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I've come across some old vids on youtube of the old Pleasure Drome in Bikenhead.
I was to young to go at the time, but alot of my older mates went and got absolutely fooked up. I guess it's through them I found my own love in electronic music.
Unfortunately now though the Drome has long since been shut down and alot of my old childhood friends are now in a bad way (1 or 2 have ended up taking too much and have been in and out of clatterbridge).
I think its fair for those who care to pay some respect to the legend that was The Pleasure Drome.

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http://www.thedrome.fusiveweb.co.uk/

Ive heard of this a few time's in the past... but havent got a clue where the hell it was.

Do you know matey??

it was behind the rileys, well near there, was a class place, always a good rumble there

hey, vid 2 that dj is class, look how good you had to be back then when there was no decent mixin equiptment

Cheers matey

more than welcome my young padwan

The Drome used to be where the car park is know... It was demolished sometime in 2000 i think or earlier i was too young to go to the Drome but had a few cassettes from friends who where naughty and went.. There was also another Club which some of you might remember. It was called The Basement which was situated behind hamilton square station..

The Drome Location

The Basement Location

funny i watched them vids a few month's ago. My brothers use to go all the time. I remember carl cox playing and my brothers had tape's that i use to nick and play to my friends. They all laughed at me cos at that time (1993) they all listened to meat loaf and brian adams lol. But i stuck by my choice of music and then they all began to like it once they saw the bigger boy's were playing it

It also influenced my brother to be a dj and he played in few places. He has a vid of him doing a mix in the summer in birkenhead park. I'd love to see it again and youtube it for everyone. I'll have to get onto him about it.

totally forgot this place, it was just round the corner from orleans on the way to spammy square yes/know

It was called The Hamilton Club in the late 70s - early 80s.

Motorhead and Slade played there. Lots of other bands too. Think The Jam did it once. Got the flyer somewhere.

The place was demolished years ago. It had a bad reputation for drug dealing.

demolitished when? i left 13 years ago

gooooooooooooooood many a fab sat night spent there!!!!!!

WOOW!!! memories!!!

whats there now??

6yrs ago it was demolished, they did play one last night their (don't know the dates)

it was on Hinson Street, go past Hsbc on Hamilton Street then turn right at the courts it was just on the left.

Will take a few pics tomorrow to jog Memories....

Car park mate, probably a few dead soles underneath there! It was only famous ( infamous? ) for the drugs!! I prefered Atmospheres at the back of M53 Fords!

omg atmos!!!!!!!! i lived in there before it closed down too yaaaaaaayy!!!

dont know atmos but remember the drome and a pub called stairways, did that ever fall down

Stairways is still there Placidmaster. Don't know whether it's open though. A young lad died there a year or two back. I used to go there around '84 -'85.

It started out around late 1979 as a rock club called The Gallery. It was owned by a bloke called John Reid who was in Ellesmere Port band Strife:
http://www.butterworth01.f2s.com/

JR also owned the Headwaiter off-licences. You might remember there was one just around the corner on Argyle St, next to the chemists.

The only thing of note about The Gallery is that Iron Maiden once played there in their very early days. I was in a band with a lad who was there.

MC Cyanide "I've got a sawn off shot gun"

Went to a few a club kinetic event there. I think it may have been new year 1996 (I was circa 14, oops) Vibes and Livelee, DJ Trix, Stu Allen, Mc hurricane, MC cyanide.

What about the Zoo club.

It was just by Rockys gym. used to buy the tapes from Seeds records on Market street. oh the memories

The radio present and DJ Stu Allan used to play at the drome hehe... Remember his Key 103 show ???

Quote from the show "Stuuuuuuu!!! allan" all over the frigging mixes he does.. Arghhh!!!!!!

Stu allan in the mix, in the mix, in the miiiiiiiiiixxxxxxx

RIP DJ Philly

22nd Aug 1970 - 3rd June 2008

I know of this club but was to young to go and i alsor remeber it bein ripped down i only know of this club due to the reputation it had of bein a good drugs haunt and a few of my mates used to go aswell

heard about that on dave grahan the other week sad

woa, wha did he die of

http://www.nfsuk.org.uk/

Very rare and very sudden.

memories when i was a lad

does anyone remember the Zoo, that was in birkenhead an my mum used to go all tha time, £10 to get in an you got all your drinks free all night!!

I remember the Zoo.. but not from going there.. obv lol.. i remember going over the flyover and seeing it.. it's Hex now isnt it ?

yeh my mum met my stepdad there!!! should have left him there too

didnt it used to be a strippers bar too ?

dont think so no i know there still is one down there thou

i remember that, it was class, had an upstairs to it too

seeds are now based in oxton... cant remember wot road they r on tho

Last time I Saw Seeds it was opposite Maccies on Oxton road.

and I remember the Zoo being a lap dancing club known as KISS, it was also known as Harveys before this. and Kaos rings a bell aswell

Is this Zoo in question a place that used to be called 'Atmosphere'.... in a Russ Abbott sytlee?

it was called "move" i have still got cassettes with the show on i taped... old skool rules... clock- holdin on, capella-u got to know, etc etc.....

I had my 18th in the Pleasuredrome lol Still got a pic of Dave Graham somewhere (he was the DJ) I feel really old now! I remember going to see Chubby Brown there a few years later - he "insulted" me in his routine but I gave as good as I got lol, he bought me a drink after the show to say no hard feelings.

I also used to go to the Basement - had many a weekend wasted in there.

Then I found Stairways and my life was complete and I've not looked back since - well that's a lie as I had a pretty bad do in there that put me in a bloody wheelchair for a while. Ahhhh the memories lol. I worked there for about a year too. Now I spend my time either in the Arm or the Cali.

YERRRRRRRR The Drome Birkenhead,from 92 93 when i started to go lol!!! dont know if this has been posted, i av looked can't find anythink.



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Did you spot ye self..

This thread may interest you Jase mate.

lmfao!!! i did not look hard enough then did i.


nice one bud. lol can a mod throw this in the bin please.

and i posted in it lol!! I can be think sometimes, well all the time.

Quality !

LOVE IT!! hehe i started goin about 94