[Music] STERNS nightclub.

[melias shoes]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49126916
A good read for those of you that frequented that great club on the hill.

 

[Bulldog]

Interesting. I did go a few times but not really my scene, I thought Chris Chapman owned and ran it?

 

[Justice]

A girl from Shipley I was shagging took me there once thought it was SHITEHOUSE.

 

[Icy Gull]

I lived quite close to Sterns, even had someone park in my drive once, but as they even parked on the central reservation of the A24 given the volume of traffic it wasn’t that big a surprise. I never once saw or heard anything that bad. Seemed to be a good natured type of attendee and not at all rowdy and thuggish. Maybe the drugs did work

Never felt the need to go, although my then 14/15/16 year old son did go occasionally, without my knowledge at the time.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Thanks for posting.
I went more in the 80’s, but interesting all the same.


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[BadFish]

A girl from Shipley I was shagging took me there once thought it was SHITEHOUSE.

You had a negative opinion of something

You are ****ing kidding me!!

 

[BadFish]

Brilliant place

From what i can remember obviously.

I heard that their was a film about Mensa in the making. Did it ever get off the ground?

Edit: it is waiting to be released.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

People tend to forget pre drug den at Sterns. I started going there before the Underground was built in the early 80s as me and my mates lived in EP and regularly short of cash could walk or stagger from the Roundstone. As the place got busier and they built the underground with state of the art DJ equipment and lighting it was still a great place to go and absolutely rocking. For reason of the the aforementioned, for us lot it was great to have the busiest pub (Roundstone) and club in the area. By the 90s I'd got married and missed the drug/rave culture that was going on. Many have told me it was still a fantastic club though, quite ground breaking by all accounts.

 

[melias shoes]

People tend to forget pre drug den at Sterns. I started going there before the Underground was built in the early 80s as me and my mates lived in EP and regularly short of cash could walk or stagger from the Roundstone. As the place got busier and they built the underground with state of the art DJ equipment and lighting it was still a great place to go and absolutely rocking. For reason of the the aforementioned, for us lot it was great to have the busiest pub (Roundstone) and club in the area. By the 90s I'd got married and missed the drug/rave culture that was going on. Many have told me it was still a fantastic club though, quite ground breaking by all accounts.

I only went a couple of times myself. Although it was a great night it was becoming far too popular for its own good and also the safety side of things. Yes as the article says they came from all over to attend. As ground-breaking as the ascienda apparently.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I went a few times and for the time there was remarkably hardly any aggro

Especially as in the norf, northern soul clubs in Wigan etc were being closed due to all the trouble.....followed up of course by the specials ghost town!

 

[zefarelly]

I knew people who went, but nothing about it appealed.

Scooter rallies northern soul/ska. . . . .and playing in a band myself won over. Frankly the 80's/90's dance music was ****ing shit to my ears.

Looking back now, and looking at the state of people . . . .you can easily tell who got 'into' the various scenes.

Rave etc was effectively the new 'mod' pill popping all nighters. Good on them.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

People tend to forget pre drug den at Sterns. I started going there before the Underground was built in the early 80s as me and my mates lived in EP and regularly short of cash could walk or stagger from the Roundstone. As the place got busier and they built the underground with state of the art DJ equipment and lighting it was still a great place to go and absolutely rocking. For reason of the the aforementioned, for us lot it was great to have the busiest pub (Roundstone) and club in the area. By the 90s I'd got married and missed the drug/rave culture that was going on. Many have told me it was still a fantastic club though, quite ground breaking by all accounts.

Always a good night out back in the 80's with the added advantage of rarely being able to get a can so a long walk home to sober up. Given the only local competition originally was the Carioca in Worthing it was always packed.

Then Bubbles and Bensons came along, soon to be followed by Rutherfords and Twenties which took the main stream clubbers away from Sterns and probably forced the change of direction that made it the legendary place it is now.

 

[BensGrandad]

Interesting. I did go a few times but not really my scene, I thought Chris Chapman owned and ran it?

It was owned by Dick Garrett who also owned a couple of butchers shops in Mayfair. I think Chris Chapman eventually took it over and made it into a restaurant

 

[Notters]

A girl from Shipley I was shagging took me there once thought it was SHITEHOUSE.

Crikey. Was Shipley then like Shipley now?

 

[Bruntburger]

Loved Sterns

 

[Albion Dan]

Adored that place and dominated my teenage weekends. Unfortunately was gone by the time I was 20 and far too early. don't think a club experience has ever come close since.

 

[mylesfdo]

Awesome place and venue, loved it!!

Theyve been having Sterns reunions recently down the Volks I believe, not been to one but heard they still banging the tunes out!!

 

[BadFish]

Adored that place and dominated my teenage weekends. Unfortunately was gone by the time I was 20 and far too early. don't think a club experience has ever come close since.

The Shark Club (next to the shark bar) was the closest anything else came. Music was less hardcore but enjoyed some great DJ's in its relatively short life span.

Other than that we had to wait for Big Beat Boutique at the Concord. The first wave of them were brilliant nights.

 

[mylesfdo]

The Shark Club (next to the shark bar) was the closest anything else came. Music was less hardcore but enjoyed some great DJ's in its relatively short life span.

Other than that we had to wait for Big Beat Boutique at the Concord. The first wave of them were brilliant nights.

What about a Fri night at the Escape or was it Thurs.....some good hardcore tunes in there especially with NAM and the MC having it off!!

 

[Happy Exile]

What about a Fri night at the Escape or was it Thurs.....some good hardcore tunes in there especially with NAM and the MC having it off!!

Loved Big Beat Boutique at the Concorde. Friday at the Escape I only remember for Thank Funk it's Friday. A lot of good trance nights at the Honey Club midweek a few years later as well, always preferred that to the Zap which seemed over-hyped to me. Used to love the Jazz Rooms and an indie fix at Sister Ray's at the Underground too, though that was maybe a few years earlier. Good times.