Retro scenes of nights out at Tokyo Jo's

Take a trip back in time to remember the good old days at Tokyo Jo's, Preston's premier nightclub for over 15 years.

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00:00Hi, my name is Jack Marshall and I'm a digital reporter with the Lancashire Post newspaper

00:15and today we're just taking a quick look through some of our best retro archive pictures from

00:20the absolutely legendary local Preston nightclub, Tokyo Joe's. Now for the longest time Tokyo

00:27Joe's or Tok's was known as the go-to nightclub in Preston. It was famous for a good time,

00:34cheesy music, lots of laughs and just being the meeting spot for young people in the noughties

00:40and the nineties as well. And as a result of that it attracted more than its fair share

00:45of party people down the years who were all looking for, like we say, a good time and

00:48a proper night out in the city. Always a place to go to for fun, a bit of dodgy dancing and

00:54a place where you're going to create countless memories and tales to be told when you're

00:58feeling slightly worse for wear in the morning, I'm sure. Now recently I spoke to BBC Radio

01:032 DJ Scott Mills who told us about how he was brought on to DJ at Tokyo Joe's, the legendary

01:10Tokyo Joe's, back in the day and he took a little trip down memory lane recalling what

01:15it was like to be working at the legendary venue back in the day, like we say. And so

01:20we've decided to put together a bit of a collection of our very best archive pictures from the

01:24club because it was obviously an infamous location for many, a famous place for kind

01:31of party goers and thrill seekers who wanted a bit of fun on a Friday night. So yeah, hopefully

01:38you'll be enjoying these pictures of nights out from the past, which like we say, go back

01:44to when Tokyo Joe's was its absolute peak. Obviously it closed in 2006 and it briefly

01:50became a bunch of other clubs such as Live and Ignite and Evoque, but neither of those

01:55could really capture the magic of the place. And I imagine it's still mourned by a lot

01:59of people to this day. I mean, if you speak to certain people from that generation who

02:04would have enjoyed going to Tokyo Joe's, the first thing they say when you talk about Preston

02:08and the nightlife there, they start mentioning Tokyo Joe's. They just talk about what kind

02:14of place it was and how much fun they had there and the legendary party games like,

02:19you know, not trying not to be the first one to go to the bathroom and things like

02:23that. But yeah, there's some really interesting history behind the building as well. The building

02:27itself originally opened in 1928 as a cinema, which eventually gave over to much of its

02:32floor space, you know, to become a disco area. Tokyo Joe's itself was born in 1990 after

02:38a million pound refurbishment. So they invested a lot of money in it and good times were had

02:41there for plenty of years.