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The Garage. 2005.
The Garage was formerly a night club called Shuffle’s. Does this place bring back memories, if so please contact us and we will review your comments.
In the 1980s many of the youngsters frequenting Shuffle’s came from Govan.
Shuffles advert 1974.
Email from Bob F… This was once the Electric Gardens night club and later became the Mayfair.
However this old place of entertainment was known as The Macushla.
The Macushla advert. 1972.
Shuffles Advert 1974.
Another 1974 advert.
Shuffles advert 1975.
Savoy advert 1978.
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In the NEWS 1979…
The best Disco in Town gang in action.
If I Could Call The Discotune…
I was a disco freak so long ago that Saturday Night Fever was only a Tuesday morning sniffle.
In the days of Frank Lynch’s first Glasgow disco in the Mayfair Club I leaped around to Proud Mary and Daughter of Darkness.
Although I now appear only at parties in various living-rooms, I still cavort like a windmill caught in a gale. And I adore the disco sounds of today. I’ve a great deal of sympathy for STV’s The Best Disco in Town, which has just finished its run. It was entertaining, danceable, eye-appealing stuff in a second-rate way.
GIMMICKS
I liked the camera flexibility and the easy ensemble atmosphere of the singers. Few technical gimmicks intruded into the natural flow of the songs and dances. Tiger Tim is a belated find for TV, As the host, his brash, common-touch uninhibited patter sparkled like a plink, plink, fizz commercial.
He’s a smasher and STV would be daft not to try to find a follow-up quiz or kids’ show for him. There should be another series of The Best Disco in Town. And there are a few changes I’d like.
ZIPPIER
If technical reasons allow, it should be recorded a couple of days before going out so more chart sounds can be included. They should try for zippier singers than the generally mediocre bunch they had.
With slicker thinking the Best Disco could make Top of the Pops look like The Good Old Days.
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The Penthouse advert 1979.
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The Garage. 2008.
The Garage. 2019.
I was the resident DJ at Shuffles Disco in the 70s, along with my pal Jim (‘Wee Rod’) Wilson, who was the DJ in the smaller upstairs disco. Great memories of that wonderful era of soul and rock music. Met my first great love (Irene McDermott) there.
One of the bouncers there owns loads of things around Glasgow now and also has the rights to Britain’s Strongest Man…!
Love to hear from anyone from that era.
Kind regards
Dougall Dee Jay
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Myself & 3 school friends from Renfrew used to come in 1976/77/78 – used to love going down to HELL – with loads of good old fashioned “Posers”😂😂 all white tops & feather earrings- can still see my pal sliding down all the stairs into the ladies toilet ( the bouncer was a little person and was just coming out 🤨) and opened the door & she went shooting by him 😂😂great times & great music when folk dressed up to go out dancing
I remember shuffles every Saturday going dancing my friends and I great times Sharon ,(me Maryteresa,Mary sometimes other friends absolutely loved there .Great memories made some good friends
Great music ,great dancing , great fun,laughter .Music was great what a mixture .