Joy Division in Yorkshire. Ladies and gentlemen A few contemporary images of various venues JD are known to have played in Yorkshire, plus a little background information besides. Some photos - most notably Roots, The Royal Standard and The Queen's Hall - will seem a tad disappointing and rightly so as there's bugger all to see, but special thanks must go to John Keenan, Colin Blades and Denis Kilcommons, all whom went way over and above the call of duty.
Chaps, we salute you. These are the gigs we know for certain happened. Information is still sketchy in places, but for what it's worth, here's what I found out.
Coach House membership card thanks to Roger Spivey. I can always remember Arthur Lacey the manager; see Examiner article below which also gives a vivid description of the club's interior being a really decent bloke, on one night there had been a lot of trouble with skinheads fighting and instead of banning them, because he would lose out on their beer money, he made them them hand in their Doc Martens at the door.
They were walking around in their socks still thinking they looked hard. But whatever happened to Arthur Lacey? F Club badge C stillunusual Reproduced here with permission.
Brannigan's Flyer thanks to Bryan Hopson. Futurama 79 ticket C Bryan Hopson. Here we have the cancellations, the rumours, and the bullshit.
