Hooky's Blog;Warsaw live at Middlesborough Rock Garden in 1977

Interesting stuff about the Glasgow DVD but most exciting (IMHO) the last paragraph of the latest blog reads:

Had a couple of meetings today key 103 are bein great thanks to graeme park with support for urbis and us over the exhibition and the Hac nit im doin in Sankeys in august and weve got some great ideas and givaways to involve you lot! ill tell you later when its finalised but would like to thank you all for your support in bringin back the Hacienda feeling to Manchester. Im off now hope ive not bored you ill try and not be as tardy next time. Oh by the way two presents for you this week Warsaw live at Middlesborough Rock Garden in 1977 promoted by Bob last a hell of an audience who spent all nite throwin plastic pint pots at me, but ians goin for it ive been wantin to use it for ages so now i have the chance! instrumental from FREEBASS called ;I envy us . work in progress so ...........enjoy!

Warsaw live at Middlesborough Rock Garden in 1977!!!

That would be cool to here (does anyone know where the hell in the Boro the Rock Garden was?)

(And its Middlesbrough )

Middlesbrough Rock Garden was at the end of Newport Road near the roundabout. When it closed it went through various re-incarnations (The Cavern etc) before finally becoming more widely known as The Arena. The Arena closed a few years back but is currently being refurbished and is expected to open in September as a club & music venue. As an aside, I have some photographs I took when New Order played the Rock Garden (I have the date recorded as 24th January 1981 on the wallet the photos are in) if anyone wants to see them.

griffster wrote: Middlesbrough Rock Garden was at the end of Newport Road near the roundabout. When it closed it went through various re-incarnations (The Cavern etc) before finally becoming more widely known as The Arena. The Arena closed a few years back but is currently being refurbished and is expected to open in September as a club & music venue. As an aside, I have some photographs I took when New Order played the Rock Garden (I have the date recorded as 24th January 1981 on the wallet the photos are in) if anyone wants to see them.

Great 1st post

I'm sure we'd all love to see the Rock Garden photos if you can scan them to digital.

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=1351508025

Get the hang of this soon !!!

quality

Gillian's like a tooth pick. love the high jeans.

You're gonna have to pull something special out of the bag for your third post

MAILLOT JAUNE wrote:

You're gonna have to pull something special out of the bag for your third post

How about the set list? That'd be fairly special as it's missing from the Live section

Hooky singing on two photos gives a clue, DNE, Doubts even here or both?

James Thomas wrote: Hooky singing on two photos gives a clue, DNE, Doubts even here or both?

Could be Mesh as well, the last known performance had only been a month earlier. DEH on the other hand was first played as an instrumental in March that year.

Cheers for the photos! The date of this gig is 17th Feb 1981 in most gigographies, BTW.

griffster wrote: http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=1351508025

Get the hang of this soon !!!

MAILLOT JAUNE wrote:

You're gonna have to pull something special out of the bag for your third post

The man has a point!

Great pics! Thanks for putting them up...

Good stuff!! Always intresting to see never before seen pics from early years

griffster wrote: http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=1351508025

Get the hang of this soon !!!

excellent Griffster and WELCOME

Very Cool Gillian Pics!

So when were the Gillian Pics taken? If it's in 1977, then this Gillian Gilbert biography in NOOL is wrong.

Indeed!

Sub-Cultured wrote: Very Cool Gillian Pics!

So when were the Gillian Pics taken? If it's in 1977, then this Gillian Gilbert biography in NOOL is wrong.

Indeed!

griffster wrote: I have some photographs I took when New Order played the Rock Garden (I have the date recorded as 24th January 1981 on the wallet the photos are in)

indeed

Thanks Leggy! I don't know how I missed that?

Indeed!

Heres my 3rd post, but nothing spectacular I'm afraid. I have a book (Joy Division New Order A History In Cuttings) which gives the date as 11th January 1981, a date which I've seen on various other web sites. But I've got the date recorded as 24th January on the wallet the photos are in. The 24th January was a Saturday night, which was the regular night for gigs at the RocK Garden back then. I'm absolutely convinced the 24th is the correct date.

I've got a gig list, which I think is based on the Water Rats site information, with it dated 11th Jan 81.

This site's concert browser has it down as 17th Feb 81 which is a date that probably came from Mark Johnson's book An Ideal for Living

I'm more inclined to believe a guy who was actually there taking photos

LeggyD wrote: I'm more inclined to believe a guy who was actually there taking photos

Yup, likewise!

the rock garden was on newport road /stockton road the place still exists but its a place for indie /dance music.....some great bands played there the uk subs the damned gen x the lurkers the mekons the reviloz x ray spex penetration gbh discharge and acne rabble(the sex pistols)

how the hell do i view the photies please??

signed up and all but no avail??

gutted about missing this