Lads dressed up like Rick Astley, a pint was less than a quid and you couldn't ring your mates on a mobile phone to tell them you were running late. Welcome to the 1980s.
A night out in Nottingham 40 years ago was very different to hitting the pubs and clubs 2022-style. There were no Wetherspoon pubs for a start. The usual haunts were were very different. Venues like Yates's, the Fountain Inn, the Queen Elizabeth, Dog & Bear and the Penthouse were popular.
Pubs closed at 11pm and then it was either onto a club - the likes of the Palais, Astoria or Madisons - or catching the last bus home. Not many photos exist of those riotous nights out because it meant taking an actual camera... and then waiting while Boots developed the pictures.
