Let there be lids". Thousands of people have already joined the groups to share news and start conversations. They opened a new club downstairs in june 1968 as Penny Farthing, and we moved our radio discos there. Want to help keep the Archive going? Listed as a nightclub from 1999. Usually with the Maxwell Daniels Band. Also a restaurant, but it had a dance floor and a disc jockey and separate bars, so it wasnt just a restaurant. A foam party at Kings Club on Canvey in 1995. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. We were one of the first places to serve capuccinos and hot chocolate with whipped cream. Did it have anything to do with the Corn Exchange pub? I asked Tony what he thought were the reasons for the current boom in discos. By 1975 it was listed as Outsider Supertruck Discos, at No.61 Leonard Street. Join Scamp Club Animals of all sorts can join the ScampClub. Mole, who had run The Discotheque in Whitefriargate - he was also an antiques dealer. Waterfront Club (The), Princes Dock Side. 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. However, Graham Hardy has a different take: - 'I dont actually remember the Barracuda but do recall seeing a photograph ofBishop Lanewhen it was there. 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. 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. Scamps are always eager to promote and encourage outdoor play, even during the winter months but especially in the Summer; so please make sure you provide SUN CREAM (it should be in the original packaging and clearly labelled with your childs name) as well as suitable wet weather clothing and shoes for your child. A disco room in a pub? It was still open in 1995 but not listed in 1996. The building's owners, London based Freshwater Group, made a start in sending insurance assessors to the building shell. Tel 07792 768202 I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! 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. (see separate entry below). It ran as a regular late night coffee club and disco after 10:30, when the resident DJ was Jeff Bunting. Listed in 1966 only and was probably an early dance venue similar to the Locarno but this has to be confirmed. 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. it may have tried to be known officially as a club just for students and teachers. This legendary local hot-spot - fondly known as Tower For An Hour - was first listed as a nightclub in 1984. 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. Closed 1986-87. Scamps This George Street establishment started out as Scamps, which served beer in German-style steins in the adjacent Hofenbrau bar. 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. 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. There are other T.C.s in the area (Grimsby has a pub called this near the Fish Dock) but may not be connected. The Oddessy Diskotek, formerly known as Scamps, located at no. Doing his best to keep live music alive. Part of the Mecca Dancing group. city of gary streets and sanitation; velma kelly monologue; wellington towers brantford; 0. scamps nightclub sutton. It closed and re-opened again in the late 1990s but was not listed in 1999. The Hull Daily Mail recorded a new night-club on County Road North in 1984. Took over the old Kings Market shopping arcade in late 1998 early 1999. Use the top menu to navigate via section indexes, or just browse the latest entries on the left! Still a club in 2009, although now long closed. As with many clubs, the Welly was also a place you could see local bands. Originally known variously as the Kon-Tiki Club, the Barn and Disco 66. There was later a Kon Tiki suite within Bali Ha`i for functions etc., which some will remember as a separate venue. You will be in the Breeze and become world famous. Originally a church hall, it was similar to Jailhouse in many respects but not quite as good. All the flashy sound and lighting rigs could never quite recreate the ambience of the Jailhouse. Previously known as Talk Of The South and now called Talk . 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? Mole, who had run The Discotheque in Whitefriargate - he was also an antiques dealer. I think I am correct in saying this was one of Hulls first Gay bars. Was it anything to do with Furmans or were the rooms above the shop just vacant and available? The Jazz fans had their own favourite haunts and could be seen as several distinct groups; modern Jazzers, who listened to John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus etc., and traditional or Trad Jazz lovers who had Chris Barber, Kenny Ball etc. Fast forward to the mid-90s and . If I could find my copy of the NME encyclopaedia I could give you more names. Older people are finding the discos more attractive. Ten years later it underwent another revamp with. A temporary home for the club was sought with a former club on High Street, the Washington DC Club, selected as a possible venue. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. The club was run by Derrick [Geoff?] Became Tiffanys in 1973 and later L.A.s. [.] Listed in the telephone directories from 1970 until 1977 under clubs, social & general and (students and teachers), which may have been some sort of licensing loophole i.e. Also it took over from Bier-Keller, which definitely was a proper club. I was unable to stay on because we were leaving Hull altogether; it must have been June, July or August 1963'. Why do he and his friends make these frequent visits? Obviously, having compiled the list in 2001 - it only features venues up to that date - somebody else can bring it up to date please. 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. Another incarnation of the old Ceasars Palace, Ku2, Bali Ha`i site, opening late 1997? - we are quite happy with the image of discos and a disco is a bit more lively than a pub. 