wobber999 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Didn't Cairo's have a revolving dancefloor at one point? Either that or I was really drunk that night... no that was millionaires mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobber999 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I think that was millionaires mate I think I dunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I went there on my 21st birthday,and this coincided with a personal appearance by Miss Linda Lusardi who i kissed and also got a signed photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trips Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Doesn't La Belle translate as "The Good"?? So it would be "The Good" something. Mind you it is a long time since i took French at school. Sandrine is a girls name. It means The Beautiful Sandrine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDaisy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I've just read this thread! Wish I'd read it when it first started! Cairo's was THE place to go in the late 80s. I preferred the Jax side, and can remember Ashley the DJ and Louise very well! And also the 'woo yeah' posse! lol Jax was excellent when Acid house became big; and after that I remember people going mad for 'Voodoo Ray' and anything by Soul II Soul. I can remember being in the Cairo's side one night, and I think they were holding some kind of Mr CairoJax competition - the bloke who won (Dave I think he was called) asked his girlfriend to marry him that night, and as far as I know, they are still together. (they were a few years ago as I used to see them round and about). And another time when Anthea Turner was there - throwing Crunchies into the crowd - gawd knows why! What about Louis? The Head doorman? He barred me so many times! (because he knew I wasn't 18). I used to go in Silks, and then join the queue desperately hoping that he wouldn't spot me in the queue. He used to let me get all the way to the front, and then say to me "You're not coming in".....I was mortified! Saw him a few years ago when Yates first opened - he was on the door there - we had a good laugh and a joke about it. Fitz too - top bloke - one of the nicest 'bouncers' I knew. I've still got a Cairo's mug - without any chips either! I must have moved house 6 times since my Cairo's days, but that mug has been moved with great care! Gawd know's how I got it! I would have been going in Cairo's between 1988 and 1990 - as far as nightlife goes, they were the best years of my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymac Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Great thread brought back a few memories. First went to Cairo's in 1985 when it was then Romeo & Juliets. It was a student night, mid-week either Halloween or Bonfire night. Seem to remember in the late 80s our Friday night pub-crawl was start in Alexander, Garden (later Market Tavern), Brewer on the Bridge, Hen & Chicks, Mucky Duck, Three Cranes then into Cairos. Obviously not great boozers now. Into the 90s our pub crawl went from the otherside of Cairo's - Grapes, Dog & Partridge, Three Tuns, Golden Ball, what use to be Wig & Pen, Three Cranes, Cairo's. Always remember going in cairo's after England lost to Germany in the 90 world cup semi final. Watched the game in Cross Keys at Handsworth, then we got a couple of taxis up town to drown our sorrows in Cairo's. Midweek so it was practically empty in there but remember doing the England/neworder dance thing at some point that night in Cairo's. Met my first serious girlfriend in Cairo's, so have happy memories on that front as well. Whisper it but i always preferred Roxys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I've just read this thread! Wish I'd read it when it first started! Cairo's was THE place to go in the late 80s. I preferred the Jax side, and can remember Ashley the DJ and Louise very well! And also the 'woo yeah' posse! lol Jax was excellent when Acid house became big; and after that I remember people going mad for 'Voodoo Ray' and anything by Soul II Soul. I can remember being in the Cairo's side one night, and I think they were holding some kind of Mr CairoJax competition - the bloke who won (Dave I think he was called) asked his girlfriend to marry him that night, and as far as I know, they are still together. (they were a few years ago as I used to see them round and about). And another time when Anthea Turner was there - throwing Crunchies into the crowd - gawd knows why! What about Louis? The Head doorman? He barred me so many times! (because he knew I wasn't 18). I used to go in Silks, and then join the queue desperately hoping that he wouldn't spot me in the queue. He used to let me get all the way to the front, and then say to me "You're not coming in".....I was mortified! Saw him a few years ago when Yates first opened - he was on the door there - we had a good laugh and a joke about it. Fitz too - top bloke - one of the nicest 'bouncers' I knew. I've still got a Cairo's mug - without any chips either! I must have moved house 6 times since my Cairo's days, but that mug has been moved with great care! Gawd know's how I got it! I would have been going in Cairo's between 1988 and 1990 - as far as nightlife goes, they were the best years of my life! God, i wish i had one of those Cairo's mugs. I regularly had a nice cuppa when i worked at Cairos in my Cairos mug, usually when the club was closed in an afternoon when we were messing on the decks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimsid2000 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 They used to play this a lot. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JaQvdwRh-HM&feature=related in 1993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemima Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I have some great and not so great memories of Cairo's in the late eighties. We used to alternate between Cairos and Roxys on each Saturday night. I remember when Sonia played at Cairo's. I was told by many that I was a lookalike at the time and my mate kept shouting Sonia come out of the loo, there was a gaggle of girls stood outside the cubicle all waiting for an autograph. I remember loosing my stilletos on Jax dancefloor and them turning up with the doormen at the end of the night, my feet were filthy by then:hihi: I remember the corridors were so dark inbetween, there was always some shifty looking bloke waiting to pounce on you. Great memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughy101 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 i remember cairos when it was THE CAVENDISH & BAILEYS they used to have bands like the drifters mungo jerry to name a few:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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