When we asked, on Facebook, 'what was the best nightclub ever in Scarborough?' you responded in your hundreds, with shout-outs for almost 50 venues! Despite the numbers on the captions (put there by our software) the winner is revealed, in time-honoured fashion, at the end ... but enjoy the photos and captions to get there, too.
17. Nights to remember
Inside Laughtons, on Huntriss Row, which had various guises beforehand. In 1979 it opened upstairs as Taboo rock club, and in its four-year lifespan Taboo hosted many notable gigs, including Billy Idol, Eddy Grant, Theatre of Hate, The Dead Kennedys and, early in their career, U2.
18. Nights to remember
Another photo inside Laughtons. Before Taboo, it had been the Candlelight Club, Peppers and Emmas.
19. Nights to remember
Laughton's, which opened in 1985, called itself "Scarborough’s most fashionable night-club and lounge bar”. It was advertised as being “for smart over-25s”. Later, Planet 2000 would occupy the top floor.
20. Nights to remember
Bandleader Geoff Laycock opened The Candlelight Club in the Futurist building; it would later move to Huntriss Row. The Candelight was hugely popular with young people, due in part to the resident band, pictured, and long queues would stretch up Bland's Cliff. The Candlelight Quartet are pictured: Ken Rich, Ken Golder, Fred Kirk and Geoff Laycock.