(16 Feb 2015, 8:30 pm)aureolin wrote Bit of retro Internet tonight. Does anyone remember...

...when we downloaded music like this?


...having to connect like this?


...or having to do this everytime someone wanted to use the phone?


...or when one of the greatest chat protocols, involved this?


...or failing that, you could look here?


...and before Firefox and Chrome, your alternative to IE was this?

(30 Mar 2015, 1:58 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote When heading to Lanchester on the X31 on Saturday with Dan, we passed the industrial estate where the Krazy Kingdom is located. So many memories of birthday parties, primary school treats, spare Saturday afternoons....

(30 Mar 2015, 2:09 pm)Tommy_1581 wrote Is that where someone crapped their pants? Was it you who mentioned that? 

(30 Mar 2015, 2:16 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Indeed they did. On the big slide.

(30 Mar 2015, 2:56 pm)MrFozz wrote Hahaha...I remember you mentioning that, sounds like he had a big slide in his underpants and down the back of his legs, how old was the kid at the time, can't be as bad as me in Tenerife, crapped myself when I had real bad diarrohea(sic?)

(30 Mar 2015, 2:58 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Around 9, it was in Year 4. Very few people witnessed it, the rest of the class were just enjoying the other things on offer.

(30 Mar 2015, 3:06 pm)MrFozz wrote How did manage to keep it on the down low, he must have stunk to high heaven, not much could mask the smell of a turd lmfao...

I met a lad years ago on my way to Skegness Butlins, his nickname was Skidmark or Skid for short because his name was Mark Brown, (Skid)Mark Brown, so the nickname came from that and Brown Mark

(30 Mar 2015, 3:09 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Went into the toilets smelling like a thousand rotting corpses...came out smelling like talcum powder.

(30 Mar 2015, 3:04 pm)aureolin wrote Before you had 'Krazy Kingdom', you had the Dickens play area in Washington. A big play area located at the far end of a DIY store. Who would have thought?

(30 May 2015, 6:09 pm)aureolin wrote http://www.sunderlandecho.com/history-nostalgia/from-bentley-s-to-pzazz-when-holmeside-club-was-the-hottest-venue-in-sunderland-1-7284833

Lots of memories from those photos. I remember it from it's later years as Pzazz; getting in as a 16yr old back in 2002. £10 in on a Friday or Saturday night, including all your drink!

Anyone else used to frequent here or any other clubs of the past?

(30 May 2015, 6:53 pm)MrFozz wrote I got barred for life from Pzazz in 2001

In Sunderland I much preferred Privilege and Beach/Blu Bambu what is now The Cooper Rose(I think)...

For me no night out was not complete if I did not goto Idols and Flares(Now Reflex) [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]

(30 May 2015, 6:56 pm)aureolin wrote Did you not end up on Pub Watch for that? It would have had you barred from most of the town.

Beach was a quality club when it was still Beach, as it had a proper chillout room upstairs towards the front of the club. The balcony area overlooking the dancefloor was class too, as it didn't half shake! 

I didn't bother with Flares all that much, but there were some good bars around Sunderland around the same time. Innfusion had not long opened for a start, and then you had the likes of Berlins, Jazz (now demolished), Chase, and Luma. You also had proper dives like Bar 36 mind...  

(30 May 2015, 6:09 pm)aureolin wrote http://www.sunderlandecho.com/history-nostalgia/from-bentley-s-to-pzazz-when-holmeside-club-was-the-hottest-venue-in-sunderland-1-7284833

Lots of memories from those photos. I remember it from it's later years as Pzazz; getting in as a 16yr old back in 2002. £10 in on a Friday or Saturday night, including all your drink!

Anyone else used to frequent here or any other clubs of the past?

(30 May 2015, 7:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote A few years head start, but Chambers was the place to be around 97/98/99.
They had Danny Rampling, Judge Jules, Dave Pearce, Ingrid (off Metro), Brandon Block all putting on sets.

