I am reading that the former strip club, ‘*Diamonds*’ has recently been [demolished]( https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19488086.bolton-strip-club-diamonds-finally-torn-delays/). It is probably for the best seeing what happened to it just days after we had been there. It was in May 2021 that myself and @anidiotexplores visited one Sunday morning with me parking on the same yellow double-lines as our [Trapdoor]( https://peakd.com/hive-104387/@slobberchops/tales-of-the-urban-explorer-the-trap-door-on-well-street) trip and hoping I wasn’t going to get ticketed. ![62_IMG_8148_62.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWJPfqDwZHTK7nTcEym4wbawXrv1uWsmzdbNP2HV5GxSQ/62_IMG_8148_62.jpg) With it being a local explore my comrade had already been in, and even with a short delay the TourBus had not quite started. It was just as well as very shortly a squatter named ‘*Wayne*’ would move in, lock the doors and charge explorers £2 to look around his ‘*home*’. Alternative methods of payment were beer, cigarettes, a mixture of both, and even credit arrangements which were available with payments being extended over 12 months. ![60_IMG_8145_60.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmZJ9usAUev6cFz7zzZPXFF8fbteSoYxCf8zyh26gMyWQL/60_IMG_8145_60.jpg) I suspect Wayne or some of his homeless buddies systematically trashed the top floor of Diamonds which was in a very habitable state when we visited or did they? ![63_IMG_8149_63.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbzR5VtJ874TLBbiUKLW4cVpwHErmP1EPFYEfPBLLr9e1/63_IMG_8149_63.jpg) A month later Diamonds was partially destroyed by [fire]( https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/fire-damaged-bolton-strip-club-20868846). It does not surprise me in the least. ![59_IMG_8144_59.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVknWQjY29hLp3BxEW1XMfh9BsCywfsTytxq8jpxpuQF7/59_IMG_8144_59.jpg) We scrambled over this decaying wilderness, through some trees, over a small wall, up a ramp, and had to push hard on a very large door for one of us to squeeze through in turns. The Diamonds tour had begun and was going to be like no other explore I have experienced yet. ![2_IMG_8082_2.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmZ93qE897RREwuiaawcaVzcNBAtCy2ZQmAbous5AGW6be/2_IMG_8082_2.jpg) Within seconds I could see death was awaiting me as through those floor holes was a sizeable drop. Spritely leaping over and hoping the far side was not paper-thin, we advanced up the stairs. ![1_IMG_8081_1.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQtSQZYCXiP63jtJj5bd1hSeMfR126Auuz2fVbYrhJRnU/1_IMG_8081_1.jpg) ![3_IMG_8083_3.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmPb1mfL5Y4WkbXRB5ahQY8LERALPAZzFU17dvaZcJ2hyN/3_IMG_8083_3.jpg) It looked like an old kitchen which quickly turned into a bar. St Nicholas Bar, it says on the outside of the building. ![4_IMG_8084_4.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVRLs7rvi6dBExo8YcaZP1TXQzFJQKTkEySJUJktATReK/4_IMG_8084_4.jpg) ![5_IMG_8085_5.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmcdh4uvbv5b4z6noH133kpWYsCnmzqj6WaNiWDkhk3Pg2/5_IMG_8085_5.jpg) ![6_IMG_8086_6.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbiWZqvd14mFQcCxiDnGad8NTrmA2ZK9PAmSKHy231XGc/6_IMG_8086_6.jpg) ![7_IMG_8087_7.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYKWVLAGMoU4DL5p7HS2QVUgcnzDJnaVgy3b36XbkWgmS/7_IMG_8087_7.jpg) ![8_IMG_8088_8.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNrJe75TAxKDFVeJMv6xdX8WtkinqWHY12V5vpicdAb8U/8_IMG_8088_8.jpg) Nichola or St Nicholas? ![9_IMG_8089_9.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUZ8CEPZ48iNLGggqd9ELjG5xa75kmRJFkdSRT3r5EiL2/9_IMG_8089_9.jpg) ![10_IMG_8090_10.