Chancellor Hall
One of the key later Chelmsford venues, represented by tickets, adverts, photographs and memories.
1977
The Clash · The Damned + 999 · The Vibrators · Ultravox
1978–79
Generation X · Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders · Radio Stars · The Undertones · Adam & The Ants
Later years
Primal Scream · Dr Feelgood and many more surviving items.
What the surviving Chancellor Hall source records show
Punk and new wave
The surviving Chancellor Hall source sheet brings together material for The Clash, The Damned, 999, The Vibrators, Generation X, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, The Slits and other acts. Tickets, adverts and tour material form a substantial part of the surviving record.
A wider programme
The source also preserves material for Dr Feelgood, Penetration, Wilko Johnson, Radio Stars, Cockney Rebel, Heavy Metal Kids, Bill Nelson and later acts including Ghost Dance, The Wolfgang Press and From The Jam.
Original artefacts
The surviving source collection includes tickets, flyers, adverts, magazine material and photographs. Where an artefact carries a particular spelling, wording or printed detail, the archive keeps that evidence rather than silently rewriting the original.
Chancellor Hall archive image
Presented as surviving archive material. The image itself is not treated as proof of a particular event unless the accompanying source establishes that connection.
Source record
Open the surviving Chancellor Hall source PDF.
The source sheet is dated 13 May 2021 and acts as a catalogue of surviving Chancellor Hall tickets, adverts, flyers, photographs and related material.
Selected archive events
The Clash — 27 May 1977Source Timeline
White Riot Tour, with Subway Sect advertised.
The Damned + 999 — 6 November 1977
Original ticket: 90p, No. 187, “Playing for free”.
Penetration — 13 May 1979
The Undertones — 3 June 1979
Plug the LP Tour, with Bar advertised as support; original ticket No. 021.
Adam & The Ants — 4 February 1979
Dated Chancellor Hall photographs provide a strong visual record; no surviving ticket has yet been matched.
The Vibrators — 26 June 1977
The selected event record is linked from the wider Chancellor Hall archive; a separate 7 July 1977 appearance is now documented with contemporary Record Mirror evidence; see the dedicated two-appearances record.
Generation X — 2 April 1978
Selected event record from the 1970s Chancellor Hall archive.
Buzzcocks / The Slits / John Cooper Clarke — 12 March 1978
Selected punk/new-wave event record.
Radio Stars — 3 September 1978
Surviving ticket No. 333 explicitly prints the date and “Radio Stars plus support”.
Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders — 21 May 1978
The surviving advert contains the typo “Solid Spenders”; the band's name is recorded as Solid Senders while preserving the artefact wording.
Primal Scream — 19 June 1986
Wallflowers / Barroom Fear material and ticket survive.
Dr Feelgood — 7 November 1990
Later Chancellor Hall archive material, including Maurice's memories.
Chancellor Hall Artefact Research Board
Chancellor Hall Ticket Matching Board
Penetration & Buzzcocks Ticket Research · Penetration — 13 May 1979
Chancellor Hall Ticket Transcription Register
Undertones — two Chancellor Hall appearances in 1979
Radio Stars — 3 September 1978 confirmed; January listing unresolved
Bethnal — Where & When personal memory: “1977 or 78”
Fabulous Poodles — 27 November 1977: contemporary Record Mirror evidence now added.
New research
Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders — Chancellor Hall research — 21 May 1978 is ticket-backed; a separate 28 May listing remains unconfirmed.
New 1979 date research
Bethnal — March 1979 date discrepancy: contemporary sources point to 18 March, while a later listing gives 25 March.
Repeat-appearance research
The Vibrators — two Chancellor Hall appearances in 1977: 26 June and 7 July are kept as separate contemporary-supported appearances.
Three early 1978 Chancellor Hall memories
1978 contemporary tour find: Johnny Cougar — 18 June 1978 — Music Week tour-advertisement evidence.