Its sudden closure came as a big shock to staff and owners; Network Rail turned up with angle grinders, cut through the metal shutters and took possession of the venue so it could go ahead with its station upgrade plans. I walked into the toilet and my brother was stood at the urinal. They also gave these out at the closing party in a goodie bag with a poster and a sleeping mask! 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. A most excellent post Tom.. The very social cafe upstairs, the dense dry-ice on the main floor with the mesmerising lasers, hottest guys, new bizarre sounds, the knowledge that the rest of England was sleeping and had no idea that such hedonism was taking place on a Sunday morning and night (you missed out Warriors) all fuelled after an initial polite and orderly wait in line to see Nick (is he out yet?) 16. The five-storey building is rather wonderfully detailed inside and out. #5 Where could you find warehouse raving complete with funfair rides right in the heart of the capital? In the 1990s, the scene reverted back to Soho, revitalised by new style bars like The Village. These cookies do not store any personal information. But if you were part of that tiny privileged crowd then you would have been drinking, dancing and pestering David Bailey to take your portrait in Scotch of St. James. In 2010 a group which was known for squatting in large homes and embassies moved into the the building. Stealth on a Thursday night, marvellous http://wharferj.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/stealth-the-blue-note/ Great article, had some great and messy nights at most of them. Ah. But I will never forget the fabulous nights and camaraderie that I shared with friends and total strangers whilst waving my hands in the air like I just didnt care x, I met my husband at The Cross in 2004, now happily married with kids. LuvDup were djing (one of them fell over on the stage), Princess Julia was stood by the decks dancing. I will never stop thinking it was incredible. Big small club! I (just about) have wonderful memories of all 5 of those venues. It later became the Cat's Whiskers club, the Ritzy then Caesars Nightclub. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Before the Millenium Dome became the O2 Arena we know today it was home to a couple of nightclub's. 3 books with local connections, Two cultural winter highlights: La Maupin and LuYang, 3 things to consider: Makers Market, New Wine Bar and Live Jazz, Leigh Hunt and the secret history of 13 Mortimer Terrace NW5, Its 10 years since Fields Beneath, Camden Brewery, The Grafton and Pizza East opened, The Parakeet, Kentish Town: what you need to know, The Parakeet Kentish Town: ex-Brat chef in the kitchen, A beginners guide to.Harringay Green Lanes. Egg Sando, Panadera: Londons best 4.50 sandwich? By the 1990s gay venues across the country started to transform. This made me rather emotional. The club on the corner of Mount Pleasant and Brownlow Hill was one of the city's most famous venues in the 90s. The first Limelight club opened in Hallendale, Florida in the 1970s and after a devastating fire later that decade, Gatien opened his next Limelight venue in Atlanta. but it went wrong after the terrible stabbing on a bank holiday sunday night. The sound shaft and heaven where legendary , as was the London Astoria, Fascinating to read about the origins and teams behind such monumental moments in Londons clubbing history. Top 5 Lost London Nightclubs of the 90s - The pace of progress eh? We WERE there, we DID live it, and now were sentimental old bastards. It was 2 for a beer which was great value at the time. George Michael often arrived at the nightclub accompanied by a woman before he came out as gay. But it was torn down in 2009 to make way for the new Elizabeth Line. This week, Boris Johnson has been considering a decision that will affect the future of Londons most famous nightclub. Real friendships were made, some that lasted a few hours and some, decades. I used to be the membership girl at Freedom. But many of the places that clubbers flocked to every weekend in their thousands in the post-Criminal Justice Act heyday are being erased from todays landscape. As of today, we can once again form outdoor queues seemingly without point or purpose, lose our cloakroom tickets and get furiously sweaty to throbbing, seductive and oft just downright filthy beats in darkened rooms until the earliest of hours. (1989) " London Nights ". The clientele these days is more likely to include the sons and daughters of sheiks and potentates quaffing Cristal and dancing to mainstream RnB but the restaurant area (yes, this is one of those kinds of nightclubs) still sees the odd A-lister float by when theyre in town. A club with really innovative nights and for the hardcore Metalheadz on a Sunday night. Nuff Said. Now, as then, this is still the party spot for the rich and privileged, with a fair smattering of showbiz excess included. Pete x. Im good thanks Pete. Mass and Babalou, Brixton1996-2012Bearing in mind this pair of venues were hosted within Brixtons St Matthews Church, which leased the space to them, it was always pretty cheeky for Mass to host Torture Garden events in the crypt. Darling, Fantastic article how about expanding the idea to the rest of the country. Would love to have a peek! Slightly off topic but I fear for the Camden Brewery bars license once the new posh flats open at Talacre. There are now just 1,733 venues compared with 3,144 in 2005 and in the last 10 years London has lost 10 top clubs. Ive worked in Turnmills from 1996 right to the very last night in 2008. Were you a Crank? Happy days. R&B Clubs And Events In London. 