Lost Leeds pubs and night clubs of the 80s
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- 29 lost Leeds pubs and night clubs of the 1980’s. Using old photographs and current video clips to provide snapshot of a night out in Leeds in the 80’s. Whether you were lucky enough to be there then or not, it is brilliant to see where people used to go out in town!
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Pig and Whistle Leeds
0:55 Wayfinder Leeds
1:11 Nautical Wheel Leeds
1:34 Oscar’s Leeds
2:18 The Bond Leeds
2:44 Ostler’s Leeds
3:09 The Bank Leeds
3:23 Stumps Leeds
3:41 Harveys Leeds
3:59 Barney’s Leeds
4:20 Sunset and Vine Leeds
4:43 Cullen's Leeds
5:14 Ranchburger Leeds
5:29 Upstairs Downstairs Leeds
5:38 Richmond Leeds
5:44 Foxes Leeds
5:58 Adam & Eve’s Leeds
6:10 Martine's Leeds
6:25 Madison Leeds
6:48 Digby’s Leeds
6:55 Len’s Bar Leeds
7:03 Top Cats Leeds
7:16 Mr Craig’s Leeds
7:26 Rockshots Leeds
7:39 Le Phongraphique Leeds
8:04 Tiffany’s Leeds
8:25 Panama Joe’s Leeds
8:36 Ritzy Leeds
8:39 Central Park Leeds
9:02 Warehouse Leeds
9:33 The Alternative Leeds
9:55 Nightrider Leeds
Thank you to Glen Minford for his knowledge and advice.
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Barbarella’s, the precinct, the bank , martine’s nightclub and foxes , all bars and clubs that made nights out in the city fantastic , great memories 👍
I absolutely love your videos on the history of Leeds. Extremely interesting & beautifully made. Thank you
Thank you
A lot of those were my haunts, though a bit disappointed Hollywood Days and Nights wasn't on there.
Thank you. I will look to include it if I do a follow up / part two.
Oh my God i remember that place! On Boar lane wasn't it upstairs?
I always met up with my mate at the Pig and Whistle and Charlie's Bar round the back but that was in the 90s. In the 80s, myself and my mates always met up at Tiffany's Nightclub every Saturday night. Sometimes we would start off at Maddisons in Infirmary Street and work our way from there, up to The Bank and then on to Tiffs to round off the night. The 80's was awesome for a good saturday night out! An not forgetting, Scrumpy's, that was a downstairs club, rough as hell but a good place to go for a nightcap.
Thank you Darran
chaplins
Foxes used to drop house music strictly at 1am on Monday night after listening to Luther Vandross and Macy and The Macks.
Madisons ‘strict entrance code’ you had to look like a bank manager - shirt tie trousers. One night they were even checking under your jacket to make sure your shirt had long sleeves.
Ha ha, that made me laugh. Thank you
I am originally from Leeds (to age 16), and returned there to university in Leeds in the '70s. Forgive me for spilling my mental seed while I can still remember.
A favourite pub was Whitelocks, which granddad called _the Turk's Head_ . All other Leeds folk I knew pronounced it as _Wittlocks_ .
I remember _Brahms and Liszt_ (well, I remember going to a pub with that name). I was a member of a charity, _Bacchus_ , that would go around pubs and collect for the poor. We would also get drunk. (Every penny we collected went to charity, and we would top it up). B&L had among the most generous clientèle.
_Last orders_ in the '70s was 22:30. [Not Leeds related: A friend's father (a retired Air Commodore) could charm _any_ publican into removing towels from the beer engines and reopening the tills. I was with my pal Stewart and his dad Sir Sid at a Christmas Eve soiree in the local , and noticed it was now Xmas morning. I turned to the group and said "It's lucky the village policeman isn't around", and one of the group retorted "I _am_ the village policeman" . We went on for another couple of hours]
As a postgrad I lived close to the Ffffforde Grene (no longer with us), and saw some interesting bands there. One band was the Sex Pistols - a few months before they became famous. I think it was there that I saw Dire Straits and Ultravox (the problem is I saw so many bands in the Leeds University Infectory that I get confused).
