Remember Sterns. An article from a couple of days ago.
http://www.factmag.com/2015/04/09/remembering-sterns/
http://www.factmag.com/2015/04/09/remembering-sterns/
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Sterns: The rise and fall of the UK’s most unlikely superclub
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wehatepalace
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Read that the other day, very interesting and brought back some fantastic memories.
I miss Sterns.
I miss Sterns.
Nobby's Betamax Video
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Great spot. Good article.
Brings back loads of great memories. The DJ booth made out of the front of VW Beetle. The day-glo decor. The steps down to the basement. The courtyard. The condensation dripping off the ceilings & down the walls.
Loved the likes of Eddie Richards, Terry Francis & Rhythm Doctor playing the underground house vibe.
Always a top atmosphere, with regulars from all along the south coast & London. Often chatted to people from much further afield like Sheffield & Manchester who'd heard how good it was.
Went to the In-Ter-Dance 24 hour party in a Napoleonic fort on the Isle Of Wight, with Mensa flying overhead in a helicopter & waving to those dancing on the roof. Think it was called Treasure Island & is on You Tube. Very messy!
Brings back loads of great memories. The DJ booth made out of the front of VW Beetle. The day-glo decor. The steps down to the basement. The courtyard. The condensation dripping off the ceilings & down the walls.
Loved the likes of Eddie Richards, Terry Francis & Rhythm Doctor playing the underground house vibe.
Always a top atmosphere, with regulars from all along the south coast & London. Often chatted to people from much further afield like Sheffield & Manchester who'd heard how good it was.
Went to the In-Ter-Dance 24 hour party in a Napoleonic fort on the Isle Of Wight, with Mensa flying overhead in a helicopter & waving to those dancing on the roof. Think it was called Treasure Island & is on You Tube. Very messy!
wehatepalace
Limbs
Christ I forgot the condensation !
Northstander
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- Oct 13, 2003
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Sterns was so far ahead of it's time, great article!
thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Ruined the place when they built the Underground. Was always a quirky place for a fun night out but that scene was far too serious for me.
Bizarrely, my last visit to the Underground was after it had closed as a club and was being used for children's parties complete with ball pit.
Bizarrely, my last visit to the Underground was after it had closed as a club and was being used for children's parties complete with ball pit.
Ferring Marine
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- Mar 28, 2014
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Soulman - you would !
Not forgetting the infamous Foam Court Club in Ferring under the same 'management' - I still have a lifetime membership dating from 1976.
Unfortunately it's now three bungalows.
Still, at least the Tudor Close is alive and kicking.
atfc village
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Sterns ah the memories.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
Tudor Close.......lovely old gaff , my brother in law used to manage it....!!
OzMike
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I remember it well, but everything has it's time.
I was involved in some DJ ing at the time and a friend of Carl Cox, before he went global!
I helped out there, covering during breaks for a while, it was mental.
I was involved in some DJ ing at the time and a friend of Carl Cox, before he went global!
I helped out there, covering during breaks for a while, it was mental.
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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What sort of music did you play?
Where else did you play?
What was your DJ name?
Do you remember the record shop above the Boy Londond shop just out fo the lanes? My mate used to own and run the Boy London part downstairs but they had some great tunes upstairs.
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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just interested sorry.A mex eyecan
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when I first read the thread title I thought this was going to be a post about Manchester City.
Had a nice meal at Tudor Close last week. Great article, Sterns was great.
wigman
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The Foam Court Club ; was that later known as the Trunx Club ?
Half Time Pies
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I think I arrived on the scene a year or two too late for sterns, but I can remember going to a club called 'the mansion house' which I think was the reopened sterns? I can't remember it being very good to be honest certainly compared with the clubs in London at the time like club UK in Wandsworth.
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Yes it was. Run by the brother of the owner of Sterns.