10. Im rambling anyway. Throughout the 90s and 00s the venue attracted party-lovers from far and wide and also played host to a number of big-name acts. The Norman-style Welsh Chapel was built in 1888 by James Cubitt for inner London's Welsh community and was empty for 15 years before it found new life as nightclub Limelight. I love this article! The Black Sheep Bar in Croydon High Street (Image: David Cook) This High Street venue in Croydon, which was loved for its alternative club nights and live music, closed in 2013 after 15 years in service. I lived in London back in the late 90s early 00s and went to all of these clubs. A real eye opener, that night. I completely agree would be a fitting tribute to see them all immortalised appropriately in some way. The Walkabout bar closed after its parent company went into administration in October 2009. No sensible drinking cautions, no smoking bans, and generally less moderation of everything. By the 90s, everyone from Desmond Dekker to the Prodigy had played there. 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. LuvDup were djing (one of them fell over on the stage), Princess Julia was stood by the decks dancing. But things turned sour after after a double stabbing took place in the club, leading to its licence being revoked. People may rave about London's nightlife, but compared to other big cities, clubs and bars shut early and are expensive. -d(-L-)b-. Sad to see the blandification of London continues. THANKS. Arts charity Stone Nest began to restore and redevelop the former chapel into flexible performance space for theatre, dance, music, video and performance art in 2012. 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. I couldnt do it now, but I so glad I did it all then. I was there at the closing parties on the last two nights without leaving! 13. To order the clip clean and high res visit http://www.kinolibrary.com. 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. 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Sign up to our weekly email. 14. When Limelight fell out of favour as a celebrated nightspot it was sold and in 2003 became a Walkabout bar. Isnt that, now, the Apple shop? Sadly, the chances of mere mortals gaining access to the club today are about as likely as Keith Moon making an appearance and he died in 1978. The club was also hugely important for the capitals LGBT scene, hosting sellout weekly bonanza G-A-Y, known for getting stars as bright as Kylie and Britney on stage, as well as for dropping balloons on everyone at regular intervals. Turnmills building being totally destroyed is the ultimate, inexcusable vandalism though. From the Kinolibrary archive film collections. Stir some memories with these photographs from the '90s Birmingham club and rave scene. Matter, Greenwich2008-2010It was perhaps always a slightly over-optimistic proposition opening a nightclub in Greenwich, let alone one inside the Millennium Dome, but if anyone was going to have a good stab at it, then it would be the pair behind Fabric: Cameron Leslie and Keith Reilly. Me and my brother went there, 2 days before we flew out to Zante in 1994. Cables enraged founder Euan Johnston, who also founded nearby SeOne, said: We were assured when we moved in that we would not be affected by the redevelopment and Network Rail have simply changed their minds We have been brushed aside at every level.. Worse than that, advanced ticketing is now the only option promoters are now willing to risk, destroying that brilliant spontaneous thing of being in the pub and deciding who you wanted to see and where (knowing you had a good choice of reliable venues that you knew inside out.) Wow. Clubs in Mayfair London are the most prestigious nightclubs in town. Would have kept going there for anniversary, shame its closed but glad weve done it all at the best times, Im an Aussie that worked the doors at imperial garden, car wash gigs, sunny side up, cafe de Paris (wanky but fun). I worked at AKA for many years. Visibility. It was one of the premiere south London nightspots of the time, with Glenn Miller, Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin among the top names to grace its stage. After all they shaped todays society in one way or another. Because of the sleazy, druggy, mischievous late night vibe (exactly what makes such haunts so exciting), we tend to reduce their cultural significance. Something went wrong, please try again later. A perfectly acceptable thing to do at the time. 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. Pete x. Im good thanks Pete. Great article. Gaz ran a weekly night there from. He was a sound guy actually. Same here. Big small club! Bagatelle Card Club - One of Colonel Sebastian Moran's clubs in the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Empty House. 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. Believe it or not King's Cross was once the party hub of London. so much fun should be illegal. It was made for DJs by DJs and those who fumbled fumbled spinning the decks were quickly called out by the crowd. 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