london's worst clubs
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Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
It's a bit starry-eyed about clubs now isn't it.
The better clubs were better back in the day grumble etc.
The better clubs were better back in the day grumble etc.
ska invita
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you know what this means? we are now officially working for murdoch. Who's got a good lawyer?
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
what am i, invisible now?
jimbarkanoodle
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the times ive been there its always been a really decent night, but the security are notorious, which is fairly rare in these time of SIA licenses.
I was entering with a female friend, the female bouncer asks her if she has anything on her, mate says no, bouncer says "don't lie to me you fucking bitch!" and grabs her tits!
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
cantsin
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this threads gone a bit groundhoggy innit.
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
Yes, send me your bank details.
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
Do you, by any chance, have a link to that?Oh yeah, and, this thread's in Vice btw
Not as yet.
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
Well I'm sure someone will be along shortly to sort you out
editor
hiraethified
Who said that?
ska invita
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
pls could people stop pm'ing me to tell me about this thread and vice. i already know.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Whoop, name checked in Vice, my journalistic aspirations have been surpassed.
Where's my cheque?
Where's my cheque?
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
God I went to Man. Heights in about 1992. It was probably the worst place I had been & even since then it is hard to think of somewhere that was as bad.
90sFunLondon
New Member
I just found this forum after a chat with a friend about some clubs in North London, when I lived there in the 90’s – I googled Manhattan in Palmers Green and here I landed!
Wow! Talk about bringing back memories!
Manhattan’s was a craphole. Still, I went there a couple of times.I lived near there and that's the only legitimate reason I can explain for why I was there.
Cheekos upstairs from the Archway Tavern! I had forgotten the name of the place! I remember when it opened! Fantastic place to get hammered and/or pull a nurse – from the nearby Whittington Hospital. (It was there I heard the following from a nurse – “What’s the difference between a helicopter and a nurse? Not everyone’s been up in a helicopter!”). Ah the memories - that place served its purpose in making a man out of me - numerous times!
Two other places came to mind:
Fagan’s in Wood Green – I think it changed to something else by the late 90’s. What a mess! Rough bouncers, head bangers, faux bikers and a fight a night!
The Manor Club at Manor House – Indie type stuff in a place that smelled like a Turkish toilet! Good music, I recall, but just a dive.
Anyone remember the George Robey in Finsbury Park?
Wow! Talk about bringing back memories!
Manhattan’s was a craphole. Still, I went there a couple of times.I lived near there and that's the only legitimate reason I can explain for why I was there.
Cheekos upstairs from the Archway Tavern! I had forgotten the name of the place! I remember when it opened! Fantastic place to get hammered and/or pull a nurse – from the nearby Whittington Hospital. (It was there I heard the following from a nurse – “What’s the difference between a helicopter and a nurse? Not everyone’s been up in a helicopter!”). Ah the memories - that place served its purpose in making a man out of me - numerous times!
Two other places came to mind:
Fagan’s in Wood Green – I think it changed to something else by the late 90’s. What a mess! Rough bouncers, head bangers, faux bikers and a fight a night!
The Manor Club at Manor House – Indie type stuff in a place that smelled like a Turkish toilet! Good music, I recall, but just a dive.
Anyone remember the George Robey in Finsbury Park?
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
i've never been up in a helicopter or a nurse 
Ron Merlin
Jus de chaussettes
Agreed, Manhattan's was dire. Always an air of menace about that place. Now a Turkish supermarket. Funnily enough, I always felt fine in Fagan's. Maybe it was the crowd I was with - probably a gruesome looking bunch. Top tip: never take LSD while surrounded by beer and speed-fuelled bikers. Bit of an error, that.
I loved the Manor Club. I went to the goth/indie night there a lot - the Catacombs. It was on the first floor
I have been a few times and I've always had a good night. The security have been a bit OTT with searches going in and out of the venue, snatching phones off people and getting you to put in your pin to check its your own. But OTT security isn't such a bad thing imo.
My nomination goes to Studio Spaces. The system is average, and getting to the smoking area is hard work queuing in single file up tiny stairs. The vibe just seems a bit flat in there really. Its one of the few places in London I have been that I wouldn't go back to.
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