Southampton Nightlife

[paul28546]

Blog on Southampton Nightlife, past and present

 

Needs adding to!

[spyinthesky]

I go back to the Adam and Eve and the Metro plus the Pier, Top Rank and Skyways in the late 60's early 70's

 

Seems to be a lot more choice nowadays

[cambsaint]

I too remember the Top Rank (saw Stevie Wonder) and the Pier saw a few good soul acts in the mid sixties. The only other place of note was The Concorde club in Bassett where I enjoyed one of the best gigs ever-The Family in an absolutely packed venue.

The Winchester Lido Ballroom was good in the mid sixties, booked some very good acts including The Rolling Stones who had just become famous. Watched Dave Dee Dozy etc and The Trogs refine their acts as the resident groups for the Sunday club for two shilings entry-yes that's ten pence in today's money.

Nightlife must be better now, as it used to be pub based, the necessities being a good football table, a good bar-billiards table and a decent juke box.

There were also church hall dances with amateur bands, but these sometimes ended in massive bundles.

But when I went to Uni in 66 I saw many of the top groups for next to nothing.

[paul28546]

had to change the link: http://conoor.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/the-end-of-the-british-night-club-as-we-know-it/

[paul28546]

ill get my coat, this is the link: http://conoor.co.uk/blog/uncategorized/southampton-a-brief-history-of-the-night-scene-from-2003-2014/