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. 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. Advertised as The intimate yet lively, fully licensed disco. 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. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasnt it spelt wrong?) AB15 5HY, Tuesday 18/10: The Land Before Time Dinosaur Day (fossil making, dinosaur dig excavation, lava slime), Friday 21/10: Pumpkin Art (pumpkin painting, slime making and cinnamon pumpkin pie baking), Wednesday 26/10: Halloween paper mach Art, Thursday 27/10: Halloween themed games and crafts, Friday 28/10: PJ + Movie with Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows. University of Hull-Students Union, Cottingham Road. Montagues had gone by the end of the 1980s and the Hull Food Restaurant took over after vacating their premises in Charles Street in 1991. Both Scamps and Hofbrauhaus had strippers on during the day at one time or another. The mobile disco world has its own lingo. I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! The Jazz fans had their own favourite haunts and could be seen as several distinct groups; modern Jazzers, who listened to John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus etc., and traditional or Trad Jazz lovers who had Chris Barber, Kenny Ball etc. Oakhill Crescent Lane 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? Tagged #soul#funk#disco#soul funk disco boogie A running mix recorded live of the music that people would have danced too in Scamps Nightclub in Sutton and many other nightclubs around the UK in the 70s & 80s. Took over, from what had been Olivers, in 1990 and was an excellent rough and tumble place. In the 1980s it became. Became Oasis 2000 in 2000 and is now [2001] Club Zen. Yes you could dance (well freak-out anyway) if you could find room to do so - or actually manage to stand up in the first place. Did night-clubs have a late licence whereas the others had normal pub hours; or can they be quantified by actually having a licence for dancing? Contact Information: Phone: 714-307-3040 Email: lancepr@mac.com. The following list of fondly remembered venues was gathered in 2001 from my own memory and those of friends and family, and may spark a few memories of our dancing (or relaxed listening) days. Magazine. Later the Jailhouse, Blue Lamp etc. An ex Hull Mod recalls 'Mod haunt 66-68. 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. 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. Club contact: LANCE POWERS. The dance floor was in the basement and was exceedingly seedy. [RUF is also FURmans backwards?]. 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. Tony stresses it is essential to establish a communication between the disc jockey and the audience; There has got to be feed back; if the disc jockey doesnt communicate it will not be a success, he says, - and one wrong record could destroy an atmosphere its taken half and hour to build up. Listed from at least 1960 as a ballroom dancing venue, but gone by 1963? 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'. Book Club Associates, London 1984. The venue was destroyed and had to be pulled down eventually, A fire ripped through the Oddessy Disco and Dingwalls Bar in the city. My parents are often quite worried in case there are fights, said Paul. That had been a gambling place at some time, it still had blackjack and roulette tables when I first went in, in 1968. The most recent (late 1999?) Email us, Scamps Out of School Clubs which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. A new name and a new image for the old Mecca/Locarno Ballroom although it was still part of the Mecca Group. For 17 year old Terry Baynes its the atmosphere that draws; Its more lively, there is more happening. - we are quite happy with the image of discos and a disco is a bit more lively than a pub. Click here to follow Hull Live on Instagram. Why do he and his friends make these frequent visits? We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. However, Graham Hardy has a different take: - 'I dont actually remember the Barracuda but do recall seeing a photograph ofBishop Lanewhen it was there. variation on the Albion Street theme. on the site of the late Bali Ha`i. 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 neighbouring empty Dingwalls music venue (former Hofbrauhaus) was gutted, along with the Oddessy, with firefighters describing the blaze as white hot, bending steel girders out of shape. The Hull & Yorkshire Times ran a front-page article by Rex Booth in their issue of Friday 15 October 1971, which reflected the attitude of the time towards the new scene, and is repeated here in full as a suitable introduction to the subject. We come here said 18 year old Paul Dick every Tuesday, some Fridays and Sundays, quite a lot in fact. Our latest CARE INSPECTORATE unannounced inspection report you can download your copy HERE. First established in 1962 the company changed its name in 1986 in-line with its core business of "Security Control, Alarm Monitoring & Patrols". I had to be off the premises by 10:30 when it opened up as a coffee bar! . Chuck us a few pence if you wish to x, A legendary local nightspot of the 1960s, the Locarno was the place to be until its closure in 1971. Chris Ketchell recalls this had red awnings outside. There is says Peter Croskill, manager and part share owner in one of Hulls smaller town centre discos a certain amount of misunderstanding, as so many places of ill repute are associated with discos. However, Graham Hardy has a different take: - 'I dont actually remember the Barracuda but do recall seeing a photograph of, from the Lowgate end, from what I can recall, would suggest that the Barracuda was on the opposite side to the Bishop Lane Club and was very near tothe Lowgate end. Nos.1 and 2 High Street were part of a group of buildings, which also included the former Dunwells Forge next door on High Street. See Barracuda. Difficult to trace in the telephone directories unless it was listed as a pub? Before its demise, the club had originally opened on February 11, 1982, with a guest appearance by Radio 1 DJ Simon Bates. Sounds like a place were you grooved to the latest tunes. Ticket for Scamps nightclub (loaned to us by Rob Goldberg - thanks Rob!). Scamps This George Street establishment started out as Scamps, which served beer in German-style steins in the adjacent Hofenbrau bar. 