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Old Swansea Night Clubs 07:13 - May 15 with 179883 viewsLord_Bony

Hey Anyone have any memories of the plethora of clubs on offer in the 70s80s90s? The good the bad and the ugly.

My personal fave was Barons...had some brilliant times there...REALLY miss that place



Here's some from about 20 years ago

http://www.moremusic.co.uk/swansea/swanclub.htm

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 09:48 - May 15 with 26964 viewspansypants

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 09:49 - May 15 with 26963 viewspansypants

"Central Park" with its Decoda alcoholic soda water was like a calm before the storm.

Spielbergs "videos" were always worth watching in Quids Inn

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 10:02 - May 15 with 26946 viewsBaker

Aye, me and a few mates used to go in there to wind up the moody Heavy Metal crew that used to frequent the place by trying to get off with their (stunning) Goth girlfriends.

Can't for the life of me remember what the place was called?

*googles*

May I say? what a smashing blouse you have on!

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 10:07 - May 15 with 26942 viewsBaker

It used to be Strikeout before that, but I was only young and my only memory of it was as a restaurant. Only reason I remember it was because you could have coke with an ice cream in. As a shy ten year-old this really blew my mind!

Did Strikeout used to be a club too?

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 10:14 - May 15 with 26936 viewsStarsky

I must have danced with you. I started my social life at those clubs circa 1976.
We probably had a babycham in the Tikki bar before going next door in the Valbonne.
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It's just the internet, init.

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 10:25 - May 15 with 26924 viewsStarsky

Great thread LB.
My watering holes in those days...
Prince of Wales (Wetherspoons) the carpet would stick to your feet. They made you drink out of plastic pint glasses!
The Park (HSBC) great pub
Buccaneer (near the quadrant)
My favourite... The Tikki bar. (downstairs from the Valbonne) That paper mache ceiling was amazing.
The best pub of all on a SUNDAY night was the Bay view on the seafront. That place was heaving.

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 10:41 - May 15 with 26907 viewsNogginthenog

I recollect a night down the Langland Bay when I won a bottle of Cinzano in a raffle and promptly drank the lot. Never been so ill in all my life. The things we do as youngsters eh.

I recall another night in the Valbonne when there was a Pernod promotion and to win you had to eat a whole raw onion. A great friend of mine now sadly passed, ate the onion in about 5 mins and won us free Pernod for the night, another one I can't forget!

As for pubs I had some great nights in the Buccaneer, the Park and one of my favs was the Student's Union Bar in Union St opposite the Halifax. The Trembling Knees were regulars there.

Swansea was great in those heady days.
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 10:43 - May 15 with 26901 viewsepaul

When we were 14 before swans games we'd go in the 4J's on Northampton lane and would get served, felt well cool drinking a pint at that age!

The hair and the beard have gone I am now conforming to society, tis a sad day The b*stards are coming back though

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 10:55 - May 15 with 26892 viewsEdmundo






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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 11:18 - May 15 with 26866 viewsmawdlamjack

don't forget Nuts in the mumbles.
didn't frequent disco's much but was a regular for live bands at the Patti on a Friday and dirty dora's on a Sunday
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 12:05 - May 15 with 26831 viewsGowerjack

The Coach House cellar bar for great bands ( The Squirts being my personal favourite)

Then....

Dirty Doras!

It's a little known fact that the bar scene in Star Wars was actually filmed at Dora's.

Plastic since 1974
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 12:42 - May 15 with 26793 viewsgosfordjack

Harpers
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 13:30 - May 15 with 26764 viewsswanny

Was the Embassy where Barons was? Jimmy Wildes, anyone?

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 14:54 - May 15 with 26727 viewsSwanzay

Strikeout blast from the past, Joe Mangled nights in Marthas and Speilberg in quids in. I haven't seen Speilberg in years, is he still around? Always used to be wondering round with his video camera.
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 15:13 - May 15 with 26718 viewsBaker

Spotted him a couple of times out in Valencia

May I say? what a smashing blouse you have on!

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 18:14 - May 15 with 26009 viewsoldcob

I remember Jimmy Wildes, in Alexander St. Full of tattoos cauliflower ears broken noses. And that was only the girls.
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 18:19 - May 15 with 26004 viewsJackfath

Remember the pony tailed bouncer in Doras?

Mental rock hard bloke.

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 18:55 - May 15 with 25980 viewsLord_Bony

I think Dora's went on to become The Marina night Spot? Circles or something some good bands..

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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 19:36 - May 15 with 25951 viewsjacksinceever

Abba's ?
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 19:38 - May 15 with 25951 viewsjacksinceever

The Townsman as was (then Barons). Met a singer on hols who told me he'd sung there. How old must he be?
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 19:40 - May 15 with 25950 viewsjacksinceever

I remember that opening and Oliver Tobias (a TV star of the time and a ladies heartthrob) cutting the ribbon
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 19:45 - May 15 with 25948 viewsjacksinceever

Prince of Wales was facing the Kingsway straight on. The Weatherspoons pub was a car dealer (Oscar Chess I think) back in the day
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 20:08 - May 15 with 25926 viewsjacksinceever

It mentioned H2O. Is that the nightclub in the Marina that was on the top floor above a lovely little restaurant which used to serve onion loaf?
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 20:11 - May 15 with 25924 viewsNogginthenog

I know that it was Fletchers at one time, may have been Oscar Chess prior to that.
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Old Swansea Night Clubs on 20:16 - May 15 with 25918 viewsmax936

Grannies night on a Thursday night at the Top Rank awesome Sssssssssh now.

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