Beehive Pub in Swinton - anyone ever go?

[iamjimmi]

I was reminiscing with a mate recently about 'back in the day'... and we got to talking about the Beehive in Swinton (Manchester)....

Officially it was a 16 bit computer club in the back function room of a pub. Unofficially it was the hub of the Northwest's piracy scene where the latest cracks and demo's were copied and circulated.

Obviously I am not here to condone piracy (or admit my involvement!) but we used to have a good laugh down there (ahem - until FAST eventually raided it and closed it down) and I just wondered if any of the old regulars have crossed over to the arcade scene and are still lurking out there?

I was the skinny kid flogging cheap unbranded disks. I am reliably informed that one or two of them actually formatted without error!

 

[Beaps]

YER MATE hehe I used to go there with my Amiga clear disc case and second drive. How did they ever get away with that I will never know. plus I was only about 14y at the time going into a pub. I used to be in the vault and man it was choca!!

I used to buy my floppys from there also (or use cover disks). I remember the beige blanks also, sh*te compared to the blue ones. Never seen many black disks tho I wonder why? Beaps2014-10-20 09:27:02

 

[iamjimmi]

YER MATE hehe I used to go there with my Amiga clear disc case and second drive. How did they ever get away with that I will never know. plus I was only about 14y at the time going into a pub. I used to be in the vault and man it was choca!!

I used to buy my floppys from there also (or use cover disks). I remember the beige blanks also, sh*te compared to the blue ones. Never seen many black disks tho I wonder why?

I would just like to say that mine were blue!

Great to find one of the old bee hivers! I was about 16... looked about 12 but still got the bar to serve me snake bites! Happy Days!!!