New pub - "North Laine" on the site of Barfly / The Gloucester

[fork me]

Enjoyed The Gloucester especially Thursday nights. DJ Gremlin I think the dj called himself.

Gremlin's a mate of mine, he was the founder of Sister Rays in Brighton (mostly at the Underground), he also did Thursdays at the Gloucester for a while. I did Thursdays at the Gloucester myself for a while as well for a year or so some time in the 90s.

 

[Greyrun]

Birds Nest had booths with telephones and was really popular before sliding downmarket,Isacc Hayes,Walk on By was always the last record played in the early days.

 

[Goodfella]

My friend has just started working there and I can confirm it was open yesterday and is definitely open tonight as I'm going there after work.

what time is it open til on a fri? i live across the road and would be a good place for a beer when i finish late at night.

 

[pasty]

Surely, you would partake of a swift couple in the King and Queen before diving headlong into The Gloucester.

Indeedy - how very remiss of me to leave that one out! More than a few tactical chunders in there en route

 

[The Wookiee]

If that was the rock night, I went in there a few times too. I was studying, and had a class on Friday morning from 10.00 till 1.00, but would be so shagged, I'd go and sleep in my car from 11.30 coffee till whenever

I would chat to the DJ every now and then, until once, he put a tune on and everybody exited the dancefloor, and my comment of, 'That's a proper floorfiller...' met with a stony look, and he never talked to me again

Think rock night was Tuesdays ??

 

[element]

Think rock night was Tuesdays ??

I think the Tuesday was the popular student night. 50p. per shot of Vodka

The Thursday rock night was shortlived, IIRC, due to him playing too many floor-emptiers

Would have been 01-02

Was a dude with a bandana, and generic DJ skanky bird...

 

[The Large One]

Monday 60s
Tuesday - Students
Wednesday - 70s
Thursday - 80s
Friday / Saturday - Club Nights

That's my vague recollection of it.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Went in there with my father on saturday mornings in the 1950's for a cheese roll. Do you remember the murals on the walls? Used to be an Edlins pub

Vaguely, some sort of cartoons if I remember rightly

 

[Goodfella]

we used to go over there on a mon night 60's night after a poo lmatch at 'The Richmond'......many a drunken night lol.

 

[element]

Thinking about it, The Hungry Years closed in 01, so there were a few attempts to rekindle the metal spirit, with a very short lived rock night at The Volks, entitled The New Years, that happened about three times...

I met a woman at The Gloucester Thursday rock night, and we went to see AC/DC at Milton Keynes Bowl circa 01/2 again...:guitar:

 

[fork me]

Think rock night was Tuesdays ??

I was just going to correct you then, my fading memory of club nights they all roll into one, but I realised you're right, the rock night WAS Tuesdays. Indeed, I ran my weekday night at the Underground on a Thursday for that very reason (Gloucester on Tuesday, Years on Wednesday, Underground on Thursday). It was Tuesday's I DJ'd at the Gloucester, late 90s, after I'd left the Underground.

 

[fork me]

Monday 60s
Tuesday - Students
Wednesday - 70s
Thursday - 80s
Friday / Saturday - Club Nights

That's my vague recollection of it.

That was pretty much the classic late 80s lineup as I recall. It changed from time to time as some nights died.

 

[fire&skill]

Was it Mr K's back in the day?

Indeed. Didn't they used to have a teenagers disco there? Late 70s early 80s?

 

[The Large One]

That was pretty much the classic late 80s lineup as I recall. It changed from time to time as some nights died.

Yeah, sounds right.

Me and Digitalis used to do Monday nights in the dying days of The Gloucester in the late 90s.

 

[fire&skill]

Monday 60s
Tuesday - Students
Wednesday - 70s
Thursday - 80s
Friday / Saturday - Club Nights

That's my vague recollection of it.

I remember having a stand-up row with the DJ on 70s night because he played 'Start!' by The Jam. He - nor the bouncers come to think of it - wasn't having any of my drunken protestations of 'It was released in August of 1980, you fool!'

 

[Notters]

in there now. Very very impressive.

 

[PHCgull]

Gremlin used to do some floor emptying at the savannah on Monday nights too, any one remember that place?
Around the same time, 89 90 91 ish era. I seem to remember it was even cheaper than the gloucester

 

[BUTTERBALL]

My haunt of the late 80's and early 90's. Dress down to impress. Great indie music, sticky carpet, gritty wooden dance floor with patterned lights, the stench of fag smoke, a great range of shots (the legendary B52) and cheap drinks. What was not to like?

Bring back the GLOUCESTER GLORY years!

 

[Captain Sensible]

used to loved the Gloucester on a saturday night, great indie music and then they ruin it by turning it to an rnb club. that was the demise in my book. never an issue to get in, never saw any trouble cos everyone was so f***ed they couldnt stand. be nice to see this place open and hope they get some decent crowds to see it stay open

This, used to have quality indie and britpop nights in the 90's to early 2000's. Was a dump but used to have a right laugh in there. A Mate of mine was a barman in there while he was actually barred at the same time. He had to leave after his shift and was marched out of the place. But then he usually went to the Volks or Shades at the Pav Tav.

 

[brighton_girl87]

Just got back - it's very impressive! 4 giant casks behind the bar for the microbrewery, nice decoration throughout and it's absolutely massive!

Plus I got there at half five and it was surprisingly busy considering it only opened yesterday.

As previously mentioned, it is owned by the drink in Brighton lot and I reckon it is going to be pretty popular