Cloisters was the less famous neighbour of Rafters, Rotters et al on Oxford Street. The club was cheaper to get into with cheaper drinks, so probably attracted a certain type of punter in the '70s (think modern day Peter Street). It was a sticky-carpet cellar club and bar, with a bizarre slightly medieval theme and it had life-size suits of armour around the dance floor. There is even a documented haunting recorded for Cloisters - in the '70s the deceased owner, Bill Benny, was reported to have turned up on CCTV a few years after his death [1]! Cloisters closed in the late '70s, and from what I can gather was on the same side of Oxford Street as Rotters, towards St Peter's Square.
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omg we got drunk as a scunk's trying to chat up the barmaids, latter got arrested about 04 30 in the morning then going to be best man at is wedding the same morning.
ReplyDeleteWhat year did you go cloisters
DeleteWas this J Morrison ?
DeleteLooking for people who used to go cloisters in 1977
ReplyDeleteI used to go every week
DeleteI was there in 1977 great night met some people
DeleteBrilliant nights there met Jimmy Morrison if ur out there
DeleteCertainly did.
ReplyDeleteI've still got a ticket for free entry to Kloisters from the 70s, happy times
ReplyDeleteHi mate is there any chance you can send me a picture of the ticket please I would love to see one again thanks
DeleteI remember if you paid on Friday got free entry for Mondays and Wednesdays at Kloisters or Genevives loved them both good memories
ReplyDeleteAnyone with photos?
ReplyDeleteremember chatting up and dancing with one of the suits of armour !!
ReplyDeleteAn old family friend owned cloisters and joe berry and his wife Diane berry later owned banshees
ReplyDeleteMy parents used to work there in the 70s
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