In the days of 22:30 last orders (22:40 chucking out) is was virtually impossible to go the the _Last Continuous Performance_ at the cinema and have a drink after, so it was necessary to go to the pub beforehand, and either cater for bladder needs by uncomfortable containment, inconvenient container, or in convenience visits. The White Swan (or whatever it was called in the '70s) was a popular haunt for such pre-cinematic imbibulation. One early evening, before the 17:30 opening time, we arrived to find a small, chunky gentleman there waiting for the doors to open. He looked rather familiar, and we got chatting with him. The conversation continued when the doors were opened, and we had a very interesting hours' drink with Les Dawson.
I remember going to the basement club in the Merrion Centre. A friend from Wishaw invented the _Wishaw Stomp_ , which consisted on one foot being the pivot point, while the other stomped a circumference more or less in time to the music (less, as alcohol consumption increased), while yelling out in a broad Scottish accent with Yorkshire tints.
I often had Saturday lunch at _the Athenaeum_ opposite the town hall. I believe it became a lap-dancing club.
I often met friends at the _New Prospect_ in Belle Isle, later renamed _the Omnibus_ , now demolished.
My school X-country run route took us past _the Myrtle_ , and older looking pupils claimed that they called in for a swift one on the run. I believe it's still there.
I also got so drunk in the Hofbrauhaus that I lost two days. That's gone. The pub, I mean, as well as the two days.
Thank you for sharing those memories
Thankyou for posting. I miss my leeds 🏴
Great video. Some great memories. A few notable mentions to lost classics: Lichfields (opposite Stumps and formerly The Atheneum), Q's (now the Head of Steam in Mill Hill), Chaplin's (Merrion Centre), The Victoria (soon to re-open in late 2024), Jubilee (Headrow) and the original Yates's Wine Lodge under the Bond Street Centre.
A proper nostalgic trip. Many Thanks. Glad my local 'Upstairs-Downstairs' or the U D as we called it made it into the selection.
Thank you Trevor
Marc Almond, Tainted Love, Warehouse.
Really enjoyed this.. Lived in Leeds from 1985 to 2003 ( now live in Cornwall) so remember quite a few of these. .The one time I knowingly drank and drove was coming out of Stumps when I then drove back to Chapel Allerton . I was stupid..and bloody lucky. Didn't Harvey's have a huge stuffed rabbit in the window at one point ? Once watched my 30 year old mate ( I was 31!) pull in Foxes in Chapel Allerton..smoking a pipe. Worked for a year at the New Roscoe at one point ( down the bottom of town I know..but still miss the old place which is sadly gone). Finally, does anyone remember Hoagy's at the bottom of the Headrow?
Leeds fan from Newcastle, used to meet at Three Legs and then The Vine and Nellies in the 70's and 80's, brilliant.
My cousin used to be on the door at Martine’s. I remember getting in on my 16th birthday!😂
Great stuff. I arrived in the 90s and recognised loads of these locations. Great to see the old entrance doors in the present day.
Thank you Daragh
Fascinating look at Leeds nightlife. I did my partying in the 70’s and remember vividly getting off the 53 bus from Morley and heading over to the Pig n’ Whistle in the Merrion Center. What a great pub. We only occasionally went to Cinderella Rockerfella’s as it was a tad pricey…we were more the Mecca (in the Merrion center) crowd and a quick trip to Wimpeys Burgers afterwards.
Good memories. Thank you
cheers for the nostalgia trip!
An amazing video! More social history/geog videos of the 80/90s please
Thank you
Some of these staggered on to my nascent drinking days in the mid 90s, even into the early 00s. And boo to dress codes!
Thanks Darren :)
Brilliant Bryan ... thank you as always
Thank you Andy
It was Leeds in the’70’s for me. Three legs , vine , Gemini bar , the precinct and then on to the central soul club 😁👍
Thanks Andy
The Ranchburger establishment was previously the Ceylon tea , which provided the opportunity to taste and enjoy all types of tea.
Thank you. I think I just remember that now.
Not a pub goer myself. However, I do recall many of the pubs, clubs and hostelries in this video.
