'Back then it was anything goes': Remembering lost mad nightclub Henry Afrikas
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOne minute you're finishing your GCSEs, the next you're washing glasses at a nightclub with strippers. That's exactly what happened to Jamie Harrison, now 47, from Oldham.
Still a boy and straight out of school, he took his first steps into the adult world working at the notorious Henry Afrikas nightclub in Oldham in 1992.
For those who have never heard of Henry Afrikas, it was a cabaret-style nightclub based on Clegg Street in the 1980s and '90s.
A time when Jamie said the club scene in Oldham was "booming", with numerous nightclubs filled to capacity every weekend. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and, Breaking News group by clicking this link "There were about 10 nightclubs in Oldham, all around a similar size and they were all packed," Jamie said. "There were no dead ones.
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