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Nights out in Brighton on the Late 70s - Early 80s
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Surely you met in Shades, didnt everyone start in Shades .....
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I stumbled across this brilliant thread having typed in 'coasters Brighton' into Google....I am creating a playlist of all the poynient music from my early clubbing days, starting with Saturday night all age disco at the The Court, the all age night on a Tuesday at the Top Rank with DJ Phil Leppard, Coasters , Pink Coconut/Paradox, Orianos, Nightfever.
Does anyone remember the court from 1980/81? It was an old dance school in Gloucester Place, just along from Mr Ks. On a Saturday night it opened as a Disco Run by what we described as Queen Victoria. Very strict and the music would quite often stop mid track, while she told everyone off because she'd found cigarette butts in the toilet!!! HAA.
Then Coasters with DJ Rory. What was his catchprase; 'BONA' ? Straight blokes dancing to gay music (Boystown Gang, Evelyn Thomas, Donna Summer, Lime, Divine, Hazel Dean, Sylvestor - What else) Coasters was ahead of its time as Brighton didn't have an overtly gay scene in those days. Yet Rory in his leather chaps and cap would mince around Brighton with his pink poodles! 1983/84 was my era there. When did it finally close? It would fit in very well in Brighton these days.....Anyone know what became of Rory
Having read this entire thread, it seems we all went to the same places in teh same order..I suppose there was an obvious pub route in those days with a few variables. 7.30 in the Druids (no mobile phones needed...It was religion. Just show up and you'd all be there!), Pump House, Sussex, Carvers (Black Lion),Annabels (Smugglers), then clubbing. Was it the Cage downstairs of Annabels. Quite seedy and druggy but brilliant! Upstairs was Nightfever. Always a smell of Amo' Nitrate! I recall the blond barmaid was also a model in one of the porn mags....
These days I'm happy with a real ale pub and a curry after, but I wouldn't change the past for anything!
Coasters finally closed in January 1987 although Rory left in the Autumn of 1985 to go and work in a club in Southsea when the sound man Michelle started DJing in his place
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Coasters closed after the severe winter of Jan/Feb 1987. Lack of income during this time had an affect on it's fragile financies. In around 1989 it converged into Busby's and became Oriana's.
Rory can still be heard doing a guest spot on Radio Reverb under his current alias of
Rory can still be heard doing a guest spot on Radio Reverb under his current alias of
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Just looked it up , it closed on January 10th as I was there and still have my tambourine I was given on the last night.
joker
BHA Blues Away
joker
BHA Blues Away
Used to meet up at the Ship in Lewes Rd, have a few there, then on to either Sherry's or the Suite, when fun was fun.
Only went to Jenkinsons if I had a few extra quid in the bin as it was a bit expensive there, do remember seeing Suzanne Maughan and Helen Shapiro there though, walking back to happiness.
Only went to Jenkinsons if I had a few extra quid in the bin as it was a bit expensive there, do remember seeing Suzanne Maughan and Helen Shapiro there though, walking back to happiness.
the kings clubs one and two
kings one was on kings road where old melrose restaurant used to be the huttons moved there from the albany club which was situated at 19 brunswick terrace corner of brunswick square the disco dowstairs was called tinkerbelles on the ground floor was a drinking bar where you had to have the compulsory sausage and mash so as to buy a drink (archaic licensing laws) the casino was on the 1st floor where you could play roulette american and french, blackjack, craps, on the second floor invited guests for poker schools, kings 2 closed in 1994 after the club was sold to john holland of the escape
kings one was on kings road where old melrose restaurant used to be the huttons moved there from the albany club which was situated at 19 brunswick terrace corner of brunswick square the disco dowstairs was called tinkerbelles on the ground floor was a drinking bar where you had to have the compulsory sausage and mash so as to buy a drink (archaic licensing laws) the casino was on the 1st floor where you could play roulette american and french, blackjack, craps, on the second floor invited guests for poker schools, kings 2 closed in 1994 after the club was sold to john holland of the escape
Pat McCrotch
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skipper734
Registered ruffian
anybody remember the florida rooms, tudor bar, 101 club,starlight rooms
You're old. I thought I was the only one on here who was a member of all the Kings Clubs plus Florida rooms etc. What about here The Scene Club in Windmill Street 1964 to 66.
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somerset
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William Tell was great, first ever pub in Brighton to have a video juke box, Sherry's then Pink Coconut once it changed, and the pub next door pre club, can't remember its name now...... and Top Rank, Coasters and Busby's....all great nights out.
Was it the Queen Anne pub
Yes. Queen Anne was the quiet side and Swifts was the glitzy Cocktail bar side with the grand piano shaped bar.
Remember the courtyard of Henekeys (became The Berlin Bar and Helsinkies - now Hotel du Vin) it was buzzing on a warm evening..Amazing acoustics. Or was that just too many Lime and Kiwi 20/20s I'd had!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember the courtyard of Henekeys (became The Berlin Bar and Helsinkies - now Hotel du Vin) it was buzzing on a warm evening..Amazing acoustics. Or was that just too many Lime and Kiwi 20/20s I'd had!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i once saw a stag get a blow job from a "stripper" in henekeys courtyard, turned out to be a tranny, he went spare !!
Elvis
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I remember that video juke box, I used to work further up Queens road ( building now the Big Issue place) for lunch we used to go to The William Tell drink Lager tops and plug all our change in the video juke box. Thegreat bit was they used to let us use luncheon vouchers for the drinks. HAPPY DAYS..
Seagull58
In the Algarve
The vault, The Windsor, The Basement and The Norfolk
great Punk hangouts
The Windsor Tavern. Punks in the backroom and the "locals" in the front. Went there from age of 14 (1972), when they had Bingo the parrot in a cage in the bar) till about 22.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
pink coconut...!
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Must be The Seven Stars