THERE Goes My Everything was a hit for singer Englebert Humpledink who once appeared at the Fiesta Club in Stockton.

The song title could also sum up the demise of the club due to family disagreements over its management and the rocketing rise in fees being demanded by star singers to appear.

But the nights when the likes of Dusty Springfield, the Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Shirley Bassey, Marvin Gaye, Tom Jones and Neil Sedaka took centrestage at the Norton Road club were remembered at the 40th anniversary celebration of the club's opening, at the Billingham Arms, this weekend.

Retired accountant Keith Lipthorpe, who founded the long vanished club with his late brother, Jim, reminisced: "A friend of mine described the Fiesta as the second best thing on Teesside, after ICI.''

Now, too, ICI has all but vanished from Teesside. "Everything changes, nothing ever stays the same,'' said Mr Lipthorpe.

The 40th anniversary coincided with the second sixties and seventies night organised by Lynne Dunning, of Select Promotions, a one-time Fiesta regular.

She said she hit on the idea of nostalgia nights for the middle-aged when she was "absolutely mortified'' to find nothing in the area for the over-30s. "Everything is geared for younger ages," she said.

"I wanted somewhere nice for our age group to go to,'' said Lynne, who has organised Bringing on Back the Good Times nostalgia evenings.

They will be held every first Friday of the month, at the Billingham Arms Hotel, Billingham, tickets priced £6.

"I enjoyed the night. I hope it succeeds," said Mr Lipthorpe.

"It's a very bold thing to do.''