The Bodega nightclub was one of the many bars and pubs in Manchester in the sixties. It was situated on Corporation Street further along from what is now Boots. At one point in the late fifties and sixties, Manchester spawned many nightclubs and gained the reputation of being a ‘swinging city’ before the chief constable James Anderton, looking somewhat like an old testament prophet, swept most of them away.
The Bodega Bar, Manchester The Bodega Club off Corporation Street, further along from what is now Boots – 15 Cross Street, Manchester. It was licensed and used to be a jazz venue before becoming more main stream.
Later it became Top of The Town, SOUNDS – then the Granby Bar. It was famous for its long bar – very crowded. The only time I went there produced a fight.