Ive just been looking in old diaries. Mecca Dancing, Locarno Ballroom, Ferensway. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg thanks Rob!). First listed under clubs, social & general in 1982 having replaced the New Waltham Club, remaining until 1985. Sounds like a place were you grooved to the latest tunes. As I wrote in my study of Bishop Lane: The fashion for discotheques was at its peak in the late 1960s and property in the old-town would have been at its lowest price for any prospective buyer. Categories . This was a former hairstylists and caf until the late 1960s when it was supposedly known off the record as Movin Scene. Chris Ketchell remembered: - Gondola Club - It was in Little Queen Street, latterly that loud Sgt. Mention the word discothequeto the average man in the street and he thinks of drug pushing and brawls involving zombie like characters with more hair than a cave man and whom he wouldnt trust with his daughter. Taking over from Tiffanys in 1984-5 when Tiffanys ceased to be listed in the telephone directories, this night-club served the same clientele and soon changed its name to Lexington Avenue. I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! It was also a big part of Hull's Seventies clubbing. You cannot actually see the club, just the sign so I suppose that it is possible that it was a sign pointing downBishop Laneto the Barracudarather than actually on the front of it. Who remembers a popular night venue for clubbers and partygoers which met a sudden demise after it was ravaged by fire? 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. It was still open in 1995 but not listed in 1996. Opened over 40 years ago, Spiders has seen all the alternative music scenes come and go and managed to live to tell the tale. White Boy Singin the Blues; The Black Roots of White Rock, Michael Bane. The entry read Discoteques (sic):- see entertainments & amusements, and from 1972 no ballrooms were listed in the Hull directories. played as I know I saw them, but some of these [memories] were at dances at the Art College. Where they both the same, or two separate entities within one building? A representative of the management consortium said it could be 12 to 18 months before it was possible to re-open if a decision was taken to rebuild it. We supported Francis Daly through all the planning battles he had over it; and when it opened, based all our activities there; we had committee meetings and public meeting there and stored things in the basement. 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. Things appear to have come full circle now [2001], and night-clubs (which is what this one thinks it is) have now reverted back to a fragment of their possible origins coffee bars. Website reader Terry Scott recalls the Prohibition 66 Club - possibly on the site of the old Kevin Ballroom. Majic Garden (Humberside Theatre), Spring Street. The Hull Times recorded that Jimmy Savile [was] to open new disco. It later became a club known as Scamps, before developing into a nightclub in the 1980s called Le Beat and then Metro. A double site coupled with Annabellas, and both owned by the Mecca Group. 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. 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. It housed two bars and boasted 800 sq ft of mirrors, over 100 plants and a colour scheme of white, lemon, green and gold, and was advertised as the latest concept in clubbing entertainment. (see separate entry below). 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. New music programme The Tube was filmed there as part of a feature on the Liverpool music scene. Advertised itself as Hulls premier discotheque (the first time the correct spelling had been used) The only slide inside a night-club in the UK. Noted in the 1966 telephone directory under cafs and restaurants, but could you dance there? Usually with the Maxwell Daniels Band. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg - thanks Rob!). 15 with a Bullet. Our latest CARE INSPECTORATE unannounced inspection report you can download your copy HERE. Confused? now [2001] offering; House, Trance and Funk Lounge. By the end of the 1970s (1980?) Ten years later it underwent another revamp with. Listed under clubs, social & general from 1965 until 1977, when it was listed simply as the Flamingo Club. This place has put a ban on jeans but as the manager says - very few come in jeans and as Mr Croskill points out casual dress does not necessarily mean troublesome people. city of gary streets and sanitation; velma kelly monologue; wellington towers brantford; 0. scamps nightclub sutton. For 17 year old Terry Baynes its the atmosphere that draws; Its more lively, there is more happening. They DID have a casino licence, and also a dance floor and club operation. And it was a lucky escape for the 400 clubbers who were in the venue only an hour before the fire broke out. Noted from 1962 as a ballroom dancing venue and listed as such in the telephone directories, but did it later have nights and Saturday mornings Im sure I remember going or being taken - devoted to popular dancing? Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasnt it spelt wrong?) Closed 1986-87. First established in 1962 the company changed its name in 1986 in-line with its core business of "Security Control, Alarm Monitoring & Patrols". 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). Another incarnation of the old Ceasars Palace, Ku2, Bali Ha`i site, opening late 1997? Club contact: LANCE POWERS. