PICTURES have given a rare glimpse inside a once bustling nightclub.

The Buffers nightclub at Ulverston Railway Station closed in 2008 after a quarter of a century of trading.

But a photographer has allowed the revellers of yesteryear to catch a rare peek into the former nightspot.

Pictures show the former club lying derelict and being taken over by vegetation.

An elevated stage area is recognisable in the former venue, which now lies completely bare.

The only signs of life are the plants growing on the floor.

A number of reunion events hoping to capture the spirit of the former club have been held, including last week at the Ignition cocktail bar. 

Buffers opened in 1983 after a lease was negotiated with Network Rail.

The lease was offered for sale by Barrow-based Kia Leisure in June 2007 and the club closed in May the following year.

A fall in trade had been blamed on the introduction of late-night drinking laws in Ulverston town centre from 2005.

In 2009 it was hoped that the building could become an activity centre with a children’s fun house, café and a synthetic ice rink.

Jeff Farrow and his wife Gillian Peet had planned to transform the former nightclub into the family entertainment centre.

But the husband and wife team had to drop plans to create the hub for families because of legal issues.

The centre, which was to be called The Zone, would have been the only ice rink in Cumbria.

The club was in part of the Grade II Listed railway station buildings, which were designed for the Furness Railway in the 1870s by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.