Visit the venues as they are now : Membership cards
This is probably the hardest page to work with. The vast number of venues and their changing names - particularly in the early sixties - makes it extremely difficult to provide a full lisItng. Plus, there is very little photographic stuff around - few of us went to clubs with our Instamatics. I can't remember having access to a camera in those days - or wanting to.
So, we try our best and welcome your recollections!!
For those of us who no longer live in the Manchester area, Graham Pilkington has been "out and about" taking photos of many of the venues as they were in 2004 and more recently, Keith Fairhurst has added 2008 images. Some still exist, some have other uses and some are long gone. |
Bernie in '65 near Smedley Flats |
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| Manchester City Centre |
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| 2 Js, Lloyd Street |
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| ABC Ardwick |
Al-Kazar |
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| Amber Moon |
Arrora Ckub, Canon Street |
Athenium |
| Aunties Kitchen |
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| Beat Club |
Beat City |
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| Bier Kellar |
Blue Note |
Blinkers/Le Phonographe |
| Bodega |
Bossa Nova |
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| Cabin Club |
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| Can Can |
Catacombs |
Cavern |
| Celebrity Club |
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| Chanteclair |
Che Joey |
Club 43 |
| Cona coffee bar |
Cossack Club, Bloom St |
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| Den of the Gods |
Deno's |
Devils Cave, Oldham Road |
| Drake's Drum |
Drokiweeny |
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| El Bossa Nova |
Electric Circus |
Explosion |
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| Forty Thieves |
Free Trade Hall |
FRASCATI'S, Oxford Road |
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| Gog and Magog, London Rd |
Guys & Dolls |
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| Heaven and Hell |
Hi-Fi Coffee Bar |
House of Bamboo |
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| Jigsaw |
Jungfrau |
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| La Roca |
Left Wing Coffee Bar |
Le Phonographe/Blinkers |
| Le Petit Trianon, Bootle St |
Le Grand Trianon |
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| Magic Village |
Majestic Club - Deansgate |
Manchester Sports Guild (MSG) |
| Mogambo |
Mr Smith's |
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| Napoleons |
New Century Hall |
Nice and Easy, Fennel Rd |
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| Oasis/Sloopys/Yer Fathers Moustache |
Osbourne Club, Oldham Rd |
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| Paddock Club, Mosley St |
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| Palace Theatre |
Parrokeet, Spring Gardens |
Pendulum |
| Penny Farthing |
Picadilly Club |
Plaza |
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| Rails |
The Ritz |
Rowntrees - Takis, Sound, Scene, etc |
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| Silver Moon |
Strangeways Prison |
Stax |
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| The Thatched House, Market St |
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| Three Coins |
Tiffanys, Oxford Street |
Time and Place |
| Twisted Wheel/Placemate |
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| Wishing Well |
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| Accrington |
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| The Arts - Arcadium Ballroom |
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| Ardwick |
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| College Theatre Club |
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| Alderley Edge |
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| Regal Ballroom |
Royal Oak |
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| Altrincham |
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| Stamford Hall |
Altrincham Ice Rink |
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| The Stamford Arms |
Top Hat Club |
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| Ashton-under-Lyne |
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| Ashton Palais |
Golden Door |
The Groove |
| The Birdcage |
Ashton College |
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| Atherton |
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| Kings Arms pub |
Sidroys |
Formby Hall |
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| Bacup |
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| Tender Trap, Bacup |
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| Barrow in Furness |
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| Public Hall, |
99 Club |
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| Bolton |
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| Beachcomber, Bolton |
Cromwellian Club, Bolton |
Bolton Palais |
| Nevada, Bolton |
Bolton Casino |
Boneyard |
| Copperfields, Bolton |
Blue Lagoon |
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| Bredbury |
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| Lowes Arms |
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| Burnley |
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| Burnley Casino |
Burnley Mecca |
Lucas Social Club |
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| Bury |
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| Bury Palais De Danse |
The Basement |
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| Collyhurst |
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| Electric Circus |
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| Carlisle area gigs |
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| Cosmo Club, Carlisle |
Gretna Hall, Carlisle |
County ballroom |
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| Cheadle Hulme |
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| Kings Hall |
Music Box |
Parish Hall |
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| Cheetham Hill |
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| Silver Blades Ice Rink |
Finnegans |
Chilterns |
| Frankenbergs |
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| Chester |
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| Quaintways, Chester |
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| Chorlton |
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| The Oaks |
Princess Club |
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| Tommy Johnsons |
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| Collyhurst |
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| The Playhouse, off Rochdale Rd |
Lee Road Social Club |
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| Colne |
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| Chez Nous |
