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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1960s

Aurora Hotel

Latest 1988

(Name to)

Brompton Road

Gillingham

NAAFI Club

Above postcard, date unknown.

Aurora 1975

Above photo, June 1975.

 

Originally built in 1948 as the NAAFI Club for Navy, Army, and Air Force people, it later became the "Aurora Hotel" in the 1960s, and later changed into a nightclub known as "Excalibur" in the 1980s.

Whilst in its heyday this venue was hosts to such groups and artists as The Troggs (9 September 1968) and David Bowie 31 October 1969.)

The club finally closed in 1988.

 

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