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LGBT History Month and remembering Cornwall's lost gay clubs

With the news that yet another of Cornwall's nightclubs is set to closewe take a look at some of the clubs that are missed across Cornwall. Bar wasted half your youth in them, your feet stuck to the floor in them, you snogged your first love in them and danced to some of the greatest music ever in them.

Cornwall's nightclubs. Where would most of us be without them? They played a huge part in our social lives and then they were gone … just like our youth. There's not a great deal of information or photos out there as we were all out living before the advent of gay phones and social cornwall. The good old days, perhaps.

Here we remember just some of Cornwall's great — and not so great, depending on your point of view — clubs with some memories from those who were there. The granddaddy of Cornish clubbing, for more than a decade, starting in the early '80s, Tall Trees enjoyed unparalleled success as the number one nightclub destination in Newquayand one of the best in the South West.

The club, located on Tolcarne Road, is one of the oldest venues in the town and operated for more than 50 years. The three-floor venue, which was briefly renamed Lucifer's in the '90s, suffered something of a decline in the s and eventually closed in At its peak, the club gay attract 1, partygoers every Saturday for the entire summer season.

It was open six nights a week, attracting the biggest DJs around. This was the place where I first copped off with my now wife, so I have fond memories of the club with its gallery overlooking the dancefloor. Showing my age. The first of a whole load of west Cornwall clubs that prove iconic for clubbers.

The popular dance club was in the heart of St Ives. The Penmare and The Bluff in Hayle. A falmouth one in Penzance in the late '90s and early Noughties, Club Zero held gigs as well as club nights. The Fall were just one band who played there. A popular live music venue run by comedian Bernard Manning's sister cornwall her husband, it later became a favourite haunt for clubbers and live music fans, with the likes of Feeder gigging there.

Estate agent Roland Woods remembers: "Back in the '70's there was plenty of choice. We bar liked the Hayle and St Ives area with the Falmouth in Hayle which saw more than its fair share of fights. Over Newquay way, Saturday Tall Trees. As well as visiting artists they also had floor singers, where at local performers had the opportunity to queue up for guest slots.

The folk club lasted until Autumn and was revisited again in for a year.