[Misc] Sherry’s - Today’s Argus

[Guinness Boy]

Despite its lager boys feel
most nights, Paradox did put on some corking nights..

Babealicious was superb. I was at two of those. Despite being straight we also went to one of the Wild Fruit nights which was off the ****ing scale

 

[Weststander]

Babealicious was superb. I was at two of those. Despite being straight we also went to one of the Wild Fruit nights which was off the ****ing scale

I was there. And before your time in the 80's a London club Bolts rented the Pink Coconut on Sunday evenings. Incredible music, and goings ons.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Sorry, you've lost me there. We would occasionally pop in the bar downstairs but if it was 'gay' I wouldn't have noticed. If that's what you're getting at.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Sorry, you've lost me there. We would occasionally pop in the bar downstairs but if it was 'gay' I wouldn't have noticed. If that's what you're getting at.

Hungry Years was taken over - not sure when - and the ground level turned into a gay bar and the next level turned into a gay club.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I never went to Sherry's (in any of its guides). Nor did I frequent Coasters, Gloucester, Sloopy's etc. I went to the Years a few times but a little too metal for me. I went to the Curtain Club a few times and various other gay haunts. Despite being straight, I've tended to prefer gay clubs.
But I certainly knew of Sherry's and it's shocking that the Argus got it so wrong.

Me too. Ironically, much less chance of encountering nobs.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Sorry, you've lost me there. We would occasionally pop in the bar downstairs but if it was 'gay' I wouldn't have noticed. If that's what you're getting at.

He means it’s a gay bar now

 

[zefarelly]

I still have a lot of my old gig tickets . . . Weller at the Zap, Jimmy Smith at the (proper) Concorde . . .

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Hungry Years was taken over - not sure when - and the ground level turned into a gay bar and the next level turned into a gay club.

OK. Long after my time.

 

[West Upper Seagull]

It was the Paradox before becoming the Pink Coconut.

No it became the Paradox after Pink Coconut

I was a regular at PC then the Paradox Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays ! Always made Swifts our last bar before hitting the club so we could keep an eye on the length of the queue ! I also remember they later converted a small part of the front of the Paradox to become Club Barcelona !!!

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Could they get it more wrong?

“After Sherry’s closed, it became a roller-skating rink and then a bingo hall before being demolished in the late 1960s”

It’s a big part of Brighton’s history and was still open in the early 80’s. It was then closed for a while, refurbished and re opened as The Pink Coconut.

They demolished the Crystal Room in West Street in the late 60s and that became the entrance to Sherry’s that originally had its entrance in Middle Street. As far as I was aware the guts of Sherry’s hadn’t changed since Pinky got his scar.
The Crystal Room was still there when the Suite opened - bingo and slot machines.

 

[Gwylan]

Me too. Ironically, much less chance of encountering nobs.

Indeed. I haven't been to many conventional straight night clubs but I've twice ended up in hospital after visits: far fewer dickheads at gay clubs

 

[The Oldman]

You left off 'who are Southampton based'.

The reporters are not based in Southampton. They do work from an office in Brighton. I believe one lives in Seaford

 

[Weststander]

Indeed. I haven't been to many conventional straight night clubs but I've twice ended up in hospital after visits: far fewer dickheads at gay clubs

I never saw aggro at a gay venue.

 

[Springal]

As an aging DJ who frequented Sherrys way back in the late 70's, why has Brighton never attracted a 'super club' to the town. By that I mean a night club putting on star DJ's from around the world. Yes we have/had all the clubs on the beach plus concorde2 and FBS with his nights. I recall a few years ago a big name have an all nighter at the Brighton Centre which sold out (Carl Cox?). But there's no Calvin Harris, James Hype et al.

Honey Club definitely was early 00s !

 

[Live by the sea]

Me too. Ironically, much less chance of encountering nobs.

Surely more chance ..

 

[Live by the sea]

I never saw aggro at a gay venue.

I have in NYC , 2 lesbian attacking each other . Got quite nasty , lots of hair pulling . That was many years ago though .

 

[Rowdey]

Babealicious was superb. I was at two of those. Despite being straight we also went to one of the Wild Fruit nights which was off the ****ing scale

Yes, seen to remember my e I’m

Babealicious was superb. I was at two of those. Despite being straight we also went to one of the Wild Fruit nights which was off the ****ing scale

yes, wasn’t that Wild Child who did those?

 

[Weststander]

I have in NYC , 2 lesbian attacking each other . Got quite nasty , lots of hair pulling . That was many years ago though .

Some people pay to watch that. I hear.

 

[timbha]

They demolished the Crystal Room in West Street in the late 60s and that became the entrance to Sherry’s that originally had its entrance in Middle Street. As far as I was aware the guts of Sherry’s hadn’t changed since Pinky got his scar.
The Crystal Room was still there when the Suite opened - bingo and slot machines.

I’m sure the Crystal Rooms was still there in the early 1980s and I recall using the Middle Street entrance to Sherry’s - with the pool table in front of you as you enter - in the late 70s.

 

[Gwylan]

I never saw aggro at a gay venue.

Exactly - which is why I preferred them (although I did see two lesbians have a right old scrap in a reggae club in Bradford)