Listed as a night-club from 1995 and continued until 1996 when it became known simply as The Lamp, just a pub really. Latterly closed and under threat but now [2009] open again as . Tony reckons his outfit have in excess of 4,000 discs and they can provide Go-Go dancers and films if they are wanted. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. 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. Email us, Scamps Out of School Clubs First listed under clubs, social & general in 1982 having replaced the New Waltham Club, remaining until 1985. New music programme The Tube was filmed there as part of a feature on the Liverpool music scene. The Locarno was another place of happy dancing days. 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. You cannot actually see the club, just the sign so I suppose that it is possible that it was a sign pointing downBishop Laneto the Barracudarather than actually on the front of it. I have mentioned some in the gazetteer to get us started, mostly taken from Hull Jazz & Jazzmen by Laurie Dex. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The luxuriously named Paradise Club was first mentioned in the telephone directory of 1990, listed as a night-club from 1993, and closed 1998-99. Click here to give it a like! Slade again, and several others there. A swish dance hall above the 1920s Jacksons store in Paragon Street. This legendary local hot-spot - fondly known as Tower For An Hour - was first listed as a nightclub in 1984. It continued to be listed until 1977. By 1975 it was listed as Outsider Supertruck Discos, at No.61 Leonard Street. Taking over the old Fifty One Casino Club/Club 51 site, the Silhouette Club opened in 1979 owned by Zipwain Ltd., see right. Noted for the first time in 1963 as the Wellington Social Club, under clubs, social & general but was probably more of a working mens club until its new lease of life in the late 1970s (?) company owns shopstyle codycross; Ten years later it underwent another revamp with. Palatial, distinctive yet colourful, Blue Lace in Hall Ings, formerly Scamps, was a designer's dream of space, lighting and sound. Also, click through Categories and Tags (at the bottom of each page) to discover different content or use the Search box at the top of the page! As I wrote in my study of Bishop Lane: The fashion for discotheques was at its peak in the late 1960s and property in the old-town would have been at its lowest price for any prospective buyer. This remained the case throughout the 1960s but as the decade wore on the ballrooms began to be complemented by coffee bars, which became a place for teenagers to gather and listen to their new music whilst sipping Espresso day or night. Took over from Ritzy as part of the Central Park premises in late 1995 early 1996. I recall seeing Elkie Brooks & Vinegar Joe there on a number of occasions. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Did it become Club International and later Henrys again or was thelaterHenrys a bar within Club International? He appeared one Thursday night and my friend and I were the only people in the club that night! Copyright 2022 Hull Music Archive,All Rights Reserved. It was part of the Hofbrauhaus chain, with others in Hull, Blackpool and other Stein swilling strongholds. White Boy Singin the Blues; The Black Roots of White Rock, Michael Bane. Charlotte joined the team in April 2022 and is doing a BA in Childhood & Youth Studies. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1982. '60s although I only really have specific memories of once or twice. 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'. Following further uses as a nightclub and bar, the building was also used as . it may have tried to be known officially as a club just for students and teachers. Tel 07792 768202 Join Scamp Club Animals of all sorts can join the ScampClub. Towards the end of its time, they opened a second dance floor on the ground floor. But even so it doesnt make us wish we were single again. Tiffanys Nightspot & Discoteque, Ferensway. Club Website: www.scamps.homestead.com. I have still got my membership card with nice sillouette figure on the front. 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). The photograph which was takenfrom 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. Took over the Club International in 1989-90 and was demolished shortly after, circa 199 something. SCAMPS. in 1991/92 named Sergeant Peppers. Follow us on Instagram -On the Hull Live Instagram page we share gorgeous pictures of our stunning city - and if you tag us in your posts, we could repost your picture on our page! Police dispatched a team from the Home Office forensic laboratory at Wetherby to analyse the ruins, gather evidence and make appeals for people who were in the club to come forward, in particular a party of 15 who visited from Cleethorpes. First listed in 1987 as a night-club, known colloquially as el-aays and incorporating Luckies Bar upstairs circa 2001. The scene on George Street in Hull, day after a fire ripped through the Oddessy Disco and Dingwalls Bar in the city. 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. 