'The last thing you'd expect to be played in the Banshee is disco, unless it is the last thing, at 2 am closing time, and then only as a joke'
Whether you regularly enjoy a night out in Manchester's clubs, or even if they're a long distant memory, everyone has one place that feels like a second home.
In March 1986, the Time Out section of the Manchester Evening News described the newly opened club, saying: "Manchester's newest club takes a very distinctive view of itself: the alternative of the alternatives. This manifests itself in a number of ways, not least the fact the doormen are invited to dress in the 'anything goes' apparel favoured by the clients."Bouncers in tuxedos, it is felt down at the Banshee, could intimidate the customers.
Maggie Baldwin said: "My time in there was at a time of being a rebellious goth punk. Out nearly every night, sleeping off hangovers during the day, then getting hair re-crimped and backcombed, putting the eye liner on, whilst drinking Woodpecker so ready for another late night out. Of course, being a basement club, things could quickly get hot and sticky on a busy night at the Banshee. Sarah Mallen said: "The downstairs room had its own microclimate - warm sweaty rain and increasingly deep water on the dancefloor."
And its this sense of acceptance and belonging that makes many former regulars grateful, even to this day, that the Banshee was there for them.
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