| So Vodka Revs gone 16:18 - Jan 27 with 2810 views | hype313 |
So now Ipswich doesn't have any nightclubs.
Not that I go out much these days, still sad times. |  |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:23 - Jan 27 with 2434 views | runaround |
Nightclubs are a thing of the past I reckon. Pubs, cafes and restaurants all open late if the business is there and you don’t have to often queue outside or pay to go in |  | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:25 - Jan 27 with 2379 views | Benters |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:23 - Jan 27 by runaround |
Nightclubs are a thing of the past I reckon. Pubs, cafes and restaurants all open late if the business is there and you don’t have to often queue outside or pay to go in |
You look a bit daft shaking your thang in a restaurant though😂 |  |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:26 - Jan 27 with 2395 views | hype313 |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:23 - Jan 27 by runaround |
Nightclubs are a thing of the past I reckon. Pubs, cafes and restaurants all open late if the business is there and you don’t have to often queue outside or pay to go in |
Prices have killed it, along with the fact the youth of today don't drink how we did in the 90's, also you don't need to stand in a crowded bar at 1am to meet people these days. | |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:29 - Jan 27 with 2337 views | Benters |
Same in Colchester ba.
Had loads there when I was in my youth.
Windmill,Tartan House,Affair club,Colne Lodge,Just to mention a few.I can think of at least another three or four that have gone.
The girls didn’t have lips pumped up or tattoos either. | |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:42 - Jan 27 with 2219 views | garygboltonblue |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:29 - Jan 27 by Benters |
Same in Colchester ba.
Had loads there when I was in my youth.
Windmill,Tartan House,Affair club,Colne Lodge,Just to mention a few.I can think of at least another three or four that have gone.
The girls didn’t have lips pumped up or tattoos either. |
Loved the affair club also the windmill on a Tuesday night |  | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:45 - Jan 27 with 2190 views | witchdoctor |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:42 - Jan 27 by garygboltonblue |
Loved the affair club also the windmill on a Tuesday night |
Windmill…chicken/scampi in a basket…🤣🤣🤣 |  | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:47 - Jan 27 with 2144 views | Benters |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:42 - Jan 27 by garygboltonblue |
Loved the affair club also the windmill on a Tuesday night |
Yeah they were both decent places.
Was Tuesday night the heavy metal disco Neil Kay or something?
I remember grab a granny night that was alright 😂 [Post edited 27 Jan 16:51]
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:49 - Jan 27 with 2113 views | Benters |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:45 - Jan 27 by witchdoctor |
Windmill…chicken/scampi in a basket…🤣🤣🤣 |
True story there’s a chippy in Brightlingsea and on the menu it has scampi and chips ‘the girlfriends favourite’ it makes I laugh buh. | |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:28 - Jan 27 with 1902 views | catch74 |
The whole company has gone into administration.
I wept with joy at today’s ‘rescue package/ bail out’ for pubs.
Having been decimated by COVID, crazy product price increases, huge energy price increases, massive NI increases, big minimum wage increases, the highest duty rise in 50 years and then an increase in business ratess last year and this.
The bail out (or rescue package) is a 15% reduction in business rates. Forgive me for
pointing out that that’s still an increase on the 40% reduction this year and 70% the year before. On top of this the business rates have gone up, quite a few pubs by 400%. There was a lot of noise about abolishing unfair business rates for pubs altogether.
This is not taxing those who can afford it, or clearing out the dead wood, it’s a calculated final nail in 1000’s of pubs coffins. I’m not sure why - helping big chain pub companies, doesn’t look like it with Stonegate £23 billion in debt and Revs mother company in administration. Does it free up land for development? Not sure.
It will seriously impact tax received by the government from hospitality, it has already obliterated the next generation of hospitality owners, feels like a death knell to me.
I had an image of Masterchef the professionals with Tim Martin as a judge, ‘today’s challenge is to microwave a vac packed curry and serve with a boil in the bag rice.’
That’s what we’ll be left with. |  |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:28 - Jan 27 with 1903 views | Dubtractor |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:23 - Jan 27 by runaround |
Nightclubs are a thing of the past I reckon. Pubs, cafes and restaurants all open late if the business is there and you don’t have to often queue outside or pay to go in |
The sort of nightclub that used to thrive in Ipswich is indeed a thing of the past - the late licensing laws for pubs (obviously a while back now!) was the start of that decline, as there was no longer the need to go to a club for the later night out. The reason that places like Revs (Pals in old money) thrived is because they were a bit of a pub/club hybrid.
There will always be a place for proper nightclubs, your Fabrics of the world, as well as underground scenes where they pop up but that hasn't tended to be Ipswich over the years bar a few brief flurries! [Post edited 27 Jan 18:08]
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:35 - Jan 27 with 1860 views | garygboltonblue |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:45 - Jan 27 by witchdoctor |
Windmill…chicken/scampi in a basket…🤣🤣🤣 |
Also breakers in cans | | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:43 - Jan 27 with 1798 views | DJR |
When it comes to nightclubs and the like, I suppose this doesn't help.
https://www.theguardian.com/so
One in four adults in England do not drink alcohol, survey finds
Questionnaire completed by 10,000 people finds sobriety on rise, with women slightly more abstemious than men |  | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:50 - Jan 27 with 1743 views | runaround |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:25 - Jan 27 by Benters |
You look a bit daft shaking your thang in a restaurant though😂 |
To be honest Benters, I look ridiculous shaking my thang anywhere! | | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:53 - Jan 27 with 1710 views | suffolkpoker |
My fav was Brannigans... Loved that sticky floor! |  |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:57 - Jan 27 with 1698 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Yes but can you remember having to Q in the cold and wear shoes to get in some horrible well lit commercial dance club, drinking cheap bottles full of sugar and listening to N Trance? Then having to avoid scraps down Silent street and wait over an hour for a cab before falling asleep during 6th form.
