A mark of the discos popularity and of the gradually changing age and social groups they are attracting is the new entertainment phenomena, which has risen alongside them over the last year or so the mobile disco. Tots 2000 (pictured in 1997) in Southend. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg thanks Rob!). It appeared to last less than two years and was not recorded in 1993. Advertised as The intimate yet lively, fully licensed disco. Some parents have taken their younger children to a disco and collected them again later when they had enjoyed an evening out themselves. So why then at 9.50 in the evening, were there no men on the dancing space at all I wondered? We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I think I went a number of times in the (late?) If I could find my copy of the NME encyclopaedia I could give you more names. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasn't it spelt wrong?) Under the name of Montagues Club, part of the building of the former Dunwells Forge had become the Forge Bar, with the disc jockey sat directly in front of the old forge chimney. For discos are now more than just rooms in which to dance, with records booming away in the background. Mark Peacock recalls it was part of the Hull Brick Company, a promotional company that formed in 1970 and was responsible for attracting larger bands to Hull (usually at the City Hall) T Rex, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Free, Lindisfarne, Mott the Hoople, etc. Either way, by 1981 four clubs were listed specifically as night-clubs - Club International, Romeos & Juliets, Spiders and Tiffanys. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. New music programme The Tube was filmed there as part of a feature on the Liverpool music scene. 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!! I worked in the big room as cabaret host and resident DJ, 5 nights a week , while at College (of technology) doing my radio qualifications'. Tony Cliff is one of three partners who run a local mobile disco. Too far off the beaten track, it soon closed later the same year. 25 year old Ray Copeland was appointed the manager of the 80,000 club, scheduled to open in August 1971. Gondola Club & Coffee Bar, Little Queen Street. We were one of the first places to serve capuccinos and hot chocolate with whipped cream. Usually with the Maxwell Daniels Band. Took over the Club International in 1989-90 and was demolished shortly after, circa 199 something. 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. Did this become a record shop? Intriguing As well as having rock groups in the 1960s (and 70s?) - we are quite happy with the image of discos and a disco is a bit more lively than a pub. I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! Now demolished. The fashion, the music and the nightlife Friday, 26 March 2010 Welcome To 70's Disco Nightlife Chapter - 2 Where do you start?? Taylor joined the team in December 2021 and will be starting her level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. 22 - July 27 - Aug 9, 2022 - Scamp Club Listed under clubs, social & general from 1971 but may have been known as a more of a dance venue (as Ruf 15 was) as it was to become the Rio Discotheque in 1973. Follow Hull Live on Facebook -Like our Facebook page to get the latest news in your feed and join in the lively discussions in the comments. Extremely loud, with impressive light shows etc. Listed as a pub from 1994, but as it had a large dance-floor it was obviously intended as a place to boogie. Run by Reg Lane and Andrea Petty. Majic Garden (Humberside Theatre), Spring Street. Later became the Prohibition 66 Club? Hull Live has a range of Facebook groups for communities across Hull and East Yorkshire. I asked Tony what he thought were the reasons for the current boom in discos. There were many, many other locations around Hull where Jazz could be enjoyed, such as the wonderfully named 'Granny's Parlour Folk Club' held at the Royal Oak pub, but many went unlisted and to note them here relies on the memories of the readers so please contact me. Regular bands were those of Harry Chatterton, Stan Thrussel and Leslie Rose. Palatial, distinctive yet colourful, Blue Lace in Hall Ings, formerly Scamps, was a designer's dream of space, lighting and sound. Part of the Mecca Dancing group. First listed in 1982 in the entertainments section of the Yellow Pages, taking over the Scamps/Hofbrauhaus premises. Listed from at least 1960 as a ballroom dancing venue, but gone by 1963? variation on the Albion Street theme. 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. Phew!The University also had discos and bands at Cottingham, mostly at The Lawns, but they probably don't count for your purposes, as they weren't in Hull.'. The lads go up later answered Terry, maybe they are not dancing tonight because there is something on at 10.30 said Pat Barkworth, referring to both the empty floor and the fashion show due to be staged later. 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. Regular dancing venue in the 1950s and 1960s and beyond. Did it have anything to do with the Corn Exchange pub? Categories . Rosie OGradys Nightclub, County Road North. and in 1973 Downstairs a licensed caf & restaurant was listed at No.26 Albion Street. but initially more of a working mens place. Andy also had a place 15 52 Spring bank called, originally the Speakeasy. Now they can include snack bars, flashing lights, waitress service, drinks with meals all competing for one of the most attractive money markets in the country today the teenagers. Can, Darryl Ways "Wolf" and New York Dolls, gave them directions to get to the club. 