I'd be interested to read people's opinions and memories of the new defunct Roxy's Nightclub in Sheffield; especially in the late 80s and early to mid 90s.

roxys was the first nightclub i ever went in when i was a kid bout 16/17 (they let anyone in) ill never forget grab a granny night on
a thursday or the pitch battles at the bottom of the ramp at kicking out time
the option (kebab shop)window never lasted long!
:thumbsup:

When did Roxy`s close?
I used to go in the early `90s after working at the Hen and Chickens on a Saturday night, with some of the staff, one of whom I married!

wasn't it known as Barry Noble's Roxy? went there a lot in the 70's when it was the Top Rank. Had two levels and lots of fancy lighting. pretty flash compared with some of the other 70's clubs.

late 70's, killie.

Barry Noble!!!

:thumbsup: "Is that alright for yuzzss ? ":thumbsup:

Didn't he officially die just before he went to live in South America with his money?

I thought Barry Noble really did die, which was not exactly alright for him!

Originally posted by Tony
Barry Noble!!!

:thumbsup: "Is that alright for yuzzss ? ":thumbsup:


well done Tony. i forgot all about Barry's 'advertising slogan'.

Originally posted by slimsid2000
I thought Barry Noble really did die, which was not exactly alright for him!

I've been told that he had an official death quite a few years before his real death in the late 90's. Something to do with tax I believe.

I used to go in Roxy's aged about 16/17, and no lie, they did let anyone in. Looking back i don't know how we did it, it was so obvious we were underage. About 1998/99 was my peak time for crappy nightclubs, but it was fun while it lasted.

Chris.

Originally posted by Sam Miguel
late 70's, killie.

sorry for the delay, but i've only just spotted this post. most of the seventies really and i'm sure it was still the Top Rank then. they were supposed to hold roller discos there but cant remember if it ever happened or not.

I remember they use to do a rock night on mondays ... mmmm.

i met my wife in roxy's in 1984,i was supposed to be going to romeo's that night..........lifes a bitch innit :)

I remember going back in the 70s when it was the Top Rank it had a teens night on a Tuesday, tried to get in on my Stag night back in 1981 but they wouldn't let us in because there was about 30 of us. Last went around 1997 but can't remember when it closed.

Appreciate some of you have good memories but doesn't anyone else think the de-funct building should be either knocked down or re-instated as a super-club for Sheffield...especially when all its being used for is some neo- Christian charity parade.

Don't get me wrong, (I'm catholic) but shouldn't such a big building (which is obviously on quite expensive land rights) and one of key location be put to better use???

am I on my own here or what???

bring back the Crazy Daisy i say.

My time here was the mid 90s and I must say the place had the worst fizzy pish in plastic pot I've ever tasted. Of course I went back the next Wednesday and the next....


Even got to dance onstage with Leo Sayer. BABY! Whats happening to the place now then?

Killian,

What or who was The Crazy Daisy? I last went to Roxy's in 1996 and have obviously missed out on this.

Originally posted by Marmite Man
Whats happening to the place now then?

It was being used as headquarters/church for some dodgy religious group, but its now empty.

I went to Roxy's from 1993-96 on either a Friday or Saturday night. When I went the place was always full.

At around midnight they used to play what they called 'party' music end encouraged people to sing along or dance. They had two girls in lycra cycling shorts dancing on stage; I think one of them was called Joanne.

They also had an area where they served food; burgers, chips that sort of thing. I never had any of it though.

What do other people remember from this time?

Originally posted by slimsid2000
Killian,

What or who was The Crazy Daisy?

the daisy was a club near the cathedral....just near the top of york street where the sheffield star offices are.i think there's a news agents or a key cutting shop where it used to be just up from cavells......i never got to go in it when it was the daisy as i wasn't old enough but a few years later it changed to the geisha bar and i used to go in quite often.if memory serves me correctly the daisy was a very dodgey place to go.

Poxy Roxy's as I remember it. Wot a laugh. :D

There were people laughing, sad, mad, kissing, blushing, ******, dancing, shagging (supposed its called cavorting these days) and doing just about anything that could not be done at any other venue in the city centre - I was not one of them shagging people though.

Cant remember much else about Poxy's because I was always too ****** but I do remember it was one hell of a laugh unlike the "clubs" that are open nowadays in the centre of Sheffield, not that i'm getting old or anything cos i'm really not that old, honestly.

Had loads laughs at that joint - the good old days. :thumbsup:

one of my teachers was telling us about it the other day and the way he put it was:

"you never walked out of roxys, you crawled"

sounds like a good night to me!!

as for the church thing.. is it actually used for anything anymore, as quite a few of my friends and people i know spend a hell of a lot of time sitting on the steps on the front of the old roxy and either when i have been there or when people have been talking about it, there has never been any signs of anything happening there at all!

I remember those early 90's once a month rock nights - lots of hair spray (not me you understand - I was far too grunge!) and taps that were far too difficult to work when drunk...

Those were the days...

been meaning to photograph that Roxy's logo for months - is it still up there??

i worked there for about 2nights at Roxy's when i was a stooodent FAR too cheesy for me! however it's the only time iv'e ever seen anybody have sex in a club!!!

If I remember rightly the Top Rank opened round about 1968 ,Tuesday nights used to be a good night all Tamla and Atlantic music .There used to be a D.J.that came from Radio Luxembourg ,somebody Prince who was quite good .I can remember going to "do's " there proper dinner and dances even doing the March of the Mods and the Valeeta .A lot of groups came there to promote their singles ,when you had to sell a lot to get in the charts! Saturday mornings they used to have a disco for under-16s ,it kept a lot of kids out of bother for a bit ,they also used to have a flea market there on a regular basis.The best night there later on was Thursday night "grab a granny " you had to be really struggling if you couldn't pull in there ! Where do all the married women go now to get a change of scene? The bouncers there were well hard and those steps coming out didn't half hurt your head when they threw you down them! It used to bounce round that area of sheff with the Fiesta ,casino and the Claymore which was only 1 of 2 pubs in sheff that sold Tartan bitter at that time .

Does anyone remember Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan doing the hitman and her at Roxy's?? I remember watching it on tv as I was too young to go to Roxy's then..

I was too young also but yes I do remember it. It used to be on in the early hours of the morning if I remember right.

LOL, memories....everyone used to pile home on the late night busses from Cairo's or Roxy's and plonk themselves in front of 'the hitman & her'

Those late night busses were very......erm....interesting!

Do they still run?

Fact:

The Roxy Disco is featured in Muse's Origin of Symmetry album booklet :lol:

To me, It'll always be "RO Y - Discotheque" :lol:

What a place!It was cairo's friday then roxys saturday,(and the odd thursday).£2 to get in before 10.30 then it was fun fun fun all the way.Pissy beer and mucky women used to love it as uch as blokes.
If you wlked out of roxys alone,you were a humpbacked parapalegic!

Originally posted by tittyheed
What a place!It was cairo's friday then roxys saturday,(and the odd thursday).£2 to get in before 10.30 then it was fun fun fun all the way.Pissy beer and mucky women used to love it as uch as blokes.
If you wlked out of roxys alone,you were a humpbacked parapalegic!

I must have been such a person then as I always walked out of Roxy's (and Cairo's) alone.

I left ROXYS alone once.......but it was due to being thrown down the steps by that HUGE FAT BALD bouncer they used to have on the door. He was not the sort of bouncer to tell to "**** off"......pity I didnt think of that earlier at the time though.....and the ***** tore the sleeve right off my jacket.

Only went out for a quiet peaceful drink....honest....my watchstrap got caught round a girls handbag on the dancefloor and she thought I was trying to nick it.....could only happen once in a lifetime to anyone but Mr Big or T or whatever he was called decided I was going to get a crash course in pain.....

