Ian Moore – Emma’s Nightclub, Gosport

Oh God, Emma’s Night Club. Oh my God. Sticky carpets.

Simon: That’s what everyone says.

Yeah, sticky carpets, absolutely horrendous place.

Simon: Someone said that was because, apart from all the beer that was spilt, that there was food that was put out and people would just sort of leave and the food would get spread all over the floor.

Yeah, it would be. They’d bring out all these nibbles and things and various other bits. Nobody was interested in that sort of stuff. For the most part everybody was just interested in the beer and the women that went in there and that was it.

So yeah, the carpets were just dire, but I knew Pete Wall, the guy that owned the place, really well, and the only time you ever really see it is in the evening when its dark and it’s a good job its dark, because I’ve seen the place in daylight.

It is not pretty. Oh, my good God, it is not pretty. It is horrendous, absolutely horrendous and the carpets in there were just vile.

They did have a pattern; they did have some colour to them but they were just black. Absolutely horrific. But he was making a fortune out of the place out of all the Submariners and the Sailors that were actually going in there, so he wasn’t bothered.