Kinda intrigued by the architecture, branding & design of night clubs from North East England towards the end of the 20th Century.
Here's a few highlights, starting with Leo's Pub Disco in Redcar...
...which at the back, opened out onto the beach.
Demolished in 2008.
The Fiesta
Stockton
Here in 1970..
Outside The Arena in Middlesbrough on the first birthday, 1992...
& third birthday in 1994...
Also from 1994 - The Blue Monkey
The home of The Blue Monkey, Heaven in Sunderland.
Burnt down.
The light rig controller at Visage / The Mall in Stockton, 1995
Visage / The Mall in Stockton 1995 looked like The Saint, NYC 1980...
The mall / Visage management team, 1994
More interior & the '£250,000' lighting rig at The Mall...
The full 'Hitman & Her' episode from The Mall in 1991
Rockshots in Newcastle, early 90s...
Planet Earth in Newcastle - home to NICE on Fridays...
Fusion
Sunderland – bei
Sunderland
Boilermakers Social Club aka Bobby Dazzlers / Talk Of the Tyne / The Roundhouse
Gateshead
Now demolished
As The Roundhouse in 1998...
To add to the list - Central in Ashington
Photos taken yesterday
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