The exterior shot is of the doorway, but how's about this as an example of eccentric interior design!
It's Samanthas - the disco the old Palais turned into in 1976.
Its main entrance was in South Tay Street, but you could also get to it via a pub connecting to the back of Samanthas called, The Stage Door Bar, which was in the Marketgait.
The Stage Door Bar itself had a small dancefloor called Stage 1.
One of the resident DJ's at Samantha's was Sandy Martin, although they would also bring in big name DJ's from time to time.
Samanthas put bands on too - some being of the soul-funk variety, then later the punky new wave variety.
The end for Samanthas came around April '78, and was later remodeled into another disco called Bloomers in October '78.
Exterior photo by Hes.
Interior photo by Nicoll Russell Studios.