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmRnCQNLw5Yzue9gmKwFvVM5VkwnUBZ12fC3BwiQpHoCSP/10_IMG_8090_10.jpg) Is that the remains of a stage, there was live music here? ![11_IMG_8091_11.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmRsmd4XCx2U7vgPA37Mc7X2ovicciPikp1rpU1p47hMfW/11_IMG_8091_11.jpg) That is a sharp angle on that bar; perfect for spilling your drinks and shattering glasses. Those bottles must have been glued down. ![12_IMG_8092_12.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYqfc8RAhJyYScBc6nuyDLeFHayQwWAGNA4cLNtDno1jz/12_IMG_8092_12.jpg) If it’s private..., then you need to look. ![13_IMG_8093_13.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWipUhzNgt37YvjQeHTpNWQTSpmZR9j6xNPKu3RwMF363/13_IMG_8093_13.jpg) This battered relic is or was a safe. Looking through the cracks there were coins in the bottom. It was too heavy to tip upside down and persuade the contents to come out. ![14_IMG_8094_14.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmVzdQfCCXsVaNtMjGnnKTVhGr5WpyjevLBsSCJRLUvo6W/14_IMG_8094_14.jpg) Things were about to get stranger after @anidiotexplores ushered me through this hole in the concrete. ![15_IMG_8095_15.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmaaUHkTqCDpJBcqXNK1XuWqyL4gFD9HSNVsJemQgPHsx4/15_IMG_8095_15.jpg) "*Someone has bashed their way through the entire block.., Diamonds is this way*", he explained to me. ![16_IMG_8096_16.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYzY2rCqkxCuxJoqKXBG6cV5po1vAbRcpAQxvV6Zk3hz9/16_IMG_8096_16.jpg) We walked into some kind of warehouse, and then up more stairs which contained yet another hole. ![17_IMG_8097_17.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYZKVMQb2bsnZiPTF7ws313XqaEQVUpTgxsUUG4S3igM1/17_IMG_8097_17.jpg) ***...'this hole was fucking awkward to climb though. You needed to scramble upwards to progress'...*** It was here things started to go wrong. Diamonds was a crawl through this '*horror hole*' of mish-mash that looks like it's from a horror set. ![18_IMG_8098_18.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdKBbN4MF3QqepgAHSdLCoGhMGHkiZ49SsScSUhHcEfKN/18_IMG_8098_18.jpg) I caught my finger on a sharp edge and it started bleeding. I barely felt it and the blood was more of an annoyance than anything else. With no bandages, plasters, mobile ambulances, or medics inside this old derp I had little choice but to repeatedly wipe the dripping finger on my jeans. Ignoring the incessant '*drip-drip*', we continued.... ![19_IMG_8099_19.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdd8KoKcjddD8szPtAkH3x1PNvf7QciSut14sMpBgtgLc/19_IMG_8099_19.jpg) I was guessing this was Diamonds as the style was very different. @anidiotexplores had wandered off leaving me to die of blood loss. ![20_IMG_8100_20.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmPmGdjZbnP3cxmfTzedR4VB2ucQSTL3qJb8BUa62fRQj9/20_IMG_8100_20.jpg) This was way more interesting and less vandalised than St Nicholas Bar. Beer glasses stood everywhere of various brands. ![21_IMG_8101_21.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYoYQTuz3fRfLE8RmmdfnMZgcvNX9JPkR13BFeXxPG2Zn/21_IMG_8101_21.jpg) The old till looked quite intact but refused to yield its contents to me. ![22_IMG_8102_22.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmd4ufzgHv2EzPoFumTXWXWDfxGRyyP4GuYw7q1G19dLhK/22_IMG_8102_22.jpg) ![23_IMG_8103_23.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmY2KDLJD7fwfRVuBASfk19TV4dciWavXRqCTNKz15QVeD/23_IMG_8103_23.jpg) ![24_IMG_8104_24.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmSNZan9xLjdvKPRbf3wg7dauPLnP7xnQkBKnPVTuL74HW/24_IMG_8104_24.jpg) Why this image turned out as it did, I couldn't tell you. It's an old mixing desk the DJs use. ![25_IMG_8105_25.