Back To The City - The 1980s & 1990s Nightlife Of Central Milton Keynes

Did you live your best life at Zazoos, Austens 2000, Bar Central, Cafe Moonshine, Directors, Empire, the Rose & Castle, The City Duck and all those other bars, clubs and pubs that are now part of Central MK’s vanished history? Did you party at The Point, get happy at Happy Wednesdays or put your hands in the air at the mighty UltraVegas?

In 2023 we put a call out for your memories of the local nightlife, resulting in donations of photos, flyers, memorabilia and more which led to a hugely successful exhibition at the Central Library for Heritage Open Days 2023, the creation of a documentary film celebrating MK’s most iconic after-dark landmark, The Point, and this online collection.

Take a nostalgic trip through CMK’s nightlife in times gone by and look back on how MK used to party in the 1980s and 1990s – the fashion, the hairstyles, the giant plastic palm trees – as this collection takes you Back To The City!