15. 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. Crazy night. Some of the greatest nights of my life have been at FWD>> at Plastic People.. http://www.amazon.co.uk/CROSS-1993-2003-Jonathan-CUTTING/dp/B0010786KI. Many clubs in London's West End (Gullivers, Gossips, Crackers, Africa Centre, the 100 Club) and areas like Hackney, Haringey, Brent, Ealing and Lambeth, were now creating a new experience of. No sensible drinking cautions, no smoking bans, and generally less moderation of everything. It always felt like it was on borrowed time after that. Much better than the cross! Boy George worked the cloakrooms, Spandau Ballet played their early gigs here and you simply (for better or worse) would never have heard Ultravox or Visage were it not for the Blitz Club. Maybe we can campaign to put a blue plaque up on the inevitable bland glass front of its replacement I wonder what on earth it would say?! Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. The Cross, Kings Cross 1993-2007Speaking to Time Out after its closure, Billy Reilly, who ran a road haulage company in Kings Cross before opening warehouse venue the Cross, admitted that back in 1993 he, didnt know Judge Jules from Judge Dredd. Herbal, Shoreditch2000-2009It was small (and sweaty) but Herbal consistently pounded out some of the best drum and bass in the capital, filling out every Sunday for Grooveriders seminal night, Grace, as well as regularly hosting the likes of Goldie and the Metalheadz crew. It didnt last long though. thanks for the article, spent many crazy nights/days in all of these places, Velvet Underground aside. 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. Unfortunately, I cant say I experienced all of them. It closed in 2010 to make way for housing, flats and a theatre, in a high street regeneration scheme. Do you want to stay up to date with the latest news, views, features and opinion from across the city? Paul Tunkin, who ran the club night Blow Up, which took over the running of the venue in 2001, significantly raising its profile, said at the time: It is another nail in the coffin for central Londons live music and club scene.. Remind trade on sat nite dj smokin joe the paradise at angel station the lazerodrome in peckam carl cox at m.o.sound crazy nite misss you. RM 2HTCTTN - Ace Cinema, Alexandra Avenue, Rayners Lane, Harrow, London, 1983. It has St Martin's Art College in Granary Square and Thomas Heatherwick's upmarket shopping centre Coal Drops Yard. 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. All the new secret location parties `I work in these days are usually stuck in cold,dirty and faceless arches. I love this article! After all they shaped todays society in one way or another. Dirty, worn, in your face, street cred with banging, hard but funky beats. It hosted huge weekend parties that were at hit with House music fans. For a year or so, this was an explosion of androgyny, increasingly bizarre and fabulous homemade fashion and lashings of clunky, proto synths. Plus Lion & Unicorn and LGBTQ History Month, Black History Month 2022: 5 picks across Camden, Foodscape: own a vertical plot in Londons first urban farm, Queer Jubilee: Drag at Zabludowicz, Queer Britain and Mighty Hoopla, LGBTQ History Month 2022: top 10 Camden & Islington highlights, My Boy Danny: the acclaimed play tackling LGBTQ hate crime, Where to find the summer special issue and whats in it. October 2018 the anonymous landlord of the former chapel won planning approval from Westminster council to upscale the venue into a major performance venue on the West End's arts scene with a restaurant and basement bar, run by Stone Nest. Wow. http://www.moviemakersguide.com/data/c/cross0630/cross0630a.htm. 18. I dont think so. Losing those places feels like losing a family member never to return. People queuing to get into The Cross mid 1990s, Madame Jojo's in London's Soho closed after losing its licence in 2014, The O2 Arena was once a massive nightclub, The Good Ship supported emerging artists and comedians and was a gem of the London gig scene. So blessed to have lived through that experience and a special mention to my ex Alan and DJ Chris McKoy. I was there solidly for several years and partook in all you have mentioned above (and more). Many a themed student bash was hosted at London Bridge's notorious Cable Club in the mid 2000s. Bagleys/Canvas, Kings Cross1991-2007Like a legal rave, Bagleys was a huge multi-room warehouse club that held some of Londons biggest Saturday night parties. London Night Guide is your nightlife concierge for the most best clubs in London. Im amazed u didnt mention that John Newman was the father of both Danny and Paul Newman. OMG London clubbing in the 90s, was there ever a time in history that was better? I was there at the closing parties on the last two nights without leaving! Want the best food, film, music, arts and culture news in London sent straight to your inbox? (1989) " London Nights " is British Europop duo London Boys ' biggest hit single, released in 1989 from their debut album, The Twelve Commandments of Dance. Then Dane Bowers went and ruined it all. According to its owners, the time felt right to move on. From the weekly FWD>> nights, where the UK bass scene emerged, to the broken beat nights Co-op, this was a club that managed to evolve and change while somehow remaining the same for over 20 years, a run that ended only when long-standing manager Charlotte Kepel felt the time was right to pull the plug in 2015. Reliving my 20s again still with a younger GF (cliche alert) and the new wave of EDM. Find out what is now open where you live by putting your postcode into our handy widget below. Nice read Scary thought that Ive actually worked at all of them!!! 