Roxys! ha ha what a place . . for a few years between 95 & 98 it was just the place to go when all other options were closed to you! Sayin' that i had some great times in there.
I last heard it was a church for gospel singing or something!!! can someone clarify this?

t'was St Thomas's, no longer as far as i know.

Didn't they ( sheffield city council ) also think of turning it into a car park too?... Hopefully it'll be turned into some luxury high rise apartments because we dont have any in the town centre. I just dont think the council is doing enough to provide luxury high rise apartments within the city centre . . please build some luxury high rise apartments!! please! please!

Originally posted by Bedhead
however it's the only time iv'e ever seen anybody have sex in a club!!!

guessing you havent spent much time in the corporation then!! and that is adult and under 18's nites!!

Quality club. Brilliant laugh.

Met my ex-fiancee in there in 1989. I was 17, she was 15!! Honestly! Classy eh.

And I was on the hitman and her on the 5th November 1988 in there.

Memories...

so do sheffield council own Roxy's then can anyone tell me? and is it empty totally now?

Originally posted by Raven979
so do sheffield council own Roxy's then can anyone tell me? and is it empty totally now?

No. It belongs to Quintain PLC and has done for a few years now. I think that it's been empty since St Thomas's Church bought the Rotary Electrical site.

Originally posted by Killian
wasn't it known as Barry Noble's Roxy? went there a lot in the 70's when it was the Top Rank. Had two levels and lots of fancy lighting. pretty flash compared with some of the other 70's clubs.
LOL thats exactly how it was when it evanually shut.
I loved the cheesyness of Poxys Nite Spot, always an ego boost for the girlies as you could always pull. Whether you actually wanted to of course was an different matter ;)

When I was dragged kicking and screaming into a discoteque it was usually Roxies or as we called it 'the cattle market'. Girls would congregate on the dance floor in huddled groups a collection of handbags piled in the middle of them, the guys would walk around the place alternating between the ground floor and the first eyeing up all the available talent. The average age of the clientelle was young in some cases ridiculously young and then every now and then you'd spot an old guy in their 40's complete with sweat stained jacket plying a young foolish girl with the watered down junk that was sold.
My only good memory of the place was when it was the venue for a lager promotion night with some fairly clever laser beam light shows, or at least it was clever for it's time.

Originally posted by slimsid2000
I must have been such a person then as I always walked out of Roxy's (and Cairo's) alone.

that i wouldn't admit......my sympathy goes out to you quazzzy

:)

I thought I'd just ask the origional question again as it is over a year since my origional post and in that time there may be new members who have memories of Roxy's. Also do people remember Cairo's, Josaphines or Issabellas (later Uropa) from around that same period?

Originally posted by aim'n'Mark
Does anyone remember Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan doing the hitman and her at Roxy's?? I remember watching it on tv as I was too young to go to Roxy's then..

My mate K works with a girl whos boyfriend is one of the dancers from Hit man and her- He's not that great a mover, thought he'd be fab!

Originally posted by slimsid2000
I thought I'd just ask the origional question again as it is over a year since my origional post and in that time there may be new members who have memories of Roxy's. Also do people remember Cairo's, Josaphines or Issabellas (later Uropa) from around that same period? Banus ( Josephines) is just the same as it always was but with a new carpet- ANUS with a B.

Originally posted by slimsid2000
Killian,

What or who was The Crazy Daisy? I last went to Roxy's in 1996 and have obviously missed out on this. The Crazy Daisy is Infamous for being the club where Phil Oakey found his backing singers Joanne Cathrall and Suzanne Sulley, legend has it that he picked them out from the crowd because they were good at dancing.... Mmm, call me a funny bugger but Id've chosen them for their singing capabilities?
I am a fan though Phil, of the girls too.

Oh those were the days! Roxy's was the best. No club has ever come close to it. We used to go upstairs and look over the balcony to see if we could see anyone nice men. Do you remember the bouncers dancing near the bottom of the stage area. How we laughed. The music, the laughs and the broken hearts. We met so many people who we still know today.

There were so many different things to do. Food, drink, 2 dance floors (early days that one), kissing on the stairs and getting in everyone's way, and so many different bars. Easily avoiding unwanted attention. Grab a granny on a thursday, party night on a wednesday. How I used to go and then get up for work I don't know but such fun days. Never to be repeated. The young of today could never have it so good. :hihi: :banana: :banana: :wow:

Originally posted by Lestat
Roxys! ha ha what a place . . for a few years between 95 & 98 it was just the place to go when all other options were closed to you! Sayin' that i had some great times in there.
I last heard it was a church for gospel singing or something!!! can someone clarify this?


Roxys always a place of worship! We prayed everytime we went in to kop off with someone nice, well, near enough anyway.

Barry Noble was the King.

Originally posted by sezemeseeds
Roxys always a place of worship! We prayed everytime we went in to kop off with someone nice, well, near enough anyway.

Barry Noble was the King.

In what years did you go there? I went from 1993 to 1996.

Originally posted by slimsid2000
In what years did you go there? I went from 1993 to 1996.


Oh we were early nineties gang. When Roxys was at its best. the queuing up the ramp, the pushing in, the stress of getting your date of birth right for grab a granny night. The early days saw a lot of fighting and stabbing in Roxys. Lots of people getting thrown out of the back door only to come back round to the front and get back in again.

Roxy's rocknight on Mondays late 80's early 90's was brill.
Men in leather trousers mmmm them were the days.

I even had a membership card got in for free woohoo!
Still got it somewhere, shiny black plastic with silver Roxy's Rocknight logo on it.
Was anyone else sad enough to get one?

Does anyone one remember the Roxy's rock queen competition that was won by the blonde transvestite?
cant remember his/her name she was about 6ft4 lots of hair and always wore nearly there skirts.

Me and my mates used to go around awarding the butt of the week award, where any fine gentleman with a really nice rear end (in our opinion) was awarded with a pint of beer.
Excellent chat up line and frequently worked he he.

those were the days my friend....

I remember Roxy's very well

I got caught once selling the free entry passes to the masses waiting outside, The bouncers litterally carried me into the club by my hair (ouch) and after a considerably long plead for my freedom the head bouncer let me go without calling the police, pretty good of him I thought. especialy as I was able to return later that night and sneak my way in. Those where the days!

did anybody go to the rock nights, first Monday of every month at first then they used to do one on the third Monday. Happy days. i remember people coming from Doncaster and Notttingham. i was pleased to have a bit more space and a better sound system than Rebels. Shame about the ale....

What about the Hofenbrau??? The only club (in the 70’s) where it was mandatory to get up on the tables and dance. :banana:

Originally posted by creaghan
I got caught once selling the free entry passes to the masses waiting outside, The bouncers litterally carried me into the club by my hair (ouch)

I remember the bouncers from the 70’s were a very kind and understanding lot. :suspect:

Originally posted by brummy_tracy
Does anyone one remember the Roxy's rock queen competition that was won by the blonde transvestite?
cant remember his/her name she was about 6ft4 lots of hair and always wore nearly there skirts.
Wasn't that competition actually sponsored by Kerrang?
the club found out later that he wasn't really a girl and stripped her/him of the place won in the heats. There was such an outcry he/she was reinstated before the next rock night rolled around :thumbsup:
Photo (http://www.borracho.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rock/DmissTaROXY.jpg) courtesy of MuddyCoffee ;)

wasn't it top rank in early eighties?

i remember seeing a battle of the bands competition there, 1981 i think. local progressive rock band 'haze' were tipped to win but were beaten by an awful synth duo who sang 'magazine girl' or summat.

didn't go again until 1999 or so when they started doing 50p a pint on wednesday nights!

