What was the cliche name for nightspots in the 80s?

I miss them all so much ! I’ve been out in California for 26 years and still remember all my old Sheffield haunts: Josephine’s Romeo and Juliet’s The Fiesta (Grab a Grandad) The Pink Panther The Crazy Daisy And where the legends played The Limit The Leadmill Then pre-club there was Rebels and The Wap (Wapentake) Ahhhh them were t’days

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BabyClyde@reddit

In my town it was Vienna’s 🤣

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Weird_Ad_7129@reddit

My home town had Rotters (no idea!), 7th Heaven, and Main Line. The last of which was by the railway of course...Main Line was definitely the best for getting served at as a tall 16 year old!

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Kitchen_Moose717@reddit

Cinatra’s in Croydon. Rough as hell. The bouncers would search you for weapons and if you didn’t have one they’d lend you one.

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TheLadyHelena@reddit

Ritzy. Think it was a chain of 'discotheques'...

Dear god, I sound like someone's nan 😂

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THXORY@reddit

Ritzy was more 1990s I think

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TheLadyHelena@reddit

Late 80s, anyway. The internet doesn't seem to know exactly when nightclubs across the UK morphed into Ritzy (Ritzies?), and I'm not checking Companies House 😂

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THXORY@reddit

I remember the one near me was called "The Studio" until it changed to "The Ritzy" in 1994, and instantly got the unimaginative nickname "The Shitzy"

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upsidedowncreature@reddit

Remember to always pronounce it "disco-thet-i-queues" as per Mark Radcliffe.

There was only one Hacienda, it wasn't a cliche, it was legendary. Shame I never actually went there.

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GnaphaliumUliginosum@reddit

I did enjoy the occassional racy variety act at the local music hall back in the day.

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concretebeagle@reddit

Tiffany’s. The Tube. High wire. They were in Harlow.

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Flat-Exchange-3688@reddit

There was a Tiffany's in Great Yarmouth.. wonderful music hall. First saw The Prodigy there.

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Sea_Appointment8408@reddit

Millennium.

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neilm1000@reddit

We had Millenium in Plymouth. It took over a building from Sgt Peppers, Blondz and Oz.

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harrietmjones@reddit

There was a club in a small colloquial town in the west country my family moved to in the 80’s and it was called ’Ere Tiz. It’s how you say ‘Here it is’ in the area. 😅

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