By 2002, I think Chambers had evolved into a strip club.

(30 May 2015, 7:53 pm)MrFozz wrote Was Chambers down the High Street near where the Cinema is now???

Who remembers Annabels, above Idols IIRC

Ku Klub used to be canny...

I always preferred Durham for a night out...

The Big Jug, Market Tavern, Coach and Eight, Fighting Cocks, Saddle Market, Club Elysium...Would go round most of those on a Night Out, Klute used to be canny, but it was a youth club, saying that I was part of the youth contingent as I was going to Klute from about 15/16

Used to drink in the Colpitts, really cheap beer about a pound a pint in 98/99, The Angel was good too, and spent a lot a time in The Salutation when I was at Fram New College...

Durham Bowling Alley used to be canny, I was indirectly involved in causing a ban on unaccompanied U-18's on Friday and Saturday's, me and my group of pals saw to that, yet we were very friendly with the Management and Security they wanted nothing to do with us on a weekend

As what i was saying before, I started calming down when I was 19 after the Pzazz incident, infact I have only ever misbehaved three times since then, doing good on that considering it has been 14 years since I was 19

(30 May 2015, 7:33 pm)Andreos1 wrote A few years head start, but Chambers was the place to be around 97/98/99.
They had Danny Rampling, Judge Jules, Dave Pearce, Ingrid (off Metro), Brandon Block all putting on sets.

By 2002, I think Chambers had evolved into a strip club.

(30 May 2015, 9:30 pm)aureolin wrote I think it may have been later when Chambers became a strip club. I know it went through a period around the same time, where it was just opening for externally promoted events. I think there was a rave or two on in there?

Did you ever go to Annabel? I obviously caught the tail end of it the years I was able to drink round the town, but it was still a cracking little club. I was gutted to see that one go. It was a well talked about club, and for the right reasons.

(30 May 2015, 9:42 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I was never much of a drinker in my formative years. I think the last time I had any alcohol at all was Easter Sunday 2005 and, even then, it was due to a mistake made by the bar staff at The Vulcan in Winlaton (I asked for a pint of Coke and ended up with a pint of Fosters - I tried to give it away but to no avail). As someone who doesn't enjoy drinking, pubs and clubs have never held any real appeal. To be frank, pubs and clubs bore me rigid - I've always been a house-party type of person. So it should come as no surprise when I say I've never ever been on the drink in either Sunderland or Durham. To the best of my knowledge, I've only ever frequented bars located in Newcastle, Winlaton, Whickham, High Spen, Chopwell and Consett on the rare occasions I've been 'out of the piss'.

However, I did hold an affiliation card and used to go 'social clubbing' (albeit without any drinking involved on my part) during my latter teenage years. Social clubbing involves visiting as many clubs as you can during the day - having a drink, a game of pool and a quick game of darts in each venue.

(30 May 2015, 10:35 pm)Andreos1 wrote Newcastle is the town man .

Aye, Annabells was frequented.
I mainly went to Sunderland for the dj's at Chambers, but did go to the other places on the way or if there was a massive queue or one of us couldn't get in for whatever sackless reason the bouncer came up with.
Wasn't struck on Annabells to be honest.


Can't beat a night at the clurb.
Meat hampers, domino handicaps, a turn, cheap pool, cheap beer and darts.

(11 Jul 2015, 10:02 pm)aureolin wrote Now this is what you call a blast to the past! I bet it confused a few folk when a 194 and X94 pulled into Houghton together.

C656LJR and FTN708W by C522LJR, on Flickr

(11 Jul 2015, 10:02 pm)aureolin wrote Now this is what you call a blast to the past! I bet it confused a few folk when a 194 and X94 pulled into Houghton together.

C656LJR and FTN708W by C522LJR, on Flickr

(11 Jul 2015, 10:02 pm)aureolin wrote Now this is what you call a blast to the past! I bet it confused a few folk when a 194 and X94 pulled into Houghton together.

C656LJR and FTN708W by C522LJR, on Flickr