The Nightclubs Of Your Youth.

[Joy_Division]

Hummingbird, Locarno, The Cedar Club, Barbarellas, Rum Runner, Snobs, Samanthas. If I'm honest, I only enjoyed clubs that had live bands on. Could not stand all that disco dancing DJ'ing bo**ux and only went to them to try and pull and never had a lot of success as I usually ended up pi**ed and was no doubt found to be obnoxious by any decent gal. A pint, a spliff and a good band is what I enjoyed. Now its a cheese and onion sandwich and a mug of Horlicks before a read in bed listening to the bands I used to go and see.

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

Perhaps some of you old Brummie club goers can help me remember the names of a couple of my favorite hang outs. The first one was at the bottom of Constitution Hill, the building, which is a really nice piece of architecture, is still there. See pic below.




The other was at the junction of Navigation Street and Hill Street at the back of New Street Station. I remember this one particularly well because I helped push/carry Georgie Fame's organ up the stairs. Also I was standing outside one night and after a tremendous racket from inside "Sandy" from Crossroads came bouncing out on his harris follow by a couple of irate bouncers! The building is gone now and the one below stands in its place.



Any one remember them?

[Albionic68]

Fairly sure The Dome didn't open until the 70's

The Dome opened for business in 1985 or 1986 from memory, I think it was called The Night Out before that.

[Joy_Division]

Perhaps some of you old Brummie club goers can help me remember the names of a couple of my favorite hang outs. The first one was at the bottom of Constitution Hill, the building, which is a really nice piece of architecture, is still there. See pic below.




The other was at the junction of Navigation Street and Hill Street at the back of New Street Station. I remember this one particularly well because I helped push/carry Georgie Fame's organ up the stairs. Also I was standing outside one night and after a tremendous racket from inside "Sandy" from Crossroads came bouncing out on his harris follow by a couple of irate bouncers! The building is gone now and the one below stands in its place.



Any one remember them?

The first one I think was The Cedar Club. i went there to see Wah Heat during the Handsworth riots. Police had shut off Soho Road at the Hockley Flyover. Had to drive home via Cornwall, or so it seemed at the time.

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

The first one I think was The Cedar Club. i went there to see Wah Heat during the Handsworth riots. Police had shut off Soho Road at the Hockley Flyover. Had to drive home via Cornwall, or so it seemed at the time.

Thanks for taking a stab at it mate, I can't remember for sure it was so long ago and like most clubs at the time it changed names a couple of times for sure. I do remember that before going in we used to drink in rough arse pub called The Shakespeare on Temple Street. At the time the pub was notorious for a number of reasons, all good ones, although still there it is unfortunately much gentrified.

The other club was much more well known, as well as Georgie Fame I also saw The Steam Packet, [Julie Driscoll, Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry] and The Dave Clark Five there. The name of the place is on the tip of my tongue I just can't spit it out!

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

Thanks for taking a stab at it mate, I can't remember for sure it was so long ago and like most clubs at the time it changed names a couple of times for sure. I do remember that before going in we used to drink in rough arse pub called The Shakespeare on Temple Street. At the time the pub was notorious for a number of reasons, all good ones, although still there it is unfortunately much gentrified.

The other club was much more well known, as well as Georgie Fame I also saw The Steam Packet, [Julie Driscoll, Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry] and The Dave Clark Five there. The name of the place is on the tip of my tongue I just can't spit it out!

The Whiskey A Go Go! Knew I would remember it if I wittered on long enough!

[kettering_baggie]

I have remembered the name of the other ‘hotel place’ that used to have a music/disco type club on at least one night a week; it was the Park Atwood, I think and I can’t remember where it was! As I said earlier, lots of substances available, lots of fights and one night saw a bloke lying on a car bonnet having been stabbed! Anyone else remember going to the Park Atwood?

[WBA1955]

I first went in Club Lafayette when I was fif**** and we skipped a four hour maths exam at college to go to the Radio One roadshow. I eventually became a member and used it up until 1974.
The last time I went in was 1980, ten years after the first time, but it was dying, and at 25 I thought this isn't me anymore. I also went in Dix, the Silver Dollar a couple of times, Chairman of the Board were on the the once, and Polo's one time. A big black man was on the door and i signed the book Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest, while my mate signed Cyrille Regis. We got a table and a woman about forty came and sat next to me and put her head on my shoulder.
I was never one for nightclubs, i much prefer the pub, i only used to go because they served late, but i didn't really like the people much who went in them.
Bunch of w ankers most of them.

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

The first one I think was The Cedar Club. i went there to see Wah Heat during the Handsworth riots. Police had shut off Soho Road at the Hockley Flyover. Had to drive home via Cornwall, or so it seemed at the time.

Dead right mate, the Cedar Club. I found this pic that shows the true location which is just up the hill from the pic that I posted. As soon as I saw it it remembered the entrance, the whole thing. What a dump!

[Prando]

Anyone remember the Elbow Room ? And the famous pub next door with the ‘opening bar windows’