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.'. I think I went a number of times in the (late?) Formerly the flea-pit Tower Cinema. Above this in rooms formerly offices and a school, was a wine bar entered from the tunnel entrance to Stewarts Yard. 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. [the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1982) describes a discotheque as a club, caf etc.,where records are played for dancing]. Our staff are always updating their core training and keeping current with CPD training. Ephemera: John Lee Hooker / Skyline ticket, Emma Fee - Too Busy Watching Invisible Things. And as Peter Croskill says young people do seem to have more money than they used to. As with many clubs, the Welly was also a place you could see local bands. Listed concurrently with Locarno. Blue LampLive Music Club & Bar, 2 Norfolk Street. The first of a number of clubs to occupy this site from 1990 onwards, which sadly involved the partial destruction of this section of a wonderful Georgian terrace. Yes I assume so; the place (part of the multi-storey car park block in George Street) always has been a club. I mean in theory I know the date it opened - I have a file on it if only I could find it, I saw it recently. Tamla/Atlantic music all-nighters club was hated by those "normals" from locarno ect., but much loved by in "in crowd". it was famous for the way the dance floor bounced up and down as everyone danced in time with the music. It was formerly Seven Seas Club, and had nice Tetleys beer in the upstairs bar. Regular dancing venue in the 1950s and 1960s and beyond. I think I am correct in saying this was one of Hulls first Gay bars. 15 with a Bullet. Listed as a nightclub from 1999. The Hull Times recorded that Jimmy Savile [was] to open new disco. By 1972 there were more: -, Diskord Enterprises, 13 Cranbourne Street, Light Fantastic, 15a Hull Road, Cottingham, Red Bird, Octagon House, 9 Norfolk Street. which burnt down under allegedly suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s. They have very regular bookings at various pubs in the district where they are an added attraction for the customers. Took over the former Hofbrauhaus/Oddessey site around 1983 (I was seeing bands there from January 1983) and was an excellent live music venue (Annie Lennox played here with the Eurythmics no less, and Dr Feelgood, the Damned, Sisters of Mercy etc). The fashion, the music and the nightlife Friday, 26 March 2010 Welcome To 70's Disco Nightlife Chapter - 2 Where do you start?? 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. Some parents have taken their younger children to a disco and collected them again later when they had enjoyed an evening out themselves. Can, Darryl Ways "Wolf" and New York Dolls, gave them directions to get to the club. How 60s is that name? 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Easy places to crash a party I seem to recall. Work was planned to be completed by January 1985, with site owners Freshwater being tight lipped at the time about the future development. Now [2001] Enigma. Now famed for the phrase Tower fur n owerr, which is where you go when the pubs close in Hull. but initially more of a working mens place. You cannot actually see the club, just the sign so I suppose that it is possible that it was a sign pointing down. It always had the same number - 28250.'. Regular bands were those of Harry Chatterton, Stan Thrussel and Leslie Rose. Tony reckons his outfit have in excess of 4,000 discs and they can provide Go-Go dancers and films if they are wanted. Also it took over from Bier-Keller, which definitely was a proper club. I have memories of this being the place to be when it first opened (my diaries say I was at a party there in February 1981), very new-wave, very black clothing, very drunk. There are other T.C.s in the area (Grimsby has a pub called this near the Fish Dock) but may not be connected. Listed from 1961 - was it an early coffee club, can anyone remember that far back? in 1991/92 named Sergeant Peppers. Between 1977 and 1988 the number of mobile discos stayed around the 15 mark, reaching a peak of 18 in 1984. 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? A disco room in a pub? Coffee Bars had arrived in the 1950s, with all things exotic enjoyed by the more liberated post-war youth, and were epitomised by the 'Two-Is' Club in London. Noted as a Sunday night concert stage that occasionally featured jazz bands, but you could dance Mid 1970s? The Hull Times ran an advertisement for this club in its issue of 28 November 1975 (page 13). 1950s crooners often found themselves in poll place alongside the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Cream and The Rolling Stones. Owned by Sami Leisure and included its own Taxi firm - Kings Taxis. Now demolished. Graham Hardy remembers it was still open circa 1979. Something went wrong, please try again later. 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. Scamps of course became Odyssey (actually wasn't it spelt wrong?) Still running in 1981 but Oddessy took over from it in 1981- 82. Late in 1993 it joined with Quigleys to create the Oasis Club and is now [2001] part of Club Zen. url_twitter = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hullmusicarchive.co.uk%2Fephemera-scamps-ticket%2F'; We would like to thank you for a wonderful 2022 and we look forward to seeing you in 2023! Majic Garden (Humberside Theatre), Spring Street. Only one was listed in 1971 - Red Bird Discotheques of 22 New Walk Beverley, in the entertainers section. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Nightlife And Music In The 70's Nightlife And Music In The 70's Leaving school to going to work, moving up from church hall teeny bop discos to dancing the night away in the adult discos & nightclubs. 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