Anybody know if there's any truth in the rumour the the Cleethorpes Pier is re opening and that theres an allnighter being organised?

News to me will ask around

Good God i hope not.

The two that Payo did were ok ish(well maybe the 1st one) but to be fair it's now a nite club,now

looks nothing like it did inside like back in the day with Mary and Colin

at the helm, would hate it to become another Wigan Casino laughing stock.

I have great memories of the place and would like to keep them that way,Rick Scott

Good God i hope not.

The two that Payo did were ok ish(well maybe the 1st one) but to be fair it's now a nite club,now

looks nothing like it did inside like back in the day with Mary and Colin

at the helm, would hate it to become another Wigan Casino laughing stock.

I have great memories of the place and would like to keep them that way,Rick Scott

 Would agree Rick  ..  went to it thought it was the just the one maybe wrong poss two  whichever but must have been the first  i attended  deffo not the same place of old spoiled my memories of the place and would never return  ...   

very fast dancers at cleethorpes 1975...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr_FF7pLrmw

Good God i hope not.

The two that Payo did were ok ish(well maybe the 1st one) but to be fair it's now a nite club,now

looks nothing like it did inside like back in the day with Mary and Colin

at the helm, would hate it to become another Wigan Casino laughing stock.

I have great memories of the place and would like to keep them that way,Rick Scott

For once I actually agree with you Rick, We went to both & I felt for Payo. The first one had a bloody great Dj Tower on the dance floor & you entered via the front of the building and if I remember correctly it was freezing as some clown had had the air con on all day instead of the heating  , the second one was worse as the weather was bad and all the gutters were blocked and water was teeming through the roof in various places, going to the loo you got a free shower.  When Kev Roberts did the dayer the place was split into 2, with a modern room/bar at the front and the main room dominated by a massive stage area of about a third of the room and a tiny dancefloor, you couldn't even swing a circled skirt  . These 3 times spoilt the memories a tad for me & as Rick says it needs to be left as a tribute to Mary & Colin in our minds, even the Winter Gardens never came close for me after the Pier ended, I can feel the place bouncing & hear the stomping & clapping as you walked up the Pier & it still making my stomach somersault & the hair (What little I have left) stand up on the back of my neck just thinking of it.  

Spot.  

p.s. There's a short clip of the Pier Nighter on You Tube & you can clearly make out Fizz from Harrogate dancing.  

p.p.s. Just seen clips been posted.  

Edited October 13, 201312 yr by spot

By the way thats me 49-50 seconds in on left with long hair up on the stage includes Rick Todd, Dick Jervis, Mary And Colin too,  so many happy memories of that legendary venue,the best venue i ever dj'd at

over the years and so many friendships made,very friendy crowd, just the way i would love to remember it, Rick Scott

Best times of my life   

did they really dance that fast,lol...

Great memories of the Pier, remember freezing my balls off waiting for it to open ,the wind blew straight up through the boards out side ,never went to the Gardens ,so can't comment on that 

 

Bazza  

very fast dancers at cleethorpes 1975...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr_FF7pLrmw

 

As this predates the This Is Wigan doco, and in the absence of any firm evidence of any footage of the Wheel which some have said does exist, this would have to be the first film footage in existence of a northern soul event? 

Edited October 13, 201312 yr by sunnysoul

So not only a legendary venue but could be now a piece of Northern Soul history, wow! well done that man with the cine film camera!