![]() ![]() Shiprow’s “knight club” was a hit back in its day, and served the city as one of the best disco lounges. Once the Red Friar Chicken House, then Sir Laffalots, and now just a stone wall. The entrance to what was Sir Laffalots has been left in a sorry state (Image: Google Maps) ![]() The decaying wreck was eventually transformed into offices, which have been empty recently due to the home working restrictions, but the building’s days as a nightclub or cinema venue are long gone. However, the ownership let the venue down badly, and in late 2008, the two floors of the nightclub were closed for good. It’s old 1930’s cinema interior was gone, and it was replaced with a popular nightclub. The old Capitol Theatre received a well-needed facelift in 2003, and became a hotspot in the middle of the city for a night on the dancefloor. The building itself is now The Craftsman Company coffee and ale house. Staff were allowed to open at the crack of dawn for the first time in 1998 a rule that is long gone in today’s age of pubs and bars. Their 7am opening time was managing to attract Aberdonians near and far for those who fancied a liquid breakfast. The Schooner had a very unique feature no longer seen in Scotland, but one that managed to draw several punters in. It was a fantastic venue, but now lives through a much more modern looking O’Neill’s bar instead. Many workers would head in for a drink, and some would be in for way more than just the one after work. The O’Neill’s pub on Back Wynd has proved popular in recent years, particularly around St Patrick’s Day for their Irish-themed nights.īut many moons ago, it used to be the Tappit Hen, and was the perfect stop for a post-work pint. ![]() The students of today don’t know what they missed with nights at Amadeus. Sadly though, it was short lived following its opening in 1997, and sat empty for a decade before it was converted into retail space. With five themed bars, the club offered a range of nights for the punter looking to let their hair down and blow off some steam.Īmadeus even hosted some of the best foam parties for a capacity crowd of up to 2,000 clubbers. Amadeus – Queens Links Leisure ParkĪmadeus was a hit in its prime, but sadly closed after a drop in business (Image: Daily Record/Twitter)įormerly Scotland’s biggest nightclub, the warehouse by the seaside used to host some of the wildest club nights the city had to offer. Sadly though, it too succumbed to its fate and was eventually closed down years later. It served its guests well, and was a big hit back in the eighties. ![]() Opened by the legendary Dons captain Willie Miller, Sweepers oozed with class and was one of the more high-end establishments in the city. It came with stories aplenty of some of the wild nights, but shut its doors nearly eight years ago, and there hasn’t been a venue quite like it since. The pub, which was known to be Aberdeen’s roughest pub, closed in 2013, but not without leaving its mark on Aberdeen’s city history.Ī video online of a look at Aberdeen’s roughest public house gained nearly two million views, with those watching obsessed with how grim a venue it looked.įormer landlord Chris Cummings said in the video it wasn’t a “posh up-market place”, and he couldn’t have been more right as he had to shoo away 'prostitutes and pimps' regularly with the pub being near the harbour. Where else do you start for long lost boozers other than the infamous Peep Peeps. ![]()
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