I worked on the doors during the early 80s. when barry noble died they had a minutes silence for him at midnight on a saturday.
It was all going respectfully enough until someone shouts "is that alright fo ya's" the management went mad and ordered us to find the guy, we never did.

the worst where the student pyjama jump nights, shocking sights i tell you!

and they ran 'chey' nights for a while which stood for campaign for homosexual equality, those night where never any trouble and we'd just let the organizers run the door.

The christmas dinner do's where boring with one exeption when i was so bored i asked if i could help out the kitchen staff, they allowed me to light the christmas puddings,
one girl came through with a bit too much brandy on her puddings and as i lit them blue flames engulfed her boobs, she dropped the tray and we got a round of applause from the diners.

Originally posted by pete_fcs
wasn't it top rank in early eighties?

i remember seeing a battle of the bands competition there, 1981 i think. local progressive rock band 'haze' were tipped to win but were beaten by an awful synth duo who sang 'magazine girl' or summat.!

I was there and that competition was fixed. It must of been I'd seen Haze loads of times and so knew they were on top form. The rubbish that won were simply naff and a lot of the people there semed to agree.

I had some great nights in roxys,thursday was grab a gran and wed was cheap drinks night,I practicaly lived in the place for a couple of years.
I owe that place for most of my love life,what a joint.:D

Aaaaaww so many memories. I had lived a rather sheltered life and then went to work there aged 18. The sights I saw ..... I have never been the same since. :hihi:

Originally posted by 40summat
I worked on the doors during the early 80s. when barry noble died they had a minutes silence for him at midnight on a saturday.
It was all going respectfully enough until someone shouts "is that alright fo ya's" the management went mad and ordered us to find the guy, we never did.



:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

:thumbsup: Had some Brill nights in Roxy's. Let my mate go home with a 60-odd year old woman, he was 17 at the time and has never spoke to me since. Apparently he woke up at the side of the lady, and nearly bricked himself. Was Grab-a-Granny Thursday nights, been a long time!

My abiding memory of Roxy's was sat on the floor doing the oops-up-side-yo-head dance covered in foam at 2 o'clock in the morning:loopy: Happy days......

:gag: Forgot about that, me and my mate (thursday night again), we.re on sat on the floor doing the "oops" when the young girl behind us lost control of her bladder and wet herself, soaking Chris's trousers. Youv,e never seen so many people move so quickly!

how i loved roxy's sad i know
i used to go on a thursday night (over25's) then brag at school next day how, sad is that .....last went about 97 remember going and jumping round like a nutter to jump around .....oh the awful licra clothes we used to wear . who ever said that was fashion i cringe now when i think how bad i must have looked.....:clap: :clap: :clap:

:thumbsup: It was better than Peppermint Park in Rotherham,
Pop and Crisps Night!

used to go to Cairo Jacks on there pop and crisp nights. that was so cool...........must have been 92/93 anyone ever go

In my teens i used to live in Swallownest, so Rotherham was easier to get to. And i was a legal drinker in 91 so did go to Ciaro Jacks, but on the "Big Boys" nights.

Originally posted by Dannyj
In my teens i used to live in Swallownest, so Rotherham was easier to get to. And i was a legal drinker in 91 so did go to Ciaro Jacks, but on the "Big Boys" nights.

Cairo Jacks was quality :clap: :clap: Okay,okay,it was naff,it was cheesy and it always had a vague smell of vomit-but as lads in our late teens,me and my mates LOVED it:thumbsup: Dont think infact,ive ever enjoyed a nightclub the way we used to enjoy Cairo's...........

I LIVED in Cairos for a while. Fantastic!

Eeeeee....remember wearing a suit to go down town?!!!!!! People made an effort back then!

I went to pop n crisps night back in 96 with me older brother "i used to tag along just to do his head in" but it was really good for me, it was one of the first nightclubs i went to "apart from climax at dronfield"

Right time to test you old uns can you remember a place called "fannys" at owler bar just above totley at a roundabout i think its where the morlands pub is now, heard me parents on about it just thought i would enquire as to what kinda place it were:suspect:

:loopy: Remembering all these nights out from years ago has made me depressed. I'm out in Rotherham tonight, ending up in Liquid.

I don't know if its my age or musical preferance, but i find the place annoying. Theres no way of talking to anyone (or if i wasn't married, chatting up the ladies), and it'll be snided with BF's. But i need my nights out, and if these are the kind of places i have to go to, then i'll do my Duty!:thumbsup:

here's my photo of roxy's from around 1990:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/sheffieldarchives/sheffield/ROXYSHEFFIELD.jpg

Did anyone ever meet their girl/boyfriend at Roxy's (or Cairo's)?

I did (not together now) but we both worked behind the bar at Roxy's rather than on a night out.

I used to go there in 93, 94, 95. Did you work there then?

Did anyone else go there then?

No it was a bit after that, towards the very end. More like 1997 onwards.

I'm feeling old now........last time i went would be around '87. :(

Perhaps an organised Sheffield Forum Roxy Squat is on the cards....

Originally posted by Agent Gypo
Perhaps an organised Sheffield Forum Roxy Squat is on the cards....

Yes. bring your own skateboard.:hihi:

I have fond - if rather lewd - memories of the place to be honest. There would always be loads of tios and some cheesey guys buying me roses. Can't knock it. :hihi:

Nobody ever buys me roses

You are feeling sorry for yourself today aren't you sausage?

Want me to buy you a rose?

Yes yes yes!!!!!

Then I shall see what I can do. :D

Splendid........

I met my missus in Cairos in 1989
Still with her now.......

Originally posted by Craig7777
I went to pop n crisps night back in 96 with me older brother "i used to tag along just to do his head in" but it was really good for me, it was one of the first nightclubs i went to "apart from climax at dronfield"

Right time to test you old uns can you remember a place called "fannys" at owler bar just above totley at a roundabout i think its where the morlands pub is now, heard me parents on about it just thought i would enquire as to what kinda place it were:suspect:

hi craig7777,
my husband used to go to fannys in his very slim tie he used to catch bus to totley then walk all the way up to it. it must have been good cos i would not have done that (im to young to have gone) my husband loved it says it was brill.....

:confused: I met one of my ex-girlfriends in Josephines, but she ran off with a woman. Still at least she didn't leave me for another bloke!:thumbsup:

Originally posted by ceevee
I met my missus in Cairos in 1989, December

I bet you were shocked - she'd told you she was going to the WI jam making contest.:hihi:

:gag: Not really, She'd always had really strong cravings for scampy fries, it was just a matter of time (and taste).:hihi:

i rember the hitman roadshow with kylie,jason donovanand sonia
:blush: in the late 80's
does anyone else:?:

I remember once Kylie went there in 1989. Does anyone else remember this?

Stalker.... :suspect:

Originally posted by slimsid2000


I went to Roxy's from 1993-96 on either a Friday or Saturday night. When I went the place was always full.

At around midnight they used to play what they called 'party' music end encouraged people to sing along or dance. They had two girls in lycra cycling shorts dancing on stage; I think one of them was called Joanne.

Hardly stalking - she was on stage in front of a club full of people.

Aaaaaww when I worked there it was mainly ex soap actors & washed up pop singers. :rolleyes:

as im only a young lad.. :) i was wondering if any1 took any pics of roxys when it was an actual good nightclub?

Originally posted by brummy_tracy
Does anyone one remember the Roxy's rock queen competition that was won by the blonde transvestite?
cant remember his/her name she was about 6ft4 lots of hair and always wore nearly there skirts.