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| Culcheth |
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| Pig Market |
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Darwen
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| Club Barracuda |
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| Denton |
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| Denton Youth Club |
St Georges Social Club |
| Wickers Globe Trotting Club |
Sunny Side Club |
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| Didsbury |
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| Swinging Door Coffee Bar |
Midland |
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| Droylesden |
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| Top Twenty Club |
Co-op Hall |
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| Dukinfield |
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| Jubilee Hall |
The Moon (later Hiccups) |
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| Eccles |
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| St Pauls Youth Club |
Lyndale |
| Majestic |
Talk of the North |
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| Broadway Ballroom |
Barbarellas/Swinging Sporran |
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Court School of Dancing |
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| Fallowfield |
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| St Kents, Fallowfield |
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| Failsworth |
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| Candy Club |
The Broadway |
| Sinatras |
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| Farnworth |
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| Blightys |
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| Flixton |
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| Flixton Youth Club |
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| Frodsham |
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| Mersey View Dance Hall |
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| Glazebrook |
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| Glazebrook Country Club |
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Glossop
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| Crystal Ballroom |
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| Gorton/Belle Vue |
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| Top Ten Club - Belle Vue |
Southern Sporting Club |
| Zoo b doo Disco, Belle Vue |
Bavarian |
Stoneground |
| Bluebell Pub |
88 Club |
Spurley Hey Youth Club |
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| Harpurhey |
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| Embassy Club |
Northern Sporting Club |
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| Hazel Grove |
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| Bamboo Club |
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| Heald Green |
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| Mercury Club |
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| Heywood |
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| The Seven Stars |
The Richmond Club |
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| Higher Blackley |
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| Higher Blackley Labour Club |
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| Hollinwood |
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| Top Twenty Club |
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| Hyde |
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| Astoria |
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| Irlam |
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| Palais |
Glazebrook Country Club |
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| Knutsford |
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| Civic Hall |
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| Leigh |
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| The Beachcomber |
Leigh Casino |
The Crypt (under Bedford Church) |
| Leigh Miners |
British Legion |
The Garrick Club |
| The Sportsman Hotel |
Higher Fold Labour Club |
Eagle and Child Hotel (now Bliss) |
| Higher Fold Youth Club |
Abbey Street Labour Club |
Pennington Youth Club |
| St Joseph's Hall |
Boars Head pub |
The Lord Nelson pub |
| The Way Inn |
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| Levenshulme |
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Browns
(Outside Inn, Uncle Toms Cabin, Splinters) |
Sporting Club/Palais de Danse |
Levenshulme Palais De Danse,
Stockport Road
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| Little Hulton |
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| Brown's Uncle Tom's Cabin |
St. Edmunds Club |
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| Liverpool |
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| Reeces Ballroom, Liverpool |
Iron Door Club, Liverpool |
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| Longsight |
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| The Bobby J and J Club |
Astoria |
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| Lowton |
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Lowton Labour Club |
Lowton Civic Hall |
| Lowton Village Club |
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| Macclesfield |
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| El Rio |
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| Marple |
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| Marple General Youth Club |
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| Middleton |
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| The Limit |
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| Milnrow |
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| The Three Cellars |
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| Moss Side |
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| Nile Club Princess Rd |
The Reno, Princess Rd |
The Edinburgh, Alexandra Rd South |
| Colonial Club |
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| Moston |
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| Stop Stop |
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| Nantwich |
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| Civicl Hall |
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| Nelson |
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| Imperial |
Club El-Tropicano |
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| Nethertown |
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| Tow Bar Inn, |
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| Newton Heath |
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| Sporting Disco Club |
Newton Health/Ceylon Palais |
Devil's Cave |
| Cresta Ballroom |
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| Northwich |
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| Memorial Hall |
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| Oldham |
