NOSTALGIA: Radio 1 anniversary brings back happy memories of Tricorn Club

Hard on the heels of last Saturdays 50th anniversary of BBC Radio 1 and the pictures here of that station's summer roadshow in Portsmouth, DJ Pete Cross pointed me in the direction of these photographs.
Noel Edmonds presenting the Radio One Club and interviewing fellow DJ Pete Cross at the Tricorn Club in Portsmouth.Noel Edmonds presenting the Radio One Club and interviewing fellow DJ Pete Cross at the Tricorn Club in Portsmouth.
Noel Edmonds presenting the Radio One Club and interviewing fellow DJ Pete Cross at the Tricorn Club in Portsmouth.

Among many others, they can be found on the Facebook page called Tricorn Club in Portsmouth.

Pete says he enjoyed the Radio 1 Roadshow feature with its photos from the 1980s and ’90s, but adds: ‘Donkey’s years before these popular events took place Radio 1 presented a daily lunchtime programme called Radio One Club.

‘This toured the UK with their top DJs presenting.

Status Quo played the Tricorn supported if memory serves me by Aubrey Small - cost us £100 and they were brilliant - just heads down and off they went for a couple of hours- it was the period when they were changing from a "pop" band to what they became, says Pete Cross.Status Quo played the Tricorn supported if memory serves me by Aubrey Small - cost us £100 and they were brilliant - just heads down and off they went for a couple of hours- it was the period when they were changing from a "pop" band to what they became, says Pete Cross.
Status Quo played the Tricorn supported if memory serves me by Aubrey Small - cost us £100 and they were brilliant - just heads down and off they went for a couple of hours- it was the period when they were changing from a "pop" band to what they became, says Pete Cross.
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‘The old, much-missed Tricorn Club had four visits and featured Noel Edmonds, David Symonds, Emperor Rosko, Anne Nightingale and others.

‘Among the live bands were The Equals and Alan Bown Set featuring Robert Palmer and many more.’

Unsurprisingly, the Tricorn Disco Club – to give it its full name – was part of The Tricorn shopping complex in Market Way.

It ran from 1967 as a cabaret venue before becoming a hugely popular disco with great live bands from 1969 until 1975 after which it changed names several times.