Staff got the chance to have the first dance as a new nightspot prepared to open in Burnley in 1989.

In this photograph from the Lancashire Telegraph archives, the then state-of-the-art sound and light system at Ritzy’s Nightclub was being tested in preparation for the club’s opening night.

And barstaff, security and managers couldn’t resist having a boogie as everything was being tried out. Ritzy’s was located in the premises of the former Cat’s Whiskers nightclub at the foot of Centenary Way which is now home to Gala Bingo.

Were you a regular there? Did you go on the openng night?

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