Keef Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I notice from a comment by Alan Dale that it's re-opened.Has anyone been, has it changed a lot, what sort of music are they playing, is it still full of seedy w@nkers, how much is it to get in????Had some classic nights in there in the early 000s, but then it got really sh!t!Don't the same people also own The Living room (or just Living these days I think) in Brixton as well as Dogstar? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Living, brilliant, ?3 for a lime & soda. Think I may give it a miss. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrard Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I will never forget watching my drunk friend Rob stumble towards the toilets in the Redstar and laughing as he chose to go through the door marked with a massive W rather than opting for the one next door marked M, only to come out a minute later red faced and a rather shocked look on his face.. I am with you Keef, I have some great memories of this place too, but wonder if they should stay as such, and not fog them with future visits. It was a great place in its day. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 It's not just the nights in the Redstar that I think I'd rather forget - it's the thinking that I was fine to walk home alone at 3.00 in the morning - week after week after week. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Used to be great watching the Saturday Night Fight outside the Silver Buckle at 3 or 4 in the morning though Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieH Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 did anyone ever go when it was the Old Father Redcap? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Yeah! I did a couple of times a long time ago. Went to a fabulous party upstairs once too. Ended up as a gay bar didn't it? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieH Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 yes it did - proper old school Blue Oyster style - wandered in inadvertently one night as it was the only place still open to get a drink. my two male friends had to kiss each other to prove they were gay so we could get in. I've never seen anything more chaste, and clearly neither had the bouncers, but they let us in anyway, out of pity I think Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 I got dragged in there by a gay friend of mine on her 21st, not realising what it was like. I was only about 16-17, and after seeing a bloke in tight leather doing kareoke to Rick Astley, I decided it was time to head home! Scary stuff, and as RosieH says, it was indeed Blue Oyster style! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I spent most of the late 90s/early naughties wandering up their with a bunch of SE5ers pissed after the Snug/Pacific/Babooshka closed....they'd let us in on Tuesday, Wed, Thursday but suddenly the same bouncers who we knew would be all "Sorry lads" on Friday night. There was also the black lady bouncer who for some completley unknown reason detested my girlfriend (now missus) plus we used to scroounge tickets of Mr Brights the stationer on Denmark Hill who was always in there plus the mad Wednesday(?) breakdancing night....stream of conscious of the old Redstar.....also rememberthe FRC when it was staright, but refused entry very pissed one night when it was gay Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 they should have turned it into a bookies.. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 I remember that woman bouncer, she was by far the hardest looking one on the door! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 It's finally happened, Sean has mutated into ????. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asset Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 it's not open yet Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 PGC - hopefully you played that comment as straight as I played mine ;-)I passed it yesterday about 6:30 ish and it was shut but had a big "what's on in March" poster up - I guess it could just be open late evenings at the weekends? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dale Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 removed Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Someone told me The Lounge in Coldharbour Lane is closed now - can any of you young guns about town confirm this? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sazzle Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 the living room closed a fair few months ago according to a friend. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/2972-redstar/#findComment-92856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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