What the F**k were we thinking?!
Maybe Gen Z have it right. |  |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 19:45 - Jan 27 with 1421 views | cressi |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:26 - Jan 27 by hype313 |
Prices have killed it, along with the fact the youth of today don't drink how we did in the 90's, also you don't need to stand in a crowded bar at 1am to meet people these days. |
Classic meet people  | | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 22:45 - Jan 27 with 1106 views | NthQldITFC |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:25 - Jan 27 by Benters |
You look a bit daft shaking your thang in a restaurant though😂 |
Plus you might accidentally dip it in somebody's hot chilli sauce.  |  |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 22:58 - Jan 27 with 1051 views | baxterbasics |
Hollywoods on a Monday night was my go to. Alternative music, weird and wonderful mix of people - from goths to rockers and hippy types as well as regular clubbers. A pound entry with a flyer, and certain drinks a pound all night. I could go in with a fiver and still have a good time. The only bummer was having A Level Statistics first thing the next morning. |  |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 23:07 - Jan 27 with 1005 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 16:47 - Jan 27 by Benters |
Yeah they were both decent places.
Was Tuesday night the heavy metal disco Neil Kay or something?
I remember grab a granny night that was alright 😂 [Post edited 27 Jan 16:51]
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Get yourself on a boat to Gambia Benters....
West African travel advice by bluelagos 27 Jan 18:51You looking to travel or just hit a spot and relax?
For the former, there are overlanding companies that operate in West Africa which would be a hell of a trip. 3 week minimum, best time is the spring before the rainy season.
If relaxing, plenty of tour operators sell packages to Gambia. There is a whole sex tourism thing going on, German grannies with young lads on their arms.
Independent travel, Ghana is pretty cool. Stayed at Labadi beach though the posh hotels have shot up in price as oil execs / workers seek accomodation. Real shame as you could get 5* accomodation for under $70 a few years back, was 5 times that last time I checked.
If you do Ghana then Elmina is lovely too. Really cheap resorts there for silly money ($25) private room looking onto the ocean. Coconut grove my fave, but this was 20 years ago so might have changed.
Freetown in SL was a popular spot with amazing beaches, not been but know many who did.
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 23:07 - Jan 27 with 1008 views | MattinLondon |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 22:58 - Jan 27 by baxterbasics |
Hollywoods on a Monday night was my go to. Alternative music, weird and wonderful mix of people - from goths to rockers and hippy types as well as regular clubbers. A pound entry with a flyer, and certain drinks a pound all night. I could go in with a fiver and still have a good time. The only bummer was having A Level Statistics first thing the next morning. |
Wasn’t it ‘Millers’ which was £1 a pint?
Whenever I think back to Mondays at Hollywoods the memories make me smile. Watching goths, indie kids and grunge types all dance happily to S-Club 7 and Five during the regular cheese fest..perfect. |  | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone (n/t) on 23:08 - Jan 27 with 999 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 23:07 - Jan 27 by MattinLondon |
Wasn’t it ‘Millers’ which was £1 a pint?
Whenever I think back to Mondays at Hollywoods the memories make me smile. Watching goths, indie kids and grunge types all dance happily to S-Club 7 and Five during the regular cheese fest..perfect. |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 23:10 - Jan 27 with 984 views | baxterbasics |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 23:07 - Jan 27 by MattinLondon |
Wasn’t it ‘Millers’ which was £1 a pint?
Whenever I think back to Mondays at Hollywoods the memories make me smile. Watching goths, indie kids and grunge types all dance happily to S-Club 7 and Five during the regular cheese fest..perfect. |
Ha, the cheese medley was my least favourite bit. They always closed the night with f'kin Dancing Queen.
Yes I think you're right, pint of Millers or a single Vodka were both £1. | |
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| So Vodka Revs gone on 00:04 - Jan 28 with 854 views | yesjohn99 |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:57 - Jan 27 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Yes but can you remember having to Q in the cold and wear shoes to get in some horrible well lit commercial dance club, drinking cheap bottles full of sugar and listening to N Trance? Then having to avoid scraps down Silent street and wait over an hour for a cab before falling asleep during 6th form.
What the F**k were we thinking?!
Maybe Gen Z have it right. |
Used to call the walk down from pals towards cardinal park ‘The Gauntlet’. | | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 00:35 - Jan 28 with 828 views | witchdoctor |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 17:53 - Jan 27 by suffolkpoker |
My fav was Brannigans... Loved that sticky floor! |
talking about sticky floors..groove took some beating..🤣..also the Chev is sadly missed…🥲 | | | |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 02:01 - Jan 28 with 774 views | berkstractorboy |
| So Vodka Revs gone on 22:58 - Jan 27 by baxterbasics |
Hollywoods on a Monday night was my go to. Alternative music, weird and wonderful mix of people - from goths to rockers and hippy types as well as regular clubbers. A pound entry with a flyer, and certain drinks a pound all night. I could go in with a fiver and still have a good time. The only bummer was having A Level Statistics first thing the next morning. |
Remember it well I was an Indie kid and so many great Monday nights at Hollywoods. I had to get up to go to my apprenticeship at BT or worse still Suffolk College and no idea how I managed that! | | | |
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