Wednesday 9 December 2015

BLAST FROM THE PAST

We went to Holmfirth on the weekend to see the Alabama 3 concert.


ALABAMA 3

This was seriously good stuff.
Alabama 3 (A British band) is very well known - they did the Sopranos theme song - but chose in this case to perform in a tiny Yorkshire village at the local Picturedrome.



The venue was small - even smaller than the old Wellington town hall - and intimate.
There was nothing fancy about it just a big open area in front of a stage with no seats and a 'mosh pit' atmosphere.
There was a balcony running around the area above the floor area just wide enough for a chair or one person to stand at each spot. I kind of expected this so hurried The Old Girl along to get there half an hour early to grab a spot which we just managed to do but got a damn good location with a good view of the stage.

The place was pretty rustic but had a well set up bar  - what more can you want - wine, Guinness and great music.

It reminded me of concerts I went to in the 1970s.


Coddy's Farm


We drove down and stayed the night at a farm-stay B&B which was pretty good. The views across the valley were spectacular. This is Last of The Summer Wine territory after all. See here:

LAST OF SUMMER WINE

That weekend northern UK was smashed by a massive storm which caused flooding in may towns and villages, It was a wild night.

2 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

Yes, yes, but what about evolution and hairs and fur?

Oops, sorry, wrong blog.

Robert and the Catholics said...

Yes,yes,yes all very well now back to evolution ...