"The owner (Charley Horne) has owned that club from Day One. "Times change and we have to move with them whilst retaining what we are, and that’s tricky but I think we get it right. "We’ve often found people outside flyering for their own indie night, and we say: "It’s cold out there, come in a flyer in the corridor." "In a lot of mainstream clubland there’s a lot of competition, but we’re not competitive. "We’ve often had other venues put on indie nights there was a very successful one at Club Art called Rage, Hollywoods in Romford had a very successful one on Mondays. "So it very much fly-postering, standing outside at other venues, standing outside colleges to give flyers, it was very much hands on. "In the past iit was a very different environment to promote in, there was no internet. He explained to us why The Pink Toothbrush have been able to survive through the times when other's collapsed. Stu Whiffen is a ex-musician and long-term club promoter in Essex.įor years, he's been involved at The Pink Toothbrush in Rayleigh, the UK's longest running alternative club. That seemed to be the nail in the coffin, as the club would close its doors in December of the same year. The club - which was owned and run by Dick de Vigne, famous for his venue opposite MooMoos further in town - stopped these nights in February 2018, with the event moving elsewhere. They were famous for their emo-focused 'Panic' nights on a Friday, run by a separate company, which offered the coastal town more alternative music to spend a night vibing to. Chameleon - SouthendĬhameleon was one of Southend's more alternative clubrooms, with a huge capacity of 1,100. Now, in its place, sits Tom, Dick and Harry's - a plush new restaurant. The venue, which was also a favourite of celebrities, was described as 'decadent' and 'prestigious' playing 80s, RnB and house music. In 2017, the bar had its license suspended because of a number of violent attacks, the worst of which being when a man had his hand chopped off in 2015. Loughton's Nu Bar was another west Essex club that was troubled with violence. The building is now occupied by a new club Playhouse, which is run by new management.
This was because of a number of violent incidents that happened in 2018, with Essex Police calling for the review into the club's practises. Club 195 was a popular hotspot for stars of TOWIE (Image: Google)
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