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Fantastic night that will live long in the memory. So glad to have had the opportunity to see the 6Ts Mafia live and even better than I had expected. Big thank you to all concerned.

Really enjoyed Friday night and was pleasantly surprised by Ross’ set, which included a decent smattering of 60s. This is a great club and well worth checking out if you are in the vicinity.

Popped along for a couple of hours as we were in the area and ended up staying longer than intended / ended up late where we were meant to be. First time at this venue and initial reaction was what a great setting they have here - bar at the back, stage at the front, chairs around the superb dance floor. Just how we like it. Being Southerners, we were wondering if the music would differ greatly from our local clubs. The opening set was a thoroughly enjoyable selection of lesser known records. The 2nd set was pure classic oldies and had the dance floor buzzing from the word go. (And a word to the locals here - you’ve got some great dancers at this Club. Really enjoyed watching some of the steps). We had to leave early into the 3rd set, which we were enjoying, and it was a pity we could not stay longer. We live over 100 miles from this wonderful venue. Testimony to how good a time we had is that we plan to return, hopefully with some of our crowd.

Huge thank you to everyone who came along last night and helped make this a very enjoyable evening. Great to see so many new faces from far-flung places and loved seeing the young blonde from ‘Boro and her mate back on the floor. Always good to see The Torch passed down through the generations. Hope to see you all in June (and an even bigger hope that the floor is in better nick then).

Cheers Jimmy. My wife is following on Facebook and I keep my eye on here. Looking forward to seeing you later in the year. Sean

Loved it! When’s the next one (so we can get it in the diary)?

Not been here since COVID and was delighted to see that it has lost none of its friendliness and keen ear for very decent tunes. Jimmy and Malc are very welcoming, as are the whole crowd, the venue has ample seating and the bar is cheap. Dance floor is good. We’ll be making the near 2-hour trip again for this event (our daughter lives in Bristol, so two birds with one stone and all that) and I would highly recommend it to anyone living in the vicinity who have yet to try it out.

Traditionally this is always the first event of a new year we attend, with history suggesting that it will be a cracker. Tradition and history upheld their part of the bargain and another great evening was delivered. The club itself is very dark (which lends it a unique ambience amongst the clubs in our local vicinity). Drink prices are decent and there is plenty of seating. Music policy for the evening is predominantly oldies (as it is every January event; later events will probably see a more adventurous playlist from a couple of the DJs). The floor was busy throughout the evening and all the dancers seemed to be enjoying themselves. A very enjoyable evening and the Aylesbury Contingent left happy (and, ridiculously, 2 songs from the end - apologies to the lad playing at the time, as it was a great set).

Thank you - much appreciated.

Superb night - thanks to all involved. Can anyone tell me the title of The Five Royales track that Dave Rimmer played?

Thank you Gents.

Can you please confirm that this is still on, after yesterday’s news. Carload primed if yes.

A new venue for a club we’ve been going to for a few years now. Very easy to find, with more than ample parking. Bar is at the far end from the DJs and prices are great (£3.60 for a large wine, £4.50 for a g&t; saved me a few bob, as Mrs MLC was on it last night). Decent outside areas both sides of the venue to cool down. The dance floor is ok, main issue being that the tables are so close to it that we had one group standing alongside the floor (and actually on it), like a geriatric scene from West Side Story. Musically, this was as good as it gets for a local event. Each DJ played a range of tunes, with many hitting the spot. The dance floor was busy all night and we left right near the end hot and sweaty messes. Must have been good, as even Pete from MK was raving about it and he is a notoriously difficult man to please 😀. Special shout out to Kev Such - some great r n b (and some disturbing references to dirty prison sex; must be a Kettering thing). One area for improvement would be the sound system and/or decks. A couple of times the sound went dodgy, so would be good to see that resolved for future events. A harsher critic might mark the event down for this; we had such a great night it would be churlish to do so. The Aylesbury Contingent will be back for more next time round and are looking forward to it already.

