Cant say I've heard of the Lord Fox, dont remember Victoria. I went in Cameo a few times. All i can remember of Ocean 11 is a big scary black bouncer sticking his head through that shutter to give you the once over.
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Hull has never been short of its colourful watering holes. Here, Angus Young looks at ten of the city's most notorious nightspots from the past.
The Earl De Grey
Now boarded-up, the former pub in Castle Street, city centre, was not a place for the faint-hearted in its heyday.
Once part of Hull's red light district, it enjoyed something of a worldwide reputation thanks to its proximity to the docks and its colourful seafaring clientele.
It is forever remembered for the murder of Cha Cha, the pub's talking macaw who squawked his last after being stabbed while raising the alarm during a bungled burglary.
This nightclub in Anlaby Road, west Hull, operated under several names, including Rumours and the slightly exotic Club International.
Legend has it that because it was a favourite haunt for most of Hull's criminal fraternity back in the day, the police kept their distance on the basis they knew exactly where almost all chief suspects would be on most nights of the week.
Like many similar venues, it finally closed after a mysterious fire.
Victoria Coffee Club
Another mysterious blaze eventually put paid to this establishment in Great Union Street, east Hull, although it had been shut for several years at the time.
The Vicky operated as a late-night watering hole in days when pubs shut at 11pm.
Coffee was officially the only drink available. Unofficially, a wide choice of alcoholic beverages were available under the counter along with various ladies of the night who were regulars both at the Vicky and the nearby Cameo in Hedon Road
The Royal Oak
Today this former city centre pub is known as Leonardo's Restaurant @Quayside with a mouth-watering menu and one of Hull's best TripAdvisor ratings. But back when it was popular with crews from ships berthed next door in Princes Dock, it was a fairly rough and ready boozer called the Royal Oak.
In those days tradition dictated that merchant and trawler crews always occupied separate rooms in the Princes Dock Street pub.
After a few pints, however, that rule – together with the occasional crew member – usually went out of the window.
Ocean 11
Another 'after hours' venue in the 1970s with a reputation for troublesome behaviour.
One elderly doorman allegedly kept a baseball bat handy while main rooms of the club, in Witham, east Hull, were nearly pitch black with minimal basic lighting.
This allowed yet more 'business' to be carried out between members of the world's oldest profession and their customers.
The Lord Fox
From the outside, it looked like just another large Victoria house in Coltman Street, off Hessle Road.
Inside, however, was an illegal drinking den complete with a full-sized wooden sauna in the living room, massage tables and a sling room where willing punters could pay to be attached to a metal rack hanging from the ceiling.
A police raid involving nearly 100 officers just before Christmas 1986 following a four-week surveillance operation brought proceedings to a close.
Oasis Club
The writing was on the wall for the long-established Albion Street venue when police raided the city centre premises on a hot summer's night in 2000, arresting more than a dozen people on suspicion of drugs offences and underage drinking.
Trading standards followed up with a prosecution for health and safety issues, including poor wiring, a lack of fire extinguishers and a build-up of rubbish around the DJ booth.
The owners were fined £12,500 and the club closed for good shortly afterwards.
For a time, the former cinema in Anlaby Road, west Hull, was a trendy live music venue attracting the likes of New Order, Joe Strummer and Hull's very own Housemartins.
However it also played host to a series of less salubrious acts, including legendary male stripper Throbbin' Robin.
It also entered Hull folklore with its 'Tower for an Hour' nickname and its equally infamous Grab-a-Granny night.
The Monte Carlo café
Immortalised by Shaun Tordoff's City Psychos book, the venue was a popular meeting place for hardcore Hull City fans/hooligans in the 1970s.
To become an official member of the Monte Carlo Mob, applicants were allegedly required to have a tattoo of a skinhead and a pair of Dr Martens boots done to meet the strict entry criteria.
Silhouette Club
Before its move to Park Street, city centre, the original Sil in Spring Bank was a curious beast.
A former rather dubious casino, it spread across two floors in the middle of a row of three-storey terrace houses which are now flats.
Offering cheap late-night drinks and a dancefloor in the basement, the Sil attracted a mixed bunch of local gangsters, art students, gays and, er, journalists – provided they could get past the notoriously picky 'club secretary' on the door.
