North Westward Ho

Originally moored in Cornwall, the ship was moved north during the seventies.

According to Pubs of Manchester, it got a 12-month makeover that fitted the boat with a “plush bar and restaurant, offering six bars, bass ale, late licence and disco.”

Even more extraordinary was the fact that an RAF jet was “parked next door to act as an overflow venue, complete with dancefloor.”

North Westward Ho! was representative of an era where experimenting with new, unconventional nightspots was proving increasingly common.