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Help in our Aquarius quest and party at the reunion!
Fans of Chesterfield’s legendary Aquarius nightspot are being asked to help create a lasting legacy to the venue as part of our forthcoming book. The Sheffield Road venue first opened in the early 1970s as a cabaret club and played host to some of the biggest stars of the era. It was the venue that […]
Party like it’s 1989 via Sheffield’s own Bendibus to The Roxy
How times have changed… Thirty odd years ago a night down the Roxy could have been a ‘Bendibus’ into town and bus home at 2am for just a few pence. The city was a public transport utopia for after dark revellers with some of the cheapest fares in the country. Many nightclubbers of the era […]
Roxy nostalgia is all the rage – is that alright fyuzs?
Grab a granny night, student night, rock night, Friday and Saturday disco night – there weren’t many tastes not covered by the sprawling Roxy in its tenure. These were the days of burly bouncers in dickie bows, girls dancing around handbags and late night drunken bus rides home. Roxy fans are in for a treat […]
Is this Roxy mystery ‘alright fyuzs’ or would you say ‘for youse’?
Marketing straplines come and go but few have had quite the longevity of Barry Noble’s “is that alright fyuzs”. The brash, no nonsense phrase quickly became part of the language of South Yorkshire after it was first unveiled in the 1980s via a Radio Hallam advertising campaign. The strapline was the perfect pairing for the […]
Can you write our next best seller?
Do you share our passion for retro nightlife, fashion and music? Can you write? We’re expanding our best-selling ‘Dirty Stop Out’s Guide’ series and we urgently need authors who can write about the nightlife of their own particular town or city. Writers need to be able to truly capture the vibe of a decade through […]
Fortunes won and lost in Sheffield’s 1990s evening economy
The mere thought of New York clubbers making a beeline for 21st century Sheffield would be laughed off the dance floor, but 15 years ago it was a reality. Steel City was renowned as an after dark tour de force and UK cities were queuing up to follow its example. The pace of the rise […]