Pub on Bishopgate Street at the top of Broad Street. Known for it terracotta and ornate tiling, the pub had a great venue upstairs where bands such as Kirk’s Equator’s, Headbolt, The Vanessa’s, The Church of Elvis, Red Shoes, Great Outdoors, Box ‘Em Domies and a host of others played there.
Although music still takes place there, it’s heyday was from the mid 80s-90s.
Would love to hear about more bands that played there and any photos?
Picture of Miss Halliwell by Wayne Fox: www.waynefoxphotography.com
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We (Red Shoes) did play there, at a club run by some very nice chaps who were a band called if I remember rightly Kuomintang Party.
Some years previously I was in another band with Mark Evans (Red Shoes) called
The Smoking Beagles. We rehearsed at the City Tavern which was called something else in those days. We were so loud that we had complaints from the ITNET computer centre some streets away.