CLOUD Nine, Tumblers, The Branch - memories of good times in Bradford's pubs, bars and club's of the past have been shared by our readers.
The Telegraph & Argus posed the following question on its Facebook page: What was your favourite club, pub or bar from Bradford's past?
You didn't disappoint, as we received more than 1,100 comments of your own recollections of places you had nights out in the district in the years and decades of the past.
But Tickles in Bradford was recalled and re-opened as a venue last year.
Here's the top 10 of venues from yesteryear that you mentioned:
1. Frog & Toad
2. Dukes & Silks
3. Lingards
4. Cloud Nine
5. Caverns
6. Rio’s
7. Maestro’s
8. The Branch, Shipley
9. Vaults
10. Dollars & Dimes
Here are just a selection of the comments from our Facebook post:
Michelle Magee wrote: Cloud Nine, JB’s, McFly’s and Fifth Avenue - happy days and happy memories.
Trish Binns: My Royal at Fagley with all my fabulous customers it was a great pub back in the day, sadly gone xx
Trevor Measures: Roadway Bar always the start of any night out.
Ray Priestley: Tickles and backstage. Caverns and dukes & silks.
Jack Stenson: The Royal Standard on Manningham Lane (some great bands on there). The Black Swan (Mucky Duck) on Thornton Road. The Lord Clyde, again on Thornton Road. Happy days."
Nicola Saunders: The Branch, Shipley, great memories
Colette Sheehan: Loved all of the mentioned places. I met my husband in Steelers in Thornton. Imagine that a Nightclub in a village
Hazel Clark: Bradford was a great place to go out in 70s 80s and 90s so anywhere you went was a good night x
Jane Martin: Bradford in the 80's was the place to go for a great night out.
Christopher Allott: Farmyard off Bowling Back Lane. For me best hand pulled Tetleys Bitter in Bradford
Stacy DC: Ely, Mcflys, Maestro, Cello’s & JB’s.
Lesley Smith: Hole In The Wall. The Continental Coffee Bar, and the Mecca. Also Penny Farthing. I could go on!!
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