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmamZiQyv4f3s19xnafTkA6VK35ti32eUM8yixMyidFa74/25_IMG_8105_25.jpg) Those strippers were not half bad-looking chicks. ![26_IMG_8106_26.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmTm4SHG8hJNRmZQoCEnoFsFvP2PmsYe9V9q8AvhQUsbEo/26_IMG_8106_26.jpg) I couldn’t fault Diamonds for variety. The cellar was full of old memories. ![27_IMG_8107_27.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmP3azN71NrhBSnw4CQBeVtDKWAueUj2dyZaW4rQiN5Uve/27_IMG_8107_27.jpg) They are two different couples, both of them very old. ![28_IMG_8108_28.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNS9nPPpRNSXRzYvM6cadx1sRkM4H7BWYD3RNDuGZvTjs/28_IMG_8108_28.jpg) Alanis, I saw her live in 1996 on the Jagged Little Pill tour before the album went on to sell millions. ![29_IMG_8109_29.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNadVLprZH48q64XWrxgUZVXPKqsJyAVkLRApkpGTPzxr/29_IMG_8109_29.jpg) Walking around down there was not easy. They had jammed all kinds of junk in it. ![30_IMG_8110_30.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdUzFWuoPAPkJdzmQLFdupRciNuPB5wNx6di6qKgXbnco/30_IMG_8110_30.jpg) Double cassette decks; the pirate’s choice once. ![31_IMG_8111_31.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbnmRURaz7EASiZL2DJ1qWeXSDhdtjYMge9EsjqYS69k5/31_IMG_8111_31.jpg) It was open in 2008. That's some years ago. ![32_IMG_8112_32.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUMX5pikFYUt8hD9EnJ3j6t2h45MSzuXmEhN2bn2yopE6/32_IMG_8112_32.jpg) ![34_IMG_8114_34.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmSkzGBV39maxkyNHyrwdny2VkFqD3SnYmxzJdpEGCSsFj/34_IMG_8114_34.jpg) Now that is a decent VHS collection, and they would probably work too. It wasn't overly damp. ![35_IMG_8115_35.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQma5xmHJd3nV3kTL6Gi2VPMeNCY36arnFc25Ax7dh1menK/35_IMG_8115_35.jpg) The caps are all attached, vintage champagne? I never noticed at the time. Wayne would have gouged on these later. ![36_IMG_8116_36.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbhCgbP4PFVtuF66LTXwugqX8ZGYMFjVk5SaWHDNqyw7N/36_IMG_8116_36.jpg) The Jack Daniels could well be Jack’s piss. Better stay on the side of caution or it could be '*Dumb and Dumber*' all over again. ![37_IMG_8117_37.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbn6NtwzVz9ECRmG15x4P1VssCx8Gb3LJuiNnHFho7Uc8/37_IMG_8117_37.jpg) These were all very empty. They went through a lot of Sambuca. ![38_IMG_8118_38.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUNTXqQ9uJSfBMWBQrFjRsUR7VZjma21zSvGW5rhknWWu/38_IMG_8118_38.jpg) Can you imagine sitting on the leather sofa watching those girls gyrate on the platform? ![39_IMG_8119_39.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUujXYutSQgH96VvRV3DgqXjNxDA9LZpz4NSQJYiT3ZvD/39_IMG_8119_39.jpg) Such signs must be displayed…, and the rules regularly bent. ![40_IMG_8120_40.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmTM8nG1PNMYQov5HJqJRVGx8c1NdfMjvAfcx8fhwwy6u2/40_IMG_8120_40.jpg) ![41_IMG_8121_41.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmeCQRWD44schFP3JaY7iCS7MpCRfBkTJ4AYyoeGypfDoJ/41_IMG_8121_41.jpg) 3 for £10 deals and then a warning about doubles. Talk about contradiction. ![42_IMG_8123_42.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmf9myuoSEZf7hGf7ZtKjTpWvGofvLJbuFpcD2Z6CT7BrU/42_IMG_8123_42.jpg) ![43_IMG_8124_43.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmaVLWxwasEJUFphQohM5rHmNktAmx47fhMYvdBQBWfGEt/43_IMG_8124_43.jpg) I heard this bar got completely trashed once the TourBus arrived. You have to be quick or be content with the devastation. ![44_IMG_8125_44.