Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember when the Drum first opened, it was > before the smoking ban. > > It was unbearable inside, because there was such a > lot of smoke in such a small space - well, it was > unbearable to an ex-smoker! I loved it until it started falling apart and things got desperate before it finally closed its doors. I'd go in there some days around five or six in the evening and not come out again until ten the next morning. This would often go on for days with sessions carried on elsewhere in between. Towards the end once when Stab & Crime shut at 4am people would from there would sneak round the back of The Drum and get in and carry on there. A proper den of inquity in its day. I'm glad it's closed now though. I don't think my body could take that sort of living anymore. Loved Inside 72 as well. Especially if you got there early and got a bar stall between the speakers. The staff were great too and helped create a good vibe.