Its hours ran from 3am to 1pm on a Sunday afternoon, handily catering to the predominantly gay crowd who wanted to carry on partying after clubs like G-A-Y and Heaven closed. Sir Bob Geldof had his stag do at Limelight before he married Paula Yates in 1986. Where to find the February issue of Kentishtowner, Where to find the January 2019 issue of Kentishtowner, Where to find the December issue of Kentishtowner, http://www.amazon.co.uk/CROSS-1993-2003-Jonathan-CUTTING/dp/B0010786KI, http://wharferj.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/stealth-the-blue-note/. so much fun should be illegal. Wow, it was a long time ago. If you screwed up, you were thrown to the lions. After 14 years, however, its owners wanted to move on, saying they wanted to leave on a high. These might have often been dank, crumbling, smelly old places, but they are where countless people enjoyed some of the most intense and vital moments of their lives. Memorable days and nights. The West End night spot was based in a former chapel on Shaftsbury Avenue until its popularity declined and sadly, it was sold on and converted into a bar. At that time the venue was owned by Terry (cant rememember his surname) and hed made his money from jiffy condoms and then for some reason he got involved with starting up bagleys as a venue Fictional clubs. But things turned sour after after a double stabbing took place in the club, leading to its licence being revoked. Want the best food, film, music, arts and culture news in London sent straight to your inbox? hope youre well? Before and during the Second World War, most lesbian bars and clubs were found in central London. Reliving my 20s again still with a younger GF (cliche alert) and the new wave of EDM. Now, is that the same Tom Kihl I employed in the heady days of Covent Garden based vegetarian restaurants? I discovered house music whilst on holiday in Ibiza in 1990 and after that London was the only place on my to move to list. Would love to break that story! But the party was brought to an abrupt end after a stabbing there led it to lose its licence and subsequent closure. I was the promoter of Double Dipped at Bagleys on Friday nights around 91 93 Great article, and Ill second and third and fourth what has been said here. Proud2, Greenwich 2011-2012Following the closure of Matter, Alex Proud became the next investor to have a go at making a nightclub at the O2 work. These exclusive extracts and photos tell the story of. The brand name is constantly evolving and the club continues to survive despite numerous threats of closure. All this created the friendliest and most fun crowd on the clubbing scene. The End just had to be #1 The place was a really important hub for the fledgling dubstep family, says 6Music DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, who went to FWD>> religiously in the mid-2000s. I used to be the membership girl at Freedom. Heaven is a Gay superclub in Charing Cross, London, England.It has played a central role and had a major influence in the development of London's LGBT scene for the last 40 years and is home to long-running gay night G-A-Y.The club is known for Paul Oakenfold's acid house events in the 1980s, the underground nightclub festival Megatripolis, and for being the birthplace of ambient house. No sensible drinking cautions, no smoking bans, and generally less moderation of everything. So sad to see it all boarded up. It has St Martin's Art College in Granary Square and Thomas Heatherwick's upmarket shopping centre Coal Drops Yard. Taking Ecstasy for the first time and experiencing the euphoria of the blissed out Balearic beats at Space nightclub, Oakenfold and his wife Jenni came home and tried to re-create it in a 300 capacity basement gym on Southwark Street. Located in the west lodge outside Euston Station, it ran from 1995 to 2008. A great club pre-2001. Hey Janine, I remember you well! Dirty, worn, in your face, street cred with banging, hard but funky beats. The exterior of Hammersmith Palais nightclub in 1968 when it was still known as Hammersmith Palais de Danse . There was no place to hide. Sad to see the blandification of London continues. The historic venue, which hosted game-changing concerts from the likes of Oasis, Manic Street Preachers and Nirvana, was bulldozed in 2009 to make room for a bigger ticket hall at Tottenham Court Road tube station. Top 5 Lost London Nightclubs of the 90s - The pace of progress eh? Bagleys moody security also trying to half in your gak. Andy Warhol, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Grace Jones, Debbie Harry, Village People's Randy Jones and Tom Cruise were all names seen at the Atlanta club, which closed in 1985. Or many others, would not stop writing and remembering about them. The demise of seminal clubs like Shelleys In Stoke, Quadrant Park in Liverpool and Coventrys Eclipse should also be documented. Must be sat looking pretty on a fair few coffee tables to this day, The cross & turnmills, nothing did or has come close. Turnmills building being totally destroyed is the ultimate, inexcusable vandalism though. (1989) "Megamix". House night Freedom ran at the club for years and Philip Sallons Mud Club also took place there, as well as the Pussy Posse Party, which included mud-wrestling. Went to all of them, I think Turnmills shades it for me for atmosphere, but I probably had my best nights out at the End. It was where world-famous artists like Adele and The XX cut their teeth, and was a gem of the North London nightlife scene. Clip ref DW0126681990s Ministry of Soun. Cheers Mike. Stir some memories with these photographs from the '90s Birmingham club and rave scene. 9. 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