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. it may have tried to be known officially as a club just for students and teachers. Ruth is working towards her PDA Plus Level 9 in Childhood Practice, Leadership and Management since August 2021. A working mens social club, later to become Olivers, Jailhouse etc. Owned by Sami Leisure and included its own Taxi firm - Kings Taxis. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg - thanks Rob!). A few have even arrived and asked to be shown around. New kid on the block opened circa 1998; catering for thirty-somethings apparently although their original promotion suggested they were introducing an over 25s club to Hull. A much younger clientele although it retained a dark side until its closure in ? Enjoying a renaissance in the early naughties. Charlotte joined the team in April 2022 and is doing a BA in Childhood & Youth Studies. There is also copy of it in the cloakroom area at Scamps. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. There was a lot of speculation surrounding the fire. Neither was listed after 1972 and it became Tiffanys in 1973. Later the Jailhouse, Blue Lamp etc. May previously have been known as the Talk of the Town? I don't think we served alcohol. Mention the word discotheque. Now [2001] Club Zen. Magazine. ). Hull Daily Mail - read now online on YUMPU News Magazine flat rate Subscription Read digitally YUMPU News digital subscription - 30 days free trial! Help! Gatsby Club (The), Royal Station Hotel, Ferensway. 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. The venue was destroyed and had to be pulled down eventually, A fire ripped through the Oddessy Disco and Dingwalls Bar in the city. The reason I particularly remembered thephoto was that it struck me as being very coincidental that the old Barracuda was so close to the new beer hall in the Exchange on the corner of Bowlalley Laneby the same name'. In the late 60s I think it was known as 'The Round' and /or 'Bizarre society' c.1971. Part of the Manchester Hotel and a very cool place to go in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 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 child's name) as well as suitable wet weather clothing and shoes for your child. Chris Ketchell suggested this was the contact address for a mobile disco. Opened 1994 ish and was listed as a night-club that became known as Room 82-88 by 1996. But did it still serve Tetleys? 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. For discos are now more than just rooms in which to dance, with records booming away in the background. This was a former hairstylists and caf until the late 1960s when it was supposedly known off the record as Movin Scene. First noted in the entertainments section of the Yellow Pages in 1981 - another part of the Mecca Group, although I attended a party there in December 1980, so it must have opened earlier. Waterfront Club (The), Princes Dock Side. Flipper Disc Caf, 155-157 Holderness Road. Remembered by Chris Ketchell (what isnt?) I think I am correct in saying this was one of Hulls first Gay bars. 15 with a Bullet. By 1975 it was listed as Outsider Supertruck Discos, at No.61 Leonard Street. Emily joined the team in April 2021 and has completed her level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People just in time before going off on maternity leave in November 2021. The first of a new breed of clubs, which accompanied a shift in the music scene in general and was noted as a night-club for the first time in 1990. Stackridge, a particularly memorable rendition of "Let there be lids". But their work is not just a question of putting on records and flashing a few lights. It ran as a regular late night coffee club and disco after 10:30, when the resident DJ was Jeff Bunting. Hullwiper by Scamp ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) is a hull cleaning machine which utilizes High Pressure Water Jet cleaning system, which preserves vessel's top coating and proactively removes marine fouling ranging from slime to calcareous growth, which is automatically recollected by means of a fouling recovery system. In the 1980s it became the alternative venue in Hull, and was the location for many events usually patronised by social workers, students or teachers. At lunchtimes we gave people excellent spaghetti bolognese liberally boosted with garlic andcooked in the tiny kitchen on the premises. And it seems that where a change of words is needed to help right the situation, the right one is proving very difficult to find. Published by at June 30, 2022. And it was a lucky escape for the 400 clubbers who were in the venue only an hour before the fire broke out. etc. Despite a great line up of acts the venue closed later the same year Christmas eve 1971 saw the last gig and it closed completely in January 1972; as an unlicensed venue (never likely to get a licence in a former Methodist Hall) it was a risk, and also had problems with Hells Angels, which probably hastened its demise. 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). Became Enigma. Very rough and tumble with an old black guy on the door who always had a baseball bat handy. I was20 and worked there as a waitress and helped out behind the coffee bar. The Hull Times recorded that Jimmy Savile [was] to open new disco. 