'I'll meet you at the pressy buttons': How Sunderland people used to plan their nights out in the 1990s

And it gets another airing in the latest episode of our iconic video series called Sunderland’s 90s Nightlife.

The bus station meeting point

In episode 5, called The Safety of the Pack, we look at the places where people met before going to their favourite nightclub.

Arrangements to meet were stuck to ‘by law’ and no one left anyone on their own at the end of the night.

Alison Vaulkhard, who was a nightclub operator in the 90s, recalled that people would ‘meet you at the ‘pressy-buttons’ in the bus station by C&A.”

‘There were no mobile phones’

Julie Garland remembered that picking a meeting point was vital because ‘at the time of course, there were no mobile phones.’

We also hear from former nightclub boss Bob Senior, DJ Phil Monk and from Bryn Hanson.

And remember - there are plenty more episodes to enjoy for another dose of 1990s memories.

First up was episode 1 called Old Skool. Our interviewees discuss their memories of music back in the 1990s including what was popular, including Nirvana, rave, dance and trance, and what went down well in Sunderland’s nightclubs.

Idols and Annabels remembered

In the second episode, the very people who ran Idols and Annabels have spoken to the Sunderland Echo to share their memories - and there were lots of them!

In a packed third episode of Sunderland 90s Nightlife - the new video series brought to you by the Sunderland Echo - we asked people for the first thing that comes to mind when they thought of the 90s night scene in the city.

Episode 4 was a look back at Chambers, particularly through the eyes of John Shaw who was a DJ there in the 1990s.

He remembered that the selection of drinks in those days was very limited compared to what’s on offer in pubs and clubs now.

Watch out for episode 6 coming next week when we look at the places you called in at - before you went to the nightclub.