For many, the highlight of 1981 was the opening of Part Two club. The name originates in the fact that it took over the building previously occupied by La Chic club. The new club was large, with three bars, dance floor, restaurant and “quiet” area and was fitted out to a high standard.

Unlike previous Nottingham clubs, Part Two had a very visible front man in the entertaining form of Ross Smith. For its first two years a good argument could be made for saying that Part Two was the best gay club in the UK. Click HERE to hear Ross Smith talking on Radio Trent about why Part Two should be "all gay".

Nottingham Switchboard was assisted by involvement with Part Two. They understood that the information that Switchboard gave out would inevitably lead many of their callers to visit the club. Mutual self interest was therefore served by them helping Switchboard to maintain its service by selling copies of Gay News and giving the money to Switchboard, though this notion was not recognised by some other venues.