Good Ol' Days

[RedTillDead]

I think I'm at that time of my life where social & employment responsibility and a dedicated family life has taken control.

How I look back with glassy eyes in remberance of those halcyon days back in '92 when I counted the hours until Friday approached, finishing work, joining up with the rest of the crew and making plans for the trip to Maximes, The hacienda, Quadrant park or wherever was hosting top local and guest DJ's.

I can still feel the adrenelin and stomache churns when I think about those summer nights queueing outside Wigan Pier with all the other clubbers waiting for that first rush or spinal chill.

Getting closer to the door, you hear a tune that you love pumping out over the noise of people chatting loudly, laughing, they're on the way up now. The atmosphere electric, then you see it, the condensation rising out from the door, the noise rising to a creshendo of bass and piano.

The simple fact that no one give a shit about causing a ruck and everyone seemed equal in thier personal quest for having a tremendous time......making friends, exchanging numbers and meeting up next week for a bit of the same. Then there were the girls........, the vicks vapour rub and, oh yes, the girls.

And there's still a saturday left untouched

Will those days ever return?........if I could bottle it, I would make a fortune!

 

[blue jammer]

The simple fact that no one give a shit about causing a ruck and everyone seemed equal in thier personal quest for having a tremendous time......making friends, exchanging numbers and meeting up next week for a bit of the same. Then there were the girls........, the vicks vapour rub and, oh yes, the girls.

And there's still a saturday left untouched

Bolded bit - avoid Manchester - it's full of knobs and mindless scum thesedays.

Good post by the way

Will those days ever return?........if I could bottle it, I would make a fortune!

They already have returned, in the form of Hazy Dayz, every last Saturday of the month, Liverpool

Check out the events/reviews section for more..

 

[Super Freak]

LOL good post m8, welcome to OSA, mate the vibe is there kicking still

 

[Northern Star]

Tremendous......wot a top word!

Just about sums it up for me too does that!!!!

and yes......Hazy has the vibe kicking strong still....... phones:

Nice post btw.....keep um comin....we love to reminiss :$

 

[Miss C]

Sum fantastic description there RTD painted a picture

 

[RedTillDead]

I've spent a little time on the forum today (working from home due to a stomache bug) and I cant believe just how clear the memories are, obviously helped along with the posts and mixes on this forum........Thanks a lot, I feel much better now.

I'm glad you seem to enjoy my first post.....Hopefully there will be more to come. Did any one used to attend the 'illegal' field raves in Blackburn? How good did they used to be. Finishing in Wigan at 2:30am, jumping into a car (any one's really it didnt matter - they were all going to the same place), stopping at the Shell garage for milk and mars bars and joining the convoy up on the M6 in a car full of strange but welcoming people with jaws going 2 to the dozen with 'So Real' blurting out the stereo....

Once we found the site, jumping out the car into the dark and coldness and mud and headlights and thick sweet smelling tobacco fumes trying to find all the people you were with back at the club.....what a fekkin hoot!

I went to loads, some lasted only 20 minutes before plod showed up, some lasted all night, depending on what kind of power system the organisers used, can you imagine that happening now? I wouldn't want to get my Ozeki jeans dirty..LOL

 

[Northern Star]

I've spent a little time on the forum today (working from home due to a stomache bug) and I cant believe just how clear the memories are, obviously helped along with the posts and mixes on this forum........Thanks a lot, I feel much better now.

I'm glad you seem to enjoy my first post.....Hopefully there will be more to come. Did any one used to attend the 'illegal' field raves in Blackburn? How good did they used to be. Finishing in Wigan at 2:30am, jumping into a car (any one's really it didnt matter - they were all going to the same place), stopping at the Shell garage for milk and mars bars and joining the convoy up on the M6 in a car full of strange but welcoming people with jaws going 2 to the dozen with 'So Real' blurting out the stereo....

Once we found the site, jumping out the car into the dark and coldness and mud and headlights and thick sweet smelling tobacco fumes trying to find all the people you were with back at the club.....what a fekkin hoot!

I went to loads, some lasted only 20 minutes before plod showed up, some lasted all night, depending on what kind of power system the organisers used, can you imagine that happening now? I wouldn't want to get my Ozeki jeans dirty..LOL

Heheheheh too right....im from Blackburn and they are my most treasured days! nice to see another ol warehouse head about phones:

God there used to be some mad convoys..........they used to have two on the go at the same time to send the fuzz the wrong way cus our lot knew the back roads and alley ways to the final destination........but like you say they foxed us lot sumtimes......i recall tommy balls warehouse got busted jus as we were arriving......buggeration! was complete mayhe, but well exciting

 

[Miss C]

Sounds like amazing fun, im too young i missed all that, but i know theres definately ppl on here that did all the service station parties etc coz theres been threads up about it b4, i'm sure plenty of ppl will b eager to tell u their stories from things like that when they see this thread

 

[RedTillDead]

Too Right, I was on my way to that rave at Tommy Balls (was it the shoe shop place thingy?). When someone got wind of it being raided, so the whole convoy turned off the motorway and headed for the nearest services, I cant remember which one, but it was a top nite.

