DaveN 1,118 Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Article on Post website with photos https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/nottingham-nightclubs-you-went-80s-173196 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted August 1, 2018 Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Thanks Dave..i have seen that...i stopped frequenting clubs quite early...the doorstaff were worse than the drunk punters. We started doing olde pubs like The Loggerheads orThe Johnsons Arms..or pop quizs at Top Spot or The Punch Bowl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Some shocking journalism, Liberty's was not a nightclub, Cookie club never moved into Pieces, they where two different venues, Pieces is now Arriba, Camelot Club rubbed out of Nottingham history & Bridlesmith Gate, stopped reading halfway down, before the iPad hits the telly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Mostly finished Night clubbing back in the 80s..........did make a couple of excursions into ''Clubs'' in town to see if i could still pull,,but soon found out i could'nt.....all the girls seemed so young.....mind you,, still did alright down the old Palais''......BTW was single at the time.......soon got snapped up again lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, benjamin1945 said: all the girls seemed so young.....mind you,, still did alright down the old Palais''......BTW was single at the time.......soon got snapped up again lol Can't resist a bloke with a liberty bodice, us females! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Agreed Radford Red, Cookie Club was Pelham Until St James's St watched a video years ago, they said move was 1990, more like '95 Anyway, reason I searched this out, was there a club that had spiral staircase in the lace market? Was thinking Beetroot but memory did a virtual tour & not sure! After going through the door large wooden bar on the right, staircase beyond, on the left a row of leather sofas, had a bare wooden floor. Now this is where I think my confusion kicks in, the upstairs could be accessed from both sides, from the left, you were greeted by a row of seats with round ultra violet tables, to the right a bar, with a narrow walk space in between. Another flight of stairs downstairs that I don't recall being spiral on the right. Hope somebody"s still reading this, directly ahead was a very small space, could have been a dancefloor for about 10 people max, the space carved out of the rock. Forgot to mention, this was about '95 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Too much waffling mind by me there, apologies.. Should have said does anybody remember a nightclub with a spiral staircase? and possibly the same place.. A small cave that was used as a dancefloor? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Was Pieces the club that had Trad' Spanish dancing lessons on the top floor? Different premises from above..stated below.. Prior to being the new cookie i recall it being selective and focused on the dance all-nighter scene. About '93. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boris The Bear 1 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 Does anyone remember a nightclub next to Nottingham train station? I think it was on Station street a bit further down from where the Tesco is on the corner... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 The Parkside Club, owned by George Akins. There was gaming, cabaret and dining. It closed when he opened the Victoria Club on Victoria Street. This had gaming and a first class restaurant but no cabaret. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 There are a couple of old threads which mention the Parkside. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/10223-nightclubs-from-the-60s/? https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/5684-nottingham-clubs/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted February 16, 2021 Report Share Posted February 16, 2021 I recollect, that for a fee, you could hire a hostess at the Parkside to join you at your table. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Messy Hessey 15 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Although I was too young, there was next to the showcase cinema which was built the Black Orchid which I think got on the telly a few times for the Hitman and her. On the same side was Browns bakery which has since gone which was on the edge of the round about underneath the over pass, it also had Makro and Hyperama , I think John Players was down there. In town there was a nightclub owned by Barry Noble, who had Noble amusements.... I do wonder if I remembering the name correctly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 I remember the name Barry Noble (he had the Astoria among other things) and I've just Googled him to find out more. I didn't realise - or remember - that he died in 1985 aged 43. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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