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. I found some of the pictures a couple of weeks ago including some rather x-rated ones. There is no place for this kind of establishment in Hackney. London's night-time economy is estimated to contribute 17-26.bn in . Ive loved reading ur write up about the old clubs and the memories came flooding back with the pics!! I took a diversion myself up York Way a while back and took similar snaps of Bagleys and The Cross. Great article, and Ill second and third and fourth what has been said here. Depressing isnt it? Best crowd ever! The Astor Club was a nightclub which operated in Mayfair, London from the 1930s to the late 1970s. Im rambling anyway. Peter Gatien's daughter Jen Gatien made a documentary called Limelight in 2011, about New York City night life in the 1990s and the rise and fall of her father's club empire. It was where world-famous artists like Adele and The XX cut their teeth, and was a gem of the North London nightlife scene. We then went our seperate ways. The Moonstone, St John's Precinct, 1974, from The Lost Pubs and Clubs of Liverpool City Centre DVD by John Harrison Barry Fairfield said: "Great memories, my favourite club was The Beachcomber." 53. First there was Matter and then there was Proud2. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Madonna, Bjork and Kate Moss all turned up over the years and versions of Trade popped up in Ibiza, New York and LA. From the Kinolibrary archive film collections. The place declined to the point that, by the 1980s, it was a strip club but was bought out and re-styled as a members only A-list speakeasy in 2012, now attracting Noel Gallagher, Mark Ronson, Harry Styles et al. It was the place to go. Despite pioneering an anything goes party culture in London, by the late noughties, the buzz was fading. Simon brought the three nights that were being run at Sublime, Beatfix, Cargo and Voodoo and moved its DJs (including Peewee Ferris, Nik Fish, Craig Obey, Bexta and Kate Monroe) into Home's Friday night. Ruby Violet: NW5s pioneering ice cream parlour to close, Let It Roll Records closes. The Cross, bouncers nicking you gear *unts. This former gin distillery was home to one of Londons all time greatest club nights: Trade. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. There were a couple of years I was there 8 nights out of the Christmas/ New Year season. Electric benefits from the amazing history of the Fridge. An earlier version said incorrectly that the Turnmills site was developed into flats. Our journalists cover all the news you need - from City Hall to your local streets, so you'll never miss a moment. have always wondered where he is now and what hes up to. I think great venues have heritage. Keeping mine though , Sounds great, have been looking for a fb page for The Cross but cant find anything at all, would be amazing to see pics over the years, Its a hardback book called the cross 1993-2003 by j. cutting. 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/. Even Prince Charles has been to the Limelight club - he was snapped getting out of the royal car as he arrived to attend a reception for the Prince's Trust at the venue in December 1997. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Even if we cant and possibly shouldnt prevent their almost inevitably fleeting existence. The Blow Up Metro Club, Soho2001-2009Crossrail dealt the West End club scene another blow, taking the scalp of the Metro with the same swoop of the sword that ended the Astoria. I had some of the best days of my life there! Sorry the plaque should be pale blue with a Dove on it. Well, sort of in fairness as all venues involved being pretty blitzed. the cross in king cross the best partyever is vertigo italian style, thanks Joel glad you like Electric and the Van Dyk show smashed it. In the early 2000s it incorporated the successful Pitt Street club Sublime in the late 1990s, run by Simon Page. Thanks Tom sad to read but glad youve documented. Thanks Liam. Don't skip a beat and sign up to The 12 newsletter here. It was the image I had in my head before we got there of what Heaven might be like and then this guy walked in. All rights reserved. Those Cranks days were the era that I fully embraced the concept of the 3-night sleepless weekender and other wonderous, if slightly unprofessional, ways to fill the hours between shifts. I remember Bagleys that was a long time ago. The Whirlitzer seating in The Cross Garden Didnt boy george have a residency there? Redferns/Getty Images . Turnmills chutney still so much messy fun. 