Me and my mates used to go around awarding the butt of the week award, where any fine gentleman with a really nice rear end (in our opinion) was awarded with a pint of beer.
Excellent chat up line and frequently worked he he.

those were the days my friend....


Heh - that was James/Janna. He/she was a regular at Rebels too. He used to hang around with his/her sister Debbie and sometimes 'Trish'. I wonder what happened to James/Janna?

Also - I don't recall you awarding me a pint of beer and now I am sad. :(

If you remember a bunch of blokes with long black hair doing spectacular(ly bad) ballet to the last song of the night, you may have seen me. ;)

Originally posted by brummy_tracy
Roxy's rocknight on Mondays late 80's early 90's was brill.
Men in leather trousers mmmm them were the days.

I even had a membership card got in for free woohoo!
Still got it somewhere, shiny black plastic with silver Roxy's Rocknight logo on it.

Was anyone else sad enough to get one?

I've still got it- I don't think I ever paid to get in. It could have been something to do with the fact that when I put on my 'proper' heels and my littlest skirt I towered over all of the bouncers (I'm 6'3" and I had some 5" heeled boots) and my legs came up to the middle of their chests. BTW I'm not James/Janna- I'm a real girl, just a very tall one!

It was the cheapest night out going. At that point I didn't drink and since I drove my bf's car to park by the library and didn't pay to get in (and if you bought one soft drink you could string it out for a VERY long time) my only expenses were the ever-more-showy trimmings for my leather jacket and the 'big hair' products by the tonne.

It's still the only place where I would go out for the night by myself. So many regulars there that there was no need to worry about meeting up with friends.

Originally posted by medusa666
when I put on my 'proper' heels and my littlest skirt I towered over all of the bouncers (I'm 6'3" and I had some 5" heeled boots) and my legs came up to the middle of their chests.

Did you go to Rock Nights right up until they stopped doing them? I can't remember such a tall lady and I didn't drink either back then!! :)

The Rock Nights used to be on the first and third Monday of every month. Both upstairs and downstairs would get packed and they had both dancefloors playing different music.

Then it started slowing down, they closed upstairs, reducing us to one dancefloor and no access to the little diner upstairs where all sorts of comedy incidents took place.

Finally, it was down to one Monday a month and then the end came....Rebels had gone, rock night had gone and we had to go to Rock City in Nottingham or even Jilly's in Manchester to have any fun.

I think the original Drop at City Hall stopped too....

DJ Mutley (Mark) then started Reservoir Rocks at what was the 'Mandela' until years later, Corp opened.

Did anyone go to the Palais (London Road) on Tuesdays for the Goth night? That was pretty cool....people drunkenly building human pyramids when the Mission came on was always spectacular....heh

I remember working the rock nights - the best night as the people were by far the nicest. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by sugarnspice
I remember working the rock nights - the best night as the people were by far the nicest. :thumbsup:

Did you work in the cloakroom? There was always a massive line and tons of queue-jumping.

Forgot to mention the post-Roxy's Chips from the Option at the bottom of the ramp. Mmmmm......soaked in vinegar...so good.

And then if you didn't have someone to drive home, the battle to get a taxi from outside the Option...

God, it was good.

Originally posted by headup
Did you go to Rock Nights right up until they stopped doing them? I can't remember such a tall lady and I didn't drink either back then!! :)

I was a late 80s/early 90s Roxy fan and I used to go out with a bloke who DJed at the Wap, but then I left Uni and got a job which needed me to be on a motorway at 6.30am and bought my house. Death knell for all nights out (between the time constraints and serious lack of funds). I became a boring git during the weeks and did my rebelling at the weekends at bike rallies.

Originally posted by medusa666
I was a late 80s/early 90s Roxy fan and I used to go out with a bloke who DJed at the Wap, but then I left Uni and got a job which needed me to be on a motorway at 6.30am and bought my house. Death knell for all nights out (between the time constraints and serious lack of funds). I became a boring git during the weeks and did my rebelling at the weekends at bike rallies.

Which DJ? I can only remember one Wap DJ, but I forget his name. Thin bloke with glasses...Ken?

Originally posted by headup
Did you work in the cloakroom? There was always a massive line and tons of queue-jumping.



Sometimes to used to wangle a shift in there on the Wednesday student nights (far safer in there! :hihi: ). Usually on the bar though. Or handing out flyers in the cold and rain dressed in my poxy uniform. :rolleyes:

I remeber all the barmaids at Roxy's used to wear lycra cycling shorts (white I think).

Originally posted by slimsid2000
I remeber all the barmaids at Roxy's used to wear lycra cycling shorts (white I think).

Mmmmmm how attractive. It had (thankfully) changed by the time I worked there. Though the Roxy look still wasn't exactly great. It was a hideous little blouse that was rather low cut with multi-coloured swirly patterns on it. And a short black skirt. :rolleyes:

Then it changed to waistcoat and bow tie and we all looked like snooker players. Mmmmmmm. Sexy. :gag:

Originally posted by ryan123
i was wondering if any1 took any pics of roxys when it was an actual good nightclub?

Good venue for gigs but it hasn't ever been a good night club. :gag:

Originally posted by the_rudeboy
Good venue for gigs but it hasn't ever been a good night club. :gag:

Oh well. I got plenty of tips which is all I cared about at the time. :D

Originally posted by the_rudeboy
Good venue for gigs but it hasn't ever been a good night club. :gag:

haha cool, i dint get chance to see it.. it seems to have been stood there for years! why cant some1 do something with it??

Ah, so Roxy's used to be the Top Rank club..... I wondered what the signs at the zebra crossing on Pond Street were referring to that say "No access except for buses and deliveries to the Top Rank club"... If it was called that all those years ago, it's amazing those signs are still there!

(apologies if someone's already pointed this out, I've not read all the thread :p)

I'm from Liverpool but spent 12 fantastic years in Sheffield.

Roxy's was my favourite club cos thats where i was when a certain young lady approached me, ripped open her dress to reveal a red lacy basque, heaven......

I worked in the Manor, anyone know Mezzy or remember the Pheonix Youth Club?

:heyhey:

Originally posted by ste_doyle
anyone know Mezzy or remember the Pheonix Youth Club?
:heyhey:

Don't remember those two - but remember copping off alright!! . . almost everytime I was in Roxy's ( oh, the shame! ).

Great nights though . . . aaaaah!:rolleyes:

I worked there for a while and some of the things I saw :gag:
thank god I never pulled in the place !

Originally posted by slimsid2000
I thought I'd just ask the origional question again as it is over a year since my origional post and in that time there may be new members who have memories of Roxy's. Also do people remember Cairo's, Josaphines or Issabellas (later Uropa) from around that same period?


as a teenager in the early 80's, romeo and juliets and josephines were our regular haunts. we started going to roxys for a change, and then when we discovered rock music, we'd go to romeos or josi's for a couple of hours before trekking down to rebels. regulars at the rock night at roxys too.
good times:thumbsup:

I went to steeleys and then roxys.Remember everyone getting on dance floor and doing that dance though cant quite think of the song.I think it was aint no mountain crossed with some thing else but dont know what cos my memory is terrible.I saw abc on stage there.

who remembers grab a granny no dancing then iwill survive comes on widows spinsters tare arsing to the dance floor . Or that advert on radio hallam "oi what you doin on friday all lasses from our factory are goin darn to roxxy " priceless

Originally posted by spikey
who remembers grab a granny no dancing then iwill survive comes on widows spinsters tare arsing to the dance floor . Or that advert on radio hallam "oi what you doin on friday all lasses from our factory are goin darn to roxxy " priceless

Oh my God!!! That is sooo right about I will Survive. :hihi:

I used to go to the under 16/?18s night on Tuesdays, when my friend and I were 14. We both got our bums pinched for the first time whilst walking up the steps to the upstairs level. It would have been about 1973/74 then. It was just called the Top Rank then. They used to have nights which were sponsored by Radio Luxembourg ... Fab 208 ... and their DJs would turn up, Kid Jensen and Mark Wesley were the ones I remember seeing.