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. Later became the Prohibition 66 Club? Tony Smith could blood some of the club's youngest talent at Sheffield Eagles this Sunday. Beechgrove Scout Hut Later to become another venue - Ku2. Memories Of Scamps Nightclubby MrEUK 9 2 Playing tracks by Stargard, Candi Staton, Zapp, Kool & The Gang, Lew Kirton and more. For discos are now more than just rooms in which to dance, with records booming away in the background. These were completed in December of 1970 just in time for Christmas. No windows and no sign outside, and later fitted with ultra violet lights on the small dance-floor upstairs, which served only to make you feel more disorientated than when you went in. 1950s crooners often found themselves in poll place alongside the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Cream and The Rolling Stones. 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. Its once a week to a disco for Pat and her friend Linda Chappel, also 18. A cabaret club open in the early 1970s, with an excellent name, and its logo was a cute Penguin carrying a drinks tray (from an advert in the Hull Times, 2 May 1971. Planet EarthNightclub/Bar, 112-116 George Street. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. The viewpoint of these girls in their mid-twenties? Listed in the telephone directories under cafs and restaurants from 1964 until 1975. This suggests a possible distinction between those listed as social clubs and those listed elsewhere, i.e. to 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 always had the same number - 28250.'. The blaze took over 60 firefighters to control and was first noticed by a passing taxi driver and a burglar alarm sounding at roughly 2.30am. Extremely loud, with impressive light shows etc. I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! 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? NB Red Bird was also advertising Go-Go dancers for hire in 1975. Easy places to crash a party I seem to recall. 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!! Ceased to be listed in late 1992. It was also a big part of Hull's Seventies clubbing. Many superb live acts appeared here (Steve Marriot, Albert Lee) and it was a great place for a boogie to good old Rock music. It housed two bars and boasted 800 sq ft of mirrors, over 100 plants and a colour scheme of white, lemon, green and gold, and was advertised as the latest concept in clubbing entertainment. Noted in the telephone directory for the first time in 1975 under clubs, social & general. I think I am correct in saying this was one of Hulls first Gay bars. One was clearing debris from a stairway when he was blown down the stairs in a blast from a gas explosion. Was it anything to do with Furmans or were the rooms above the shop just vacant and available? However, it never seems to have been listed in the telephone directories, unless it was classed as a pub - everyone knows it was in the old Skylines premises, so where was it recorded? First listed in 1982 under clubs, social & general and still going in 2009, it was opened as a music venue by Paul Jackson in 1984 and incorporated the Unity Club in 1985. As with many clubs, the Welly was also a place you could see local bands. Scamps will be closed for the holiday starting Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd. The club opened in 1961 when it was called Mecca's Hull Locarno Ballroom. Opened over 40 years ago, Spiders has seen all the alternative music scenes come and go and managed to live to tell the tale. They opened a new club downstairs in june 1968 as Penny Farthing, and we moved our radio discos there. Download our app-You can download our free app foriPhone and iPad fromApple'sAppStore, or get theAndroid version from Google Play. Not listed in 1994. Ephemera: John Lee Hooker / Skyline ticket, Emma Fee - Too Busy Watching Invisible Things. 25 year old Ray Copeland was appointed the manager of the 80,000 club, scheduled to open in August 1971. Waterfront Club (The), Princes Dock Side. An ex Hull Mod recalls 'Mod haunt 66-68. They opened a new club downstairs in june 1968 as Penny Farthing, and we moved our radio discos there. The Washington, in the historic former Dock Offices building which in the 1990s was to be known as the Bounty, had opened in 1980 before closing in 1982. We also put the latest news in our Instagram Stories. 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. Rave Magazine, November 1966 & April 1967 editions, Tower House Publications, London 1967 (authors collection). The Young People's Institute also held ballroom dancing nights, with regular bands - Tommy Fisher, Ken Brookes, and Louis Gold. Book Club Associates, London 1984. They have very regular bookings at various pubs in the district where they are an added attraction for the customers. The team will be updating the wall murals and photo displays throughout the year now the halls have been repainted. More commonly, it was known as Bier Keller, but not referred to as such in the telephone directories. 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. . Chris Ketchell suggested this was the contact address for a mobile disco. Some suggest it was the site of the present Editorial Inn, and Paul Taylor, who visited in the late 1960s recalls: -'Penny Farthing was at the top of Spring Bank near Editorial but I think it was not at the end of a terrace but was mid terrace. Only Clubs, Social and General were listed (of which there were 96) and Clubs Dancing and Ballroom, which had one entry - the Kevin Ballroom, North Church Side (also the home of the Birdland jazz club see later). 