Jamie Harrison was 16 when he was plunged into Oldham's notorious 90s clubland
One minute you're finishing your GCSEs, the next you're washing glasses at a nightclub with strippers.
Described in their advertisements as "the north's top cabaret fun bars" the "African themed" venues were a jarring sight on the high streets of the working-class towns and cities they were located. Describing the décor, Jamie remembered: "You went it and it were like bloody fern leaves all over the place and model animals hidden away - it was that sort of theme inside.
"Three of us were glass collectors as we weren't old enough to work behind the bar," Jamie added. "I may have even lied about my age but I looked about 15 anyway. I don't know how I got away with that. One of the most notorious memories from Oldham's Henry Afrikas is of the live strip shows by two of the club's resident strippers.
"I remember having their latest album and walking in with it and asking if they would play that track, and Roxy would do. It was such a good buzz. "It felt a bit like a lot of waifs and strays in society ended up there. We'd end up at parties after we finished around somebody's house."
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