yes happy days indeed,watched plenty of bands in the royal standard,the punk scene was fantastic in there.the pub down from the boy n barrell was the tavern in the town,yes limelight were regulars on the stage.just cant remember where nosey parkers was.remember seeing son of a bitch at the princeville before they became saxon,then the vaux bar where i saw human league before they made it big,aw the memories are flooding back

I got this book today. It's an interesting read.

No, the Goldsborough is the one just a few yards further up from the Corn Dolly. I believe it shut recently? Something i don't think will ever happen to the brilliant Dolly!

I saw Def Leppard at Bradford Uni when they WERE a rock band. Unfortunately they became American and henceforth were crap!



PS Anyone remember Baby Tuckoo and Warlord?

Ilkley Rock City: www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/a ... ture.shtml Them w'at days. We didn't 'ave no tellies or shoes or bedclothes. We med us own fun in them days. Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see Jimi Hendrix at Troutbeck 'otel, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing. We'd lots o' things in them days they 'aven't got today - rickets, diptheria, Hitler and my, we did look well goin' to school wi' no backside in us trousers an' all us little 'eads painted purple because we 'ad ringworm. They don't know they're born today!!![size=50 =#FFFFFFWith thanks to Tony Capstick.[/size

Ilkley Rock City: www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/a ... ture.shtml Them w'at days. We didn't 'ave no tellies or shoes or bedclothes. We med us own fun in them days. Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see Jimi Hendrix at Troutbeck 'otel, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing. We'd lots o' things in them days they 'aven't got today - rickets, diptheria, Hitler and my, we did look well goin' to school wi' no backside in us trousers an' all us little 'eads painted purple because we 'ad ringworm. They don't know they're born today!!![size=50 =#FFFFFFWith thanks to Tony Capstick.[/size

Thanks guys, at least some of you got to see limelight at least...awesome band.

..the venue i saw them at will have to remain a mystery for now..but it was definately pub with a venue built on..really low ceiling in the concert hall which apparently played havoc with the accoustics..o well Happy days.

Sounds like the Princeville Club to me up near Ingleby Road.

Blimey I'll have to get this one, probably wait for the updated one in May.

On the name of the venue could it have been the Beehive ? I'm not sure when they had the extension built for the bands so I might be way out with dates!

Anyone else here Ex Wheatsheaf, Queens Hall/Celler Bar and Frog and Toad?

Some some "interesting" bands at the Queens Hall/Celler Bar - Gypsy Queen, Celtic Frost, Destruction, Lawnmower Deth!! Oh and Bradford's very own Spoilt Bratz who became Terrorvision.

Brings back some great memories.....

Went out for curry with Spoilt Bratz, as a friend was working as a music journalist at the time and I used to carry the camera. I now know the drummer in passing through mutual friends.

I liked Gypsy Queen in the way teenage boys do. Can't recall the music at all

Track listing off the 4 CD collection

The word eclectic springs to mind!

Many thanks to everyone who made suggestions on this one....after a bit more digging, i found a site dedicated to Limelight complete with past tour dates !!
Looks like i was a bit out with my guess at location but according to them they playes at 2 venues in Bradford that year... Princeville and Gatsbys..not sure i remeber if they were pub names or Areas but hey...were getting closer..

RIP Wild Willi

Hi smiffythebull

Do you have the address of the Limelight website please, brilliant band. saw them a few times at the Fforde Greene , Staging Post and Compton Arms in Leeds and at The Princeville in Bradford.
The two front guys were brothers if i recall.

I have one of the 7" they made with his ashes pressed into it - from the memorial tribute gig at the Beehive a couple of years ago.

Quote ="martinh"Hi smiffythebull Do you have the address of the Limelight website please, brilliant band. saw them a few times at the Fforde Greene , Staging Post and Compton Arms in Leeds and The Princeville in Bradford. The two front guys were brothers if i recall.'" Cheers for the reply Martin, where exactly was or is the Princeville.?? on this link the old tour dates say they played at the Princeville and Gatsbys.... nwobhm.info/nwobhm/index.php?opt ... &Itemid=42

Quote ="martinh"Hi smiffythebull Do you have the address of the Limelight website please, brilliant band. saw them a few times at the Fforde Greene , Staging Post and Compton Arms in Leeds and The Princeville in Bradford. The two front guys were brothers if i recall.'" Cheers for the reply Martin, where exactly was or is the Princeville.?? on this link the old tour dates say they played at the Princeville and Gatsbys.... nwobhm.info/nwobhm/index.php?opt ... &Itemid=42

About half way up Ingleby Road from Girlington traffic lights, turn left on Princeville Road. Go right to the far end (its a dead end) and the club is on the right hand side. At the time it was more or less in the middle of nowhere, but houses have been built all along there now.

The building itself is still there. I paid a nostalgic visit about a year ago when I was over that side of town, and it was boarded-up and looked pretty derelict. The basic building seemed intact and the concert room was on the back - still seemed to be more or less as it was.

If someone had a win on the lottery it could be bought, refurbished and re-opened. Now that would be an awesome trip into the 70s and 80s for people of a certain vintage

Good effort Paul, i just google mapped the Princeville and i can say with almost certainty that wasnt the place unfortunately...the mystery still continues, the place i saw limelight was a pub and from what i can remember was in the middle of an estate..the pub had a nightclub type venue attatched at the side and had a very low ceiling..it was a long hall type room...anyone know where gatsbys was ? according to their website they played there the same year..

IIRC Gatsbys is still there albeit a bombed-out shell halfway down the road connecting Westgate and Manningham Lane (Hamm Strasse?) on the right. It wasn't like you describe either. The only pubs I can think like that would be some gaff up in Thornton (Steelers?) or The Tyke up Thornton Road which was called summat else back then. Other than that you're on your own! You may have your wires crossed as the description fits The Princeville to a tee.

Hmmm

Middle of estate rings a bell for me. There was a short-lived venue on the Bell Dean Estate in Allerton that fits that description. I can't remember the name of it to be honest, but I remember going there. I've a feeling it was a WMC rather than a pub - might have been called The Belldean Club - or perhaps it was the Bell Dean pub??

But it was right in the middle of the estate, a real rough hole frankly. They had bands on there for a few months in the late 70s.

Ring any bells

Avenel Club?

Well got a bit further... this nostalgia trip needs to stop...


Talked to a guy yesterday that actually said he was at the same gig but...as he was 17 at the time he can only remember going up thornton road and turning up old road, or old lane ?? the guy who was driving told him to watch out for the turning into old road or lane thats how he remembered.. could be a red herring but you guys have mentioned that area quite a few times....

Old Road just off Thornton Road is right next to where the Tyke now stands (I drive past it twice a day).


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Thanks for the link smiffythebull, interesting site.
This has got me reminiscing about all the bands i saw in that era. Saw Diamond Head at the Princeville also a brilliant reggae band called Jab Jab.

Could the club have been the Thornton Labour club - I saw loads of bands there over the years.