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The Reno was a late night club in
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Acts Of Achievement : Moss Black History Trail
accessdate: 05/09/2014 The Reno was in the downstairs of the building, with the Nile Club upstairs. In the early days, there was live music with calypso bands, including the tenor sax player and band leader Lord Kitchener, and the West Indian cricketer
The Reno was a late night club in Moss Side
Moss Side is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the city centre, It had a population of 20,745 at the 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Rusholme and Fallowfield to the east, W ...
, Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, England. The Reno and the Nile (upstairs from the Reno) were Manchester's most famous drinking clubs for the city's West Indian
A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). For more than 100 years the words ''West Indian'' specifically described natives of the West Indies, but by 1661 Europeans had begun to use it ...
community and played a key role in the development of black culture in the city.
It was located at the corner of Princess Road and Moss Lane East.
In 2017 the remains of the club were excavated.
History
The Reno was started by Phil Magbotiwan in 1962, initially as a Salvation Army hostel for African seamen. Before then it was a club called "The Palm Beach", which was run by Roland West.mancky.co.ukMancky
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Acts Of Achievement : Moss Black History Trail
accessdate: 05/09/2014 The Reno was in the downstairs of the building, with the Nile Club upstairs. In the early days, there was live music with calypso bands, including the tenor sax player and band leader Lord Kitchener, and the West Indian cricketer
Clive Lloyd
Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd (born 31 August 1944) is a Guyanese-British former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. As a boy he went to Chatham High School in Georgetown. At the age of 14 he was captain of his school cricket team ...
was a regular visitor.
Both clubs were often open until 5 am or 6 am.
The clubs closed in 1986 and the building was demolished. However the site was just filled in and not completely destroyed and in 2017 it was excavated. The intention is to exhibit remains at a temporary exhibition at Whitworth Art Gallery
The Whitworth is an art gallery in Manchester, England, containing about 55,000 items in its collection. The gallery is located in Whitworth Park and is part of the University of Manchester.
In 2015, the Whitworth reopened after it was transfo ...
and then permanently at Manchester Museum
Manchester Museum is a museum displaying works of archaeology, anthropology and natural history and is owned by the University of Manchester, in England. Sited on Oxford Road ( A34) at the heart of the university's group of neo-Gothic buildings, ...
.
See also
*Modern ruins
Modern ruins are the remains of architecture constructed in the recent past, generally in the most recent century, or since the 19th century. The term is most frequently used by people performing urban exploration of man-made architecture that i ...
References
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