Swindon s clubbing scene has gone through a series of rapid changes in recent years. Once a bustling night out, most revellers are now limited to two locations bottom of town and Old Town. But that wasn t always the case. Before closing, places like Brunel Rooms (and later Liquid Envy) in the centre of town would provide people with more options. Casbah and Medina were two other offerings, but their closures came much later - with Casbah closing last year, just before the Covid pandemic. Here we ll take a look back at some of the events and nights out people had way back before the words social distancing meant anything.
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SWINDON Town legend Chris Kamara has recalled the moment he lost his team mates – on the Brunel Rooms’ revolving bar. The 62-year-old played for the Robins from 1977 to 1981 and 1985 to 1988. Since his retirement from the field, he’s worked as a club manager, pundit – and now a swing singer with his second Christmas album out now. Speaking to the BBC, he recalled the first time he went to famous Swindon nightclub the Brunel Rooms – and was stymied by the club’s revolving bar.
The Brunel Rooms founders at the revolving bar Picture: ADVER Kamara said: “I think it was the Saturday night, it was in August and I stood at that revolving bar but didn’t know it was a revolving bar because it went very, very slow. I had a couple of beers, went to the loo and came back and the company I was in - a couple of teammates - weren’t there.