Around 77/79 it changed to Steely's ... when I first met my husband he was turned away because his trousers looked like jeans, they had a no jeans policy. Around this time they started to have the Rock/New Wave/Punk concerts there ... under another title, something like Improvision. Amongst others, I saw The Clash and the Stranglers there.

Does any of this mean anything to anyone?

Originally posted by Mags 23
Appreciate some of you have good memories but doesn't anyone else think the de-funct building should be either knocked down or re-instated as a super-club for Sheffield...especially when all its being used for is some neo- Christian charity parade.

Don't get me wrong, (I'm catholic) but shouldn't such a big building (which is obviously on quite expensive land rights) and one of key location be put to better use???

am I on my own here or what??? They're makin up for all the sins that took place there! lol

Originally posted by tony00001
They're makin up for all the sins that took place there! lol

That would take some serious prayers.

I agree the building should be put to good use.

First ever nightclub I went to in Sheffield: from 1997 on, student nights on a wednesday - free bus there, free entry, free beer (hofmeister in a split plastic mug until 12 - as much as you could drink, or rather how much you could get served with only one barperson on each bar, albeit with the tap permanently on flow!), free bus home.

Bliss. Memories.

Does anyone know who the Roxy building belongs to?
We are looking to move to a venue in Sheffield.

Ah, I met an ex-fiancee in 1986 in Roxys!

I'm from Liverpool but spent 12 fantastic years in Sheffield.

Roxy's was my favourite club cos thats where i was when a certain young lady approached me, ripped open her dress to reveal a red lacy basque, heaven......

I worked in the Manor, anyone know Mezzy or remember the Pheonix Youth Club?

:heyhey:

hi i remember both mezzy and the pheonix..and if you do too you will remember it was me and mezzy who set it going with the police so they could control us..lol..nice seeing the names in writing though..a few others for you from the pheonix are the crowders, gary smith, dale lyles, kelly lyles, shimmy(now dead), and me of course..rob cave

God old Roxy's, went there in 1998, for a New Years Party, used to go there regularly after venturing from Berlins, classy or what looking back. I always remember the DJ saying grab yourself a lady it's the last dance and he put some right ****e on, only night club in Sheffield at time where you could gaurnetee pulling a bird on the "last dance", and having a chance to get your wicked way, what a nightclub!!!! Only minus point is that you would stick to the floor, it was like chewing gum carpet galore.

I met my fella in Roxy's in 1995.
I was going there in late eighties & early nineties, it was the place to be.
But you dare not look at anybody the wrong way for fear of getting your head kicked in.
THURSDAYS grab a granny
FRIDAYS grab a slag
& SATURDAYS can't remember but I had some fun times there.

Bring back roxys:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Used to go there every Saturday night when it was Steeley and ROxys and a good night it was (in its day that is)

What about the Beer Keller or known as the Hoffenbrau.

Used to go there every Saturday night when it was Steeley and ROxys and a good night it was (in its day that is)

What about the Beer Keller or known as the Hoffenbrau.

Wasn't that where berlins/ Fuel is?

i was on the door when it was the top rank 1977-78 had lots of trouble all the time

The Roxy has to be one of the sleaziest clubs I've been too - we used to call it "the meat market". Last went there in late 1997/early 1998. They did a good chip butty in the upstairs bit though :)

oh fab what a thread poxy roxys
shag-a-bag night every night
i even shagged the dj and he were gay

..........................

I used to go when it was the Top Rank club on Saturday mornings and Tuesday nights in the Seventies when I was a teenager then went to Roxy's in the mid eighties when I was in my twenties and met a boyfriend there who is still in my life now..... That place holds good memories for me.

..........

:rolleyes: what u expect ****faced on white lightning and 20/20Charming :gag:

i read the other day the church has moved out and wondered what is happening to the building. We used to go to teen nite on tuedays and met the future hub there in 1976 xmas.Lots of memories.

Has anyone ever lost their dignity in Roxy's?

I was talking to a friend the other day who used to work at Roxy's. He was talking about a fire that burnt out the "X" in the sign. RO Y's nightclub somehow doesn't sound as exotic.

Always wanted to spray out part of the "R" so it said "POXYS" :hihi:

Listen armrach, I was the DJ... Were you the one in the red dress with the angry fella waiting outside your house while we were steaming it up in the bedroom?

Sadly i was a regular there, but was good laugh at the time, the only nightclub i know where if you drank hideously too much, you could walk it off, and not pass the same place twice.

At 16 it was the first place i went, it was a live SKA night, Bad Manners / Special Beat / Madness, and about 5 more acts. I think i had enough money for about 2 pints.

ash

LOL, memories....everyone used to pile home on the late night busses from Cairo's or Roxy's and plonk themselves in front of 'the hitman & her'

Those late night busses were very......erm....interesting!

Do they still run?

no, but they were a quid a journey! and at that time on a YTS that was a tenth of my weekly income. Robbing C***S!

Yeah, Malcolm Dale was the DJ there and turned out some awesome tunes. Anyone know what happened to him?

I'd be interested to read people's opinions and memories of the new defunct Roxy's Nightclub in Sheffield; especially in the late 80s and early to mid 90s.

I remember the pop and crisp nights on Tuesdays with great fondness. 7-10 every Tuesday for under 16's. I am 45 now and remember going there over about a 2/3 year period when I was 13/14/15.So it would have been 1974ish onwards it was called Top Rank. It was great !!!! Can remember seeing Slade, Sweet, Showaddywaddy, Johnny nash and many more live.... on theses Tuesday night bash's

What about the Hofenbrau??? The only club (in the 70’s) where it was mandatory to get up on the tables and dance. :banana:
My mum used to clean there! I used to go with her on a saturday morning. They used to mop the tables! Never got over that!

Listen armrach, I was the DJ... Were you the one in the red dress with the angry fella waiting outside your house while we were steaming it up in the bedroom?
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met my wife there in 88 still with for shame

met my future hubby in 1975 still together after all these years

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Fancy another round? ... you were quite good :)

met my future hubby in 1975 still together after all these years
Hi, I was on the door back in 1975 when it was Steeleys. I also met my other half there after telling her off for standing on the chairs. I'll never forget that evening as we often talk about it especialy when our kids ask us how we met. Great days wouldn't have missed it for the world

sorry for the delay, but i've only just spotted this post. most of the seventies really and i'm sure it was still the Top Rank then. they were supposed to hold roller discos there but cant remember if it ever happened or not.
Hi,

Roller Discos used to happen every Sunday evening but I think it was called Steeleys back then - does anyone remember the final song 'Aint no mountain high enough' that they played every Saturday night before they closed ???

Hi,

Roller Discos used to happen every Sunday evening but I think it was called Steeleys back then - does anyone remember the final song 'Aint no mountain high enough' that they played every Saturday night before they closed ???Hi, I used to work on the door back in '75 but cannot remember any roller discos on Sunday nights. I cannot remember the final song being 'aint no mountain high enough' are you talking about the Motown classic? There was a final track that they played and when everyone heard it you knew it was time to leave the dance floor and go home. I cannot remember the name of this track or who recorded it.I've been trying to find out for some time now but whith no luck, if anyone can remember please let me know, It was mainly instrumental but with a few backing vocals
:help:

I remember going to roxy's with my first boyf at the tender age of 16!! It was the worst in sheffield, I was there 1996/7!!

i used 2 luv roxy 95-97! can any1 remeber berlins when they played spin the wheel, free bottles of beer with yorkshire terrier bus tickets, maureen the old woman who used 2 get her boobs out on stage!! many of laughs

Berlins used to be a great night ... 1996 to 1999 ... then off to either the legends that are Roxy's or Capitol!

