A young acquaintance of mine who is fairly new to Sheffield is having great difficulty believing any of my stories relating to the infamy that once was Pyjama Jump.

I was lucky enough to attend three of these (from 1994-97) and can honestly say they were some of, if not the best nights out I have ever had. Club 18-30 has nothing on the sheer drunken debauchery that took place on these days.

Does anyone else have any stories from this truly legendary event that they could share with the Forum Community?!

Looking back I still find it hard to believe what went on….

Those were the days!!

I'll never forget pyjama jump nights either, I was one of the fortunate ones who was able to take part in a couple of these 'get togethers' and indeed the very last one too!

The whole thing was amazing, getting dressed up - I bought a cheap blouse, short skirt, tights and a wig from Luke's Hospice. I also used the ends of a shuttlecock tin for the 'pointy look' lol.
I then had no end of girls pinching me bum all night (probably getting their own back)!

The best bit was walking down West St and snogging every single girl who walked near you, no talking, no drink buying, just a good old snog and on to the next one! And then in the afternoon.... AHEM...

Still got the photo's actually!

So that's what they were doing. There were lots of pyjama'd up students in town last night... it all becomes clear now!

Originally posted by feargal
So that's what they were doing. There were lots of pyjama'd up students in town last night... it all becomes clear now!

A poor susbstitute if it was!

Pyjama jump night had 20,000 students taking part every year all in fancy dress. 20,000!!!!!

I remember getting dressed up with my mates at Totley Campus and riding the 97 bus to town dressed as French Maids. I was utterly convinced I was going to get my head kicked in until I saw a see of cross dressed people staggering around in an orgy of drunken stupor.

Simply superb.

yeah I was there 93 - 97. Fantastic, although I can't remember a lot of what happened.

One of the funniest stories was my mate who decided to have a pee outside the Pomona against a parked van. Unfortunately due to his drunken state he didn't realise it was a police van and ended up getting banged up for D&D and spent most of the night in the nick.

After getting let out he was wandering round the streets still dressed up as a women when he got picked up by a Christian Group who took pity on him and took him back to a hall where he spent the remainder of the night drinking tea, singing hymns and being told of the evils of Pyjama Jump!

if you want some really interesting stories come into The Nelson!
Myself and my ass. manager Pete were both in Rag, and used to organise/run Pyjama Jump. I remember the first year the trams went online for PJ and people were surfing the trams. Got called into the Sheff Uni Union Presidents office (with police in attendence), we got such a bollocking for that one!

Surely the best bit was spotting people still dressed up doing the walk of shame home the next day

Originally posted by antisocial
Surely the best bit was spotting people still dressed up doing the walk of shame home the next day
.... and the day after that, and the day after that too!!! :hihi:

Ahh..the pyjama jump!

I only went on one of them, but what a night that was!! Every pub, particularly on West street, packed to the rafters.

I vaguely remember walking along west street and hearing a car alarm off. I turn round to see about 10 people jumping up and down on this car!! Not suprised that it had to come to an end. I don't think that they'd get away with it these days!

Oh...and I also remember the snogging! Great days!
:thumbsup:

Ahh happy memories of the "walk of shame (tm)" years before tv witch robinson got her claws into it!

Yes, they were great times! It's a pity they had to put a stop to them. A victim of these PC times perhaps?

Originally posted by themagicwand
Yes, they were great times! It's a pity they had to put a stop to them. A victim of these PC times perhaps?

I was working at Hallam when it stopped - sadly as well as lots of people havinga good time there were also lots of sexual assualts, occassional rapes, and numerous admisssions to casualty...

I used to be on poly rag early/mid eighties.

PJ was the best day/night in the year.

On my first, I got asked to dance three times by blokes being sheepish. I was fully made up, had long hair and quite a pretty boy back then:D The look on their faces when I said 'I think not' was classic.

One bloke actually grabbed my meat and two veg, then made a hasty exit saying 'sorry mate I thought you was a lass'.

When did PJ finish?

Originally posted by the_nelson
if you want some really interesting stories come into The Nelson!
Myself and my ass. manager Pete were both in Rag, and used to organise/run Pyjama Jump. I remember the first year the trams went online for PJ and people were surfing the trams. Got called into the Sheff Uni Union Presidents office (with police in attendence), we got such a bollocking for that one!

