22 Problems Only People From Gateshead Will Understand

21. Being Trapped Forever Spinning Hopelessly On The Dance Floor In The Tuxedo Princess

Originally planned to be on the other side of the river, the floating nightclub was moored on the South bank when the snobs on the other side refused planning permission. Quite what they saw wrong with a "luxury" ship night-club concept that permanently smelled like sick and had the health and safety nightmare of a spinning dance-floor that was basically impossible to get off after a few sherberts remains unconfirmed.
 
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