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. scamps nightclub hull5 types of digging in volleyball scamps nightclub hull. You cannot actually see the club, just the sign so I suppose that it is possible that it was a sign pointing down. See below for circa 1980 picture. During the 1970s the Bishop Lane Club catered for the younger market and was known amongst other things as Temptations and the more memorable Bier Keller, which it remained until the late 1970s. A dance-floor and a live venue that I always found a bit difficult to get in at first because of all the elitist student types. I think it must have opened 1979, as Ive recorded a Help! My sister, in a recent discussion about it thought of it as a sophisticated jazz club which it may have been - that may have been the reason for the appearance of black R`n`B musicians - the date of this event is in an article in Mojo which Dave Burton loaned me recently in an article about Davy Graham and Bert Jansch (Bert Jansch was involved in some gigs with Little Walter). Obviously, having compiled the list in 2001 - it only features venues up to that date - somebody else can bring it up to date please. The Hull Times ran an article in July 1971 regarding the Bailey Organisations latest and largest night-spot; Baileys at Hull. Tony reckons his outfit have in excess of 4,000 discs and they can provide Go-Go dancers and films if they are wanted. At the moment he finds what all the other DJs I spoke to find that what pleases the majority is the Motown sound. Not sure if this was a mobile or not Local Gareth Watkins remembered it was ran by Hulls hippies and moved around, but Im not sure what the inference is there? The demand for the more accessible musical mixture on offer to the public brought even more new venues. First listed as a night-club in the telephone directory of 1992, located next door to Club Sahara, with which it joined forces at some point in 1993 to create the larger Oasis. I have a really good file with lots of photos of the restoration process. Scamps nightclub (now Mansion) in Southend 1976. One was clearing debris from a stairway when he was blown down the stairs in a blast from a gas explosion. 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 (?) It re-opened in September 1972 as TIFFANYS (main hall) with a resident band plus DJs (myself - as Paul Alexander, and "Angus Androcules") and a smaller discotheue upstairs called Annabellas. Blue LampLive Music Club & Bar, 2 Norfolk Street. Listed as a night-club from 1995 and continued until 1996 when it became known simply as The Lamp, just a pub really. Ive just been looking in old diaries. url_twitter = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hullmusicarchive.co.uk%2Fephemera-scamps-ticket%2F'; The majority of his friends visit discos two or three times a week, and Terry and his pals find them the current in-place to meet girls. Those are three of the conclusions to be reached from a steady look at the swinging discotheque scene in Hull a scene that has mushroomed in recent months to provide the city with discos of all types. And what did they do before these places opened? I have since updated it with additional memories sent in by readers and viewers of this website but it must only be a fraction of the places that you could call a club in Hull since the Second World War, other than traditional 'Social Clubs' and working mens clubs. The strangely sixties sounding Telstar Club opened in September 1974 to serve Englands biggest housing estate. Email me your picture and a little about yourself, including your address, to Scampclub@ventura breeze.com. Noted under clubs, social & general from c.1969 and was possibly the first in Hull to be known as a discotheque but seems to have gone by 1971. The Oddessy Diskotek, formerly known as Scamps, located at no. Listed in the telephone directories from 1970 until 1977 under clubs, social & general and (students and teachers), which may have been some sort of licensing loophole i.e. Club Website: www.scamps.homestead.com. It closed and re-opened again in the late 1990s but was not listed in 1999. The club was the former Skyline ballroom and had two halls - the main cabaret room that held 1200 guests SEATED and 200 more standing, plus a 700 person discotheqe next door. Enjoying a renaissance in the early naughties. Where they both the same, or two separate entities within one building? So there the management are fighting to rectify a situation, which is not a problem to them alone, by currently using a pass system. 1950s crooners often found themselves in poll place alongside the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Cream and The Rolling Stones. Another great name, and Near St Judes Church Hull's swingingist new club in a 1967 advertisement, mentioned in one of Tim Josephs Grandads columns in WHERE? Mecca Dancing, Locarno Ballroom, Ferensway. Towards the end of its time, they opened a second dance floor on the ground floor. Peter Croskill vets everyone as they come in the door specially designed, he says, to keep out undesirables. Each group favoured their own venues but both formed their own clubs that frequently met in rooms above pubs, as well as clubs. Please follow this REGISTRATION link to fully complete the registration process a 25.00 per child non-refundable registration fee will be charged. Work was planned to be completed by January 1985, with site owners Freshwater being tight lipped at the time about the future development. Taxi drivers were often in with their, ehem more regular female customers. n the early 1980s a Nightclub called Scamps on Waterloo Street, was bought out & renamed as Rockshots. 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