Fancy another round? ... you were quite good :)
you randy bugger

I remember Berlins! To my shame! I also used to go to Poxys as we called it! we used to stand on the balcony and look at all the oldies that used to go in the old men who used to chat up all the young lasses! Oh the memories! Last time I went was 1997 what a waste of a building! make a nightclub like flares where they only play 'real music'!

i met my hubby outside roxys after a...shall we say eventful night on
march 7th 1998.
only ever went three or four times but always found it a right giggle!!

Yeah, Malcolm Dale was the DJ there and turned out some awesome tunes. Anyone know what happened to him?


I know a few stories about him from back then (the days of Hitman and Her)

One of them involving the band 'big fun'

lol

how come no one on ere has mentioned thursday nights alternative name not grab a granny but f**k a fossil?thought most of us called it that!

i loved poxy roxy's, grab a granny night on thursday was fab. I went in from about 1988 till it closed down, i cant remember when that was, 1996 ish??? Was on the dance floor all night, great mixture of music. After that, brannigans at centertainment centre became my number one spot. Cant stand all this thumping music, prefer 80's stuff. Shame they dont revamp it and open it back up again

how come no one on ere has mentioned thursday nights alternative name not grab a granny but f**k a fossil?thought most of us called it that!

ey up nidge, no guesses to what you got up to then on a thursday night, and i thought you was a good boy lol

ey up nidge, no guesses to what you got up to then on a thursday night, and i thought you was a good boy lol
:o moi?good lad i am!

:o moi?good lad i am!

Hmmm.....cough..cough....:hihi:

Hmmm.....cough..cough....:hihi:
oi!:rolleyes:

i can remember that huge spider like thing from the roof with all the light on. that was some crazy stuff. It was ALWAYS fulla kiddies in states of drunkeness but hey it's like that all over now.
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When did Roxy`s close?
I used to go in the early `90s after working at the Hen and Chickens on a Saturday night, with some of the staff, one of whom I married!

i used to go in the hen and chickens every friday and saturday night then on to the roxys club. this was in 1977-1980 though.

Roxys 1989 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPsl7RXUDOQ)

With Malcolm

You went to Roxys for either a shag or a fight....and either were in plentiful supply

Would that have been malcom? or his long haird gimpy sidekick :hihi:


The DJ's at that time were Malcolm Dale and the long haired sidekick Craig (later to be known as DJ Dream)

I remeber fannys at owler bar well.

Monday night it used to be heaving many of the staff from the woodstock diner (now prince of wales) on ecclesall rd used to go up a great night.

Used to shut at 1 am i think and they used to play manhatten transfer chason d amour as the smoochie lol

As for the roxy my main memories are hitman and her and the shamen both nights i was there whatever happened to the shamen?

I used to go to the under 16/?18s night on Tuesdays, when my friend and I were 14. We both got our bums pinched for the first time whilst walking up the steps to the upstairs level. It would have been about 1973/74 then. It was just called the Top Rank then. They used to have nights which were sponsored by Radio Luxembourg ... Fab 208 ... and their DJs would turn up, Kid Jensen and Mark Wesley were the ones I remember seeing.

Around 77/79 it changed to Steely's ... when I first met my husband he was turned away because his trousers looked like jeans, they had a no jeans policy. Around this time they started to have the Rock/New Wave/Punk concerts there ... under another title, something like Improvision. Amongst others, I saw The Clash and the Stranglers there.

Does any of this mean anything to anyone?

I remember all my mates going on a Saturday afternoon to see David Bowie, they all had the "Aladdin Sane" lightening flash across their faces. I mainly started going in when it was Top Rank, around 1977, first band I saw their was The Jam on their first ever UK tour ("In the City tour"), they came back a few months later on the "Modern World" tour. I also saw the Damned, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, The Adverts, The Specials, Dexy's Midnight Runners and loads more. It was a great "mid-sized" venue for bands who were too big to play pub gigs but not big enough to play the city hall. Then it became Steelys, then Roxys. I remember the Roxys ads on Radio Hallam, with a woman putting on a fake Sheffield accent and saying (in a "common as muck" voice) "Come and meet yer mates 'ere" or something like that, and Barry Nobles TV ads, in which he sometimes wore a toy policemans helmet for some reason and said "is that alright fer yuz".

It was a huge nightclub by any standards, I organised a few stagnights there, one for a lad from Hemel Hempstead who I worked with and him and his mates were used to nightclubs the size of a front room, they had seen nothing like Roxys before.

Me and my mates from the Gym would go when it was someones birthday because they would let anyone in.

I never went to "Fannys" at Owler bar, or "Turn Ups" at Nether Edge, but I heard these were quite upmarket compared to city centre clubs.

Along with the legendary Limit Club and the Crazy Daisy, Roxys has a place in most peoples memories of Sheffield night life from that era.

Ah the good old days,

Hit Man & Her, classic, ive actually got an old tape from when it was at roxy and i'm on it, in my suit, lol. Even managed to try Clives wig on, ha ha.

I remeber cairos and blast-a-ways in the place next door (forgotten the name) and berlins with the spin the wheel thing. Isabellas and kiki's and dont forget Henry's bar with the chandalier.

Does anyone remember legens, the downstairs bar at the bottom of fargate, used to walk down the stairs and there was a big video wall or when the foutain bar used to be down stairs (back in the days when the foutain was at the top of fargate. Back then those bars and the Stone House used to be the place to go.

I can even remember roxy's before they did it up, when you walked in there was rows of caravan/dinner type seats at the entrance, what a laugh.

It was an awful place but I have some great memories :hihi:

Hi,

Roller Discos used to happen every Sunday evening but I think it was called Steeleys back then - does anyone remember the final song 'Aint no mountain high enough' that they played every Saturday night before they closed ???

The final song I always remember was Shanice, "I Love Your Smile".

Remember when Cairos and Roxy used to give you a bottle of "bubbly" when it was your birthday.

Just remembered Metro bat as well, that place used to be packed.

You went to Roxys for either a shag or a fight....and either were in plentiful supply



NEVER WENT TO ROXYS
i missed out i guess:banana: :banana:

NEVER WENT TO ROXYS
i missed out i guess:banana: :banana:


bet you had enough fights at barrowboys :P

bet you had enough fights at barrowboys :P


HAHA gave plenty of chases:hihi:

HAHA gave plenty of chases:hihi:

"chase me"

"chase me"


Only if you let me catch you:P

tch asif
the sheff skins could never catch me :P

did anybody go to the rock nights, first Monday of every month at first then they used to do one on the third Monday. Happy days. i remember people coming from Doncaster and Notttingham. i was pleased to have a bit more space and a better sound system than Rebels. Shame about the ale....
I went a few times to Roxy's monday nights, I discovered that the upstairs bar sold newkie brown in bottles...It was brill!

Did anyone ever meet their girl/boyfriend at Roxy's (or Cairo's)?

I think most people went to Roxys to meet someone elses girl/boyfriend wife/husband.

Can anyone remember Steve Vaughan (DJ) or the tech staff: Andy or Ron?
I'm talking about the Top Rank days or Very early Roxys.

I used to go when it was the Top Rank Suite in the late 60s/early-mid 70s. My mum was bar supervisor and my dad was Floor Manager. The overall boss was a guy called Tony and the DJ was called Simon. When the Top Rank first opened it was classed as quite a "posh" venue and many large organisations used to hold functions there - it was a place where you used to be able to go and get dressed up to the nines.

