The Stereo Club was held in the dance hall, up the winding staircase, at the top of the Co-op in Woking; with Willy Watson and Ronnie Hughes the main doormen on club nights from ’64-’66. It may not have been a licensed venue, but it featured a lot of good beat and rhythm ’n’ blues bands and was known as a hardcore Mod hangout.

You could have seen the likes of Freddie & the Dreamers, The Troggs, Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich, and the Tremelos for no more than 5/-. Local bands such as The Late Edition also played there, and on the 7th Jan, 7th Feb, 3rd & 13th March ’64 Philip Goodhand-Tait and The Stormville Shakers appeared returning in ’65 on 26th Sept. Each club night featured live music and a disco. Local firemen of the time – station just across the road – were often called out to the club to administer first aid following a punch up.

During the day and Saturday morning’s the Alexander School of Dancing, run by Frank and Winnie Alexander, operated out of the club. Below the club the Hopwood brothers ran a roller disco. The Co-op closed around 1980.

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The old Co-op (c’73) building, Woking were the Stereo Club was held upstairs and the Hopwood brothers ran a roller discos below.
Up the winding stairs on the right to the top of the Co-op was The Stereo Club. Picture courtesy of Gillian Pugh via WOKING-OLD and NEW