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General Category => Old Chesterfield => Topic started by: who can tell on March 30, 2016, 05:20:09 PM

Title: Department Nightclub.
Post by: who can tell on March 30, 2016, 05:20:09 PM
Noticed above the battered shutters a sign with simply ' Department' on a black sign. I think the building used to house a cinema many years ago when I left Chesterfield it was another nightclub forgot the name. How long was it the Department club must have been closed a long time?
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: emmz on April 09, 2016, 06:26:31 PM
was Zanzibar and then escapade before Department but its been closed around 2-3 years if not longer.
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: Old Cruser on April 09, 2016, 07:01:16 PM
was Zanzibar and then escapade before Department but its been closed around 2-3 years if not longer.

I know which one you mean now.
Didn't know it was closed.
Used to be the ABC Cinema I think.
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: Scimitar on April 09, 2016, 09:50:42 PM
Correct - also once known as "Painted Wagon" methinks
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Post by: Fly on April 09, 2016, 09:54:48 PM
Walked into the 'Wagon' once. Saw a girl get glassed 5 minutes later. I walked out and never went in again !!  :( :'(
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: Old Cruser on April 10, 2016, 10:22:03 AM
My memories are queuing outside the cinema to watch the latest  'must watch' film. At times the queue would be down the steps and always to the left down the street.
As a teenager it brought many arguments with my dad who insisted I be home on the 10 o'clock bus at night , which meant i would miss the end of the film - so - the rebel I was I went home on the 10.30 bus. Dad told me off and I chelped back  ::)
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: who can tell on April 10, 2016, 06:35:07 PM
I'm thinking of reopening at as a nightclub , got a real catchi name for it: Little Wonky Fingers sure going to be a real hit in Chezzie!
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: who can tell on April 10, 2016, 06:37:23 PM
Walked into the 'Wagon' once. Saw a girl get glassed 5 minutes later. I walked out and never went in again !!  :( :'(
Later became 'Spires' a right dump  but looked great though after a few pints.
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: Old Cruser on April 10, 2016, 06:54:55 PM
I'm thinking of reopening at as a nightclub , got a real catchi name for it: Little Wonky Fingers sure going to be a real hit in Chezzie!

 :-? Shurrup young un - your as bad as the other two -  :P
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: who can tell on April 10, 2016, 09:32:47 PM
What year did the cinema close late 90s and also next to the Spire pub wasn't their a video shop or something I seem to remember going in ?
Title: Re: Department Nightclub.
Post by: Old Cruser on April 11, 2016, 09:32:09 AM
Says in a whisper -'hey I rather like this young un - he does as he's told  ;) if only the two old uns would  ::)  :-*  ;D

Only joking WCT  :)

To be honest I know little of this building once the cinema had closed it's doors, by then I was married and a mum and had no interest in frequenting the town.
From what you say though it's sounding as if it has changed hands quite a few times.