The other place which holds fond memories is the buidling which was next door - The Fiesta Club where we often used to go after going to the Top Rank to see live acts - saw many a live act there including Bruce Forsyth, Guys and Dolls, Franki Valli and the Four Seasons plus other "big name" stars. It was quite a night out going to the Fiesta - does anyone else remember it? If I remember rightly I think there might have been a casino attached to it as well but I never went there.

The other well known nightclub in Sheffield of course was Josephines near Cole Brothers and many a good night out was held there. It was one of the best nightclubs in Sheffield at the time.

i worked there for 6 years till sep 95 had some good times and seen some sights

I used to go when it was the Top Rank Suite in the late 60s/early-mid 70s. My mum was bar supervisor and my dad was Floor Manager. The overall boss was a guy called Tony and the DJ was called Simon. When the Top Rank first opened it was classed as quite a "posh" venue and many large organisations used to hold functions there - it was a place where you used to be able to go and get dressed up to the nines.

The other place which holds fond memories is the buidling which was next door - The Fiesta Club where we often used to go after going to the Top Rank to see live acts - saw many a live act there including Bruce Forsyth, Guys and Dolls, Franki Valli and the Four Seasons plus other "big name" stars. It was quite a night out going to the Fiesta - does anyone else remember it? If I remember rightly I think there might have been a casino attached to it as well but I never went there.

The other well known nightclub in Sheffield of course was Josephines near Cole Brothers and many a good night out was held there. It was one of the best nightclubs in Sheffield at the time.

I was a bar supervisor in the late 70's and early 80's when Tony Hughes was the bar manager. What was your moms name?

My mum's called Margaret Heeley (known as Maggie) my dad was called Gerald.

Did you know them?

who fancies chipping in and buying the building and restoring it to its old glory yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

i remember it being the pulling place of Sheffield you could get any girl in there you could be 14 to get in and you'd definitely get a f..k

Apparantly there's signs gone up on there saying that it's reopening as a nightclub

Anyone know anything about this ?

Apparantly there's signs gone up on there saying that it's reopening as a nightclub

Anyone know anything about this ?

isnt it suppose to be opening up as the new kingdom?thats what ive heard.

isnt it suppose to be opening up as the new kingdom?thats what ive heard.

Perhaps, but I can't see it having a very big capacity because of the fire regulations.

just seen smiley post yes i have fond memories of both the top rank and fiesta i have seen some great stars at the fiesta edwin starr,chairman of the board also had some good nights at the heartbeat

My husband says he remembers it well - getting thrown out down the ramp.!!!!!!

when barry noble first opened it they was giving beer away. It was something like 30 p a pint, it was cheap but crap. I remember one night malibu was 30 p a shot everyone was slaughtered (especially me). Ah the good old days.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Did anyone ever meet their girl/boyfriend at Roxy's (or Cairo's)?

Met my first husband in Roxys - Was at a Nurses ball in Nov 1979 altho neither of us were nurses - I was stood at bottom of stairs and as he came down he poured his drink on my head - and we were inseperable for the next eight years!!!! Loved Roxys but does anyone remember it being called Steeleys????

one of my earliest memories was seeing a couple at it under the stairs. i thought wow is this what night clubbings all about! it wernt. it never happened to me. ****!!!

There's some pictures of the place at sheffieldhistory.co.uk

brings the memories of grab a granny night flooding back

lol

total dive kill the thread

call it what you want.from being top rank, steeleys or roxys many people of sheffield have fond memories of the place.

Roxys was fantastic

The balcony was where it was at - looking down on the dancers

i had some good nites out in roxys miss the place now tho i always remember the small bouncer that everyone went 4 and lost out to him

I only have memories of this place from roughly about 1996/7 (yes I was 16 and, yes they let me in woohoo - not as if it was hard though..) I suppose it was ok, just the carpet was real sticky and it, er..smelled.

But, for a 16 year old, it was a top night!

In my time it was called steeleys, late seventies, end of clam rock and the start of disco shortly followed by punk rock.

I can remember being on the huge dance floor with everybody doing a pogo and thinking the floor was going to collapse and swallow us all.

A few years later when I was more “sophisticated” and dating it was definitely Romeo and Juliet’s, the place for couples rather than “pulling”.

Crazy Daisy was good for a night out with the lads as was the Bier Keller followed by the little club upstairs next door, was it called scamps, failing that there was always Max-a-millions.

when i went it was always full of lesbians. come to think of it so was the daisy and josies and r+j's.

when i went it was always full of lesbians. come to think of it so was the daisy and josies and r+j's.

Nice one blade!:)

when i went it was always full of lesbians. come to think of it so was the daisy and josies and r+j's.

maybe the women were telling you they were lesbians just to get you away from them? :hihi:
Roxys was great, i went almost every saturday night in the mid to late 80,s, met my now ex husband there, miss it

maybe the women were telling you they were lesbians just to get you away from them? :hihi:
Roxys was great, i went almost every saturday night in the mid to late 80,s, met my now ex husband there, miss it


yes luby maybe they were and maybe my post went way way way over your head.

yes luby maybe they were and maybe my post went way way way over your head.

i think it did :loopy: , must have been too early for me, thats my excuse anyway :hihi:

Roxys was great, i went almost every saturday night in the mid to late 80,s, met my now ex husband there, miss it[/QUOTE]

the nightclub, not the ex btw :hihi:

i had some good nites out in roxys miss the place now tho i always remember the small bouncer that everyone went 4 and lost out to him
I remember him, I used to work with him when he was a store detective...

yes luby maybe they were and maybe my post went way way way over your head.

:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: whooooooooooooooooooooooooooshh

i had many many a good night in there
especially on the first and third monday rock nights
i wish it was still open
the corporation just isnt the same as the old roxy or rebels

Hey great memories, takes me back. WHAT A BLAST FROM THE PAST, carefree, loads of money and you've gueessed it, plenty of birds to choose from. Boy they were easy in there

Also got myself kicked out on more then one occasion.

Damn getting older, but I also don't seem to be getting wiser!

Top club at first,turned into a right S**t hole,full of pikey's and scumbags towards the end of its time. But you could always get a bird or a fight any night of the week in it's hayday.

i went to roxys from 1986 to 1996 we lived in that place. and we were only 16 if you were female they would let you in at any age.does any one remember dancing to aint no mountain high enough .we all stood in a row doing the same old dance really bizarre.and then at josies you did new york dance.

Does anyone remember Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan doing the hitman and her at Roxy's?? I remember watching it on tv as I was too young to go to Roxy's then..

i was there that night me and my mate jo our hair was massive and we had our white leggings on with our midriffs showing it was fab

who fancies chipping in and buying the building and restoring it to its old glory yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

if i won the lottery i would buy it and restore it 'and just play old music

I used to go early 70s top place for a great night out with the lads after a donald .dance floor packed untill you heard the imortal words lets all dance to the moris naylor sound do you remember.it used to empty. me and my mate both met our wifes( they were mates as well )at josophines in1980 that was the end of my cavorting

Roxy's was the first place I ever had a pint of lager.
There was an offer on for a pound a pint on lager and cider and when the cider ran out I thought I would give it a go.

Aaahh roxy`s, my first ever experience of being spiked.
I swear freddie krueggar was chasing me round that place!

I remember going into Roxy's when I was 13.. :blush:

A friend who I used to knock about with was 18 and she took me in..

