woolley Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Loved the Douglas Head. What a wonderful location. We have lost a lot of fantastic leisure venues but I actually felt personal bereavement when they shut the Head. Remember thinking at the time that if they can't make that place work they can't make anything work. I guess cold hard cash, the site was simply more valuable than the business. What a way to run a railway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 When did it close? I have a vague memory of going in it as a child, but I must have been very young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Just now, TheTeapot said: When did it close? I have a vague memory of going in it as a child, but I must have been very young. I think early 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Oh, thought it would have been earlier than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 19 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Oh, thought it would have been earlier than that. There were issues with the concert hall not being weather tight for years. Light steel frame, corrugated roof. Very noisy during rain or hail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I remember sneaking in to watch a band called The Diary. Must've been '72/'73? You're right about the weatherproofing, the roof leaked like a sieve, played havoc with band gear. Continually damp and smelly, the mould growth above the suspended ceiling was surely a health hazard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 29 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: When did it close? I have a vague memory of going in it as a child, but I must have been very young. By the time I started going to gigs in the late 80's it didn't have much going on. Maybe the more popular old-man's bands like GASP or Raw Deal would still draw a crowd, but whenever we went up it felt a bit like Pheonix Nights. However, there was one memorable night - an all-day multi-band fundraiser for Hillsborough - that makes me think it must have been quite the place in it's heyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 13 hours ago, Scotty said: I love Pink Floyd, bur songs like “ Bike” are rubbish. Same with Another Brick in the Wall. Nothing like what they are about. I always delete Money off any Dark Side play lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, The Old Git said: I always delete Money off any Dark Side play lists. Yes definitely an odd song on an otherwise fantastic album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Declan said: By the time I started going to gigs in the late 80's it didn't have much going on. Maybe the more popular old-man's bands like GASP or Raw Deal would still draw a crowd, but whenever we went up it felt a bit like Pheonix Nights. However, there was one memorable night - an all-day multi-band fundraiser for Hillsborough - that makes me think it must have been quite the place in it's heyday. I remember going there for a similar all day fundraiser in 1986 which was the last time I was there, it had been pretty much idle for a while before that. I'd moved away by the time that Hillsborough had happened. Lots of memories of Friday and Saturday nights there for several years, and working there during one summer season when they had a cabaret during the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 1 hour ago, woolley said: Loved the Douglas Head. What a wonderful location. We have lost a lot of fantastic leisure venues but I actually felt personal bereavement when they shut the Head. Remember thinking at the time that if they can't make that place work they can't make anything work. I guess cold hard cash, the site was simply more valuable than the business. What a way to run a railway. Yes, rock band nights up there in the late 70's, Exile with Mike Reynolds and co. Place was always rammed. Whatever happened to the Santon Angel too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 44 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Yes, rock band nights up there in the late 70's, Exile with Mike Reynolds and co. Place was always rammed. Whatever happened to the Santon Angel too? Has he not passed away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 The last time I went was in the early 80s to see PJ Proby. He was late, caught up in the Rosie I believe, but it was a fantastic show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 15 hours ago, Shake me up Judy said: When I was in my teens and everyone was listening to Bohemian Rhapsody, this was my answer to that. The grand European drama and romance of Sebastian was head and shoulders over the kitsch of Queen's clever but soul-less mini-opera. Cockney Rebel's early albums were better than Queen's too. One of my favourite albums of all time , if not the most favourite. Went to Glasgow Concert Hall a couple of years ago to see Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel perform this album and “The Pyschomodo” back to back with full Orchestra and Choir. Absolutey amazing particularly a spine tingling“Death Trip” (and of course Sebastian). None of this Spotify listen before you buy stuff now. Shelled out £2.19 (a lot of money for a then thirteen year old) on the back of an NME review. Bargain. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I have this great album too Sadly the bass play was killed in the Lockerbie air disaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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