Name of the nightclub on Bank Street in the 70's ?

[roggert]

it was originally called the cavendish club .it was a bit up market at first trying to be night club/casino . it became baileys until the late 70 s when it then changed names several times

[swervin]

Deffo a casino when it was cavandish and baileys, I don't know about when it was Romeos.

 

it was bonapartes with a membership No 1313 wasn't gona 4get that,it moved to the side of the fiesta

[jane59]

Worked at bank street night club in 1977 it was called Baileys then still had go go dancers on the stage.

[warday]

Anyone remember the name of the nightclub on Bank Street during the 1970's

around the time John Travolta of Saturday Night Fever was all the go ?

 

Like to think I have a good memory for the names of old pubs and nightclubs but the name of this one escapes me.

 

The only nightclub i can remember was between Hearts head & bank street was called BAILEY'S.

[stpetre]

The only nightclub i can remember was between Hearts head & bank street was called BAILEY'S.

 

The original place on Bank Street- part of the building that housed the former A.B.C. cinema- was the 'Cavendish Club' which opened in early 1967 by the 'Bailey Organisation' who were from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who later named it after the parent company (Bailey's) and 'Romeo and Juliet's' along the way.

[Interlaken]

I met an older guy in there one night who was from the Noble Organisation of Gateshead and he said he owned Baileys and a slot machine business. People were full of it in those days!

Looking online seems the Bailey Organisation was from Stockton some 40 miles south of Newcastle.

I wonder if they were connected?

 

I remember the go go dancers in cages and a Caribbean girl dancer called Dawn. When they put the new carpet down the smell from fags stubbed out on it was dreadful!

[stpetre]

I met an older guy in there one night who was from the Noble Organisation of Gateshead and he said he owned Baileys and a slot machine business. People were full of it in those days!

Looking online seems the Bailey Organisation was from Stockton some 40 miles south of Newcastle.

I wonder if they were connected?

 

I remember the go go dancers in cages and a Caribbean girl dancer called Dawn. When they put the new carpet down the smell from fags stubbed out on it was dreadful!

 

Perhaps I was mistaken in saying that the Bailey Organistaion were from Newcastle, but they were from the north east, where Stockton on Tees is.

[TORONTONY]

Perhaps I was mistaken in saying that the Bailey Organistaion were from Newcastle, but they were from the north east, where Stockton on Tees is.

 

Whoever owned it is not as important as that Sheffield grew up when the Cavendish opened. Other major Cities had nightclubs for years before the teetotal Sheffield City fathers on the licensing board would allow nightclubs in Sheffield to open. You had to go to a Chinese restaurant if you wanted to continue drinking after closing time, before 1967 in Sheffield ,or nip over to Manchester. You could get lucky outside the City if you were well in with a landlord for "after bird".

[stpetre]

Whoever owned it is not as important as that Sheffield grew up when the Cavendish opened. Other major Cities had nightclubs for years before the teetotal Sheffield City fathers on the licensing board would allow nightclubs in Sheffield to open. You had to go to a Chinese restaurant if you wanted to continue drinking after closing time, before 1967 in Sheffield ,or nip over to Manchester. You could get lucky outside the City if you were well in with a landlord for "after bird".

 

The 'Penny Farthing' (Eyre Street) opened in 1965 and the 'Heartbeat' (Queens Road) opened around 1966, both served alcohol till 2:am.

[reg1]

I remember when it was the Cavendish and my mother made the pink skimpy costumes for the gogo dancers. I used to go in on many a night when it was Baileys