Went out and whats the 1st thing i see, a fight!

however i was was a little distracted by a girl with massive baps talking to me and another sat on me outside yates' sweet as a nut!!

where the hell are the night clubs in the town?! Nexus is totally bollox, liighthouse is just a no go. what else is there?

Disappointed really.

That place nar duke street is looking decent. (the development)
It was good to be back but better to be home though, i can go to sleeps!!

I was saying the same last night, the options of decent places to go to are dwindeling every week.

Nexus was rammed last night, no jax or esco to go too, everyone in the world in there.

i went in like, purely because nowhere else is open

i only found out about escobar last night when i suggested wwe go there.
went up the manor 1st like saw a cover band Alexanders Palace or something they were called! half decent.

Seen them in the seaton social about a year ago, decent pub band them, certainly know how to play.

Is Jax closed down?

Looks that way dude!

yup, like all bars, there just not getting the people through the doors.

Smoking ban, cheap booze at supermarkets etc etc

Fuck.

That place was always rammed when I went, it was a really good bar too - the main supplier was Cameron's I think (could get cheap Scorpion lager, very underrated).

Escobar too though... the only bar left that I genuinely like now is Idols, but that'll definitely go at some point. It's the only place that plays consistently decent music left

While this is affecting the clubs, I don't think it has much effect on places like Jax. Jax had a very young crowd and I doubt any of their customers would stop in because they can't smoke or have a crate because it's cheaper.

I was surprised Jax survived as long as it did, they were surviving off one night a week and I can imagine their rent would be quite high given the location. Given you had to pay 3 quid to get in too, this would put a lot of people off who might pop in for a couple on the way to Church Street.

It's never been the same since they stopped the pre-match strippers anyway!

Totally agree with you there.

My route on a night used to be very varied, loads of different places, now as time has gone by its changed.

On Saturday it was simply...

King Johns
Lloyds
Idols
Nexus

The highlight of the night was the chicken pizza at the end of it.

Your right, i had this with my mate the other day, i said yer they may have been rammed on a saturday, but one night a week surely isn't enough to run a place at a profit.

When jax first went all indie it was busy thursday, friday and saturday, decent prices on entry and drinks. Bands on every week too.

Then like all places they get greedy, entry price goes up, drinks prices go up, no longer any bands on.

For me thats the real reason it shut

I begrudge paying anywhere money to get in, especially somewhere like Jax which was never the nicest pub in the country! The missus however has just got back from Ibiza, one night she paid 35 quid to get into a club. I'd sooner go home to bed than pay 35 quid to watch some pilled up 17 year olds gurn their faces off!

You'd of had to pry the £35 out of my cold dead hands before you see me paying that in a club!

She should have got her pensioners card out for discount!

The town's been rubbish for nights out for ages, everything is geared towards the chavs with the theme pubs. Sad thing is that's where the money is these days, I used to make the effort to get down at least once a month, now I just either go to the local or go to Sunderland instead.

Farking hell! 35 rappers just to get into somewhere hot and sticky and very noisy, just so you can't get to the bar 'cos it's so full? I'm old I know, but I wouldn't have done that if I was 21!!!!

i still consider myself young in the night out world mr parmo and even i wouldnt pay that, and i dont know any of my mates that would too.

i hate paying in places, i even made badger pay my 10 pound into a club in newcastle last year, you wanted me to come so you pay me in son!

my only thought here is that tax payers mrs is clearly living the good life off his money, good on her

Going on holiday without him then that probably isn't all that she's been up to!

Fair play to her I say!

I'd cheat on yer like