Although it is sad I am surprised that the place has lasted as long as it has in the current climate. Cheap drinks and entry were the norm at Jillys and the place never actually seemed to move with the ever changing Manchester scene.
"Originally called Fagin's, it was a well-known caberet club throughout the seventies and eighties where many of the top stars of the day, such as Scott Walker, Cliff Richard, Lulu, Tommy Cooper, appeared. Fagin's first opened it's doors in 1970, with the downstairs club openning 18 months later in 1971. Now known as The Music Box the downstairs was then called Rafters. Throughout the eighties Fagins continued very much as a cabaret venue, but also would put on various rock gigs with bands such as Hawkwind and Thunder."
The venue was the main place in Manchester where psychobillies, goths and punks would all converge and get along and share hair styling tips.
"In 1990 Fagins was renamed Rockworld and started a new era with a complete changeover of music policy which saw the club become Manchester's premier rock club. The Friday Allnighter was introduced with DJ John Gannon (The Banshee and The Ritz). At that time both upstairs and downstairs were made into one club. Then 1996 Rockworld's upstairs were split further to create the new room 1, whilst downstairs was seperated to create the MusicBox. A new venue for gigs and special events like the many regular dance nights held there. Whilst the upstairs now incorporated the Jilly's name."
Sad news indeed as Jillys now gets added to the illustrious names already in the Manchester club obituary. The only question you need to ask yourselves is who will be next???
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