What a place!! I remember disco Cherrys between Picadilly Circus and Leicester Square. I worked at Tiffanys 1972-73 and had a crazy year, we called it T. I. Fannys. Plastic People, Shoreditch2000-2015The new year started with a shock for clubbers, when renowned east London bass-cave Plastic People announced it was closing, pretty much instantly. In the 90s, it was all about wild weekly party Love Muscle, one of the capitals most renowned gay nights. The End and AKA, West End1995-2009A venue that just seemed to stick in the hearts of all who frequented it, the End was an intimate basement club run by Mr C and Layo, tucked just behind High Holborn. Held at The Sundowner on Charing Cross Road every Monday night and subsequently opening on Thursdays as the night's popularity grew, Bang had a 1,000-plus . "La" is French for "the" (feminine). I went to La Valbonne,Hombres ,Thursday's and Sombrero in the 70's.the most amazing nightlife I have ever experienced,so sadly missed,now everything is about paying a fortune to reserve a table and Guestlists Crackers with George Power on a Sunday night, funktastic, I usedvto go to Thursdays in high street Kensington in the 70's .id love to see pictures of its interior great music great times !!! My gal said he is and so wonderful. Swinging 60s London Clubs 'La Valbonne' - YouTube T J Vince In reply to Peter Smyth. Could not have been better. GeoffTheSoulBoy Hi Wendy. Be mesmerized by the lush and the chic interior design of the club. Each episode has a corresponding collection of photographs that you can scroll through as you listen. The launch party of the London Playboy Club in Mayfair in 1966 drew the great and the good from Peter Sellers to Rudolf Nureyev to Princess Lee Radziwell. Le Kilt to name but a few. Dj Samanthas Dave here Gil or Alex please contact me just heard from our old friend John drummer with the equals do any of you remember our small record shop in Carnaby Street. David, Needles was the dj in the bag of nails which was above the candy box opposite the valbone. Further . Recall a bouncer on door Scottish red beard tux, Gullivers were band then DJ took over. Rather than join the party, Hackney council revoked the clubs licence following an undercover operation into drug dealing at the venue. An earlier version said incorrectly that the Turnmills site was developed into flats. It was great times and great people from the door onwards, I worked for Reuters later on and went back to Tunisia mid 80s. I remember one of the guitarists was called Andy and they had a Canadian drummer at that time who I think was called Dean. What times!! Marianne Zargar(nee Furhagen) You can see the Embassy Club in the video of Sylvesters You Make Me Feel Mighty Real. Ray WellingsonFurther to recent emails about Ian playing Gullivers People Tiffanys Picadilly London with his 2 headed guitar, still cannot confirm it. Just curious! Also make sure to follow us on social media: Thank you for your inquiry about Birthday Party Planning! I wonder if the Gullivers people that are mentioned are the same Group that performed at Tiffanys in 1978-1979 the years when I was there? Ray WellingsonIt seems Ian Bairnson was not in Gullivers People at Tiffanys London c 1970s. And alcohol in a teapot Please call me if you remember Cyril , the other half of Mikes, the Speakeasy, all those nice guys at Samanthas, and even Lennie Bloom ! The 2 DJ:s Ken and Mike, does anyone know what happend to them? Mikes Diner was next door to Samanthas. TV AnnieI went to London in 1977. The club was renamed Canvas in 2003, when Billy Reilly took over the club, also opening the Key and the Cross next door, creating a golden triangle of clubbing in N1. Issac Brian from Berlin loved Tiffs and Manthas c 1970s. On an average night, you could find Andy Warhol,. London's lost venues - in pictures | Music | The Guardian Did anyone go to Ripples Discotheque in Northumberland Ave, just off the Strand in Central London? Best regards, Willem van Gilst jr. in the Netherlands. Despite the epic interior, or perhaps because of it, the venue struggled to pull in the punters during its later years, blaming the recession for its eventual closure. The gay scene in London has always been centred around the West End, especially Soho.In the 1980s some clubs opened up in Earls Court, where the rent was cheaper.In the 1990s, the scene reverted back to Soho, revitalised by new style bars like The Village. It was in a large white mansion looking building with a pillared gate at the entrance. Id love to see photos if anyone has any!! But you'll always have your memories. Especially 1978-1979, 1950 and early 70s Cass and Henry in the bars. Barbara Behn (in reply to David) I was DJ opening night at the Valbonne . Daniel CHNE JARGEAU. Later back home in the Netherlands, sometimes I took the Heatwave Groove line record with me when I visited discotheques in my home country. He was a dynamo! Would be great to hear from someone else who used to dance the nights away at Tiffanys!! Their best cover was Alright now, a great song by Free. Our reputation preceeds us. I never heard anything more about him, he just disappeared. Four Aces, Dalston1966-1998In what was, ostensibly, a simpler time for Dalston, the Four Aces was the areas flagship club. I always recall asking a lovely looking girl standing with her 6 mates for a dance, you had to be brave, anyway asked her to dance she said are you asking me as you have to ask nicely so said PLEASE may I have a dance. Cool It, Carol! (1970) - Filming & Production - IMDb I worked in offices above La Valbonne in Regent Street for a few years. La Valbonne used to have those gas torches outside, wasnt it in Kingly Street? So much so, that I bought it the next day at a record shop on Kings Road. I went there when it was newly opened. We were good friends for years Miss the years especially 1978 at Tiffanys. Behind the clubs infamous pitch-black curtains, the dance floor was like the vortex that drew you bodily and consciously into a completely free space. la valbonne club london 1970s It was in a great old building called the Trocadero which at one time had been a Lyons Corner House. Soho, London. What year was that, and do you have any other Info? Speaking to the Guardian after its closure, Marcus Harris, who co-ran the venues long-running indie night White Heat, described it as a community of fringe culture. Only went once, we all trooped in and had to run the gauntlet of all the old queens sat along the wall. Do you know Andy, Rob who also run the door? Hello Peter, Yes I was. The band The Nocturns used to perform there.they later became the New Seekers Whilst at the Windmill saw Paul McCartney and Jane Asher who came in to see In The Heat of the Night. I wore thick black framed glasses. June 12, 2022 . Vivienne Andersson (in reply to David McCarthy) I used to go to Mikes Diner in 1979 when I was a 16 year old runaway, I loved it there, I always had the Hawaiian burger with pineapple on top. Cheap fizz for 1.50p Have many memories. We were on a student tour of all of the Capitols of the Common Market. Well I hope we left you a good tip Lynda. I have to say ToyRoom is a very good club. All too many years ago, David Paul Piere left with the DJ and opened a new club. She used to take the entrance payment. Hello Pete, if I recall correctly you were a bookies settloer during the day. Hi Eamon, I used to go to Mikes Diner from 1977 onwards (when I was 18).
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