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. etc. twitter_user = 'via=hullmusicarchiv'; Copyright 2022 Hull Music Archive,All Rights Reserved. And what did they do before these places opened? In march 1968 we began renting it for one early night a week for our Radio 270 fan club, when I began my DJ work (still but 13). Regular bands were those of Harry Chatterton, Stan Thrussel and Leslie Rose. Listed from 1961 - was it an early coffee club, can anyone remember that far back? However, it never seems to have been listed in the telephone directories, unless it was classed as a pub - everyone knows it was in the old Skylines premises, so where was it recorded? Tamla/Atlantic music all-nighters club was hated by those "normals" from locarno ect., but much loved by in "in crowd". Share on Facebook Share. 42, George Street, went up in smoke in the early hours of Sunday, January 8, 1984, when a fire broke out just after the club. There are other T.C.s in the area (Grimsby has a pub called this near the Fish Dock) but may not be connected. Flipper Disc Caf, 155-157 Holderness Road. the Beverley Road Baths had also been a popular ballroom dancing venue in the 1950s and 1960s. Anyone remember Scamps? SCAMP Security provide a comprehensive range of integrated security, fire protection and manned guarding services. Listed as a night-club from 1995 and continued until 1996 when it became known simply as The Lamp, just a pub really. A much younger clientele although it retained a dark side until its closure in ? The Young People's Institute also held ballroom dancing nights, with regular bands - Tommy Fisher, Ken Brookes, and Louis Gold. Took over from Studio Circus in late 1992 and included Ritzy, which later became Eclipse. We have an open door policy and welcome parentalinput, comments andcommunication. As with many clubs, the Welly was also a place you could see local bands. Scamps will be closed for the holiday starting Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd. 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. Advertised as The intimate yet lively, fully licensed disco. Tel 07792 768202 Listed as a night-club from 1992, it replace Club International, which ceased to be listed in the same year. This remained the case throughout the 1960s but as the decade wore on the ballrooms began to be complemented by coffee bars, which became a place for teenagers to gather and listen to their new music whilst sipping Espresso day or night. The Stones, Philip Norman. It continued to be listed until 1977. John Peel did at least one gig there. to the average man in the street and he thinks of drug pushing and brawls involving zombie like characters with more hair than a cave man and whom he wouldnt trust with his daughter. The sixties popular music scene was more diverse than todays, although it could be said that the boundaries were a little clearer. 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. Malcolms was recorded in the telephone directories from 1972 until 1974 after which it was known as Intercon for a short while before re-opening as Bali Ha`i. Francis was our Vice President, we went to all the opening dos and presentation ceremonies as we got him all sorts of awards. For cancellations or changes please text or call the team on, Please BOOK NOW using the Cheqdin Parents Portal or via the App, Cut off date is Friday 1st July after which late booking fees of 2.50 per child per session will be added, *** Please use SUBMIT ENQUIRY button for any registration queries before completing registration. Why do he and his friends make these frequent visits? Pic 'Scamps_Nightclub': 'The entrance to Scamps' Pic 'scan0013 . Follow us on Twitter -For breaking news and the latest stories,click here to follow Hull Live on Twitter. Listed for the first time in 1973. I have a really good file with lots of photos of the restoration process. Sounds like a musos venue or a jazz club? First listed in 1982 under clubs, social & general and still going in 2009, it was opened as a music venue by Paul Jackson in 1984 and incorporated the Unity Club in 1985. Chris Ketchell recalled: - I know the date it opened. And will they spend the money that the market researchers tell us they have? The Hull Times ran an article in July 1971 regarding the Bailey Organisation's latest and largest night-spot; Bailey's at Hull. All children have individual care plans completed to help with their development and support. 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. These included a casino to the left of the club and a Georgian style fronted building to the right where the original Hugh Rice jewellers was based. In 1997 Dj vu (Independent Promotions) situated in the Hull Business Centre were first entered in the Yellow Pages under night-clubs. See below for circa 1980 picture. 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. Part of the Manchester Hotel and a very cool place to go in the late 1970s and early 1980s. One non musical memory was from that period when they couldn't serve you drinks except by waitress. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. Taylor joined the team in December 2021 and will be starting her level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People. Owner Malcolm Backhouse of South Cave had known there was a demand for this type of entertainment for some years. Easy places to crash a party I seem to recall. Later to become the equally short-lived Mutiny on the Bounty pub etc., which also died a death or the same reasons. I asked Tony what he thought were the reasons for the current boom in discos. Spiders Nightclub is an independent alternative music club in Hull. company owns shopstyle codycross; Also, click through Categories and Tags (at the bottom of each page) to discover different content or use the Search box at the top of the page! Historically this had been the site of the Hope & Anchor pub. The dance floor was in the basement and was exceedingly seedy. I saw the visiting American blues harp player Little Walter there; it may have been a place where the can the white man play the blues early British R`n`B people like Chris Farlowe, Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band etc. At the moment he finds what all the other DJs I spoke to find that what pleases the majority is the Motown sound. 