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. Romeos & Juliets opened circa 1978-79 over the Co-op. Managed by the leader of Cheds Blues Band (later Vigilante) Ched Cheeseman, who filled the Juke Box himself and made it the cheapest and best juke box I can remember anywhere, ever. Keith Daddy recalls Hofbrauhaus had strippers and topless go-go dancers at lunchtime for a couple of years and Dave Burton remembered he and Keith used to go and sit there with just half a pint a very cheap afternoon out [they only went for the beer of course]. Please follow this REGISTRATION link to fully complete the registration process a 25.00 per child non-refundable registration fee will be charged. There were many, many other locations around Hull where Jazz could be enjoyed, such as the wonderfully named 'Granny's Parlour Folk Club' held at the Royal Oak pub, but many went unlisted and to note them here relies on the memories of the readers so please contact me. 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. On the ground floor Braidy's Bar, a "fun drinkery," which . Jeff also worked across the road at number 51, which was the legendary 51 Club. Paul Taylor was a regular, and he recalls: - 'Kestral on Charlotte Street Mews opened 1970 and the dance floor was on the 1st floor. 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. The night after I left my job there, The Beatles actually performed there. Listed from 1973 until 1985 when it became Peppermint Park, another daft name, although I was still going to parties there in March 1986, so it must have closed that year. But he finds no fights where he goes. We supported Francis Daly through all the planning battles he had over it; and when it opened, based all our activities there; we had committee meetings and public meeting there and stored things in the basement. Became Enigma. Not to be out-done, the East Hull Baths also held regular dancing evenings in the 1950s. Still there in 1991, as the photo below was taken in that year. The Locarno was another place of happy dancing days. Opened in 1999 from the ashes of the re-vamped Paradise Club. We come here said 18 year old Paul Dick every Tuesday, some Fridays and Sundays, quite a lot in fact. In another disco there is an adequate supply of door-men all of whom look capable of looking after themselves and anyone else who may need it. I think I went a number of times in the (late?) Now demolished. Our staff are always updating their core training and keeping current with CPD training. The fashion, the music and the nightlife Friday, 26 March 2010 Welcome To 70's Disco Nightlife Chapter - 2 Where do you start?? Scamps Gymnastics & Legendary CYC All Stars are programs supported under the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha . Noted as a Sunday night concert stage that occasionally featured jazz bands, but you could dance Mid 1970s? Blues sat alongside Rock & Roll and Skiffle, and Motown met with Rhythm & Blues and spawned a new breed of soul. 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. These appeared for the first time in the telephone directories in 1971 although I suspect they existed earlier. There is also copy of it in the cloakroom area at Scamps. 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. See Room. Tots 2000 (pictured in 1997) in Southend. 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). I expended thousands of calories headbanging and consumed about three pints of beer and four pints of water. Rosie OGradys Nightclub, County Road North. I cant locate it in the telephone directories, but Chris Ketchell remembers the name was taken from the number plate of the owners car. 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. 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. 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. Taxi drivers were often in with their, ehem more regular female customers. It later became a club known as Scamps, before developing into a nightclub in the 1980s called Le Beat and then Metro. And what did they do before these places opened? etc. Some parents have taken their younger children to a disco and collected them again later when they had enjoyed an evening out themselves. Rumours Night Club, 208-210 Anlaby Road. Owner Malcolm Backhouse of South Cave had known there was a demand for this type of entertainment for some years. click here to follow Hull Live on Twitter. It appeared to last less than two years and was not recorded in 1993. Website reader Terry Scott recalls the Prohibition 66 Club - possibly on the site of the old Kevin Ballroom. 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. as a more trendy venue. Chris Ketchell remembered: - Gondola Club - It was in Little Queen Street, latterly that loud Sgt. He chuckled and added and if theres a fight I always seem to be in it. There was a lot of speculation surrounding the fire. One of Hulls discos is pushing the idea of an under 18 night. The empty property was eventually secured by a consortium of local investors after months of negotiations with refurbishment work starting on January 4, 1984. One non musical memory was from that period when they couldn't serve you drinks except by waitress. Listed as a night-club for the first time in the telephone directory of 1992. This application was turned down by the citys licensing justices after opposition from 19 local residents, who said vandalism, noise nuisance and drunks leaving the club would be unsuitable for their area. 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. Book Club Associates, London 1984. Help! Now [2001] Club Zen. It always had the same number - 28250.'. 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