Thank you
Meeting at the Pig and Whistle or the Duchess of York before going to Adam and Eve ,or the Phono or the Warehouse.These were my regular places. Memories of my misspent 20s in Leeds...I've also ended (usually by chance) in all the other places mentioned in the video. So interesting to see how it's all changed. Thank you
Thank you Adele. I plan to include the Duchess of York in a future video. It was a great place!
Great video, and remember them well, it's strange how many of them had previously in the late sixties mad other names, and who can forget the hoffbrauhouse!!!
Thanks, I find your channel very interesting having lived in Leeds since 1973 and remembering many of these places.
Thank you
I used to work at Rockshots and the bar below it called Bananas in 1988 through 1990. Great times.
Good to see so many old places I used to use. Especially The Alternative and Alternative 2.
Thanks Neil
We must be of a similar age....Cullens,best memories. Thanks
Yes, good times. Thank you
Thank you for your time and effort. Very interesting, even for a foreigner.
Thank you
Brilliant, thank you so much for bringing back such good memories. ……….
Thank you Karen
Late 80s into early 90s as well as the Warehouse I use to go to the Gallery a lot . Then in the 90s use to go to Back to Basics , can't remember the name of any of the streets even though I worked in Leeds for nearly 20 years but Wakefield born and bred.
Thanks Jeremy
I know.its not the 80s but remember due to working in Leeds going in that he'll hole of a dump Big Lil's in the 90s and 2000s until it closed and the other rough hole the 3 Legs god they were toughest/roughest pubs in not just Leeds but West Yorkshire.
I use to work at basics and ronson at the pleasure rooms...great times.
Great vid… brilliant memories
Thank you
fabulous as always, thank you
Thanks Ben
Great video! You mentioned one of the clubs needs a blue plaque. I think The New Penny, the oldest Gay Bar in Leeds would be a great addition to your compilation. It actually has a blue plaque and offered a sage space for the LGBTQ+ community.
Thanks Aaron, I was joking that The Alternative fast food take away should have a blue plaque, but you have made a great suggestion there.
Nostalgia overload after watching that. Used to go in sunset and vine early doors mid week with work pals (and future wife). Trebles and a mixer for £1.00. Those were the days, getting off the train at 7pm after an early doors midweek visit absolutely ratted 🥴
Thanks Dean
Brilliant...Sunset and Vine....in for about 6.30pm on a Wednesday, emerge absolutely rattled on trebles and off to The News nightclub....great days
Love your videos more plz keep up the great work
Thank you John
A very interesting and nostalgic video. Many thanks from an old Leeds Lad.
Thank you
One missed Chaplins in the merrion centre. It might have been known as Swiss Cottage. It had cottage windows.
Le’Phonegraphique was to the LEFT of that picture and downstairs. I DJayed there. It was sort of in the centre, middle bottom.
Another magnificent vid 🏆
Thank you Lee
Great stuff...was hoping for the Dutchess Pub...live music.
I planned to include it Melvin and even videoed outside it, but I decided to include it in a future video.
@GeogJuice That would be great,although when I posted comment I immediately thought its not quite a night club...more live music band place.
Sadly there's lots you can do on Pubs going.You would think that a Pub such as The Victoria, just down from lgi would be listed, the brass bar rails in the shape of elephants and the old style layout should be of national importance .Love your work,doing a great job 👏 👍
Great video, my family moved from America to run a pub called "The Chained Bull" in the 90s. Are you gonna do a video on former 90s pubs? I miss that place, and Leeds very much. Again, great job!!
Thank you. I considered including The Chained Bull in this video. I will look to include it in a future one.
Yes! Chained Bull R.I.P
Sadly the Chained Bull in Moortown is no more. Home of the "Beckies" ( Jewish lasses out and about on the lash) and opposite a decent bagel shiop as I recall which used to open in the early hours of Sunday morning !!
Thanx for that Leeds was Ace in the 80s
Thank you
Fabulous memories. I was into rock& roll and used to frequent the Whip on Duncan Street and the Palace at weekends that both had rock&roll nights. If I was going out with workmates we would meet at Whitelocks and take it from there frequenting many of the places you mentioned, usually ending up at Chakwals curry house on the side of the Merrion Centre which was very cheap and sold excellent curries. Thanks for the upload, happy days.
