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New Snobs set to open doors as 41-year era ends

The finishing touches are being put to the new home of one of the world's longest-running clubs.

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Snobs, which has been at its current location in Paradise Circus, Birmingham for 41 years, will host its final hurrah on Sunday night ahead of the move into new £1.5 million premises on Hurst Street.

The new Snobs club under construction. Picture by Dave Travis

This week workmen are scurrying around the inside of the former Vudu building, wiring, painting and constructing the final pieces ahead of its grand opening on Wednesday.

Plasterer Paschal Morrissey, 41 and from Solihull, has had the unenviable task of creating 460 of the famous faces that line the stairs of the current venue, in the new home.

Plasterer Paschal Morrissey has created 460 of the famous faces at the new Snobs

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He said: "For me this isn't just about the work, it's nice to be a part of Snobs.

"I had a misspent youth in Snobs so it's good to think I'm having a hand in creating the new venue."

The infamous wall of faces will be the first thing encountered by visitors to the new venue, as they line a lift shaft which rises through the club.

Instead of two rooms, there will now be four areas that can be used to accommodate a larger crowd.

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A seated area will allow customers to enjoy food.

A small bar, adjacent to the large main room, will be open seven days a week including daytimes, and can be combined with the larger space with the removal of shutters for the more popular nights.

In the main room, a familiar sunken dance floor and mirrored pillars will be a comfort to those eager to hold on to the old memories of the soon-to-be former venue.

The new Snobs club under construction. Picture by Dave Travis

There will also be two separate rooms, including a window-lined bar that gives views out onto the busy streets below.

Dave Southam has been a DJ at the club for 20 years.

He said: "We've really tried to recreated in the new place what was in the old.

"There are places throughout the new club, such as the mirrors and the faces, where you will think 'that looks like the old place'.

"There are four different areas we can open depending on the number of people we have in, so there's always a decent atmosphere.

"Some clubs just have the one room and on the quieter nights people can feel lost inside, so that's something we can avoid."

The famous Snobs faces at the new venue

He said that although fans of the club had originally seemed averse to the move, people are now coming around to the idea.

He added: "As time's gone on it's becoming more positive.

"People will obviously miss the old place, but I think people are looking forward to coming and seeing the new club."

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