Astoria. Generic pop hits, it was the first time I heard Hit Me Baby One More Time which gives a suggestion of the era. I went just the once wearing a lime green Ben Sherman shirt (too big) and my school shoes and trousers. It was smart dress code you see, which means no trouble and no riff raff guaranteed. We went to a notoriously slack pub before but only two of us got served so we sat around while others watched us drink a lager. Had to get a load of chewing gum in as the bouncers smelled your breath before going in (what a shit job!). My only knowledge of these clubs was that people would come to school boasting of how many people they “copped”. I seemed to see none of that however, just danced awkwardly by the dancefloor in a manner I probably still do to this day. I seem to remember trying to talk to some shy looking girls but it was all instigated by a friend and my arse is twitching I am cringing so much at this memory. Got off with no one, never went back.
The first club I went to as an underage kiddo was Metros which was/is a rock club. Probably only a couple of years later, by then we could just drink underage pretty much anywhere.
