70s night at Diva nightclub

The date was April 28, 1999, when Diva became flooded with disco dancers donning large afro wigs, shiny medallions, tight catsuits and flapping flares.

While thousands of teens were hot footing it to Ibiza for house hedonism, the cool cats in these pictures strutted their funky stuff at a 70s night held at Diva nightclub.

It may have been a Thursday night, but that didn’t stop people from attending – the queues stretched the length of LeisureWorld.

<

• Man is charged with attempting to murder his parents and grandparent at family's isolated New Forest home
• Leisure firm start legal fight to remove travellers from Southampton park
• 'Our biggest ray of sunshine has gone' - family's tribute to motorcycle crash victim
• Inside the £1.25m New Forest home set in four acres with direct Forest access
• Drugs gang armed with gun and baseball bat are jailed for 17 years

Disco Dick on the decks was the icon of the moment – the platform king of Boogie Wonderland.

His intro was as over-the-top as the collars on his leopard-print catsuit.

The crowds from the balconies screamed his name as the dancefloor erupted.

“I may have missed the seventies the first time round, but I’ve managed to catch up and to be honest I reckon it’s still got that same buzz,” said Dick.

“It’s all about fun and having a good time. I’m not fanatical, I’m just here to spin the funky tunes.”