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). [RUF is also FURmans backwards?]. Listed in 1966 only and was probably an early dance venue similar to the Locarno but this has to be confirmed. The club opened in 1961 when it was called Mecca's Hull Locarno Ballroom. ). The most recent (late 1999?) Regular band was The Alan Bond Orchestra. Did it have anything to do with the Corn Exchange pub? Taxi drivers were often in with their, ehem more regular female customers. Situated within the block of property now demolished at the western corner of Anlaby Road and Argyle Street, and listed for the first time in 1978. I think maybe I went there from the start, whenever that was - there may have been some sort of continuity from The Brickhouse, as I think that the person who ran the disco at the Brickhouse later ran, or was involved with the place. Jeff also worked across the road at number 51, which was the legendary 51 Club. Its manager, former Waterfront operator Peter OBrien, headed the team of 25 staff, opening hours were 9pm to 1.45pm, Tuesday to Saturday with Monday nights available for private hire. Click here to give it a like! Share on Pinterest Now [2001] Club Zen. This seminal Club, then went on to become the city's main & best ever Gay Nightclub. 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'. So why then at 9.50 in the evening, were there no men on the dancing space at all I wondered? 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. The team will be updating the wall murals and photo displays throughout the year now the halls have been repainted. Part of the Mecca Dancing group. It was formerly Seven Seas Club, and had nice Tetleys beer in the upstairs bar. Join Scamp Club Animals of all sorts can join the ScampClub. Jeff also worked across the road at number 51, which was the legendary 51 Club. SCAMPS. Opened 1994 ish and was listed as a night-club that became known as Room 82-88 by 1996. 42, George Street, went up in smoke in the early hours of Sunday, January 8, 1984, when a fire broke out just after the club closed. Difficult to trace in the telephone directories unless it was listed as a pub? But even so it doesnt make us wish we were single again. Remembered by Chris Ketchell (what isnt?) 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. Regular dancing venue in the 1950s and 1960s and beyond. The club was built on a site at the junction with Grimston Street that had been vacant since the multi-storey car park adjoining it was built in 1966. Some of the Hull Jazz music clubs proved to be long-standing, such as those held at the Corn Exchange, the Haworth Arms (known as the Phase Two Club by the late 60s) and the George Hotel (corner of Walton Street), which enjoyed a boom in interest in the 1970s. Ruth previously completed Level 7 in Social Care, Children & Young People having previously completed Playwork level 8. The secrets behind Hull's mysterious black door that goes to nowhere, The shocking riots which left Hull prison all but destroyed with 4m damage, The luxurious past hidden behind this wall in Whitefriargate. That had been a gambling place at some time, it still had blackjack and roulette tables when I first went in, in 1968. Help! 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. There is also copy of it in the cloakroom area at Scamps. And the mobiles cater for the same age group as do the residents ones. One manager spoke of a few 40 year olds wandering in late on a Saturday night, another that they were trying to reach the older group on a Tuesday evening and a few are tending to drift in. The building's owners, London based Freshwater Group, made a start in sending insurance assessors to the building shell. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. It went very downhill towards the end. By 1972 there were more: -, Diskord Enterprises, 13 Cranbourne Street, Light Fantastic, 15a Hull Road, Cottingham, Red Bird, Octagon House, 9 Norfolk Street. The mobile disco world has its own lingo. 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. Noted under clubs, social & general from 1965 until 1973, but by 1975 it had become the Fifty One-Casino Club and was noted as nos.49-51 Spring Bank. Listed from 1973, initially in the entertainments and amusements section of the Yellow Pages. Still running in 1989 but converted to the Paradise Club in 1989-90. A foam party at Kings Club on Canvey in 1995. The Brick-House was situated in the former Albion Congregational Chapel building, now a pine furniture shop opposite the former Irish Pub [now Fusion?]. Part of the Dorchester Hotel to you and I. But their work is not just a question of putting on records and flashing a few lights. The Oddessy Diskotek, formerly known as Scamps, located at no. Yes I assume so; the place (part of the multi-storey car park block in George Street) always has been a club. was it to do with licensing hours? Please email me with any memories that you have of the discos and clubs in Hull. Taking over the old Fifty One Casino Club/Club 51 site, the Silhouette Club opened in 1979 owned by Zipwain Ltd., see right. 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