Memories of Roxy's Nightclub

[Bedhead 10]

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!!!

[feederfil 10]

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 .

[aim'n'Mark 10]

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..

[Lickszz 10]

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.

[Geezer 10]

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?

[RPG 10]

Fact:

 

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

 

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

[uncleheed 10]

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!

[slimsid2000 10]

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.

[goldenfleece 11]

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.....

[Lestat 10]

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?

[Geezer 10]

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

[Lestat 10]

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!