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. Ok, its technically a pub and Im not sure if we were going there in 90s. Sir Bob Geldof had his stag do at Limelight before he married Paula Yates in 1986. 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. migrated from the Milk Bar around the corner, Danny Rampling ruled wednesday night, and Jon Pleased took over the tradition.Shoom, Pure, Glam, Pleased the weekends fun used to begin on a wednesday,,,,OMG !! No 6 - Bagleys - London Bagleys was one of London's largest venues throughout the Nineties. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. Electric Daisy Carnival in Vegas this year was truly magical and a top clubbing moment, but some periods of your life can never truly be repeated. Lashana Lynch: Its inspiring to see a young black woman on screen not be perfect, The biggest films coming out in 2023 and when theyll be released, Bulgari to open Serpenti exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. Its really sad that the times have achanged and in a reflection of this, all these fantastic places are being bulldozed. Isnt that, now, the Apple shop? It hosted huge weekend parties that were at hit with House music fans. During the 1990s, photographer Steve Eichner documented the rowdy, over-the-top debauchery that was New York City's club scene and nightlife. how about PLEASED on a wednesday at the Velvet underground !!! 10. Read more: Has Covid-19 ended Sohos indie spirit for good? The spot is now a lap dancing club called The Red Rooms. With a capacity of barely 200, the vibe, somehow, always kept its intimate, non-exclusive air. It was where world-famous artists like Adele and The XX cut their teeth, and was a gem of the North London nightlife scene. The energy and the hedonism of the club gave a new life to the scene and other clubs sprung up trying to emulate Trade, giving more choice to clubbers. . Limelight in Atlanta was also a place to see and spot celebrities over the years. Lead singer of the pop group Visage Steve Strange (left) pictured with Boy George at London's Limelight. Velvet Rooms on Mondays was one of the only places to continue getting even more spangled Wicked. However, its worth taking a moment to remember that nightclubs, by their very essence, shouldnt outstay their welcome. I remember me and my brother went up to Soundshaft one night (I was about 22), with, erm, a couple of associates.. circa 1990. After searching for ages Ive just stumbled across an archaic website that still has photos and even videos of all three Kings Cross clubs Canvas, The Cross and The Key. Located in the west lodge outside Euston Station, it ran from 1995 to 2008. A real eye opener, that night. Want the best food, film, music, arts and culture news in London sent straight to your inbox? RIP Turnmills, Im glad I was there to experience it. My walk to work takes me past what used to to be the entrance to Turnmills every morning it never fails to bring a smile to my face when I think of the good times I had there. The best til last- no one did it like The End. They are where modern electronic music was crafted, where couples met then got married, where career paths changed and a whole generation learned about the highs and the lows of unbridled hedonism. The plan was to go up there, see someone and come back. Then of course there was The Fridge, Studio 33, and some fantastic railway arch clubs buried away around London (Imperial Rooms in Camberwell New Road a particular memory). I have one precious copy, sadly. 9/10 you lose 1 point for making me feel old! A single noise complaint from posh new residents would threaten their licence and spell the end of one of the last remaining superclubs from the 1990s dance music explosion. Turning around and seeing floor fountains and Mail on Sunday readers sipping lattes and eating Danish pastries made my heart sink. Acts to have played The Scala include Foo Fighters, The Killers and Coldplay. THANKS. Bagley's, King's Cross (1990-2008) Instagram The massive warehouse club in King's Cross was a close as you could get to a legal rave. The small room was great. Hey Janine, I remember you well! 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 ; Beargarden Club - A St James's club in Trollope's Palliser novels; Bellona Club - Lord Peter Wimsey's club and location of a murder in Dorothy L. Sayers novel The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Billiards Club - Setting for the improbably tall . People from across the capital will flock to Herbal, an exposed brick warehouse which regularly hosted big name DJs. Ministry of Sound. It was like a small amphitheatre with the DJ the absolute centre of attraction, he says. There was no place to hide. Anyway, as the corridor joined Soundshaft to Heaven (and Heaven being pretty legendry), I decided to go to the loo. Fabric is the Only venue to stick to its principles avoiding putting in any old rubbish that draws a crowd. Last minute gifts? There are new plans to take the building into the future - but we really miss how it used to be. Hes right. A great article , and so sad that many of these truly iconic places may be but a memory in the minds of millions . lol, The tranny on stilts Clip ref DW0126681990s Ministry of Soun. 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. 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