“One of the more surreal nights I remember was watching a drunken scrap outside at Halloween,” recalls writer and Radio Manchester presenter David Scott.
“You had Dennis the Menace fighting Kermit the Frog whilst Captain America took on Shrek. It was like a low budget student Avengers film.”
Few reminiscences could better encapsulate the booze-fuelled fervour of Princess Street nightspot Fifth Avenue, the institution which the Manchester Evening News revealed this week has closed its doors for good.
