My clubbing days were later than most of you (mid 80's), but oh, how I enjoyed them.
Living in Bearwood at the time, we would start off at the [censored] & Maggies or the Basshouse, now the Amber Tavern, jump on the first bus that turned up, usually the number 9 to New Street, pop into either Cagneys or Le Pub for a hour, then walk down Stephenson Street to our second home Sam Wellers, we practically lived in there on Thursday, Friday and Sunday nights. Celebrated my 21st in there in 1987, I was so, so drunk. We would stand by the dj .booth and the dj (think his name was John), would always say to us why don't you just bring your beds here, then he would play Respectable by Mel & Kim for us.
We'd decide which club we fancied going to when Sam's shut at 11, normally Faces at Five Ways, sometimes we'd go to Millionaires or Pagoda Park (now Snobs), where you needed a map to get back to your friends!
When I got a car, I gave up drinking and would park in the Navigation Street car park.
I especially remember Super Prix weekends when Millionaires got a extended licence and if I remember rightly stayed open until 4am. We would always go there that Saturday night, get a burger from a burger van on Hill Street and walk back to the car, ears buzzing, feet killing, but happy.
Other clubs I remember from that era were
The Powerhouse never very keen on this one, always felt slightly on edge
The Dome, huge, a bit impersonal, but fantastic light show
Tressines on Newhall Street
Peppermint Place the top of Broad Street (first club I ever went in at 17), tiny dance floor
The Nightingale with my gay friends, fantastic night out, great light show and good music.