I borrowed her clothes which were about 2 sizes to big..
It was a brown and beige dogtooth skirt suit and I wore it with white shoes.. :hihi:.. Ohh the shame of it now...
I can remember the songs they played too..
Blackbox, Ride on time.. Sydney Youngblood, If only I could..
Ohhh dear.. :blush: :hihi:

rumour has it that gatecrasher has bought it, could be interesting.

I swear freddie krueggar was chasing me round that place!
NO I NEVER

NO I NEVER

i`m sure of it..................have you got really long arms?
:suspect:

I used to go in when i was 16 and never got id till i turned 18. I used to love it in there.
I found hit man and her on you tube the other day that was filmed in Roxy. ( god i feel old now)

It was being used as headquarters/church for some dodgy religious group, but its now empty.

thats right theres all weird slogans on the walls.its now being ripped apart as we speak

Met my first husband in Roxys - Was at a Nurses ball in Nov 1979 altho neither of us were nurses - I was stood at bottom of stairs and as he came down he poured his drink on my head - and we were inseperable for the next eight years!!!! Loved Roxys but does anyone remember it being called Steeleys????

Hi, I remember it being called Steeleys as I worked there in 1975.
I was a bouncer, door supervisors I think they call them now.
I loved working there, great night out and getting paid for it too:hihi:

Hi, I remember it being called Steeleys as I worked there in 1975.
I was a bouncer, door supervisors I think they call them now.
I loved working there, great night out and getting paid for it too:hihi:

Hi, Floyd, i was a bouncer there too ! `79 to `85, I might remember you if you give me a clue or two, I usually hung out with Gordon Kenny or Raz
I loved working there too !!!

Hi, Floyd, i was a bouncer there too ! `79 to `85, I might remember you if you give me a clue or two, I usually hung out with Gordon Kenny or Raz
I loved working there too !!!

Hi Pete, you were a few years after me but you could have remembered me if you went there in '75, I was the one with long hair and a mustash, I used to hang around with Steve Cardwell and Alf. Cliff (can't remember his second name) was the supervisor at that time. were John and Mike the 2 DJ's still there when you worked there?

Hi again,
Cliff was still there and Alf too (did you know Alf well, and did you hear what happened to him ?, very sad !) The name Steve Cardwell rings a bell too
The dj`s at the time were Steve vaughn, "big lad", but bounced around like a good `un
and the other was called Stuart, can`t recall his second name,
Do you remember Gina on the cocktail bar, upstairs, next to the stage ? only i married her daughter a while ago

Does any one have any Photo`s of the Top Rank, Steeley`s or Roxy`s they could share with me please, especially ones showing the interior during the late 70`s / early 80`s
This not for profit, just nostalgia.

I remember Thursday nights, "Grab a Granny night". It was a wild time back in the 80's drink yourself stupid in the upstairs bar then run down and pick up a good old girl on the downstairs dance floor.

They would also have bands come in and do a couple of songs. I remember getting thrown out while ABC performed Poison arrow......

Hi again,
Cliff was still there and Alf too (did you know Alf well, and did you hear what happened to him ?, very sad !) The name Steve Cardwell rings a bell too
The dj`s at the time were Steve vaughn, "big lad", but bounced around like a good `un
and the other was called Stuart, can`t recall his second name,
Do you remember Gina on the cocktail bar, upstairs, next to the stage ? only i married her daughter a while ago

Hi Peter, Just remembered Cliff's brother Tony, he was a supervisor too. Yes I new Alf well, used to go out drinking with him and Steve on our nights off but lost touch with them both when I left so I didn't hear what happened to Alf. I can't recall Gina, as there were a lot of bar staff around some didn't stay very long.
Steve Renshaw and Sergio were also working there at the same time as me, other names have slipped my mind at the moment but I will try to remember them

Hi Peter, Just remembered Cliff's brother Tony, he was a supervisor too. Yes I new Alf well, used to go out drinking with him and Steve on our nights off but lost touch with them both when I left so I didn't hear what happened to Alf. I can't recall Gina, as there were a lot of bar staff around some didn't stay very long.
Steve Renshaw and Sergio were also working there at the same time as me, other names have slipped my mind at the moment but I will try to remember them

Alf Melia died of (so I`m told) a brain haemmorage around the late 80`s/early 90`s, great kid, a sad loss !
Steve Renshaw rang a bell but i don`t think i knew him,
Geoff Organ was the manager, Tony, and Mal (gorgeous !) ran the bars, Mike Powell was deputy manager, Warren might have been there in `75, big blond kid, somthing like catering manager i think.
Mary was there in 75, she ran the cloakroomyou must have crossed swords with her, everybody did !

Alf Melia died of (so I`m told) a brain haemmorage around the late 80`s/early 90`s, great kid, a sad loss !
Steve Renshaw rang a bell but i don`t think i knew him,
Geoff Organ was the manager, Tony, and Mal (gorgeous !) ran the bars, Mike Powell was deputy manager, Warren might have been there in `75, big blond kid, somthing like catering manager i think.
Mary was there in 75, she ran the cloakroomyou must have crossed swords with her, everybody did !

Hi Peter, Thanks for letting me know about Alf, it realy is a sad loss he was a good mate and we shared some good times together.
I remember Tony Hughes the bar manager and the one who ran the cloakroom but couldn't remember her name, ther was an old guy called Lol who worked in the cloakroom back then. Mr Warren I think he was called was the manager and Mr Asbridge was the assistant manager

Hi Peter, Thanks for letting me know about Alf, it realy is a sad loss he was a good mate and we shared some good times together.
I remember Tony Hughes the bar manager and the one who ran the cloakroom but couldn't remember her name, ther was an old guy called Lol who worked in the cloakroom back then. Mr Warren I think he was called was the manager and Mr Asbridge was the assistant manager

Are you like me and wish you could go back for one night ?
Great times, great people, great memories !!!

i went past there today and it looks like they are doing work on it.. any clues?

i went past there today and it looks like they are doing work on it.. any clues?

Yep its gonna be Carling Academy(like the one in Manchester) a live music venue.
http://www.sheffieldacademy.co.uk/
Opens in April and I can`t wait as I have tickets to Good Charlotte!!:D

Are you like me and wish you could go back for one night ?
Great times, great people, great memories !!!

Hi Peter,
Yes I am like you and wish I could go back for one night
they were great times, met some great people and have fond memories of working there. I met my wife at steeleys, she didn't work there just came for the nights out.

Hi Peter,
Yes I am like you and wish I could go back for one night
they were great times, met some great people and have fond memories of working there. I met my wife at steeleys, she didn't work there just came for the nights out.

I met my wife there too, (eventually ) she is the daughter of one of the bar staff
That was handy i`ll tell you !
We ended up living in Handsworth for 20 years untill we moved a few
years ago, who says nightclub romances don`t work out ?

Yep its gonna be Carling Academy(like the one in Manchester) a live music venue.
http://www.sheffieldacademy.co.uk/
Opens in April and I can`t wait as I have tickets to Good Charlotte!!:D

"Thank you," whoever has saved it !!!!!!

"Thank you," whoever has saved it !!!!!!

It will be cool going back in the old place, I spent many years hammered in there!
Glad its being used again

I'm really looking forward to going back in there ! I saw a lot of bands there in the early
80's The Police, the Jam, the Stray cats, Duran Duran, Adam and the Ants,Dexy's, The Clash !!! I must have been paid to see hundreds of bands
Was i lucky or what ?

I remember the Saturday mornings and later the Saturday afternoons. Tony Prince the Radio Luxembourg DJ used to do Tuesday nights.

Which DJ? I can only remember one Wap DJ, but I forget his name. Thin bloke with glasses...Ken?

was he the one who said he could lick his eyebrows?

i wonder if anyone has told the new owners that place is haunted ?
(I know, i often worked all night in there)