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. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. Essentially however, the 1960s were a period of revolution and whilst there will always be a trend to keep alive older and more traditional musical styles, nothing represents the optimism of that age like pop music. One of Hulls discos is pushing the idea of an under 18 night. Tagged #soul#funk#disco#soul funk disco boogie A running mix recorded live of the music that people would have danced too in Scamps Nightclub in Sutton and many other nightclubs around the UK in the 70s & 80s. 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. Graham Wilkinson remembers it as a dance place. Listed for the first time as Ocean 11 in 1975 under clubs, social & generalI can remember popping in to this one. Chris Ketchell recalls this had red awnings outside. 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. They DID have a casino licence, and also a dance floor and club operation. Andre Brannan was also an early visitor:- 'Have fond memories of Malcolms from 72 to 74. Pic 'Scamps_Nightclub': 'The entrance to Scamps' Pic 'scan0013 . Youve got to try to please as many as possible he says of his night work. 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. SCAMP Security provide a comprehensive range of integrated security, fire protection and manned guarding services. Rosie OGradys Nightclub, County Road North. Late in 1993 it joined with Quigleys to create the Oasis Club and is now [2001] part of Club Zen. Site re-opened as a pub (?) Advertised itself as Hulls premier discotheque (the first time the correct spelling had been used) The only slide inside a night-club in the UK. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg - thanks Rob!). 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. If I could find my copy of the NME encyclopaedia I could give you more names. Hull Live has a range of Facebook groups for communities across Hull and East Yorkshire. 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. Chris Ketchell recalls Malcolms: - purpose built as a club? Part of the Dorchester Hotel to you and I. The mobile disco world has its own lingo. By the end of the 1970s (1980?) But did it still serve Tetleys? 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. Now demolished. Rumours Night Club, 208-210 Anlaby Road. Was it also known as Oscars, or was that a pub within the Hotel? 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. Flipper Disc Caf, 155-157 Holderness Road. I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! I am grateful to Paul Rusling for contacting me with the following resume: -'Baileys should have been in the phone book - it had a 5 line switchboard and the number was 24000. manned 24 hours a day, Baileys had an all night watchman and female receptionists by day. etc. I have memories of this being the place to be when it first opened (my diaries say I was at a party there in February 1981), very new-wave, very black clothing, very drunk. Took over, from what had been Olivers, in 1990 and was an excellent rough and tumble place. From 1992 it was listed in the Yellow Pages as a night-club, so does this suggest it was at this point it got its first regular late licence? Magazine. Majic Garden (Humberside Theatre), Spring Street. scamps nightclub sutton. In the late 60s I think it was known as 'The Round' and /or 'Bizarre society' c.1971. Noted under clubs, social & general from 1970 until 1973 but sounds a bit more up-market and dancey. Opened 1994 ish and was listed as a night-club that became known as Room 82-88 by 1996. Please take a look at the Staff Profiles page for more information. 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]. Follow us on Twitter -For breaking news and the latest stories,click here to follow Hull Live on Twitter. Listed from at least 1960 as a ballroom dancing venue, but gone by 1963? Jeff also worked across the road at number 51, which was the legendary 51 Club. Listed under clubs, social & general from 1971 until 1973 and was known as a dance venue. 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. I think maybe I went there from the start, whenever that was - there may have been some sort of continuity from The Brickhouse, as I think that the person who ran the disco at the Brickhouse later ran, or was involved with the place. There was a very large Bouncer called Dennis. I was unable to stay on because we were leaving Hull altogether; it must have been June, July or August 1963'. Regular live music venue; I saw Slade, Little Bob Story (French rock band who crucified Small Faces numbers), errrr? Website reader Terry Scott recalls the Prohibition 66 Club - possibly on the site of the old Kevin Ballroom. Listed until late 1992 when it became Central Park & Ritzys. If you have any questions please speak to a member of the team at pick up time. That had been a gambling place at some time, it still had blackjack and roulette tables when I first went in, in 1968. GESCO is a security company operating in various fields and basing on the principle of physical protection. 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