This was the first night of another new “local” club. First impressions were that parking is a pain. Harpenden is a lovely town that was not designed for cars stopping there. The best bet is to simply head to the leisure centre a 5 minute walk away (10 minutes back, as Mrs MLC had drunk one wine too many and kept walking into cars or me 😀). The venue itself is superb, with a terrific dance floor and tables laid to the sides and along the bar at the back of the hall. Drinks are pub prices. The music policy is pure vinyl, aiming for OVO. There was a good mixture of DJs, from the brilliantly eccentric Derek Smiley (top man with a collection of oldies and lesser known, and still superb, discs to die for), a great modern set from Graham Howard, and then a smorgasbord of 60s soul from the house DJs. The really pleasing aspect of the night was the turnout - over 100 people, the majority of whom are not regulars on the local scene. They kept the bar and the dance floor busy in equal numbers and created a lovely atmosphere. All in all, a superb night and we look forward to the next one. Only downside was going home hungry; it appears that Harpenden deems itself too posh to have a kebab shop 😢.

I was really looking forward to this opening night of a new local club and was not disappointed by a terrific evening. (For purposes of full transparency, the promoter is a mate and a really lovely bloke, so there is the threat of bias to this review). Once the initial issues with the sound were resolved, the DJs delivered some excellent sounds - mainly classics, with the occasional decent underplayed or more modern number. Special commendations for Kerry and Steve for standout sets. Also, a personal request to that bloke Ted who played a load of very old records - can you please try to play a duff track once in a while? It was impossible to leave the floor during your set and I ended up my usual hot, sweaty mess by the end of your hour. Was great to see old faces (esp. Ian H) meet some new ones. Hopefully this is the start of a great Club and I would heartily recommend that you check it out on June 17th. The Aylesbury Contingent had a great time and thank Ian J. for an excellent evening.

Thanks for a great night Gents. The Aylesbury Contingent really enjoyed ourselves.

What a superb evening this was. 4 great djs playing a great mixture of across the board (with a leaning towards classics/60s) and a very decent dance floor, which was busy most of the evening. Great to see so many faces from the now defunct Bicester event on the floor. The venue is very dark, which I feel lends to a great atmosphere. Our carload was buzzing heading home. Looking forward to the next one already.

“First visit to this event and the two of us had a really good night. Easy to find if you use sat nav (less so , if like me, you just turn up and expect it to magically appear; thanks to Mrs MLC for taking control of navigation 😀). Plenty of on-site parking, bar separated from the dance hall (with pub prices, not the subsidised prices we are used to at working men’s clubs). Once in the hall, the venue is excellent. It’s dark, with a huge dance floor surrounded on 3 sides by tables n chairs. The far side also has tables alongside the stage; as long as you are ok sharing, there’s enough room for all to sit. I estimate there was 100+ there, many of whom can be spotted on the dance floors of Olney, Stewartby and various venues in Northamptonshire. Music policy is very much aimed at classics. We got there at 8.20 and walked into a great set including Tony Galla, Ritchie Adams, Cajun Hart, Jimmy Fraser. If these were all originals, I would question why the double-decking DJs were put on this early. Regardless, it was a great set and had a lot of people up before 9 (never easy when playing south of Northampton). Hammie then did a 45-minute set which went down well, as always, followed by Martin Stanford. You always know what you will get with Martin i.e. a good set and a mention of the fact that Chapter 5 came from Barrow-in-Furness. The night was finished off by Jon Copland (I think), playing a mixture of Motown and classics. The only reason I have not given this 5-stars is due to the technical difficulties that took place at one part of the evening, when the sound became distorted. This was not a biggie for us and did not detract too much from what was otherwise a highly enjoyable evening. Not one for the “soul connoisseurs” (as my mate Sunderland Keith would say), a great night out for anyone who loves to dance the night away to classics on a superb floor.

This was our first visit to this event for our crowd of 6 and hopefully it won’t be our last. We managed to catch all of the DJs, with not one playing a set that didn’t have at least half of us up dancing. Music was a mixture of classics and underplayed (I particularly enjoyed being introduced to Bonny St Claire’s “I surrender”), dance floor was spacious and the regulars very welcoming. Apparently numbers were down on usual; to us newbies, they seemed decent enough and this did not detract from the evening. Special thanks to Mick Taylor for finding my wallet and getting it back to me so quickly. I owe you a drink, fella 👍.