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmfCZqFHUfjKoRte7rPVT8Rv3C6ZGqkW8gGkWTtJRA2Q1L/44_IMG_8125_44.jpg) Diamonds must have been quite the hit once. ![54_IMG_8139_54.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYXPgY72bem3dEtPgnvwQyPJ7Bm3FDqk318kEyzdhow8f/54_IMG_8139_54.jpg) Evolving even more and walking through the labyrinth of passages I climbed yet more stairs to get to where the boss used to live. ***…'Bosses always live on the top floor. Watch Game of Death featuring a fake Bruce Lee and you will understand'…*** The living quarters were almost habitable, with tables, sofas, and even a CRT TV. ![45_IMG_8126_45.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmaDJaa58C92x3FYKvQDpKiq2E6hMas7W4d8hobVSEUZcN/45_IMG_8126_45.jpg) ![46_IMG_8127_46.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmay7KQ8oQb8bK1qU1oSyc6bgaM6n17hosVUJ85Rur45r7/46_IMG_8127_46.jpg) ....with comforting music to listen to. ![47_IMG_8128_47.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQma5qPBH2RX7idxsgt2eh9FnzYbKW5ZoydN7n4Aw8D7RRU/47_IMG_8128_47.jpg) Room dividers might be a good idea. A Jacuzzi yes, but the shower is a little public and only just covers up your bits. ![48_IMG_8129_48.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmcBLjZyWQW5z55EJVtP79DeHbZrs8sxjBz6xZtVKvSGJR/48_IMG_8129_48.jpg) There's even a sunbed in the corner with a separate TV to stop you from being bored ![49_IMG_8130_49.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmagj6xJ8wUBi2K4rNTLTirA7Vu6QbfRmcPU6Yi7qmdHD2/49_IMG_8130_49.jpg) Free delivery for the boss man? ![50_IMG_8131_50.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWEP9jdERW8kgzuWSvhviwA13hWrwPiz9Cz83u7uL2VYv/50_IMG_8131_50.jpg) It must have been the bedroom once, but again no dividers. ![51_IMG_8132_51.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmR3XLh6BUaTpDi5sr2dqKG5yJz5py7sff86PEui9wvowB/51_IMG_8132_51.jpg) The kitchen was right next to it and what was that… a towel! ![64_IMG_8233_64.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmNeSMA1cLzybGReYDBpdEnQsRDuPHCSsL4SuacovGamBs/64_IMG_8233_64.jpg) I never take anything from any explore but that towel was a welcome relief as my jeans were now quite soaked in blood and I was at the point of passing out. ![52_IMG_8133_52.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQme1xV46edacjYKXEMUc9Sbg1aheRniEHaqgyoV4aWw42C/52_IMG_8133_52.jpg) Plenty of items of value, no doubt sold at some pawn shop by ‘*Wayne*’ or other twats who steal from properties. ![55_IMG_8140_55.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmT9P2UpB2JmiAbfevM5ZZZmXc46aouAULju854p89kEPK/55_IMG_8140_55.jpg) ![56_IMG_8141_56.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmbGJwci7S87atEmkbjHiEKgSz4DYXT3Awup6uv6mMjd6F/56_IMG_8141_56.jpg) At least there's free re-entry. We could always come back. ![57_IMG_8142_57.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmTzTJkRe4bwX5fL9SQG93XnxSAYjLuaZB1Q68VQRtfKNd/57_IMG_8142_57.jpg) ![58_IMG_8143_58.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmX34vgZECBQd5ZePPNtFqgALgAGoKLztMkuN7wYYK4pjX/58_IMG_8143_58.jpg) The towel stunk of pure derpyness but helped a lot. My finger finally started to clot. We made our way down through the bar and exited via a different door. I was relieved we didn't have to climb through '*horror hole*' again. Wayne must be thinking he is hard done by. He lost his home, his income and is back on the streets. I have seen pictures of the boss room just weeks after we visited. ![61_IMG_8147_61.jpg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmP4wRcqrCw4yk4m73DN7xcnh1U5Y64rBbRdqYuFkga6Me/61_IMG_8147_61.jpg) It was totally trashed; why would you trash your own squat? 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