DO you remember these Bradford nightclubs from years gone by?
We’re taking a boogie back to 10 of Bradford’s lost - and much missed - clubs, from the 1980s, 90s and noughties.
1. The Plush Silk and Textile Club on Lilycroft Road in Manningham was better known as The Pile Bar, where you could watch a turn and have a dance. The club is pictured in 1988.
2. Flares was the last club standing in Bradford’s West End. The Morley Street club closed in August 2019. Pictured are happier times, at the opening of the venue.
3. Remember Doctor Livingtones in Bradford’s West End? The area was a magnet for clubbers.
4. The Palace on Manningham Lane closed in 1990 after failing fire safety tests. Its popular Sixties nights attracted acts such as the Drifters and the Tremeloes.
5. Lingards, popular in the 1980s and 90s, was at Westgate, on the site of a former dress shop. Here is it in 1991.
6. Who remembers Mickeys Backstage Bar? Blending dance music and live entertainment Mickeys (pictured in 1987) was on the ground floor of Castle Hotel.
7. Manningham club Dollars and Dimes, as the Mecca, appeared in films Billy Liar and Rita, Sue and Bob Too.
8. Plants? Tick. Chrome? Tick. Eighties nightclub splendour at Dietrich’s pictured back in 1983.
9. Remember the subterranean vibe at Cavernes? The Great Horton Road club is pictured in 1977.
10. Any Eighties clubbers among you will recall Dukes and Silks, from the era of Cloud 9 and JBs. Dukes and Silks is pictured in 1981.
Have you been clubbing since nightclubs re-opened?
Send us your photos of you and your mates out clubbing and tell us your favourite clubs
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