Loads of cars and people from every where, all over the UK. We met up with a minibus load of ladies from Newcastle who had come down especially for the illegal jaunt, they were off thier faces, I surprised they found thier way!!! I think they enjoyed the services just as much tho', there must have been 1000 people there.

It just shows that music and ambience can bring people together

 

[Northern Star]

Too Right, I was on my way to that rave at Tommy Balls (was it the shoe shop place thingy?). When someone got wind of it being raided, so the whole convoy turned off the motorway and headed for the nearest services, I cant remember which one, but it was a top nite.

Loads of cars and people from every where, all over the UK. We met up with a minibus load of ladies from Newcastle who had come down especially for the illegal jaunt, they were off thier faces, I surprised they found thier way!!! I think they enjoyed the services just as much tho', there must have been 1000 people there.

It just shows that music and ambience can bring people together

Aye that would have been Birch services i think!!! and Charnock...well i met so many peeps there and had so much fun!!!......they had a little pic nic area by the side i recall.......i remember starting the off yer head grand national races there for anyone who was mad enough to join in.......it largly involved running round the area jumping over the picket fences and hedges and the picnic tables and see who made it back 1st without doin yerself an injury!!! lol....the good ol dayz indeed!

you didnt happen to go to 'live the dream and Ewood mill' by any chance!

 

[RedTillDead]

Ewood Mill rings a bell, is there a MacDonalds and train station near by?......although a majority of the venues I got to where out doors, with the organisers using 3 or 4 tranny vans hooked up to provide power to a set of speakers the size of a house

 

[Northern Star]

Ewood Mill rings a bell, is there a MacDonalds and train station near by?......although a majority of the venues I got to where out doors, with the organisers using 3 or 4 tranny vans hooked up to provide power to a set of speakers the size of a house

Aye mcdonalds ois there now......the mill was knocked down to make way for it..........the train station is on mill hill which aint too far away...but it sounds more like the one that was held behind the train station in town...........was it snowing!!! lol...the things you remember....youve started me off now! :$ :$ :$ :$ :$ :$ :$ :$

 

[RedTillDead]

I'll say it was snowing, it was blizzard....ever been in a car full of ravers, off thier heads and trying to get home through ice and snow with out the old bill tuggin ya! That was an experience I'll tell ya.

 

[Super Freak]

Ahh the covoys dem was the days, 50 cars full of mashed up heads meeting on the m6, great days

 

[Northern Star]

I'll say it was snowing, it was blizzard....ever been in a car full of ravers, off thier heads and trying to get home through ice and snow with out the old bill tuggin ya! That was an experience I'll tell ya.

Aye it was that one then....behind the train station lol...no way!

fekking el....i got dragged through the snow that nite i got there and i was piss wet through..........we all went to minstrels first then walked round!!! its a go kart place now there under the bridge....lol...i should a start be a warehouse tour guide of blackburn hahahahahaha

 

[cam]

oi oi welcome to the board fella

 

[milenko/]

Aye it was that one then....behind the train station lol...no way!

fekking el....i got dragged through the snow that nite i got there and i was piss wet through..........we all went to minstrels first then walked round!!! its a go kart place now there under the bridge....lol...i should a start be a warehouse tour guide of blackburn hahahahahaha

i remember stories of minstrels getting busted alot too.

and iv got some flyers from there too(in my suitcase full of flyers and posters)
im gonna get them from me mams and have a mooch iv forgotten what iv got but most were given to me by my cousin or uncle
got loads of eclipse flyers the cartoon ones from about 90 91 got really early fantazia one too got some from 88 onwards too

ill have a mooch over the wkend probs and try and gettem on ere if yers are intrested

 

[WAFC]

The Pier

"Fck me there queing accross the bridge",not for a good 12 years they haven't been. it all went shite when ruddy left the pier. in fact i blame ruddy leaving the pier on social problems the world over. once malc was the main music maestro there, thats when it all went wrong. if you went to satisfy on a saturday then i didn't, so i don't know. Phil and Dave Hongkins send there best wishes from there retirement home.

 

[cam]

it was at its best 90 - 92 the P

then it went totally shit, I think summer 93 wasnt too bad either.

Mad friggin ques though.

I remember someone who went in the pier a few years ago, eat a shit load after having a break for about 5 - 10 years, walked outside cause he couldnt handle it inside, met a load of his mates from school on the embankment to the canal, walked over to shake his mates hand as he hadnt seen him for ages, walked straight through his mate (cause his mate wasnt really there ) and fell in the canal,

WAFC I dont suppose you remember who that was do you ?

 

[misstickle]

Bolded bit - avoid Manchester - it's full of knobs and mindless scum thesedays.

Better than bleeding Rockport Jam Man!

No, i disagree, there are scallies and troublemakers everywhere Jammer, especially Liverpool, you've just got to find the specific clubs/bars that have the atmosphere, like hazys! Manchester's club scene aint half as bad as it was a couple of years ago. I remember a time when sankeys was "hooded out" (filled with plastic gangsters) Now it's just full of students and an older clubbing crowd, it's great.

By the way, really feeling your post Redtilldead, nice one mate