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Wednesday 8 April 2009

BUDDIES DANCEFLOOR - BROUGHTY FERRY - 1985

In 1985, The Sands in the Ferry was transformed into Buddies.
No change to the outside of the building but as you can see from the photo, the interior decor was modified. Out went the bright curvy spacious look of the Sands and in came a dark monochromatic claustrophobic replacement!
The ad is also dated 1985.

Photo by DC Thomson.
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16 comments:

  1. Anonymous8 April 2009 at 08:58

    One of the first DJ's when Buddies was on the go was Bill Butchart, who went on to be the DJ at the award winning Flick's in Brechin when it opened. Can't remember if Bill did The Sands before that. There's actually a very young looking pic of Bill on his Bebo page with the Buddies neon sign behind him. Visible in the picture also is a 12inch copy of the The Rah Band The Crunch 85. One of the other DJ's I remember working in there from this era would be Ian Menzies.

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    1. Anonymous1 March 2024 at 17:27

      The first Dj at Buddies was DJ Brian Carnegie from Arbroath who also played in the Jackie o in Kirkcaldy and also played in De Stills and Fat Sam’s

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    2. Anonymous30 September 2024 at 00:20

      Afraid not, myself and a guy from Sheffield went through the auditions and were selected as the first DJs along with the fulltime lighting Jock. Dave Silver was the lead DJ and Alex Sweeney still did a couple of nights. Never heard of Brian Carnegie.

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  2. Anonymous9 April 2009 at 12:18

    Buddies DJ Bill Butchart circa 1985 does any of the old Buddies regulars recognise him, sorry for the long url.

    http://file011b.bebo.com/1/original/2007/09/02/21/2890071248a5449788094o.jpg

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  3. Anonymous10 April 2009 at 18:57

    thankyo thankyou thankyou iv been looking for a pic of that for ages we spent every fri, sat and sun in that place that was my mispent youth thanx for that xxxxx

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  4. Anonymous1 May 2009 at 08:01

    Thanx for this pic-me n my mates Mandie n Heather spent every weekend there-Buddies rokked!!! Luvd Ray Hollis n Ian Menzies,the Cocktail Bar,the Burger Bar-rem bouncers like-Tony McCabe,Danny Mckay,Brian ?....please post more Buddies pics people!
    Lorraine Dolan xxx

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  5. DJ Ray Hollis12 March 2011 at 01:23

    Hey thanks for the complimentm its nice to be remembered.
    Most of the old staff are on Facebook and thinkking of a reunion.
    I loved working here before going off to Ibiza and the big clubs of England.
    It always had a great atmosphere.
    Ian Menzies who was the Light Jockey now DJ's in Arbroath.
    DJ Dean Adamson is out in Bahrain and we are trying to find DJ Ian St John.
    I retired from club dj'ing but still have a Dance Radio show on Internet radio.

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  6. DJ Ray Hollis12 March 2011 at 01:27

    Just realised thats me standing in the DJ Booth in this picture

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    1. Anonymous21 January 2016 at 16:27

      Sorry mate but that's Alex Sweeny in the booth.

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    2. Anonymous15 August 2016 at 06:46

      Sorry ray but you were never that slim.☺☺ oops.

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  7. Unknown12 January 2014 at 14:30

    Bill butchart was my boyfriend while he was at Buddies and when he moved to Flicks. Dean Adamson is my cousin haha. Oh yeh I worked on the bar at Buddies for a while too

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  8. Unknown12 January 2014 at 14:31

    Did Ian St John not go through to Kircaldy?

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  9. Pauline Adamson1 February 2020 at 14:42

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  10. Ian St.John28 May 2020 at 05:26

    Ian St John is alive & well!
    Went all over after Buddies, Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Hong Kong...
    Hope you#re all well, especially Ray & Ian M!!

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  11. Ian St.John28 May 2020 at 05:32

    I did, yeah!

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