The Warehouse launched in 1979 as a home for disco lovers, new romantics and the rave generation. Famous faces who've walked through the doors include Nirvana, Oasis and Wham! through to Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Smiths, Boy George and even the Village People. The club has always attracted the city's weird and wonderful. Enjoy these photos which include memories from its founder Mike Wiand taken from a YEP interview in 2010. Do you recognise anyone? READ MORE: 25 photos you’ll only understand if you were a Leeds SpeedQueen clubber
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Mike said: "I have to say that despite everything we did as management, its success was 98 per cent down to the wonderful, amazing people of Leeds."
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Mike said: "If we ever got anyone famous coming to the city we were the only place to go afterwards. And I mean everyone."
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Mike said: "We brought out all the eccentrics of West Yorkshire."
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Mike said: "Marc Almond was our cloakroom girl - I used to help him put on his make-up!"
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Mike said: "What we set out to achieve with the club was a safe place where it didn't matter if you were 18 or 50, gay or straight."
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