Haçienda poll

Went to the Hacienda many times. I joined just after it opened in 82, saw all but one of New Orders gigs there. It breaks my heart to walk past the site now, but at least the name will live on.

I went in 1996. My college grad present was a trip to England and I dragged my sorority sister to Manchester and we went out to the Hacienda. It was awesome to finally go after reading about it for almost 10 years (I discovered NO in 1987), although the cover charge was Disneyesque in its steep price.

But I did brush elbows with Hooky. I was too afraid to talk to him in case he was mean to me. I prefer my illusions.

Saw both New Order and Happy Mondays at the Hac. Strangely the Monday's played before a student night called Temperance in about 87/88 in front of about 50 interested souls.

I went to a couple of club nights in the late 80's as well when a mate of mine was a student in Manchester.

I used to have a Fac 51 pin badge but I've lost it but I've still got some of those yellow stickers and a silver matchbox!

lol fac51 pin badge i remember them in fact i still got mine :) and them bloody silver paper matchboxs as well they was given away as freebies at first birthday party if memory serves me. it was worth going to the birthday bash just to see tony wilson get twated in the face with a cake during his speech. i also remember being pissed up and seeing to girls taking down one of the 1st birthday promo posters and shouting STOP THAT RIGHT NOW they promptly ran off and i ran over and nicked for myself LOLOL aaaah they where the days eh,still got the poster too but its a bit tatty to say the least. the HAC was the best club in the world for a while but as has been said elsewhere in this thread it went into being a shithole in the end,best thing to do was to knock it down in the end really and let the memories of a fantastic place live on. about time someone else picked up the torch and let the next generation of kids have a place like it. i joined hac51 just as it opened and was thrilled with my membership card (credit card type thingy)

By the way does anyone know how much the Hacienda apartments are going for?

I always prefered The Venue and walked past people queuing to get in The Hacienda many times. I never quite fancied it as a club to tell you the truth.

Built as a place to build boats and should have remained that way IMO, save for the times I saw NO and of course The Factory All-Stars!

DM

Originally posted by Mickey Way By the way does anyone know how much the Hacienda apartments are going for?

Start at £135,000 :(

Not bad compared to London prices - what do you get for £135k - a small 1 bedroomer?