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| Astoria |
Hill Stores, Oldham |
Flintstone's Cave |
| Human Jungle |
The Thing Club |
Savoy Ballroom/Candlelight |
| Spinners, Oldham |
Sands Club |
Princess Ballroom |
| Catacombs |
Delph Youth Club |
St James's C of E Church Hall, Barry Street |
| Apres Ski Lodge |
St Marks, Glodwick |
Unity Hall |
St Margaret's Hollinwood |
Uppermil Civic Hall |
Uppermill Drill Hall |
| Pitt Club |
The Majestic (?), Lancashire Street |
Billingtons |
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| Old Trafford |
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| Luxor Club |
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| Openshaw |
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| Domino |
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| Patricroft |
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| The Majestic Ballroom |
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| Radcliffe |
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| Civic Hall |
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| Rochdale |
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| The Lower Chambers |
Cubi Klub |
Pyramid Club |
| Carlton (Mecca) |
Fire Station |
Mambo Club |
| The Masque Coffee Bar |
Medici Coffee Bar |
Shamba |
| The Three Cellars |
Turner's Ballroom |
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| Rawtenstall |
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| The Astoria |
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| Reddish |
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| The Pomona |
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| Royton |
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| Royton Co-op |
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| Rusholme |
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| St Crispins, Rusholme |
The Pop Inn, Platt Lane |
Birch Park Palace, Dickenson Rd |
| Man City Social Club |
Astoria, Plymouth Grove |
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| St Helens |
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| The Plaza, Duke St |
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| Sale |
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| Sale Locarno |
Town Hall |
Palace Theatre Club, off Chester Rd |
| The Blue Room |
Palma Nova Coffee Club |
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| Salford |
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| Regent/Academy, Salford |
Cumberland Club |
Disc-a-go-go |
| His Excellencies/The Cage/Gaytime |
The Georgian |
Maxwell Hall, Salford Tech |
| Riverboat |
The Devonshire |
Hr Broughton Assembly Rooms |
| Gainsborough, Pendleton |
Condron, Frederick Rd |
Merrygoround |
| Whiskey-A-Gogo - The Riverboat |
Fusiliers |
The Tower Club, Gt Clowes St |
| Black Lion |
Yellow Bird Club, Regent Road |
Spare Wheel Club, Corporation St |
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| Shaw |
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| Shaw Stores |
Jackies Beat Club |
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| Stalybridge |
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| Empire Ballroom |
Bower Club |
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| Stretford |
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| Browns (Teenbeat/ Inn Place) |
Stretford Banqueting Suite |
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| St Peter YC |
Hardrock |
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| Stockport area |
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| Bredbury Hall |
Alma Lodge |
Manor Lounge |
| Tabernacle |
Empress |
Sinking Ship |
| Sgt Peppers |
Imperial Club |
Cresta |
| Raven Coffee Bar Club |
Offerton Palace |
Rat Pit |
| Texan Cabaret Club |
Kingfisher |
Chez Fred's Coffee Bar, Wellington Rd |
| The Masque |
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| Swinton |
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| New Plaza Ballroom |
Bee Hive |
The Nile Club, Moss Side |
| Wishing Well |
Palais |
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| Tydesley |
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| Prince of Wales pub |
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| Urmston |
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| Urmston Baths |
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| Walkden |
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| St Paul's Youth Club |
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| Whalley Range |
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| Beech Lawn Club |
Clifton Grange Hotel - The Biz |
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| Warrington |
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| Co-op Hall |
Bell Hall |
| Parr Hall |
The Towers |
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| Waterfoot |
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| Black Night Club |
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| Weaverham |
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| Weaverham Church House |
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| Wigan |
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| Room at the Top |
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| Winsford |
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| Strand Ballroom |
Mr Smiths |
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| Wilmslow |
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| Club Creole/Rex Ballroom (Pop Inn) |
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| Withington |
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| St Bernadette's |
Mauldeth Road Youth Club |
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| Wythenshawe |
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| Staxx |
St Francis's Youth Club |
| St Columba's Youth Club |
St Johns,Benchill |
William Temple, Woodhouse Park |
| Woodhouse Park C.A |
St Peters, Firbank Road |
St Anthonys,Woodhouse Park |
| St Lukes, Benchill |
The Golden Garter |
Skyways |
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Any info on some of these clubs/coffee bars of the 60s? Any info gratefully accepted.
| Al Kaza, Fennel Street |
Highspot |
Birdsville |
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Jackies Explosion Club |
Annabels |
| Two J's Coffee Bar |
Bus Stop |
Wishing Well |
| Cellar 64, Stretford Road |
Four Drums |
HiFi Coffee Bar, Richmons Street |
| Magambo |
Regent Combo, Rochdale Rd |
Amigo's |
| Dinos , Liverpool |
Candy Club, ,Oldham Road |
Rawtenstall Astoria |
| The Stage and Radio on Newton St |
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The Paddock Club Lower Mosley St |
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The Seven Stars off Dantzic St, |
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| The Golden Gate Oxford Rd Station App |
Deno's Whitworth St |
The Garden of Eden Whitworth St |
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