Do you know the Némisis discotheque in Órgiva? Well, this ‘electric-wrestling parlour’ was the first one in the whole of the Alpujarra and has just celebrated its 38th anniversary. I went there once – in 1986, I think it was, because we had a gig in the local high school and went there afterwards to drown our sorrows.
Four brothers opened the disco in 1972, after three of them returned from working in Switzerland. An entrance ticket back then, was 18 pesetas (9 centimes, or over half a day’s wage for our retired gentleman in the article above). As for the drinks, you could expect to pay 15 pesetas for liquors, 4 pesetas for a beer and 2.5 pesetas for a glass of wine…