"Newquay was the party town in the UK," he said. "It really began to hit the top bracket in the late '80s, and in the later part of the '90s it started to go off a little bit." "In the summer time ...

An iconic building on Newquay's high street ... one of Cornwall's biggest and most successful in the '80s and '90s, also announced their respective closures saying they were "absolutely gutted".