Decades of disco lovers will remember this once popular venue in South Tyneside.
It was known as Ruperts nightclub to hordes of nightclubbers in the 1970s. And if you went along to the spot in Ocean Road in later years, you would remember it as Roxannes.
The building is back in the news with Shields Gazette stories telling us that it could be transformed into a guest house.
New plans have now been submitted seeking permission to convert the building to “B&B/guest accommodation”, including 44 guest rooms under one management and booking operation, a reception/check-in area and ancillary guest facilities.
Changes may be on the way but we can always look back on the great times you had there. Take a look through our photos and then share your own memories by emailing [email protected]
1. Dancing back to 2019
This Shields Gazette archive view of the well known buildings takes us back to Roxannes in Ocean Road, in October 2019. | Iconic
2. Party time
Party time at Roxannes in another great photo from the South Shields venue which was taken in 2011. | img
3. Inside in 2011
Taking a look inside in a colourful photo which shows Roxannes in 2011. Tell us if you remember it like this. | img
4. A look inside
Roxannes and Vogue regularly got the attention of Shields Gazette photographers in the past, including in 2007. | sg