Ah, the Northbridge Hotel - scene of many a good Wednesday night drinkie and nosh. It was a gay bar in those days and they did a lot of fundraising for AIDS charities, doing food runs to people who couldn't cook for themselves any more, that sort of thing.

They also hosted the monthly leather boys soiree in the dungeon - the sight of bin liners on the walls and floors gave even my most hard-core mates pause.