Sneaky Zodiac Centre Explore PEEP SHOW WAS FILMED HERE v2

Zodiac Centre Top Rank and Cinatras of Croydon Sneaky Explore PEEP SHOW WAS FILMED HERE



Zodiac Centre was a building in Croydon which was used in the Channel 4 (not BBC) TV Comedy (Peep Show).


The complex was builtin 1966 and has been home to many of Crydons businesses. It is 38m tall.


1994, Cinatra’s was advertising a “ladies only hen night extravaganza” with “3 top male strippers”, and in 1998 “a series of disturbances” led to an attempt by the police to have its licence removed



Also the Cinatras Night Club which was also earlier known as Top Rank is described in the following excerpt from this website: https://london-road-croydon.org/history/0169-cinatras.html



The Zodiac Court development was an ambitious project: large and diverse, including housing, offices, shops, a car showroom and petrol garage, underground parking, and “one of the biggest ballrooms in the South of England”. This ballroom was set out over two floors, with a total area of 36,000 square feet (3,345 square metres), and included bars and a restaurant.[17]

By late 1966, the development was substantially complete and the ballroom space was occupied by Top Rank, part of a chain of nightclubs owned by the Rank Organisation. This offered not only “public dancing” and “a discotheque”, but also an “800 seat banqueting hall” as well as “conference facilities”. Live music was a regular feature; the “big big swinging sound of Reg Brooks and his band” could be enjoyed every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday night for an entry fee of 6, 10, or 5 shillings respectively (£4.78, £7.96, or £3.98 in 2016 prices).[18]

Nick Shepherd, who was the first “house engineer” at the Croydon Top Rank suite, remembered the early days:[19]

I was VERY short of money in those days and used to sleep on a couch in the upstairs balcony because I couldn’t afford a place to rent. I did eventually move into the flats next door — and for a short time shared with someone called Mark Bowley who was the resident DJ at the suite when Reg Brookes and his band were not playing [...] we developed some neat lighting shows as our equipment was state of the art (at the time!). For our show piece we developed a multi-colored presentation build around the song “I can sing a rainbow” by Cilla Black who was popular back then.

Top Rank also hosted one-off live music concerts, including one on Wednesday 22 May 1968 by “teeny bopper” pop group Love Affair. The Croydon Advertiser described the scene:[20]

Hundreds of screaming teenage fans surrounded the stage [...] By the end of the show nearly 20 girls had fainted from overexcitement, and had to be carried off to be revived. [...] Lead singer Steve Ellis shouted out above the music and screams, leaping on and off equipment to keep up the general excitement. [...] In the final frenzy of the last number, several girls rushed the stage and, as the curtains were drawn, Top Rank attendants could be seen in a game of hide and seek among the equipment.








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