Nightlife may have been forever altered by changing economic conditions and the COVID-19 pandemic, but we'll always have the memories of Buckinghamshire's heyday club scene. 

We've had a look back at some of the most-loved nightclubs in High Wycombe's yesteryear, some of which have lived many lives and one of which was instrumental in the birth of rave culture.

From floors "stickier than flypaper" to a 7am opening licence, here is our tribute to five of the town's most memorable former venues.

Pure and Life on Mars, Octagon Parade

A recent casualty in the nightclub exodus, news of Pure's closure was confirmed last August, prompting former partygoers to fondly remember the good old days. Or the old days, at least - Royce Smallbone's most enduring memory was of the club floors: "Stickier than flypaper". 

Another resident described the "80s and 90s music downstairs and RnB upstairs" as well as the unique atmosphere created by "five bottles of VK for £5, guaranteed heartburn and no windows".

Club X/The Attic, Leigh Street

Another Wycombe-based nightclub, Club X was founded by Rod Needham and Gary Ellis in 1990 at the former bowling alley in Leigh Street. Speaking to VICE in 2009, Gary remembered the venue as "the first real rave club" in the area, adding: "We were the only club in 1990 with a 7am licence - everyone else closed at 2am."

Speaking to the Free Press in 2011, co-creator of The Mighty Boosh Dave Brown also shared his memories of the club, later called The Attic. In less than flattering terms, he described it as "a bit hairy" and "the only club (he and Noel Fielding) could go to", but "good memories" nonetheless!

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The Orchard, Hazlemere

The Orchard nightclub in Hazlemere was a local hotspot for over twenty years throughout the 1980s and '90s before temporarily being known as the Blue Room, then as The Orchard Reloaded in 2008.

The Free Press reported in the same year that international business owner Micky Jaffa was planning to run it as a venue for the over-25-year-old "mature clubber".

His plans to turn the venue into "the top night spot in the Bucks area" were not long-lived, however, and The Orchard has since closed for good. 

What was your favourite club in High Wycombe that is no longer open?