night club

[rusty]

what happened to the LA Strada ?

[johnc10]

The lease ran out on it and the council wanted too much to renew it
so no-one bought it and it was demolished...... I think.
I was a DJ there for 3 years when Paul Hedley had it, I was there
from 1990 to 1993, good times

[rusty]

i used to attend there early 60,s at that time a police man used to take all the photos >?

[sless]

a board members dad used to be a doorman there years ago
but its not up to me to tell you who it is

[malaymac]

John, I reckon you're in the best position to judge on this ........

would we be right to think of that club as being for the 'more, mature' clientele ?

[Delilahcat]

Depends what you mean by mature. I went there when I was 25/26. Does that count?
It is now demolished with only a piece of 'art' in the form of a table, bottle and glasses to show where it was. It is incredible how small the site id. The place must have been the Tardis.

[gtirbri]

I often wondered how it fit on that tiny plot too

cheers

Bri

[brian c]

John, I reckon you're in the best position to judge on this ........

would we be right to think of that club as being for the 'more, mature' clientele ?

Not if John was involved

[martymont]

Used to go there on a Thursday night, it was cheap to get in and it was known as grab a granny night.

[Jarrow Pete]

It was also very popular with nurses, I think they used to get free admission on certain nights.

[margy]

Where the La Strada was..

[Fenella]

it was a dump on its last legs when i went in around about 1994 or 95 my married mate a fellow painter and decorator pulled in there that night we went in , no scruples some folk

[johnc10]

When I was there, from 1989 to about 1992 I think, I would
say that thursdays and saturdays were more for the older
crowd and couples, friday night was for the younger ones.
Me personally, I used to play a lot of party music mixed with
quite a bit of 60's and 70's on a thursday and saturday
whereas friday was more chart music and dance but never
any rave music. After I left (to work downstairs in the Ship
& Royal), I believe it was called Busters and Alan Crooks
became the DJ and I did hear it started dying which to me,
is a damn shame

[jimmywizz]

i used to print all the function tickets for paul, so i always got in for free not because i nicked the tickets but he gave me a free pass, i also used to do the same for images too, so it used to cost nowt to go clubbing for me lol

[highshieldsman]

I can't believe people used to go there in the 80s and 90s. My clubbing days in SS were in the 70s and none of us would have gone there as it was for the oldies. We did wonder sometimes tho about going there and other places that had 'grab a granny' nights on the logic that older women were almost certain to be a sure thing. But we never did, probably because we had school the next day (grab granny nights were usu a Thursday) and funds were tight and restricted to Fri and Sat.

But a 'granny' in those times was aged tops 40, and there were no real grannies of that age then. Unlike now.

[martymont]

Highshieldsman I agree they were not real grannies, they were quite tasty

[highshieldsman]

Yes, I think I missed out there.

[Eddy]

Wasn't there a famous ventroquist killed outside the La Strada?
Must a'bin in the 60's?
Eddie

[Axeman]

.
Never heard of that to be honest...

But while he was being strangled, someone heard shouts of help coming from his suitcase....

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[champion.]