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/noto...-room-saunas/story-26730012-detail/story.html
Hull has never been short of its colourful watering holes. Here, Angus Young looks at ten of the city's most notorious nightspots from the past.
The Earl De Grey
Now boarded-up, the former pub in Castle Street, city centre, was not a place for the faint-hearted in its heyday.
Once part of Hull's red light district, it enjoyed something of a worldwide reputation thanks to its proximity to the docks and its colourful seafaring clientele.
It is forever remembered for the murder of Cha Cha, the pub's talking macaw who squawked his last after being stabbed while raising the alarm during a bungled burglary.
This nightclub in Anlaby Road, west Hull, operated under several names, including Rumours and the slightly exotic Club International.
Legend has it that because it was a favourite haunt for most of Hull's criminal fraternity back in the day, the police kept their distance on the basis they knew exactly where almost all chief suspects would be on most nights of the week.
Like many similar venues, it finally closed after a mysterious fire.
Victoria Coffee Club
Another mysterious blaze eventually put paid to this establishment in Great Union Street, east Hull, although it had been shut for several years at the time.
The Vicky operated as a late-night watering hole in days when pubs shut at 11pm.
Coffee was officially the only drink available. Unofficially, a wide choice of alcoholic beverages were available under the counter along with various ladies of the night who were regulars both at the Vicky and the nearby Cameo in Hedon Road
The Royal Oak
Today this former city centre pub is known as Leonardo's Restaurant @Quayside with a mouth-watering menu and one of Hull's best TripAdvisor ratings. But back when it was popular with crews from ships berthed next door in Princes Dock, it was a fairly rough and ready boozer called the Royal Oak.
In those days tradition dictated that merchant and trawler crews always occupied separate rooms in the Princes Dock Street pub.
After a few pints, however, that rule – together with the occasional crew member – usually went out of the window.
Ocean 11
Another 'after hours' venue in the 1970s with a reputation for troublesome behaviour.
One elderly doorman allegedly kept a baseball bat handy while main rooms of the club, in Witham, east Hull, were nearly pitch black with minimal basic lighting.
This allowed yet more 'business' to be carried out between members of the world's oldest profession and their customers.
The Lord Fox
From the outside, it looked like just another large Victoria house in Coltman Street, off Hessle Road.
Inside, however, was an illegal drinking den complete with a full-sized wooden sauna in the living room, massage tables and a sling room where willing punters could pay to be attached to a metal rack hanging from the ceiling.
A police raid involving nearly 100 officers just before Christmas 1986 following a four-week surveillance operation brought proceedings to a close.
Oasis Club
The writing was on the wall for the long-established Albion Street venue when police raided the city centre premises on a hot summer's night in 2000, arresting more than a dozen people on suspicion of drugs offences and underage drinking.
Trading standards followed up with a prosecution for health and safety issues, including poor wiring, a lack of fire extinguishers and a build-up of rubbish around the DJ booth.
The owners were fined £12,500 and the club closed for good shortly afterwards.
For a time, the former cinema in Anlaby Road, west Hull, was a trendy live music venue attracting the likes of New Order, Joe Strummer and Hull's very own Housemartins.
However it also played host to a series of less salubrious acts, including legendary male stripper Throbbin' Robin.
It also entered Hull folklore with its 'Tower for an Hour' nickname and its equally infamous Grab-a-Granny night.
The Monte Carlo café
Immortalised by Shaun Tordoff's City Psychos book, the venue was a popular meeting place for hardcore Hull City fans/hooligans in the 1970s.
To become an official member of the Monte Carlo Mob, applicants were allegedly required to have a tattoo of a skinhead and a pair of Dr Martens boots done to meet the strict entry criteria.
Silhouette Club
Before its move to Park Street, city centre, the original Sil in Spring Bank was a curious beast.
A former rather dubious casino, it spread across two floors in the middle of a row of three-storey terrace houses which are now flats.
Offering cheap late-night drinks and a dancefloor in the basement, the Sil attracted a mixed bunch of local gangsters, art students, gays and, er, journalists – provided they could get past the notoriously picky 'club secretary' on the door.
