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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jess Molyneux

Liverpool's first legal 'all-nighter' that police objected to and hundreds attended

Liverpool's first legal "all-nighter" dance saw hundreds of clubbers attend and event police initially objected to.

It's now been over 30 years since clubbers across Merseyside and beyond headed to 051 Club on Mount Pleasant to experience the first event of its kind in the summer of 1992. The site had once been home to Bunters nightclub, but in later years 051 quickly established itself as one of the city's most famous venues through the 90s and early 00s.

With a capacity for 2,000 people, for years clubbers would tackle the club's rite-of-passage stairway descent to the basement expanse and dance the night away in baggy jeans, oversized t-shirts, crop tops, bucket hats and more. But in August 1992, a last minute decision meant the club made history, when it was given the go-ahead to host the city's first all night dance - despite fierce opposition from the police

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