Geri
wasn't born to follow
Park Row, it was a bit before my time though.
Dingwalls in Bristol?
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Park Row, it was a bit before my time though.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Yeah, the web says Park Row too, which is what's confused me, as used to be told it was down the bottom of Park Street. Just wondering what building it was on Park Row, if indeed the building's still there.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
Apparently it's now the Thai Palace? Not sure whereabouts that is, I don't go up that way very often.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2005/06/23/dugoutwebsite_feature.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2005/06/23/dugoutwebsite_feature.shtml
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Ah, didn't read the comment, good spot. Thai Palace was a pretty ropey Thai restaurant that went under a couple of years or so ago, just a few doors down from the esso garage towards the triangle. Think it's now been through various reincarnations as restaurants since, not sure though.
Why Not's was grim hole that described itself loosely as a restaurant. The only reason for going is that they served alcohol after the clubs had shut (2am, how quaint that now sounds!!!). The food was awful but a group of you could get away with a plate of chips between you which was left untouched while you carried on drinking.
It was about halfway up Park St near the Cooler and to get in you rang the bell and the doorman peered out of a hatch to see if you were 'known' before letting you in.
I never went to Tiffanys or to the Dug Out as I just missed out for being too young *sighs*
Yesterdays was the home of the legendary Bastille Club, a kind of punk/goth shindig that I used to go to on Tuesday nights and was frequented by such Bristol rock royalty as Wayne Hussey of Sisters of Mercy/Dead or Alive/The Mission fame.
We also used to hang out at the Dug Out, where Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon swung by one evening, confirming its status as the coolest night out in the world. It was a club largely devoid of attitude and trouble, yet the old bill had it closed down following an isolated knife incident in Park Street, that probably had nothing to do with any Dug Out clientele. This despite the massive amount of violence that occured nightly outside the city's more 'mainstream' nightclubs. Cunts.
We also used to hang out at the Dug Out, where Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon swung by one evening, confirming its status as the coolest night out in the world. It was a club largely devoid of attitude and trouble, yet the old bill had it closed down following an isolated knife incident in Park Street, that probably had nothing to do with any Dug Out clientele. This despite the massive amount of violence that occured nightly outside the city's more 'mainstream' nightclubs. Cunts.
