| Dirty Doras on 11:03 - Feb 23 with 4627 views | Darran |
Right pair of gangsters.
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| Dirty Doras on 11:04 - Feb 23 with 4617 views | Jackfath |
| Dirty Doras on 11:03 - Feb 23 by Darran |
Right pair of gangsters.
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I recognise Chris Tarrant who is the other one? |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 11:06 - Feb 23 with 4613 views | Darran |
| Dirty Doras on 11:04 - Feb 23 by Jackfath |
I recognise Chris Tarrant who is the other one? |
It’s a bald bloke with a pony tail. | |
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| Dirty Doras on 11:11 - Feb 23 with 4602 views | Fireboy2 |
A bit of a different clientele at barons or dirty dora's. [Post edited 23 Feb 2020 11:12]
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| Dirty Doras on 11:16 - Feb 23 with 4569 views | Darran |
Nigel Benn with Mr Benn.
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| Dirty Doras on 11:30 - Feb 23 with 4535 views | Brynmill_Jack |
No other discos in town before Doras and Wind St. then??? Did I dream about the Kingsway? |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 11:32 - Feb 23 with 4529 views | Neath_Jack |
Best club Swansea ever had.
Friday nights were superb in there. |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 11:52 - Feb 23 with 4485 views | exiledclaseboy |
Ah, the patio furniture.  |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 11:58 - Feb 23 with 4472 views | union_jack |
| Dirty Doras on 11:30 - Feb 23 by Brynmill_Jack |
No other discos in town before Doras and Wind St. then??? Did I dream about the Kingsway? |
Yes, I thought that.
I remember going into Dora’s one Friday night (c.81) with a friend who’d come down from London and as we got to the bottom of the steps the first thing we saw was someone smashing a pint glass over another punter.
So, don’t know about him saying there was never any trouble or in fact there were no proper glasses or bottles? |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 12:12 - Feb 23 with 4434 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Dirty Doras on 11:32 - Feb 23 by Neath_Jack |
Best club Swansea ever had.
Friday nights were superb in there. |
The studio 54 equivalent for Morriston and Port Tennant ! | |
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| Dirty Doras on 12:12 - Feb 23 with 4432 views | taffpunk |
Was this also known as Circles? Went there a few times to see Punk bands. |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 12:26 - Feb 23 with 4385 views | Gowerjack |
The inspiration for the bar in the 1st Star Wars film.. |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 12:29 - Feb 23 with 4373 views | Jackfath |
Wasn't OldJack a bouncer down there back in the day? | |
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| Dirty Doras on 12:36 - Feb 23 with 4347 views | Best_loser |
What is it used for now, or has it just been left as it was
The owner said there was never any real trouble there
Not sure about that 😊 |  | | |
| Dirty Doras on 13:06 - Feb 23 with 4289 views | controversial_jack |
| Dirty Doras on 12:12 - Feb 23 by taffpunk |
Was this also known as Circles? Went there a few times to see Punk bands. |
Yes it was! | | | |
| Dirty Doras on 15:29 - Feb 23 with 4119 views | Catullus |
| Dirty Doras on 12:36 - Feb 23 by Best_loser |
What is it used for now, or has it just been left as it was
The owner said there was never any real trouble there
Not sure about that 😊 |
It was one of the few places I never went to but some of my friends went and they always had stories of fighting, drugs and other stupidity. One of them went there purely because he enjoyed a good bust up and he was always allowed back in.
I preferred classier establishments, like Shades! | |
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| Dirty Doras on 15:38 - Feb 23 with 4100 views | Darran |
I’m sure they filmed the Dr Who Christmas special in there a few years ago,the one Kylie Minogue was in. | |
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| Dirty Doras on 16:48 - Feb 23 with 3997 views | Neath_Jack |
| Dirty Doras on 15:38 - Feb 23 by Darran |
I’m sure they filmed the Dr Who Christmas special in there a few years ago,the one Kylie Minogue was in. |
Not sure about that, but they did film it in a building we renovated opposite the police station, in the library part of it. | |
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| Dirty Doras on 16:53 - Feb 23 with 3978 views | Neath_Jack |
| Dirty Doras on 15:29 - Feb 23 by Catullus |
It was one of the few places I never went to but some of my friends went and they always had stories of fighting, drugs and other stupidity. One of them went there purely because he enjoyed a good bust up and he was always allowed back in.
I preferred classier establishments, like Shades! |
Nah, it was never a hotbed for fighting in my experience, but if you wanted a scrap, it would be more than welcoming. Talk of the Abbey in Neath was the worst club for fighting in my experience, but in my era that was mostly down to Swansea / Cardiff, or when a bus load of valley boys with their winkle picker shoes and white socks used to come down. | |
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| Dirty Doras on 17:02 - Feb 23 with 3961 views | theloneranger |
| Dirty Doras on 15:38 - Feb 23 by Darran |
I’m sure they filmed the Dr Who Christmas special in there a few years ago,the one Kylie Minogue was in. |
They filmed it in the Exchange Buildings, but in the part entered through the main entrance opposite the Queens pub. |  |
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| Dirty Doras on 21:12 - Feb 23 with 3757 views | taffpunk |
Thought so, definitely saw Adam And The Ants there-pre pop star days. Think Buzzcocks as well, and either Siouxsie or UK Subs, possibly The Cure. So long ago... | |
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| Dirty Doras on 21:21 - Feb 23 with 3736 views | controversial_jack |
| Dirty Doras on 21:12 - Feb 23 by taffpunk |
Thought so, definitely saw Adam And The Ants there-pre pop star days. Think Buzzcocks as well, and either Siouxsie or UK Subs, possibly The Cure. So long ago... |
Wow, that's an impressive list,lucky you! | | | |
| Dirty Doras on 21:27 - Feb 23 with 3723 views | dickythorpe |
I used to bop away with my wine coloured cotton traders corduroy shirt on ,back in the summer of 95&96..... The shirt had a breast pocket in which I'd put loose change.....not my wisest of moves, as when any ska music came on the shapes I threw used to see coins flying out over the dancefloor......the ladies used to giggle and in fairness many were very tidy in picking up my shrapnel.....they loved my Carmarthen mannerisms and trail blazing fashion sense. |  | | |
| Dirty Doras on 22:38 - Feb 23 with 3621 views | SPboy |
| Dirty Doras on 12:12 - Feb 23 by taffpunk |
Was this also known as Circles? Went there a few times to see Punk bands. |
Yes it was called Circles for a long while, even though everyone referred to it as Dora’s.
I remember Sham 69, the Buzzcocks, Adam & the Ants, the Slits, the Lurkers all playing there in the punk heyday. It was rumoured the Pistols were booked at some stage but they basically weren’t allowed to play anywhere at that time [Post edited 24 Feb 2020 10:10]
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