Thanks for adding your memories
Thanks for bringing back memories of Leeds nightlife for me. Do you remember The News nightclub in the Queen's Hotel?
Thanks Michael, and yes, I do. I am not sure if it was open in 1987, which was the year I based this video on - I used the 1987 phone book as a source. I remember going in, around that time though. The revolving dance floor was fun!
Nice one. I suggest additions. The Guilford on the headrow with its snooker upstairs and many pool tables down stairs. Decimated now. Just a bar.
Leeds poly disco followed by chip butty over the road at Terrys all time now demolished.
The Vic of course behind the town hall.
Thanks for the suggestions Jeremy, I intend bringing out a follow up later in the year.
Wow that took me back
Thanks for the old memories, i knew Leeds City Centre (town) like the back of my hand in the 80s. Now i can hardly find a parking spot let alone anything else. Town has gone for the likes of me, ho well it was wicked whilst it lasted.
Oscars - my first pub that I started drinking in aged 16. I was working at IBM next door and often we'd head there after work. Being only 16, there was no chance of me getting served so all the other "grown ups" would buy my drinks. Happy days.
Thanks for sharing your memories. I liked Oscars and I was 16 when I first visited it. Good times.
Hells bells, that was a blast from the past!
My friends and I would often take a change of clothes to work on Fridays and go straight out from work!
We’d make a beeline for something to eat, then do the rounds at a few pubs then, over the years, visit so many of the clubs mentioned here!
The wasn’t a great deal of trouble back then and knife culture was unheard of.
Crack was something you found in a mirror.
Spice was a a bag of sweets from the corner shop, and smack was something you had on the back of your legs as a kid!
How things have changed.
I remember, (I think it was called, The King Charles) on Lands Lane opposite Queens Arcade. it was on a corner under Schofields department store where now stands Foot Asylum
There is a picture of it on Leodis.
I saw Bad Manners at the Bali Hai (87?) Loved Phonos and the News
Great night in Len’s Bar after Leeds beat QPR in FA Cup QFs
I was at that game Ian, but couldn't get in.
1980’s Living in the Plastic Age ! ( I’ve also compiled the full 70’s yrs & decade too 🤓🎶👌🏻)
1980 CHART HITS ( Everything...All In Weekly Chart Entry Order )
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Thanks Andrew. There's some great songs in that playlist!
OMG ! Everyone mentioned I visited. We also went to the Bank, that too was downstairs. I grew up thru youth club,to Goth, to regular niteclub & finally to .... 'God I feel old & look like a perve stood here these days' 🫣😳 xh
Did you mention Big Lil's!!!!? I met some interesting people in there and some very accomodating ladies!
Big Lil's was bloody terrifying...
Great vid…Adam and Eve’s was one door down from that shown …now the Hifi Club.
Thank you, I see now.
Blast from the past this is. Jesus i've been in the vast majority of these..some good and erm some not so much!
Had many a nice evening in the Way finder Pub.
Would receive comments about the large Cabbages that we bought from the market and placed beside us on the seats.
Happy days.
:)
The Precinct…Tuesday nights.
Pizzaland on Briggate
The White Swan when it was the Piccadilly Bar
The Bank used to get raided at least once a month. The Richmond was a great little nightclub £1.50 entry fee bottles of Skol £1.50 cheap night out.
Loved leeds back then ....Todays Leeds is much changed city....and none of the changes have made it better only worse....
Wow I wondered what had happened to “ the box office “ I worked at … General Wade!! Off Merrion hotel
The Conservatory and the Observatory.
Peter O’Toole used to go to The Adelphi pub.
Barry on Briggate, AKA Rip Off on Briggate.
At 2am it was time to go to terry's all time cafe(caf) .
I remember my friends 21st birthday party at Digbys in 1989 and my friend spiking his stepdads drink with an acid tab...funny qs fuck watching him talk to his business associates that were there.
Alternative 1 and Alternative 2.
Fforde Grene - Dire Straits, Buzz Cocks, Hank Wangford…
See.you.filmed.at.the.most.busiest.time.ghost.town
😊
Night Rider, should been Fight Rider 😂
Fight rider bus service if my memory serves me right 🤣
I was a Whitelocks man
What happened to the gaiety
It has been knocked down Martin