I remember yourself and Pete being in RAG committee circa 93/4/5 time when I used to work for the Union. (Oh my God did I really DJ those cheesey student clubnight discos) There was also another comittee member called (can I say hard drinking type?) Clive who also had some interesting stories about Pyjama Jump.....now I wonder what happened to him...

I can just about remember DJ'ing one of the Pajama Jump nights around 1988 at club in town and it was the most fantastic experience ever....you would not believe what students can get up to after 30 pints of lager each......mega fun with a BIG FFFF...the number of bouncers they laid on for that event was frightening, masses of them..

A truly legendary event that SHeffield has missed a lot I think, but it did start to get very out of hand year after year. I think somebody died once of alcohol abuse during the event and that really put it on future review. To go into Sheffield on PJ night was to risk your very actual sanity and push your tolerance levels to the limit (no pun intended fondly remembered Limit club). I wish there was some film of a PJ......someoneshould have done a fly on the wall documentary, it would be a real local historic gem these days.

You see students partying hard in 2005, but my God, this is NOTHING compared to a PJ back in the late 80;'s and early 90's.
Was it the biggest ticketed party in Europe or something???

it was so good. I remember staying in totty towers . I had to pay my way :D it was so good.

Originally posted by themagicwand
Yes, they were great times! It's a pity they had to put a stop to them. A victim of these PC times perhaps?
Wasn't it meningitis that did for it in the end?

There seemed to be a death every year, but that wasn't going to stop tens of thousands of students having a damned good night out ;)

Only made the last PJ, but what a great night.

Ah, the memories...

if you remember it, you weren't there!

I went to three (1979, 1980 and 1981 - that dates me!) - but I know a couple of guys who went to TEN each!

alas, I only have the photo's prior to going out to them to remind me that I actually went to any... awesome nights of cross-dressing mayhem :-)

What time of year do these pyjama jumps go ahead.Or do they no longer happen?

They no longer take place. The last one was in 97.

Memories, memories . . . . very vague memories!

I took part in 3 from 87 to 90 and they were the 3 best nights I have ever had ever.

I had a special pyjama jump nightie which I used every year with stockings and suspenders.

Started drinking at about 6pm and didn't really stop until 3/4am.

We also had to queue for club tickets a few weeks before which was a good night out in itself. Straight from Cairo jacs to the queue at Collegiate at about 3am until it opened at 9am. Thats in November!

One year didn't manage to get any tickets so 3 of us just went round the back of Roxyy's and each paid the bouncer on the fire exit a fiver to get in. he must have made a fotunr that night. It was complete carnage inside with acts goingon that were illegal in most countries. I was 'set upon' by a nun within 5 steps of the door. I don't even want to mention what was happening in the toilets!

I ended up in some nurses accommodation off West Street and then had to get home in the morning dresses in a floral nightie! I got a few funny looks walking along West Street at 9am trying desperately to find a taxi!

I had some of the best nights ever experienced on PJump 94-97! Didn't realise we'd been at the last ever in 97, it's a tragedy that it was stopped although this probably averted a few tragedies.
Many, many funny memories and still have many photos of my fellow Flat 1 Woodvale Flats 1994, Endcliffe Cresc(which is alas no more!) on our first PJump dressed up ready to go out but failing to believe that anyone else would have dared to wear women's underwear on the streets of Broomhill! Little did we know that Broomhill was already full of 1000's of ****** up cross dressed students.
We're all still the best of friends and when we meet up the old stories still come out from time to time. Could not believe it when we entered the Fox and Duck tried to battle way to loo and got snogged 20 times! This is the life I thought.
Brilliant times.
(by Jemson's wife he thinks this sounds too girly)

Bring 'em back what a fantastic nights cam remember one night young ladies in the gents measuring everyone.

Those were the days!!

I'll never forget pyjama jump nights either, I was one of the fortunate ones who was able to take part in a couple of these 'get togethers' and indeed the very last one too!

The whole thing was amazing, getting dressed up - I bought a cheap blouse, short skirt, tights and a wig from Luke's Hospice. I also used the ends of a shuttlecock tin for the 'pointy look' lol.
I then had no end of girls pinching me bum all night (probably getting their own back)!

The best bit was walking down West St and snogging every single girl who walked near you, no talking, no drink buying, just a good old snog and on to the next one! And then in the afternoon.... AHEM...

Still got the photo's actually!

Same with me; I started dressing in drag ever since I plucked up courage and bought my first dress (a really nice one, don't know what I've done with it), and a great pair of tights, and went out on the town sometime around 10 years ago...